Big hirundine day at Farmoor. Masses of birds. No attempt at a count
40 Arctic Terns at 16.45. most left quite quickly, just a few remaining by early evening.
20 Common Terns.
2 Whimbrel.
Monday, 30 April 2018
: 30th April
Shenington Airfield
Whinchat: A male on old runway and fields alongside. Also 3 wheatear in same area. SP363431. 18:00.
Steve Holliday
Whinchat: A male on old runway and fields alongside. Also 3 wheatear in same area. SP363431. 18:00.
Steve Holliday
Lye Valley Nature Reserve 30th April
Possible small Crake sp at the upper pool this morning (per Phil Barnett).
Port Meadow: 30th April
Port Meadow
5 Ringed Plover
2 Dunlin
Oystercatcher
Common Tern
3 Gadwall
5 Shelduck
The Goose flock was too far away and all hunkered down in the wind for me to see if the Pink-foot was still there.
Adam Hartley
5 Ringed Plover
2 Dunlin
Oystercatcher
Common Tern
3 Gadwall
5 Shelduck
The Goose flock was too far away and all hunkered down in the wind for me to see if the Pink-foot was still there.
Adam Hartley
Bicester Wetland Reserve 30 April
1 Swift, first for the site this year
1 Cetti's Warbler
Also Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler
Key Holder Reserve
Alan Peters
1 Cetti's Warbler
Also Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler
Key Holder Reserve
Alan Peters
Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 30th April
Balscote: Balscote Quarry
2 Shelduck: A pair left north at 07.20 (found by Julie Parry). A hobby flew through SW.
Steve Holliday
2 Shelduck: A pair left north at 07.20 (found by Julie Parry). A hobby flew through SW.
Steve Holliday
Sunday, 29 April 2018
Grimsbury Reservoir: 29th April
Redstart, female found along western side at midday
c.150 mixed hirundines
several Swifts
Hobby through
Peregrine over
Common Sand - at the Borrow Pit pool
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail at reservoir and 3 at the Borrow Pit pool
the mixed Willow/Marsh Tit pair involved in courtship behaviour
c.150 mixed hirundines
several Swifts
Hobby through
Peregrine over
Common Sand - at the Borrow Pit pool
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail at reservoir and 3 at the Borrow Pit pool
the mixed Willow/Marsh Tit pair involved in courtship behaviour
Port Meadow 29th April
Pink-footed Goose (unringed) 18:56 with mixed goose flock north of floods. Found by Martin Gebauer
Video courtesy of Gnome
2 Little Ringed Plover
4 Ringed Plover
3 Dunlin
2 Common Sandpiper
1 Yellow Wagtail
1 Common Tern
Modest flock of Hirundines hawking low over the water
(per Gnome)
Pit 60 29th April
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Spotted Flycatcher courtesy of Mick Cunningham
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Spotted Flycatcher
Hobby
(per Mick Cunningham)
Farmoor 29th evening
2 Arctic Terns (one group of c8) appeared to go through briefly too.
Wheatear on western side of F1
c10 Yellow Wagtail along causeway including the Channel Wagtail
2 White Wagtail
Otmoor 29th April
Now two summer-plumaged Bar-tailed Godwit with around 20 Black-tails on Big Otmoor.
