Sunday, 30 April 2017
Otmoor 30th April
Apologies for the poor quality it was a long way away.
Temminck's Stint still present at 19:40 at least on large pool on Big Otmoor viewable from the
bridleway although distant (Badger, Wickster, Pete Roby).
Originally reported on RBA this afternoon.
Farmoor: pm 30th April
Bonaparte's Gull still this afternoon
10 Yellow Wagtail
11 Dunlin
2 Cuckoo
8 Swift
3 Arctic Tern
2 Black Tern over F2
3 Turnstone
Winchat
Common Sandpiper
Jim Hutchins & Will Langdon
10 Yellow Wagtail
11 Dunlin
2 Cuckoo
8 Swift
3 Arctic Tern
2 Black Tern over F2
3 Turnstone
Winchat
Common Sandpiper
Jim Hutchins & Will Langdon
Dix Pit & Linkey Down: Saturday 29th April
These are pictures from yesterday, Saturday. Apologies for the late posting - we were doing a Big Day!
Top 3 pictures, 1st winter Little Gull at Dix Pit. Also another, or the same bird, at Rushy Common.
Bottom picture, male Ring Ouzel at Linkey Down (honest!). The full write up of the day is here.
Tom Bedford, Andy Last, Dave Lowe.
Grimsbury Reservoir: 30th April
5 Arctic Terns, through early AM
5 Black Tern, short time late evening
2 Common Terns, through mid morning
Hobby
Common Sandpiper
Little Ringed Plover
Upper Cherwell Valley
2 Whinchats
Wheatear
Common Sandpiper (probably the same as above)
per JFT, GB, CW
5 Black Tern, short time late evening
2 Common Terns, through mid morning
Hobby
Common Sandpiper
Little Ringed Plover
Upper Cherwell Valley
2 Whinchats
Wheatear
Common Sandpiper (probably the same as above)
per JFT, GB, CW
Standlake Pit 60: 30th April
Standlake Pit 60
5 Common Tern: two courting pairs and a single. From c4 15 pm to 6 - 00pm.
Mick Cunningham
5 Common Tern: two courting pairs and a single. From c4 15 pm to 6 - 00pm.
Mick Cunningham
Marcham: Marcham Mill: 30th April
Marcham: Marcham Mill
Hobby: Flew North.
2 Grey Partridge
Jed Cleeter
Hobby: Flew North.
2 Grey Partridge
Jed Cleeter
Otmoor: 30th April
Sanderling- 1 feeding in the centre of Big Otmoor early afternoon.
3 Ringed plover- Big Otmoor
3 Ringed plover- Big Otmoor
Otmoor.A.M. 30th April.
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| Wheatear. |
1 Green Sandpiper
4 Wheatear
2 Whinchat
1 Shelduck
2 Little-ringed Plover
4 Dunlin
1 Hen Harrier
30th April Farmoor
Bar-tailed Godwit
3 Turnstone
2 Black Tern
all on RBA this morning
No sign of the Bonaparte's Gull by early afternoon (Badger)
3 Turnstone
2 Black Tern
all on RBA this morning
No sign of the Bonaparte's Gull by early afternoon (Badger)
Rushy Common 30th of April 10am
Little Gull (Second calendar year)
Black-Tailed Godwit
3 Little-Ringed Plover
No sign of Wood Sandpiper
(Per Owen Crawshaw)
Shelduck 2
Red-crested Pochard 2
Oystercatcher 4
Common Sandpiper
(Badger)
Black-Tailed Godwit
3 Little-Ringed Plover
No sign of Wood Sandpiper
(Per Owen Crawshaw)
Shelduck 2
Red-crested Pochard 2
Oystercatcher 4
Common Sandpiper
(Badger)
Saturday, 29 April 2017
Stonesfield: Stonesfield Common: 29th April
Courtesy of Wreny Stonesfield: Stonesfield Common
Whinchat: male.
Paul Wren
Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor I: 29th April
Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor I
Common Sandpiper 10:15.
Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill
Cuckoo: male. 09:00.
Matthew Southwell
Common Sandpiper 10:15.
Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill
Cuckoo: male. 09:00.
Matthew Southwell
Kingston Lisle: 29th April
Kingston Lisle
Hobby: Flew North.
2 Curlew: Flew South together.
Jed Cleeter
Hobby: Flew North.
