Aston Rowant: Aston Rowant NNR
2 Spotted Flycatcher: W of M40. SU726964. 17:20.
Richard Haydon
Saturday, 31 August 2019
Farmoor 31st Aug
8:00-12:00am
8 Common Sandpiper
5+ Swift
1 Common Tern
Kingfisher
Sent from my iPhone
8 Common Sandpiper
5+ Swift
1 Common Tern
Kingfisher
Sent from my iPhone
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Common Sandpiper courtesy of John Workman
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Otmoor 31st Aug
5:00pm
7 Whinchat
6 Yellow Wagtail
3 Little Ringed Plover
2 Marsh Harrier
13 Snipe
Sent from my iPhone
7 Whinchat
6 Yellow Wagtail
3 Little Ringed Plover
2 Marsh Harrier
13 Snipe
Sent from my iPhone
Friday, 30 August 2019
Bicester Wetland Reserve 30th August
1f Redstart along entrance track, near to red speed bump sign
Also 2 Green Sands, 3 Snipe, 42+ Teal, 1 Wigeon, 1 Little Egret
Keyholder reserve
Also 2 Green Sands, 3 Snipe, 42+ Teal, 1 Wigeon, 1 Little Egret
Keyholder reserve
Freeland 30th August
3 or more spotted flycatchers on the path towards Church Hanborough from the Green (5.30pm)
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| Spotted flycatcher |
Port Meadow: 30th August
30th August
Port Meadow
4 Yellow Wagtail: One bird on river bank just below Godstow Lock. Later saw further 4 birds amongst a group of pied wagtails on "dried up floods" near Aristotle Bridge entrance. 15:30.
Whinchat: Flying and sitting at different points on "dried up floods" near Aristotle Bridge entrance. 15:45.
Andrew Siantonas
Port Meadow
4 Yellow Wagtail: One bird on river bank just below Godstow Lock. Later saw further 4 birds amongst a group of pied wagtails on "dried up floods" near Aristotle Bridge entrance. 15:30.
Whinchat: Flying and sitting at different points on "dried up floods" near Aristotle Bridge entrance. 15:45.
Andrew Siantonas
Chinnor: Cement Works: 30th August
Chinnor: Cement Works
3 Common Sandpiper: Lake 2b. 09:15.
3 Teal: Lake 2b. First autumn arrivals. 09:15.
David Stracey
3 Common Sandpiper: Lake 2b. 09:15.
3 Teal: Lake 2b. First autumn arrivals. 09:15.
David Stracey
Thursday, 29 August 2019
Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park: 29th August
Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park
Hobby: Over Burgess Field, found by Thomas Miller.
Adam Hartley
Hobby: Over Burgess Field, found by Thomas Miller.
Adam Hartley
Castle Hill, Wheatley to Cuddesdon - 29th Aug
4 Yellow Wagtail at SP604042 @ 10:20, then 11 at SP603035 40 mins later
20+ and 30+ Linnet flocks
Plenty of Swallows
12 Red Kite in newly ploughed field
20+ and 30+ Linnet flocks
Plenty of Swallows
12 Red Kite in newly ploughed field
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| Yellow Wagtails (record shot) |
Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II: 29th August
Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II
11 Yellow Wagtail: At least 11 on the flying between eaters edge and grassy verge. Probably more. SP440054. 12:34.
Conor MacKenzie
11 Yellow Wagtail: At least 11 on the flying between eaters edge and grassy verge. Probably more. SP440054. 12:34.
Conor MacKenzie
: 29th August
Farmoor
Whinchat: 1 perched on hedgerow. SP449062. 12:17.
Farmoor
Wheatear: On fence post. SP449062. 12:17.
Farmoor
2 Spotted Flycatcher: Flycatching from trees by toilet block. SP449062. 12:17.
Conor MacKenzie
Whinchat: 1 perched on hedgerow. SP449062. 12:17.
Farmoor
Wheatear: On fence post. SP449062. 12:17.
Farmoor
2 Spotted Flycatcher: Flycatching from trees by toilet block. SP449062. 12:17.
Conor MacKenzie
Cholsey: 29th August
Cholsey
Whimbrel: over the village calling, flying south as the early morning mist cleared. 07:10.