per Ian Elkins
per Ian Elkins
Farmoor 29th April
Arctic Tern 4
Whimbrel 1
Dunlin 3
Common Sandpiper 9
Ringed Plover 2
Whimbrel 1
Dunlin 3
Common Sandpiper 9
Ringed Plover 2
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| Egyptian Geese |
Saturday, 28 April 2018
: 28th April
RSPB Otmoor
40 Black-tailed Godwit: Big Otmoor. Occasional flights gave good views. SP557132. 17:30.
Suzanne Parrott
40 Black-tailed Godwit: Big Otmoor. Occasional flights gave good views. SP557132. 17:30.
Suzanne Parrott
Farmoor Res 28th April
1500-1700hrs
Arctic Tern 7 flew off approx 1615hrs
Common Tern 17
Swallow 3500
Sand Martin 2000
House Martin 500+
Common Swift 100+
Yellow Wagtail 8
Channel Wagtail 1m
Arctic Tern 7 flew off approx 1615hrs
Common Tern 17
Swallow 3500
Sand Martin 2000
House Martin 500+
Common Swift 100+
Yellow Wagtail 8
Channel Wagtail 1m
Farmoor Reservoir 28th April
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Courtesy of Nick Truby
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2 GREAT SKUA on F1 then sat on F2 until 14:12 then flew off high west
Arctic Tern still present 14:12
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Distant record shot of Great Skua
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(per Pete Allan, Aulliki, Roger Wyatt, Nick Truby et al)
Grasshopper Warbler (shrike meadow)
9 Common Sandpiper
5 Yellow Wagtail (f1)
(Jim Hutchins, Justin Taylor)
(Jim Hutchins, Justin Taylor)
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I told you we should have stayed in Africa!
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Arctic Tern: F2.
2 Dunlin: on the causeway.
Little Ringed Plover: on western shore of F1.
Swallow: One individual with a white rump-patch. Head pattern was that of a Swallow.
(Ian Elkins)
Record shot video courtesy of Gnome
Pit 60 Standlake 28th April
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Courtesy of Mick Cunningham
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Black-tailed Godwit
Little-ringed Plover 2
Common Sandpiper 2
Reed Warbler
(per Mick Cunningham)
Yarnton Mead: 28th April
Yarnton Mead
2 Shelduck: pair.
Little Egret
Common Tern: Flew west.
156 Swallow: North/north-west at 0610.
Derek Evans
2 Shelduck: pair.
Little Egret
Common Tern: Flew west.
156 Swallow: North/north-west at 0610.
Derek Evans
Baulking Pit:28th April
Hobby 1, poss 2
Yellow Wagtail 3
Common Sandpiper 7
Barn Owl
Raven
100+ Hirundines
Yellow Wagtail 3
Common Sandpiper 7
Barn Owl
Raven
100+ Hirundines
Lark Hill 28th April
Ring Ouzel (m) still, same area
Peregrine
Barn Owl
4 Wheatear
Sedge Warbler singing in copse
10+ singing male Corn Bunting
Pairs of Reed Bunting and Yellow Wagtail
Peregrine
Barn Owl
4 Wheatear
Sedge Warbler singing in copse
10+ singing male Corn Bunting
Pairs of Reed Bunting and Yellow Wagtail
Farmoor 27th April
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| Little Ringed Plover |
2 Little Ringed Plover
3 Oystercatcher
5 Dunlin
12 Common Sandpiper
1 Whimbrel
1 Channel Wagtail
4 White Wagtail
35 Swift
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| Ringed Plover |
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| Whimbrel |
Friday, 27 April 2018
Baulking: 27th April
Baulking
4 Common Sandpiper: SU322908.
2 Yellow Wagtail: SU322908.
Swift: SU322908.
65 Swallow: SU322908.
5 House Martin: SU322908.
35 Sand Martin: SU322908.
Mark Merritt
4 Common Sandpiper: SU322908.
2 Yellow Wagtail: SU322908.
Swift: SU322908.
65 Swallow: SU322908.
5 House Martin: SU322908.
35 Sand Martin: SU322908.
Mark Merritt
Sonning Eye GPs: 27th April
Sonning Eye GPs
3 Arctic Tern 11:30.
Henley Road GPs
Red-crested Pochard: m. 11:30.
4 Common Sandpiper 11:30.
Hugh Netley
3 Arctic Tern 11:30.
Henley Road GPs
Red-crested Pochard: m. 11:30.