2 Curlew: Flew South together.
Jed Cleeter
Rushy Common 29 April
Bonaparte's Gull 1st year (the Farmoor bird?) 18.15-18.20, then again from 7pm. Edit: photos confirm this was the Farmoor bird.
Wood Sandpiper 1, from viewing screen
Wood Sandpiper 1, from viewing screen
Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill: 29th April
Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill
2 Cuckoo: 2 together, one calling.
Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor I
2 Dunlin
3 Common Sandpiper
4 Yellow Wagtail: at least 4.
Anthony Cheke
2 Cuckoo: 2 together, one calling.
Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor I
2 Dunlin
3 Common Sandpiper
4 Yellow Wagtail: at least 4.
Anthony Cheke
Rushey Common lake, 29th April
Wood Sandpiper still present 3.50 ( well done team Roby !)
Cuckoo
Little Ringed Plover
Common Sandpiper
Clackers & Mrs Clackers
Cuckoo
Little Ringed Plover
Common Sandpiper
Clackers & Mrs Clackers
Grove: 28th April
Grove
2 Raven: Pair on territory as last year, one actively mobbing buzzard.
Anthony Cheke
2 Raven: Pair on territory as last year, one actively mobbing buzzard.
Anthony Cheke
Friday, 28 April 2017
Oxon Big Day 29th April
Good luck to the three teams competing in the Oxon Big Day tomorrow, 'The Greylags'
'The Acronaughts' and 'The Biffin Boys'
if you see them say hello and let them know what you've seen as it all counts!
Apologies to all who have contacted me or have sent photos over the past few weeks, I've been away.
'The Acronaughts' and 'The Biffin Boys'
if you see them say hello and let them know what you've seen as it all counts!
Apologies to all who have contacted me or have sent photos over the past few weeks, I've been away.
Cholsey Meadows 28 April
Ring Ouzel still present at c. 17:45 - 18:00 around the ponds at about SU600859
Ring Ouzel (c) Stephen Burch
Otmoor: 28th April
Otmoor
Hen Harrier: ringtail. See @MickgCunningham for duff phone scope. 18:30.
Mick Cunningham
Hen Harrier: ringtail. See @MickgCunningham for duff phone scope. 18:30.
Mick Cunningham
Farmoor: 28th April
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| Goosander, F2 south |
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| Bonaparte's Gull, still present F2 (photo from 25th April) |
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| Little Egrets, F2 above reed bed raft |
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| One of several Common Sandpipers, F2 south |
: 28th April
Farmoor Reservoir causeway
6 Dunlin: Five in group on one side, further individual on other side. Feeding mostly out of the water, with occasional dashes into the shallows. Running along edge in a tight group. SP445064. 14:00.
Suzanne Parrott
6 Dunlin: Five in group on one side, further individual on other side. Feeding mostly out of the water, with occasional dashes into the shallows. Running along edge in a tight group. SP445064. 14:00.
Suzanne Parrott
Farmoor Reservoir: 28th April
28th April
Farmoor Reservoir
3 Common Sandpiper: Two seen together on causeway and F1. Third individual seen on F1. SP444064.
2 Yellow Wagtail: With pied wagtails on causeway. SP444064. 14:00.
Suzanne Parrott
Farmoor Reservoir
3 Common Sandpiper: Two seen together on causeway and F1. Third individual seen on F1. SP444064.
2 Yellow Wagtail: With pied wagtails on causeway. SP444064. 14:00.
Suzanne Parrott
Rushey Common lake, 28th April
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper 2
Shelduck 2
Little Ringed Plover 2
Common Tern
Clackers & Mrs Clackers
Common Sandpiper 2
Shelduck 2
Little Ringed Plover 2
Common Tern
Clackers & Mrs Clackers
Otmoor: 28th April
In addition to below
Whimbrel and Bittern at Malt Pit
Osprey over the reserve at 07:30 heading North
Ringtail Hen harrier hunting over Flood and Greenaways
4 drake Wigeon on Big Otmoor
Whimbrel and Bittern at Malt Pit
Osprey over the reserve at 07:30 heading North
Ringtail Hen harrier hunting over Flood and Greenaways
4 drake Wigeon on Big Otmoor
Otmoor.A.M. 28th April.
