Port Meadow: 30th April

Port Meadow
Wood Sandpiper
2 Oystercatcher
2 Little Ringed Plover
Dunlin
4 Shelduck
2 Common Tern
20 Yellow Wagtail: Including female Blue-headed, per Thomas Miller.

Adam Hartley

Standlake Pit 60 30th April

Whimbrel: Flew in. Bathed. Scared off by squabbling geese but looked to land in Thames field. 14:48.Greenshank: Flew in calling c2 30pm.
As with whimbrel, new passage birds or recent individuals re appearing? 14:48.
Caspian Gull: 1s. Lingering bird. Attacked by red kite for possession of a drinking rock. 14:48.
2 Hobby: Hawking. 14:48.
Shelduck: The same Male and female. Plus usual redshank and common sands. 14:48.

Mick Cunningham

Whimbrel x70 in scope as was distant. Greenshank nearer.

Otmoor, 30th April 2021

 Bridleway 15-17:00

Glossy Ibis (Closes)

Lesser Whitethroat

Blackcap 5+

Common Swift 10+

House Martin 50+

Swallow 100+

Cetti's warbler 5+

Hobby 7

Common Crane 2 (Ashgrave)

Oystercatcher (Big Otmoor)

Barnacle Goose (Big Otmoor)

Marsh Harrier

: 30th April

Drayton 1066 flooded field
2 Hobby: Hunting hirudines. SU486943. 19:10.

Drayton 1066 flooded field
2 Redshank: SU486943. 19:10.

Drayton 1066 flooded field
Oystercatcher: SU486943. 19:10.

David Eccles

 

Hobby on Otmoor rspb courtesy of Bryan Manston.

Standlake: 30th April

Standlake
Lesser Whitethroat: Village, not pit. My foy singing from dame hedge as last year, on straight mile. Also whitethroat. 18:40.

Mick Cunningham

Sonning Eye GPs: 30th April

Sonning Eye GPs
Oystercatcher 18:10.

Marek Walford

Dalton airfield

Whinchat - Male

Wheatear - Male

Yellow Wagtail - 5

Sutton Courtenay

4 Whimbrel on flooded field early morning before flying north

Appleford GPs

29/04

Short-eared Owl - roosting on post in area with no general access

Grasshopper Warbler - reeling on meadow on the other side of the Thames.

Common Sandpiper

Redshank

Barn Owl

Oystercatcher - 3

30/04

Cuckoo - male singing

Common Tern - 4 

Oystercatcher - 3

Green Sandpiper

Lower Shiplake: 30th April

Lower Shiplake
2 Garden Warbler: SU775792. 14:10.
Buzzard: SU775792. 14:10.
2 Raven: SU775792. 14:10.

Ralph Watts

Farmoor Reservoir 30th April

Black Redstart 1 female or imm male

Greenshank 1

Ringed Plover 1

Little Ringed Plover 1 per Dave Murphy

Common Sandpiper 6

Dunlin 1

Oystercatcher 1

Common Tern 9

Cuckoo 2

Yellow Wagtail 16

Grasshopper Warbler 3

Garden Warbler 5

Lesser Whitethroat 1

Sedge Warbler at least 21 singing males between Pinkhill Lock and  Lower Whitely Farm

Common Swift 150+

Swallow 150+

Sand Martin 200+

House Martin 10+

Standlake Pit 60: 30th April

Standlake Pit 60
3 Yellow Wagtail: Forgot. 3 came down in light shower. Eventually, left west. 14:54.

Mick Cunningham

Standlake Pit 60: 30th April

Standlake Pit 60
Whimbrel: Flew in. Bathed. Scared off by squabbling geese but looked to land in Thames field. 14:48.
Greenshank: Flew in calling c2 30pm. As with whimbrel, new passage birds or recent individuals re appearing? 14:48.
Caspian Gull: 1s. Lingering bird. Attacked by red kite for possession of a drinking rock. 14:48.
2 Hobby: Hawking. 14:48.
Shelduck: The same Male and female. Plus usual redshank and common sands. 14:48.

Mick Cunningham

Graven Hill, Bicester. 30th April 2021

 Garganey 2

Little Ringed Plover 2

Lapwing

Graven Hill 30th April

Garganey 2 m/f still present 11:45

Little-ringed Plover 2

(per Nick Truby)

Access off of A41 roundabout.

Sparrowhawk eating Swift Farmoor 27th April

 Soft focus as filmed from a distance with scope zoomed as well as phone, so as not to disturb. Also, was 27th April, not 29th. 

Farmoor Reservoir 30th April

Black Redstart (f) between the filter beds and the works n/e of F1 10:08 (per Ewan Urquhart).

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Chinnor: Cement Works: 30th April

Chinnor: Cement Works
2 Little Ringed Plover: North end of Lake 2b. 08:45.
Yellow Wagtail: 1 north end of Lake 2b. 08:45.

David Stracey

Radley Large Wood 30th April

Wood Warbler no further sign by 10:32 (per Wayne Bull).

Found at 7am by Gareth Clair.

Park by main gate in Sugworth Lane then follow the wide ride straight into the wood & when you reach the cross rides turn left & it's just around a large Oak on the left edge of the ride.

Graven Hill Bicester 29th April

Garganey 2 m/f 18:08 (per RBA)

Sandford Meadows 29th April

Sandford meadows up
Mandarin Duck: male. in flight over Sandford hydro. SP528017. 18:47.