4 Common Sandpiper 11:30.
Hugh Netley
Port Meadow: 27th April
Port Meadow
5 Oystercatcher
3 Shelduck
2 Common Tern
5 Ringed Plover
1 Dunlin
Also large flock of 30+ mixed Hirundines hawking low over the water
Adam Hartley
5 Oystercatcher
3 Shelduck
2 Common Tern
5 Ringed Plover
1 Dunlin
Also large flock of 30+ mixed Hirundines hawking low over the water
Adam Hartley
27th April, Trap Grounds, Oxford
Spotted Flycatcher in the Trap Grounds today, found by Nicola Devine
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| Courtesy of Nicola Devine |
Bicester Wetland Reserve 27 April
1 Little Ringed Plover
1 Common Sandpiper
3 Oystercatchers (flyover)
50 plus House Martins
10 plus Swallows
Key Holder Reserve
Alan Peters and Colin Oram
1 Common Sandpiper
3 Oystercatchers (flyover)
50 plus House Martins
10 plus Swallows
Key Holder Reserve
Alan Peters and Colin Oram
Thursday, 26 April 2018
Farmoor: Evening 26th April
7 Dunlin
1 Arctic Tern
9 Common Tern
1 Channel Wagtail
2 White Wagtail
1 Arctic Tern
9 Common Tern
1 Channel Wagtail
2 White Wagtail
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| Common Tern |
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| Dunlin |
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| Arctic Tern (?) |
Farmoor Res 26th April
1030-1430hrs
Dunlin 4
Common Sandpiper 5
Greater Black backed Gull 1 second year
Common Tern 4
Common Cuckoo 2 poss 3
Common Swift 50+
Swallow 20+
Sand Martin 500
House Martin 1
Yellow Wagtail 1
Blackcap 13
Garden Warbler 3
Common Whitethroat 1
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Sedge Warbler 3
Reed Warbler 5
Cetti's Warbler 2
Common Chiffchaff 6
Willow Warbler 3
Lark Hill 26th April
Ring Ouzel (m) - feeding next to track that runs parallel to southern end of main track
Tree Pipit (over)
12 Wheatear (inc. Greenland (m) at reservoir)
2 Yellow Wagtail
Sand Martin north
Tree Pipit (over)
12 Wheatear (inc. Greenland (m) at reservoir)
2 Yellow Wagtail
Sand Martin north
Port Meadow: 26th April
Port Meadow
Whimbrel: Briefly at midday before flying off.
Ringed Plover
Black-tailed Godwit
7 Oystercatcher
5 Shelduck
2 Common Tern
+Swifts overhead early afternoon
Adam Hartley & Mary MacDougall
Whimbrel: Briefly at midday before flying off.
Ringed Plover
Black-tailed Godwit
7 Oystercatcher
5 Shelduck
2 Common Tern
+Swifts overhead early afternoon
Adam Hartley & Mary MacDougall
Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 25th April
Blenheim: Blenheim Lake
Common Sandpiper
3 Common Tern
Swift
20 Sand Martin
Derek Evans
Common Sandpiper
3 Common Tern
Swift
20 Sand Martin
Derek Evans
Wednesday, 25 April 2018
Grimsbury Reservoir: 25th April
Shag - one flew through from the South just after a heavy storm at around 3pm (per Ian Rowe)
4 Common Sandpipers
4 Swifts
Lots of hirundines, including 15+ House Martin
JFT, IR and GB
4 Common Sandpipers
4 Swifts
Lots of hirundines, including 15+ House Martin
JFT, IR and GB
Otmoor. 25th. April.
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| Sedge Warbler.
Peregrine.
Whimbrel. Per. K.S.P.
Hobby.
Marsh Harriers.
Cuckoo.
Per. P.G. T.S.
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| Cuckoo. |
Farmoor: 25th April
09:30-11:00:
4 Dunlin, causeway
7 Common Sandpiper, F1
Little Egret over F2
Egyptian Goose over F2
3 Common Tern
150+ Swift
Grasshopper Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Cetti's Warbler
Cuckoo
Manx Wagtail still present :-)