1 Bittern (Greenaways)
2+ Hobby
4 Little Egret
1 Wheatear (Greenaways)
1 Peregrine
3 Marsh Harrier.
2+ Hobby
4 Little Egret
1 Wheatear (Greenaways)
1 Peregrine
3 Marsh Harrier.
Farmoor Reservoir: 28th April
Farmoor Reservoir
Bonaparte's Gull: Flew past yacht club towards bus stop.
Mick Cunningham
Bonaparte's Gull: Flew past yacht club towards bus stop.
Mick Cunningham
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Banbury: 27th April
Wood Warbler still in Spiceball Park c50m south of the northern wooden footbridge over the river, in small copse with a bark-covered path on the east side of river, about here
The bird sings from time to time but can go quiet for a while. It seems fairly faithful to a small area of the copse so if you can't hear it then it's worth just peering up into the canopy to look for it.
Still present 18:20 this evening
per John Friendship-Taylor, Wrenny & Gnome
Otmoor Thursday 27 April am
4 Hobby (Greenaways)
2 Curlew
2 Little Egret
4 Oystercatcher
1 Water Rail (2nd screen)
1 Little Grebe
3 Cuckoo
2 Marsh Harrier (with nesting material)
3 Snipe (drumming)
10 out of 10 warblers
2 Curlew
2 Little Egret
4 Oystercatcher
1 Water Rail (2nd screen)
1 Little Grebe
3 Cuckoo
2 Marsh Harrier (with nesting material)
3 Snipe (drumming)
10 out of 10 warblers
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| Sedgie |
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| Lesser Whitethroat |
Cholsey: 27th April
Cholsey
Ring Ouzel: male. still present and showing well around the drained ponds in Cholsey Meadows estate. SU598859. 08:30.
Michael Pocock
Ring Ouzel: male. still present and showing well around the drained ponds in Cholsey Meadows estate. SU598859. 08:30.
Michael Pocock
Stanton St. John: Stanton Great Wood: 27th April
Stanton St. John: Stanton Great Wood
Cuckoo: One calling in Stanton Great Wood, my first of the year. 05:20.
David Brown
Cuckoo: One calling in Stanton Great Wood, my first of the year. 05:20.
David Brown
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
Banbury 26th April
Spiceball Country Park 1530-1630hrs
Wood Warbler 1m
Occasionally singing and calling in the copse with woodchip track running through it east of northern footbridge that crosses the river
Wood Warbler 1m
Occasionally singing and calling in the copse with woodchip track running through it east of northern footbridge that crosses the river
Banbury: 26th April
Banbury
Wood Warbler: Still, in Spiceball park showing well and singing regularly near northern footbridge in copse on east side of river. 12:30. per John Friendship-Taylor
Still present: very vocal and showing well at 6 p.m. per Gareth Blockley
Wood Warbler: Still, in Spiceball park showing well and singing regularly near northern footbridge in copse on east side of river. 12:30. per John Friendship-Taylor
Still present: very vocal and showing well at 6 p.m. per Gareth Blockley
Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II: 26th April
Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II
Bonaparte's Gull: On raft and flying around with A.A R.S. And 7 others some from Berkshire. 10:55.
4 Common Sandpiper 10:55.
Ralph Watts
Bonaparte's Gull: On raft and flying around with A.A R.S. And 7 others some from Berkshire. 10:55.
4 Common Sandpiper 10:55.
Ralph Watts
Farmoor: Weds 26th, am.
1st/s Bonaparte's Gull S side F2
Little Tern 8am per Dai
8 Artic Tern,
"Channel" Wag, Causeway,
6 Common Sands.
Little Tern 8am per Dai
8 Artic Tern,
"Channel" Wag, Causeway,
6 Common Sands.
Richard's Pipit: Lollingdon Hill 24th Apr
As requested a couple of pics of the Richard's Pipit on Lollingdon Hill.
see Richard's Pipit account
see Richard's Pipit account
Banbury 26th April
A WOOD WARBLER has been found singing in Banbury in Spiceball Park near the northern footbridge over the river on the west side. Found at 06:45 and still singing at 07:25
per Colin Wilkinson and Gareth Blockley
per Colin Wilkinson and Gareth Blockley
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| Wood Warbler courtesy of Colin Wilkinson |
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
Risinghurst, Headington 24th April.
Belated report of 6 Waxwing outside local house on 24th April a.m. Waxwing were seen here 2 or 3 years ago in the same garden by me.