Michael Pocock
Whimbrel: over the village calling, flying south as the early morning mist cleared. 07:10.
Michael Pocock
Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Farmoor Reservoir 28th August
1000-1200hrs
Black Tern 5
Green Sandpiper 1
Common Sandpiper 1
Ringed Plover 1
Dunlin 1
Yellow legged Gull 4
Yellow Wagtail 24
Black Tern 5
Green Sandpiper 1
Common Sandpiper 1
Ringed Plover 1
Dunlin 1
Yellow legged Gull 4
Yellow Wagtail 24
Chinnor: Cement Works: 28th August
Chinnor: Cement Works
3 Common Sandpiper: Lake 2b. 09:15.
David Stracey
3 Common Sandpiper: Lake 2b. 09:15.
David Stracey
Farmoor Reservoir: 28th August
Farmoor Reservoir
2 Whinchat: on fence nr lower whitley farm
5 Black Tern
3 Ringed Plover: 1ad 2 juv
Dunlin
6 Common Sandpiper
All F2 08:00-09:15 Stephen Young
2 Whinchat: on fence nr lower whitley farm
5 Black Tern
3 Ringed Plover: 1ad 2 juv
Dunlin
6 Common Sandpiper
All F2 08:00-09:15 Stephen Young
Otmoor 28th August
Otmoor 1st screen
3 Little Ringed Plover
1 Hobby
1 Little Egret
247 Lapwing
12 Snipe
Also Redstart along fence.
3 Little Ringed Plover
1 Hobby
1 Little Egret
247 Lapwing
12 Snipe
Also Redstart along fence.
Tuesday, 27 August 2019
Appleford New Workings 27th August
Ruff (juv)
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper 5
Common Sandpiper
Yellow Wagtail
No public access but viewable distantly
Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park: 27th August
Mini "fall" later afternoon with loads of birds at the northern end of the reserve.
Whinchat
Redstart
2 Lesser Whitethroat
Grasshopper Warbler
Adam Hartley, Thomas Miller, Ton Yeh & Matthew Lloyd
Whinchat
Redstart
2 Lesser Whitethroat
Grasshopper Warbler
Adam Hartley, Thomas Miller, Ton Yeh & Matthew Lloyd
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| Whinchat courtesy of Thomas Miller |
Farmoor Reservoir 27th August
Greenshank 1
Ringed Plover 1 circling res
Dunlin 1 juv
Northern Wheatear 1
Yellow Wagtail 5 all juvs
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Common Whitethroat 8+
Reed Warbler 2+
many Common Chiffchaff and two singing Willow Warbler
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1f
Little Egret 1
Yellow legged Gull 4+
Greater Black backed Gull 2 adult/juv
Litle Grebe 6
Aberrant Common Coot 1 = mainly white
Monday, 26 August 2019
Nr Muswell Hill 26th August
Pied Flycatcher f/imm briefly this afternoon to the left of the access road to the farm.
Spotted Flycatcher 5+
Redstart f
Willow Warbler
Whitethroat
Hobby
Southfield Golf Course, Oxford
Pied Flycatcher at 7am, but flew to an area with no public access. Also 2 Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat and 2 Ring-necked Parakeet (Tom Bedford and Dave Lowe).
Farmoor Reservoir 26th August
Whinchat 1
Northern Wheatear 1
Yellow Wagtail 1
Reed Warbler
Blackcap
Lesser Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
Common Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Cetti's Warbler
Common Raven 1
Little Egret 2
Black Tern 5
Common Tern 2
Yellow legged Gull 1
Little ringed Plover 1 flew over reservoir
Kingfisher 3
Southfield Golf Course: 26th August
26th August
Southfield Golf Course
5 Spotted Flycatcher 12:00.
10 Swift 11:45.
Isaac West
Southfield Golf Course
5 Spotted Flycatcher 12:00.
10 Swift 11:45.
Isaac West
Otmoor rspb 26th August
Goosander
Marsh Harrier
Little-ringed Plover 3 juv
Lapwing 177Green Sandpiper
Farmoor 26th PM
1 Little Ringed Plover (juv)
5+ Yellow Wagtails
3 Common Sandpiper
Lesser whitethroat
Kingfisher
No sign of Black Terns
Pied Flycatcher Reported early am
Stanton Harcourt: 26th August
Stanton Harcourt
Spotted Flycatcher: Flycatching from hedge adjacent to entrance to new housing development opposite cemetery. Scant reward for checking a fair few N-S hedgerows near home. 14:25.