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
Farmoor: Evening 24th April
2 Sanderling
2 Ringed Plover
1 Dunlin
4 Common Sandpiper
1 Channel Wagtail
100+ Swift
2 Ringed Plover
1 Dunlin
4 Common Sandpiper
1 Channel Wagtail
100+ Swift
: 24th April
Shenington Airfield
5 Wheatear: Three males, 2 females on newly cut grass by old airstrip. SP364431. 12:15.
Steve Holliday
5 Wheatear: Three males, 2 females on newly cut grass by old airstrip. SP364431. 12:15.
Steve Holliday
Port Meadow: 24th April
Port Meadow
Black-tailed Godwit
2 Oystercatcher
4 Shelduck
Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park
Lesser Whitethroat
6 Whitethroat
6 Blackcap
Willow Warbler
Adam Hartley
Black-tailed Godwit
2 Oystercatcher
4 Shelduck
Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park
Lesser Whitethroat
6 Whitethroat
6 Blackcap
Willow Warbler
Adam Hartley
Monday, 23 April 2018
Port Meadow: 23rd April
Port Meadow
Black-tailed Godwit
8 Shelduck
3 Gadwall
2 Oystercatcher
3 House Martin
Adam Hartley
Black-tailed Godwit
8 Shelduck
3 Gadwall
2 Oystercatcher
3 House Martin
Adam Hartley
Farmoor Res 23rd April
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| Channel Wagtail M.f.flavissima x M.f.flava |
1330-1630hrs
Common Swift 22
House Martin 30+
Sand Martin 13
Swallow 6
All hirundines and swifts were after 1600hrs
Yellow Wagtail 1
Channel Wagtail 1
Grasshopper Warbler 1
Sedge Warbler 3
Reed Warbler 1
Cetti's Warbler 1
Blackcap 7
Lesser Whitethroat 3
Willow Warbler 2
Common Chiffchaff 2
Common Sandpiper 4
Common Tern 7
Great Black backed Gull 2 ads
Herring Gull 1 ad
Red crested Pochard 1f
Otmoor rspb 23rd April
Bittern
Little Egret 2
Marsh Harrier
Peregrine
Dunlin
Little-ringed Plover
Swift 4
House Martin 3
(per Paul Greenaway)
Little Egret 2
Marsh Harrier
Peregrine
Dunlin
Little-ringed Plover
Swift 4
House Martin 3
(per Paul Greenaway)
Sunday, 22 April 2018
Otmoor April 22nd (10:30-1:30)
In addition to various sightings below
Hobby -3
Black Tailed Godwit -1
Raven -1
Sent from my iPhone
Hobby -3
Black Tailed Godwit -1
Raven -1
Sent from my iPhone
Farmoor April 22nd (7-10:30 & 4:30-7:30)
Common Tern -4
Grasshopper Warbler -1
Cuckoo -2
GBBGull -1 first summer
Redshank -2
Common Sand -2
Swift -20+ (6pm onwards)
Yellow Wagtail - 7
Channel Wagtail -1
White Wagtail -1
Lesser Whitethroat -1
Garden Warbler -1
Ringed Plover -5 (north at 18:45)
Dunlin -1 (north at 18:45)
Sent from my iPhone
Grasshopper Warbler -1
Cuckoo -2
GBBGull -1 first summer
Redshank -2
Common Sand -2
Swift -20+ (6pm onwards)
Yellow Wagtail - 7
Channel Wagtail -1
White Wagtail -1
Lesser Whitethroat -1
Garden Warbler -1
Ringed Plover -5 (north at 18:45)
Dunlin -1 (north at 18:45)
Sent from my iPhone
Rushey Common area, 22nd April
pm
Cettis Warbler singing frequently and moving along ditch on south side of Tar Lake, first known report at this site
Rushey Common lake- Egyptian Geese 4
Oystercatchers 2
Common Terns 6
Clackers & Mrs Clackers
Cettis Warbler singing frequently and moving along ditch on south side of Tar Lake, first known report at this site
Rushey Common lake- Egyptian Geese 4
Oystercatchers 2
Common Terns 6
Clackers & Mrs Clackers
Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 22nd April
Balscote: Balscote Quarry
Whimbrel: One flew over reserve calling at 18.10 leaving NE. Also 2 curlew dropped in to bathe and preen 17.50.
Steve Holliday
Whimbrel: One flew over reserve calling at 18.10 leaving NE. Also 2 curlew dropped in to bathe and preen 17.50.
Steve Holliday
Otmoor 22nd PM
2 Bittern seen in flight
2 Cuckoo
Whimbrel on Big Otmoor
2 Grasshopper Warbler
Common Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat
2 Cuckoo
Whimbrel on Big Otmoor
2 Grasshopper Warbler
Common Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat
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| Distant Whimbrel |
Bladon Heath: 22nd April
Bladon Heath
2 Mandarin Duck: pair. Flushed from woodland pools.
Tawny Owl: Calling at 0750.