Otmoor: am 25th April
In addition to posting below
Winchat (Noke)
3 Grasshopper warblers ( 2 near car park, 1 showing well on path to first screen)
Winchat (Noke)
3 Grasshopper warblers ( 2 near car park, 1 showing well on path to first screen)
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| Sedge Warbler |
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| Common Whitethroat |
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| Lesser Whitethroat |
Farmoor. Afternoon. 25th.April.
Little Tern. Southern edge of F. 2. Flying (in company with Bonaparte's Gull). 3.30.pm.
Per. Dai.
Per. Dai.
Lollingdon Hill. 24th. April.
RICHARD'S PIPIT yesterday, 11.15 - 11.30.am. at Lollingdon Hill. Then flew off over hill.
See his blog for details
per Paul Chandler
See his blog for details
Otmoor: 25th April
3 separate Cuckoos along the bridleway
Common sandpiper and Black-tailed godwit on Big Otmoor
3 Hobbies over Greenaways
3 Wheatear in the sheep fields at Noke
4 Yellow wagtails feeding along the reedbed bund
Rushey Common lake/ Farmoor, 25th April
Rushey Common lake
CommonSandpiper 2
Green Sandpiper
Ringed Plover 2
Little Ringed Plover
Little Gull
Wheatear
Shelduck
Good numbers of Sand Martins , Swallows, + few House Martins
Farmoor
Yellow Wagtails 6 on slope to offices f1
Bonapartes Gull between bus shelter and boat platforms
Clackers
CommonSandpiper 2
Green Sandpiper
Ringed Plover 2
Little Ringed Plover
Little Gull
Wheatear
Shelduck
Good numbers of Sand Martins , Swallows, + few House Martins
Farmoor
Yellow Wagtails 6 on slope to offices f1
Bonapartes Gull between bus shelter and boat platforms
Clackers
Monday, 24 April 2017
Standlake Pit 60: 24th April
Standlake Pit 60
5 Yellow Wagtail: in front 0f N Hide. Begining to wonder if there's not a roost of wags in the reeds here. 20:00.
Cuckoo: m. singing a lot. 20:00.
Mick Cunningham
5 Yellow Wagtail: in front 0f N Hide. Begining to wonder if there's not a roost of wags in the reeds here. 20:00.
Cuckoo: m. singing a lot. 20:00.
Mick Cunningham
Farmoor 24th April
1330-1500hrs southern side of Farmoor 2 reservoir
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Black Tern 2
Common Tern 14+
Great Black backed Gull 2
Herring Gull 3
Sand Martin 100+
Swallow 10+
Common Swift 1
Common Sandpiper 1
Little Egret 1
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Black Tern 2
Common Tern 14+
Great Black backed Gull 2
Herring Gull 3
Sand Martin 100+
Swallow 10+
Common Swift 1
Common Sandpiper 1
Little Egret 1
Kingston Bagpuize: 24th April
Kingston Bagpuize
Hobby: Fast & low over garden and continued NNE. 19:00.
Jed Cleeter
Hobby: Fast & low over garden and continued NNE. 19:00.
Jed Cleeter
Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II: 24th April
Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II
2 Black Tern 16:30.
Peter Law
2 Black Tern 16:30.
Peter Law
Cholsey Marsh: Osprey
a flyover Osprey at 08:20 this morning, continued upriver towards Wallingford. per Tony Williams.
Farmoo 24th April
3 Ringed Plover: 3 brought in by rain landed on causeway. Flew n but possibly still around. 10:30.
Dunlin: Causeway. 13:26.
Curlew: Pair flew w c10 30. 13:26.
Yellow Wagtail: 2m minim causeway. 13:30.
Common Sandpiper: 4 minim causeway. 13:32.
Goosander: ad f. One with dodgy wing still present. 13:33.
Mick Cunningham
Also,
Bonaparte's Gull reported still on RBA at the bus stop on F2
Some superb video footage of our star Gull taken by Paul Wren (c)
Cuddesdon/Little Milton: 24th April
Female Redstart in hedgerow near the River Thame, approximately half way between Cuddesdon and Little Milton, 10am.