Mick Cunningham
Spotted Flycatcher: Flycatching from hedge adjacent to entrance to new housing development opposite cemetery. Scant reward for checking a fair few N-S hedgerows near home. 14:25.
Mick Cunningham
Bicester Wetland Reserve 26th August
7 Snipe
6 Green Sandpiper
1 Heron
12 Teal
Alan Peters
Key Holder Reserve
Balscote: 26th August
Balscote
Redstart: Female in garden nr balscote per M Tapper. 10:00.
Michael Hunt
Redstart: Female in garden nr balscote per M Tapper. 10:00.
Michael Hunt
Sutton Courtenay: Sutton Courtenay landfill: 26th August
Sutton Courtenay: Sutton Courtenay landfill
Common Sandpiper: Flushed after a few minutes of watching. 07:47.
2 Green Sandpiper: One flushed with common sand after a few minutes. The other still on the North pit. 07:47.
Conor MacKenzie
Common Sandpiper: Flushed after a few minutes of watching. 07:47.
2 Green Sandpiper: One flushed with common sand after a few minutes. The other still on the North pit. 07:47.
Conor MacKenzie
Sunday, 25 August 2019
Ardington and Lark Hill 25th August
Pied Flycatcher calling from Elms outside Ardington village shop 13:50, departed to SW
Lark Hill:
Redstart (m)
5 Wheatear
4+ Willow Warbler
Lark Hill:
Redstart (m)
5 Wheatear
4+ Willow Warbler
Launton: 25th August
Launton
Hobby: Desperately trying to catch Swallows that were hawking insects over the railway line the hobby in spectacular twists and turns. 12:07.
Michael Hunt
Hobby: Desperately trying to catch Swallows that were hawking insects over the railway line the hobby in spectacular twists and turns. 12:07.
Michael Hunt
Gramp's Hill: 25th Aug. early AM
2 Tree Pipit (together, low flyover, not relocated)
Redstart (f)
8 Yellow Wagtail (at reservoir)
8 Meadow Pipit (at reservoir)
6 Corn Bunting
6 Willow Warbler
2 Raven
Redstart (f)
8 Yellow Wagtail (at reservoir)
8 Meadow Pipit (at reservoir)
6 Corn Bunting
6 Willow Warbler
2 Raven
Otmoor rspb 25th August
Great white Egret 2
Ruff
Ruff
Greenshank 17
Little-ringed Plover 2 juv
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Snipe 12+
Lapwing c100
Hobby
Farmoor Reservoir: 25th August
Farmoor Reservoir
7 Black Tern 09:29.
Little Ringed Plover: j. 09:29.
5 Yellow Wagtail 09:29.
Mike Youngman
7 Black Tern 09:29.
Little Ringed Plover: j. 09:29.
5 Yellow Wagtail 09:29.
Mike Youngman
Standlake Pit 60: 25th August
Standlake Pit 60
Sedge Warbler: Forgot to add sedge to flock that contained Reed warbler, lesser throat, willow warblers chiffs and blackcaps. 08:54.
Mick Cunningham
Sedge Warbler: Forgot to add sedge to flock that contained Reed warbler, lesser throat, willow warblers chiffs and blackcaps. 08:54.
Mick Cunningham
Standlake Pit 60: 25th August
Standlake Pit 60
3 Willow Warbler: Together in mixed warbler flock. 08:11.
12 Chiffchaff: 4 in mixed warbler flock near LL hide rest with blackcaps n end LL. 08:11.
8 Blackcap: 4 in mixed warbler flock near LL hide rest at n end LL. 08:11.
Mick Cunningham
3 Willow Warbler: Together in mixed warbler flock. 08:11.
12 Chiffchaff: 4 in mixed warbler flock near LL hide rest with blackcaps n end LL. 08:11.
8 Blackcap: 4 in mixed warbler flock near LL hide rest at n end LL. 08:11.
Mick Cunningham
Saturday, 24 August 2019
Farmoor Reservoir 24th August
In addition to the Black Terns
Common Sandpiper 2
Kingfisher 2 poss 3 (not Shrike Meadow)
Barnacle Goose 26
Little Egret 2
Little Egret 2
Aston Upthorpe: Juniper Valley: 24th August
Aston Upthorpe: Juniper Valley
3 Spotted Flycatcher: SU544838. 20:31.
Michael Violette
3 Spotted Flycatcher: SU544838. 20:31.
Michael Violette
: 24th August
Northend
4 Spotted Flycatcher: Family group amongst hedge line, parallel with Holloway Lane - 60 yards distance in line with Lower Northend Farm. SU738925. 14:43.