Frogwelldown Lane, Yarnton
2 Grey Partridge: pair. SP470122.
Begbroke: Begbroke Wood
Cuckoo: Heard only.
Derek Evans
2 Mandarin Duck: pair. Flushed from woodland pools.
Tawny Owl: Calling at 0750.
Frogwelldown Lane, Yarnton
2 Grey Partridge: pair. SP470122.
Begbroke: Begbroke Wood
Cuckoo: Heard only.
Derek Evans
Standlake Pit 60: 22nd April
Standlake Pit 60
Green Sandpiper: First for many weeks.
Mick Cunningham
Green Sandpiper: First for many weeks.
Mick Cunningham
Farmoor Reservoir: 22nd April
22nd April
Farmoor Reservoir
Yellow Wagtail
Cuckoo 08:30.
3 Grasshopper Warbler: 3 calling birds around shrike meadow. 08:30.
Mike Youngman
Farmoor Reservoir
Yellow Wagtail
Cuckoo 08:30.
3 Grasshopper Warbler: 3 calling birds around shrike meadow. 08:30.
Mike Youngman
Otmoor: 22nd April
22nd April
Otmoor
Whimbrel 12:00.
2 Cuckoo
2 Oystercatcher
Grasshopper Warbler: Heard on path between hide and first screen.
Peregrine
Graeme Porter
Otmoor
Whimbrel 12:00.
2 Cuckoo
2 Oystercatcher
Grasshopper Warbler: Heard on path between hide and first screen.
Peregrine
Graeme Porter
Charlton Field 22nd April
Charlton Field
Yellow Wagtail: male. SU413862.
2 Wheatear: male
Sparrowhawk
Corn Bunting
Mark Bradfield
Yellow Wagtail: male. SU413862.
2 Wheatear: male
Sparrowhawk
Corn Bunting
Mark Bradfield
Saturday, 21 April 2018
Farmooor: Evening 21st April
1 Grey Plover - Circling F2
2 Grasshopper Warblers - Distant but showing very well within the laid out cut branches in Shrike Meadow (thank you Dai)
1 Channel Wagtail
14 Yellow Wagtail
1 Hobby - over car park
1 Cuckoo - LW Farm
2 Grasshopper Warblers - Distant but showing very well within the laid out cut branches in Shrike Meadow (thank you Dai)
1 Channel Wagtail
14 Yellow Wagtail
1 Hobby - over car park
1 Cuckoo - LW Farm
Standlake Pit 60: 21st April
Standlake Pit 60
Cuckoo: m. This evening. FOY here though might be same bird had near my house all week, see comment under cormorant.
2 Cormorant: For last couple of weeks at least 1 taken to perching for long periods very high in tree on south shore. Didn't think much of it. This evening cuckoo landed in tree. Through scope I could see huge cormorant nest on branch above singing cuckoo. With sitting cormorant in situ. Note to self to be more observant.
Redshank
Common Sandpiper
Reed Warbler: m. Singing. FOY here for me.
Mick Cunningham
Cuckoo: m. This evening. FOY here though might be same bird had near my house all week, see comment under cormorant.
2 Cormorant: For last couple of weeks at least 1 taken to perching for long periods very high in tree on south shore. Didn't think much of it. This evening cuckoo landed in tree. Through scope I could see huge cormorant nest on branch above singing cuckoo. With sitting cormorant in situ. Note to self to be more observant.
Redshank
Common Sandpiper
Reed Warbler: m. Singing. FOY here for me.
Mick Cunningham
Farmoor Res 21st April
1000-1130hrs
Cuckoo 1
Grasshopper Warbler 2
Sedge Warbler 3+
Willow Warbler 1
Blackcap 2
White Wagtail 1
Little Egret 1
Common Tern 3
Cuckoo 1
Grasshopper Warbler 2
Sedge Warbler 3+
Willow Warbler 1
Blackcap 2
White Wagtail 1
Little Egret 1
Common Tern 3
Sonning Eye GPs: 21st April
Sonning Eye GPs
5 Oystercatcher: In flooded field next to spring lane with swans and geese. 16:45.
Mandarin Duck: Over, calling. 16:04.
Garganey 2 (male,fem) On the triangle. 16:35.