Standlake Common: am 24th April
Pit 60
Male Cuckoo calling from tree on south bank, female then flew in and they immediately mated
2 Little ringed plover
2 Oystercatcher
2 Dunlin
4 Redshank
Garden Warbler
Pit 38
Egyptian Goose
Thames fields
2 Curlew
JD & JDH
Male Cuckoo calling from tree on south bank, female then flew in and they immediately mated
2 Little ringed plover
2 Oystercatcher
2 Dunlin
4 Redshank
Garden Warbler
Pit 38
Egyptian Goose
Thames fields
2 Curlew
JD & JDH
Linkey Down 23 April - Ring Ouzel
Male Ring Ouzel at bottom of slope near bushes.
Record shot using phone through bins!
Record shot using phone through bins!
Sunday, 23 April 2017
Standlake: 23rd April
Standlake
Cuckoo: m. Singing frequently from Hunts Pond area. Possibly 2.
4 Garden Warbler: m. all in song, only 1 seen. Newly in?.
Kingfisher: Flew along R Windrush at bottom of garden (Rack End(. House tick for new house. Same bird seen several times on edge of village . Rather than fly low along roadbrdige, or under it, It vaults skyward over tops of trees and back down to river!.
Mick Cunningham
Cuckoo: m. Singing frequently from Hunts Pond area. Possibly 2.
4 Garden Warbler: m. all in song, only 1 seen. Newly in?.
Kingfisher: Flew along R Windrush at bottom of garden (Rack End(. House tick for new house. Same bird seen several times on edge of village . Rather than fly low along roadbrdige, or under it, It vaults skyward over tops of trees and back down to river!.
Mick Cunningham
Aston Upthorpe: Juniper Valley: 23rd April
Aston Upthorpe: Juniper Valley
Curlew: heard calling at south end of valley. 11:30.
Andrew Taylor
Curlew: heard calling at south end of valley. 11:30.
Andrew Taylor
Kingston Bagpuize: 23rd April
Kingston Bagpuize
Peregrine: fem. Circled high with Hobby then flew West. 16:40. Hobby: 2nd of the afternoon. Circled very high on a thermal above Peregrine then flew NE. 16:40.
Hobby: Straight over the garden and continued North...nice. 16:07.
Little Gull: Adult circled then flew North. 15:40.
2 Raven: Circling on thermal. 15:40.
Jed Cleeter
Peregrine: fem. Circled high with Hobby then flew West. 16:40. Hobby: 2nd of the afternoon. Circled very high on a thermal above Peregrine then flew NE. 16:40.
Hobby: Straight over the garden and continued North...nice. 16:07.
Little Gull: Adult circled then flew North. 15:40.
2 Raven: Circling on thermal. 15:40.
Jed Cleeter
Otmoor 23rd April a.m.
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| Noke wheatears (c) Bark |
10 Wheatears (3 by farm at Noke 7 on sheepfields by Sally's Field)
1 Common Tern
1 Common Sandpiper
3 Marsh Harriers
5+ Groppers including one very obliging one along track to first screen.
2+ Garden Warblers
6+ Golden Plover
1 Blackwit
2 Cuckoos
Drumming Snipe
Booming Bittern
Farmoor - Pinkhill & Pinkhill Reserve: 23 April
11.15am to 1.30pm
1 male cuckoo - heard calling for some time on other side of Thames, then glimpsed from Pinkhill reserve hide
1 grasshopper warbler - reeling then glimpsed in area between Pinkhill reserve & Pinkhill lock
1+ reed warbler(s) heard from Pinkhill hide
Lots of whitethroats, chiffchaffs & sedge warblers everywhere!
4 common terns heading for the reservoirs
1 male cuckoo - heard calling for some time on other side of Thames, then glimpsed from Pinkhill reserve hide
1 grasshopper warbler - reeling then glimpsed in area between Pinkhill reserve & Pinkhill lock
1+ reed warbler(s) heard from Pinkhill hide
Lots of whitethroats, chiffchaffs & sedge warblers everywhere!
4 common terns heading for the reservoirs
Dix Pit: 23rd April
Dix Pit
7 Reed Warbler: 4 singing 3 seen same time. New in overnight?.
Sedge Warbler: Singing. Inc 3 not here yesterday.
Mick Cunningham
7 Reed Warbler: 4 singing 3 seen same time. New in overnight?.
Sedge Warbler: Singing. Inc 3 not here yesterday.
Mick Cunningham
A329 near Moulsford: 23rd April
A329 near Moulsford
Corn Bunting: Male, with atypical song, perched in hawthorns on E edge of grassy-ley. SU5985. 08:40.