John Taylor
4 Spotted Flycatcher: Family group amongst hedge line, parallel with Holloway Lane - 60 yards distance in line with Lower Northend Farm. SU738925. 14:43.
John Taylor
Otmoor: 24th August
24th August
Otmoor
2 Greenshank: First screen. 10:00.
3 Whinchat: Greenaways. 11:00.
Jackie Newcombe
Otmoor
2 Greenshank: First screen. 10:00.
3 Whinchat: Greenaways. 11:00.
Jackie Newcombe
Farmoor. 24th. August.
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| Some of the 60+ Black Terns present on the reservoir this morning. |
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at 16:30 (per Ewan).
Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 24th August
Balscote: Balscote Quarry
Hobby: Hawking above the pools. 11:13.
Graeme Porter
Hobby: Hawking above the pools. 11:13.
Graeme Porter
Gramp's Hill: 24th Aug early AM
Tree Pipit (present for at least 15 mins)
Redstart (f)
3 Yellow Wagtail
4 Raven
4 Willow Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Corn Bunting
All 3 common Hirundines over in varying numbers.
Redstart (f)
3 Yellow Wagtail
4 Raven
4 Willow Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Corn Bunting
All 3 common Hirundines over in varying numbers.
Letcombe Bassett 24th August
Tree Pipit Gramps Hill track south of Ridgeway 07:19 (per Mark Merritt)
Friday, 23 August 2019
: 23rd August
Aston Upthorpe Down
2 Spotted Flycatcher: 1m 1f. SU542835. 17:14.
Aston Upthorpe Down
2 Redstart: 1m 1f. SU542835. 17:14.
John Taylor
2 Spotted Flycatcher: 1m 1f. SU542835. 17:14.
Aston Upthorpe Down
2 Redstart: 1m 1f. SU542835. 17:14.
John Taylor
Farmoor Reservoir: 23rd August
Farmoor Reservoir
Wheatear: fem. 13:49.
2 Yellow Wagtail 13:49.
Dave Murphy
Wheatear: fem. 13:49.
2 Yellow Wagtail 13:49.
Dave Murphy
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Farmoor Reservoir: 22nd August
Farmoor Reservoir
Little Tern c19:27 F2 (per Thomas Miller)
Mediterranean Gull: juv moulting to 1w. Flew south. Must've been 3k large gulls too. 20:59.
Mick Cunningham
Little Tern c19:27 F2 (per Thomas Miller)
Mediterranean Gull: juv moulting to 1w. Flew south. Must've been 3k large gulls too. 20:59.
Mick Cunningham
Little Tern video courtesy of Thomas Miller
Otmoor: Pill Ground: 22nd August
Otmoor: Pill Ground
4 Lesser Whitethroat
Blackcap
2 Whinchat fem
2 Wheatear
Peregrine
13:40 (Mark Pidgeon)
4 Lesser Whitethroat
Blackcap
2 Whinchat fem
2 Wheatear
Peregrine
13:40 (Mark Pidgeon)
Didcot Landfill: 21st August
3 Caspian Gulls. Yesterday's tea-coloured juv, a small whiter juv and a 1st-s/2nd-w.
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Farmoor Causeway: 21st August (Evening)
1 Black Tern - juv
1 Hobby
1 Ringed Plover
2 Dunlin
3 Yellow Wagtail
For the second time this week I have had to rescue a distressed Great Crested Grebe from the causeway tarmac. Despite continuous flapping these birds seem unable to take off or climb the concrete wall. Quite why this is happening I'm not sure but other people have reported the same experience in previous years. A large jacket over the bird will calm it down and allow you to safely return it to the water's edge.