Marek Walford
5 Oystercatcher: In flooded field next to spring lane with swans and geese. 16:45.
Mandarin Duck: Over, calling. 16:04.
Garganey 2 (male,fem) On the triangle. 16:35.
Marek Walford
Sutton Courtenay: Sutton Courtenay Old Pits: 21st April
Sutton Courtenay: Sutton Courtenay Old Pits
2 Oystercatcher: SU515940. 14:00.
Sutton Courtenay - Drayton Road
Great White Egret: On flooded area to north of road, opposite large gateway to area of new building. Bird viewable from road. SU489943. 14:40.
Gerry Quinn
2 Oystercatcher: SU515940. 14:00.
Sutton Courtenay - Drayton Road
Great White Egret: On flooded area to north of road, opposite large gateway to area of new building. Bird viewable from road. SU489943. 14:40.
Gerry Quinn
Farmoor: 21st April am
1 LRP south west side of FII briefly
2h Grasshopper Warblers (1 Buckthorn Meadow, 1 Shrike Meadow)
1 Lesser Whitethroat (between Lower Whitley Farm and Buckthorn Meadow)
Sedge & Reed Warblers
Chiffchaff
Otmoor - 21st April
0545-1130 hrs
2 Common Shelduck
1 Bittern (Booming)
2 Oystercatcher
1 Whimbrel (East side of Big Otmoor)
1 Curlew (heard only)
1 Woodcock (flushed from edge of field opposite to MoD Land)
3 Snipe (Drumming)
2 Cuckoo
1 Barn Owl (Quartering East side of Greenways)
2 Grasshopper Warbler
George Best
2 Common Shelduck
1 Bittern (Booming)
2 Oystercatcher
1 Whimbrel (East side of Big Otmoor)
1 Curlew (heard only)
1 Woodcock (flushed from edge of field opposite to MoD Land)
3 Snipe (Drumming)
2 Cuckoo
1 Barn Owl (Quartering East side of Greenways)
2 Grasshopper Warbler
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| Whimbrel - George Best |
Ottmoor. 21st April.
Pied Flycatcher m. from bridleway south of the reserve, on route to Julys Meadow.
Per. Mark Chivers. John Reynolds.
Per. Mark Chivers. John Reynolds.
Whimbrel.
Per. Paul Brennan.
Friday, 20 April 2018
Fyfield Wick: 20th April
Fyfield Wick
Fieldfare: Single bird flew in and was calling from tree top. 20:18.
Jed Cleeter
Fieldfare: Single bird flew in and was calling from tree top. 20:18.
Jed Cleeter
20th April Otmoor
16-19:00 Old Caley's Diary
Wheatear (2, m&f) (Cattle pens)
Hobby (big Otmoor)
Grasshopper warbler (reeling Carpark field)
Garden Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat (5)
Common Whitethroat
Sedge Warbler (6)
Willow Warbler (2)
Cetti's Warbler (3h)
Snipe (drumming)
Bittern (booming in reedbed)
Cuckoo (2)
Wheatear (2, m&f) (Cattle pens)
Hobby (big Otmoor)
Grasshopper warbler (reeling Carpark field)
Garden Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat (5)
Common Whitethroat
Sedge Warbler (6)
Willow Warbler (2)
Cetti's Warbler (3h)
Snipe (drumming)
Bittern (booming in reedbed)
Cuckoo (2)
Grimsbury Reservoir: 20th April
Wood Warbler from this morning, singing intermittently & showing well at times, but very mobile! Amazingly in exactly the same place as the one I found 2 years ago and just one day earlier!
Churn: 20th April
Churn
Yellow Wagtail: SU508832.
5 Wheatear: SU508825.
4 Grey Partridge: SU510839.
Michael Violette
Yellow Wagtail: SU508832.
5 Wheatear: SU508825.
4 Grey Partridge: SU510839.
Michael Violette
Farmoor, 20th April
Black Terns 2 favouring east end of f2
Cuckoo 2 1 behind Lower Whitley farm 1 behind Shrike Meadow
Lesser Whitethroat
Cettis Warbler Pinkhill
Willow Warbler Pinkhill
Clackers & Mrs Clackers
Cuckoo 2 1 behind Lower Whitley farm 1 behind Shrike Meadow
Lesser Whitethroat
Cettis Warbler Pinkhill
Willow Warbler Pinkhill
Clackers & Mrs Clackers
Otmoor: 20th April
Otmoor
Hobby: Greenaways.