Mike Amphlett
Corn Bunting: Male, with atypical song, perched in hawthorns on E edge of grassy-ley. SU5985. 08:40.
Mike Amphlett
Saturday, 22 April 2017
Good day out, Big day on foot from home. 47 miles walked or ran! Abingdon, Drayton, Radley, Bagley, cumnor, farmoor, port meadow, otmoor. 101 species.
Highlights
Mostly per blog plus
Radley
Cuckoo
Cumnor
Unseasonal siskin
Farmoor,
3 whimbrel
1 grasshoppers warbler pinkhill
Thank you very much for all who helped today.
Thanks
Tom
Highlights
Mostly per blog plus
Radley
Cuckoo
Cumnor
Unseasonal siskin
Farmoor,
3 whimbrel
1 grasshoppers warbler pinkhill
Thank you very much for all who helped today.
Thanks
Tom
Otmoor, Saturday 22 April am
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| Garden Warbler along the bridleway. |
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| Male blackcap along the bridleway doing a bittern impression. |
Radley GP: 22nd April
Radley GP
2 Little Egret: flew off at 17:15.
Common Sandpiper: at Thrupp Lake.
Whitethroat
Ian Elkins
2 Little Egret: flew off at 17:15.
Common Sandpiper: at Thrupp Lake.
Whitethroat
Ian Elkins
A329 near Moulsford: 22nd April
A329 near Moulsford
2 Grey Partridge: 2 birds flew from cart track directly toward me on Silly bridge, stopped short then foraging on track. Possibly a 3rd bird on t'other side of fence. SU5885. 09:50.
Mike Amphlett
2 Grey Partridge: 2 birds flew from cart track directly toward me on Silly bridge, stopped short then foraging on track. Possibly a 3rd bird on t'other side of fence. SU5885. 09:50.
Mike Amphlett
Standlake: 22nd April
Standlake
Garden Warbler: Singing north footpath pit 60. 12:00.
Lesser Whitethroat: Pit 60 singing from adjacent caravan site. 12:00.
Mick Cunningham
Garden Warbler: Singing north footpath pit 60. 12:00.
Lesser Whitethroat: Pit 60 singing from adjacent caravan site. 12:00.
Mick Cunningham
Otmoor 22nd April am.
2 Cuckoos
3 Groppers (1 midway along bridle way to Noke others carpark field)
8 Wheatears (3 in field just beyond Lower Farm 5 in sheepfield west of Sally's Field)
13 Summer plumage Golden Plover Big Otmoor
1 Blackwit also Big Otmoor
Bark
3 Groppers (1 midway along bridle way to Noke others carpark field)
8 Wheatears (3 in field just beyond Lower Farm 5 in sheepfield west of Sally's Field)
13 Summer plumage Golden Plover Big Otmoor
1 Blackwit also Big Otmoor
Bark
Great Haseley: 22nd April
Also in general area;
Yellow Wagtail
2 Singing Corn Bunts
2 Grey Partridge
Raven
Farmoor Reservoir 22nd April
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| Bonaparte's Gull-Second calendar year |
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| White Wagtail - female |
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| Northern Wheatear-female |
Bonaparte's Gull 1 2nd calendar year
Yellow legged Gull 1 2nd calendar year
Greater Black backed Gull 1 2nd calendar year
Common Tern 6
Northern Wheatear 1f
White Wagtail 6+
Yellow Wagtail 2
Swallow 2
Common Sandpiper 6+
Rushey Common area, 22nd April
Tar Lakes area
Willow Warbler 2 singing
Sedge Warblers at least 5 singing and displaying
Conveyor Belt lake
Common Tern
Green Woodpecker
Cuckoo in trees back of lake
Rushey Common
Green Sandpipers 3
Common Sandpiper
Little Gull on sandy island. seems to like this spot
Clackers & Mrs Clackers
Willow Warbler 2 singing
Sedge Warblers at least 5 singing and displaying
Conveyor Belt lake
Common Tern
Green Woodpecker
Cuckoo in trees back of lake
Rushey Common
Green Sandpipers 3
Common Sandpiper
Little Gull on sandy island. seems to like this spot
Clackers & Mrs Clackers
Farmoor Reservoir: 22nd April
Farmoor Reservoir
2 Common Sandpiper: on causeway.
2 Dunlin: on causeway.
Wheatear: on east side of F1.