1 Hobby
1 Ringed Plover
2 Dunlin
3 Yellow Wagtail
For the second time this week I have had to rescue a distressed Great Crested Grebe from the causeway tarmac. Despite continuous flapping these birds seem unable to take off or climb the concrete wall. Quite why this is happening I'm not sure but other people have reported the same experience in previous years. A large jacket over the bird will calm it down and allow you to safely return it to the water's edge.
Sutton Courtenay: Sutton Courtenay landfill: 21st August
Sutton Courtenay: Sutton Courtenay landfill
Green Sandpiper: Still on North pit. 17:04.
Conor MacKenzie
Green Sandpiper: Still on North pit. 17:04.
Conor MacKenzie
Lollingdon: 21st Aug
15 Spotted Flycatcher present (poss 18). 3 groups scattered around and actively feeding.
2 Common Redstart nearby.
1 Yellow Wagtail (flyover).
2 Common Redstart nearby.
1 Yellow Wagtail (flyover).
Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park: 21st August
Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park
Spotted Flycatcher: still present late morning. 11:57.
Adam Hartley & Thomas Miller
Spotted Flycatcher: still present late morning. 11:57.
Adam Hartley & Thomas Miller
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| courtesy of Gnome |
Bicester Wetland Reserve 21st August
1 Common Snipe (first of the autumn)
4 Green Sandpiper
13 Moorhen
5 Teal
Alan peters
Key Holder Reserve
4 Green Sandpiper
13 Moorhen
5 Teal
Alan peters
Key Holder Reserve
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Otmoor, 20th August
The Pill, 17-18:00
Whinchat (6)
Common Redstart (1)
Wheatear (1)
Goldfinch (100+)
Linnet (50+)
Whinchat (6)
Common Redstart (1)
Wheatear (1)
Goldfinch (100+)
Linnet (50+)
Port Meadow 19th/20th August
Port Meadow 19th
2 Yellow Wagtail in amongst the cattle at the southern end
Burgess Field 19th
2 Spotted Flycatcher mid evening, found by Thomas Miller
Burgess Field 20th
1+ Spotted Flycatcher still present late morning near the spoil heap half way along the western edge where the cinder path starts to bend round to the right.
Spotted Flycatcher still present in Burgess Field late afternoon (Ton Yeh and Mary MacDougall)
2 Yellow Wagtail in amongst the cattle at the southern end
Burgess Field 19th
2 Spotted Flycatcher mid evening, found by Thomas Miller
Burgess Field 20th
1+ Spotted Flycatcher still present late morning near the spoil heap half way along the western edge where the cinder path starts to bend round to the right.
Spotted Flycatcher still present in Burgess Field late afternoon (Ton Yeh and Mary MacDougall)
Lark Hill 20th August
2 Redstart
2 Wheatear
2 Lesser Whitethroat
8+ Common Whitethroat
Willow Warbler
2juv Reed Bunting
2 Wheatear
2 Lesser Whitethroat
8+ Common Whitethroat
Willow Warbler
2juv Reed Bunting
Sutton Courtenay: Sutton Courtenay landfill: 20th August
Sutton Courtenay: Sutton Courtenay landfill
2 Green Sandpiper: Still on northern pit. 13:38.
Conor MacKenzie
2 Green Sandpiper: Still on northern pit. 13:38.
Conor MacKenzie
Monday, 19 August 2019
Lollingdon/Cholsey
2 Common Redstart,
3 Spotted Flycatcher,
1 Wheatear,
3 Common Whitethroat,
2 Lesser Whitethroat,
1 Sedge Warbler,
5 Blackcap,
1 Willow Warbler,
7 Chiffchaff.
4 Raven,
6 Swift
1 Hobby (per Dave Mags).
3 Spotted Flycatcher,
1 Wheatear,
3 Common Whitethroat,
2 Lesser Whitethroat,
1 Sedge Warbler,
5 Blackcap,
1 Willow Warbler,
7 Chiffchaff.
4 Raven,
6 Swift
1 Hobby (per Dave Mags).
Sutton Courtenay: Sutton Courtenay Old Pits: 19th August
Sutton Courtenay: Sutton Courtenay Old Pits
2 Green Sandpiper 19:09.
Conor MacKenzie
2 Green Sandpiper 19:09.
Conor MacKenzie