2 Raven: Flying towards Beckley.
3 Cuckoo
2 Oystercatcher: A pair widely ranging over the moor.
4 Pintail: Big Otmoor.
4 Reed Warbler
John Edwards
Hobby: Greenaways.
2 Raven: Flying towards Beckley.
3 Cuckoo
2 Oystercatcher: A pair widely ranging over the moor.
4 Pintail: Big Otmoor.
4 Reed Warbler
John Edwards
Farmoor. 20th.April.
Black Terns still present F2. at 3.15pm. Per Mr. and Mrs. Clackers.
Cuckoo.
Yellow Wagtail.
Wheatear.
Cuckoo.
Yellow Wagtail.
Wheatear.
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| Wheatear. |
Lollingdon
1 Cuckoo
2 Whinchat
2 Willow Warbler
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Garden Warbler
5 Raven (family group)
1 Yellow Wagtail
2 Swallow
NO Common Whitethroat yet!
2 Whinchat
2 Willow Warbler
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Garden Warbler
5 Raven (family group)
1 Yellow Wagtail
2 Swallow
NO Common Whitethroat yet!
Blenheim 20th April
Common Sandpiper,
Redpoll,
Raven displaying
3 Little Egrets on the island.
Per Dave Doherty
Redpoll,
Raven displaying
3 Little Egrets on the island.
Per Dave Doherty
Standlake Pit 60: 20th April
Standlake Pit 60
2 Lesser Whitethroat: m. Both at sorry end Langley Lane. Foy Sedge been in a week but influx today c6 alongside sylvias.
Mick Cunningham
2 Lesser Whitethroat: m. Both at sorry end Langley Lane. Foy Sedge been in a week but influx today c6 alongside sylvias.
Mick Cunningham
Standlake Pit 60: 20th April
Standlake Pit 60
2 Garden Warbler: male. Two watched singing. My first of year.
Mick Cunningham
2 Garden Warbler: male. Two watched singing. My first of year.
Mick Cunningham
20th April, Grimsbury Reservoir, Banbury
Wood Warbler at Grimsbury Reservoir singing in the wood on southern edge by the cattle field.
per John Friendship Taylor
per John Friendship Taylor
Fyfield Wick: 20th April
Fyfield Wick
Swift: High NW. 07:20.
Willow Warbler: 1st singing Male Heard here. 07:20.
Jed Cleeter
Swift: High NW. 07:20.
Willow Warbler: 1st singing Male Heard here. 07:20.
Jed Cleeter
Thursday, 19 April 2018
Barford St. Michael: Barford Airfield: 19th April
Barford St. Michael: Barford Airfield
Redstart: male. Seen in low scrub inside Airfeild fence, also 2 wheatears. SP4433.
Adrian Bletchly
Redstart: male. Seen in low scrub inside Airfeild fence, also 2 wheatears. SP4433.
Adrian Bletchly
Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 19th April
Balscote: Balscote Quarry
Short-eared Owl: Hunting over reserve and adjoining fields. Probably present yesterday evening too. 19:10.
Steve Holliday
Short-eared Owl: Hunting over reserve and adjoining fields. Probably present yesterday evening too. 19:10.
Steve Holliday
Fyfield Wick: 19th April
Fyfield Wick
Swift: Circled for a couple of minutes getting lower. Then made 2 dives and inspected my eaves for a nesting site, before disappearing. Feel Privileged and hope it returns. 18:52.
4 Blackcap: 2 singing males appear to be paired up with females. 18:52.
Chiffchaff: Singing Male. 18:52.
Jed Cleeter
Swift: Circled for a couple of minutes getting lower. Then made 2 dives and inspected my eaves for a nesting site, before disappearing. Feel Privileged and hope it returns. 18:52.
4 Blackcap: 2 singing males appear to be paired up with females. 18:52.
Chiffchaff: Singing Male. 18:52.
Jed Cleeter