Cuckoo: heard from western end of causeway.
Ian Elkins
2 Common Sandpiper: on causeway.
2 Dunlin: on causeway.
Wheatear: on east side of F1.
Cuckoo: heard from western end of causeway.
Ian Elkins
Grimsbury Reservoir: 22nd April
Redstart, male (per (Colin Wilkinson)
3 Common Sandpipers
2 Little Ringed Plover
4+ Whitethroat
3 Common Sandpipers
2 Little Ringed Plover
4+ Whitethroat
Friday, 21 April 2017
Kingston Bagpuize: 21st April
Kingston Bagpuize
Hobby: Called 3 separate times at 21:55 and sounded like it was heading North....nocturnal migration. 21:55.
Jed Cleeter
Hobby: Called 3 separate times at 21:55 and sounded like it was heading North....nocturnal migration. 21:55.
Jed Cleeter
A329 near Moulsford: 21st April
A329 near Moulsford
Corn Bunting: Heard only, single burst of song, S beyond Silly bridge. SU5885. 19:20.
Mike Amphlett
Corn Bunting: Heard only, single burst of song, S beyond Silly bridge. SU5885. 19:20.
Mike Amphlett
Standlake: 21st April
Standlake
Whitethroat: m. singing near Hunts Corner. SP368071.
Kingfisher: River near Rack End. SP368071.
Mick Cunningham
Whitethroat: m. singing near Hunts Corner. SP368071.
Kingfisher: River near Rack End. SP368071.
Mick Cunningham
Rushy Common: 21st April
Rushy Common
Whitethroat: male. my first of year. singing - was actually some way past Rushy Common towards Dix Pit. SP395086. 09:45.
Whitethroat: m. first of year for me - singing from roadside. Actually was some way past Rushy Common on Cogges Ln towards Dix. SP395086. 09:45.
Mick Cunningham
Whitethroat: male. my first of year. singing - was actually some way past Rushy Common towards Dix Pit. SP395086. 09:45.
Whitethroat: m. first of year for me - singing from roadside. Actually was some way past Rushy Common on Cogges Ln towards Dix. SP395086. 09:45.
Mick Cunningham
Banbury: Hanwell Fields: 20th April
Banbury: Hanwell Fields
Grasshopper Warbler: 1+ Grasshopper Warbler reeling from scrub behind Hanwell Fields estate sports pavilion. 20:00.
Tony Clark
Grasshopper Warbler: 1+ Grasshopper Warbler reeling from scrub behind Hanwell Fields estate sports pavilion. 20:00.
Tony Clark
Bicester Wetlands 21st April
Green sandpiper
Little ringed plover
Common snipe (2)
Sand martin (20+)
House martin (50+)
Sedge warbler
Swallow (20+)
Little ringed plover
Common snipe (2)
Sand martin (20+)
House martin (50+)
Sedge warbler
Swallow (20+)
Otmoor.A.M. 21st April.
13 Ruff
1 Black-tailed Godwit
2 Oystercatcher
1 Raven (over)
1 Hobby (reported).
1 Black-tailed Godwit
2 Oystercatcher
1 Raven (over)
1 Hobby (reported).
Sparsholt: Sparsholt Firs/Tower: 21st April
Sparsholt: Sparsholt Firs/Tower
Yellow Wagtail: By road towards Red Barn.
9 Corn Bunting
Colin Vickers
Yellow Wagtail: By road towards Red Barn.
9 Corn Bunting
Colin Vickers
Thursday, 20 April 2017
A329 near Moulsford: 19th April
A329 near Moulsford
2 Grey Partridge: On track from Silly bridge, around 250m out; foraging on edge of cereal crop, then dust-bathing in the cart tracks. (Skylarks all around, but no Wheatears this time). SU5885. 09:30.
Mike Amphlett
2 Grey Partridge: On track from Silly bridge, around 250m out; foraging on edge of cereal crop, then dust-bathing in the cart tracks. (Skylarks all around, but no Wheatears this time). SU5885. 09:30.
Mike Amphlett
20th of April Stratfield Brake
Cetti's Warbler
Whitethroat
Reed Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Willow Warbler
Chiffcahff
Blackcap
Whitethroat
Reed Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Willow Warbler
Chiffcahff
Blackcap