Paul Jepson

Otmoor: 29th April - pm

Garganey

2 Garganey, 1 Glossy Ibis, 1 Spotted Redshank (Wetlands Watch), 4 Bar-tailed Godwit (Ashgrave), 2 Whimbrel, 1 Whinchat, 1 Peregrine, 6 Hobby

Nuneham Courtenay: Golden Balls: 29th April

Nuneham Courtenay: Golden Balls
Grasshopper Warbler: Reeling from edge of oilseed rape field. 21:19.

D Moden

Farmoor Reservoir: 28th April

Farmoor Reservoir
Sparrowhawk: m. I filmed a Male eating a swift on causeway. Last year, I noticed a Male specialised in sneaking along causeway hunting passage passerines and waders. Same bird? Newton notes swift as prey species albeit an uncommon one. 21:14.

Mick Cunningham

Otmoor. Evening. 29th April.

Glossy Ibis.

Big Otmoor.   Garganey.  m. and f.   Spotted Redshank.

Greenaways.   Hobby.  2.

Closes.   Greenshank.  3.   Glossy Ibis.

Ashgrave.   Shelduck.  2.   Oystercatcher.  2.   Greenshank.  

Per.  W.P.  M.G.  T.S.

Aston Tirrold: 29th April

Aston Tirrold
Swift 17:30.

Gary Magill

Cholsey: Lollingdon Hill: 29th April

Cholsey: Lollingdon Hill
3 Wheatear 17:00.

Gary Magill

Cholsey: Lollingdon Hill: 29th April

Cholsey: Lollingdon Hill
Ring Ouzel 17:00.

Gary Magill

Otmoor: Otmoor Lane: 29th April

Otmoor: Otmoor Lane
3 Cuckoo: 3 in one of the fields off Otmoor Lane.

Otmoor: Long Meadow
Ring Ouzel: male. Staying low in and around the isolated bushes beyond the old stop butt.

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
2 Greenshank: At least 2 on the Closes.

Steve Roby

Standlake: West Oxon Sailing Club Lake: 29th April

Standlake: West Oxon Sailing Club Lake
Common Sandpiper 16:30.
Yellow Wagtail 16:30.

Wylie Horn

Otmoor rspb 29th April

Male Ring Ouzel in Long Meadow in the 

isolated bushes beyond the old stop butt.

17:08

(per Steve Roby).

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Otmoor 29 April 2021

Spotted Redshank            1 on Ashgrave

Common Crane                2 on Ashgrave

Glossy Ibis                       1 on the Closes

Bittern                              booming in the northern reed bed

Cuckoo                            2

Grasshopper Warbler       reeling in the Car Park Field

Greenshank                      1 on the Closes

Good passage of hirundines through the reserve all morning

Lesser Whitethroat

Swallows

Swift

Cranes on Ashgrave

Whitethroat

: 29th April

studleywood
Cuckoo: Seen calling by the 8 tee. SP600114. 14:35.

John Barnes

Farmoor Reservoir 29th April

Arctic Tern 7

Common Tern 6

Whimbrel 1

Dunlin 1

Common Sandpiper 5

Oystercatcher 1

Peregrine 1 immature

Cuckoo 1

Yellow Wagtail 15 incl a female flava (Blue headed Wagtail) or flava x flavissima (Channel Wagtail)

Lesser Whitethroat 2

Swallow 300+

Sand Martin 100+

House Martin 50+

Swift 150+

 

Otmoor rspb 29th April

Wood Sandpiper in area with no general access.

North side of Otmoor 29th April am

 Wheatear and Whinchat and all the expected Warblers on this mornings hedgerow survey.

Wheatear and Whinchat (c) Bark

Standlake Pit 60: 29th April

Standlake Pit 60
Green Sandpiper 10:44.
2 Redshank: Paired up? 10:44.
2 Common Sandpiper 10:44.
Snipe: Flushed during survey Thames field S LL. 10:44.
Yellow Wagtail: m. 10:44.

Mick Cunningham

Standlake Pit 60: 29th April

Standlake Pit 60
Ringed Plover 09:43.

Mick Cunningham

Farmoor Reservoir 29th April

Arctic Tern 5 

Dunlin

Grasshopper Warbler 

Blue-headed Wagtail (f)

(per Johnny Eclipse, Ewan Urquhart).

Otmoor rspb 28th April

Spotted Redshank

GLOSSY IBIS in bush on the northern edge of the Closes 16:09.

Spotted Redshank 

Greenshank 3

Redshank

Whimbrel

Curlew

Ruff

Dunlin 8

Ringed Plover 4

Little-ringed Plover 

Common Sandpiper 

Bar-tailed Godwit 3

Black-tailed Godwit

Oystercatcher 

Lapwing

Snipe

Bittern landed on Greenaways

Crane 3

Snow Goose 2

Garganey 2 m/f

Pintail 2 m/f

Raven

Cuckoo

White Wagtail 2

Yellow Wagtail 

(per Badger,Ewan Urquhart).

Greenshank courtesy of Badger.

Common Cranes on Otmoor courtesy of Ewan Urquhart.

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 28th April

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course
20 Sand Martin 19:48.
50 House Martin 19:48.
60 Swallow 19:48.
2 Swift 19:48.
4 Yellow Wagtail 19:48.
Sedge Warbler: New for site. 19:48.

Luke Marriner

Farmoor Reservoir 28th April

Arctic Terns courtesy of Jeremy Dexter.

Arctic Tern c80

Common Tern 2

Whimbrel 3

Greenshank

Turnstone (per Yacky Morris)

Ringed Plover 4

Dunlin 

Common Sandpiper 5

Goosander (f) F2 (per Paul Butler)

Yellow Wagtail 12

Swift 100+

Swallow 500+

Sand Martin 2000

House Martin 5

Turnstone 15:24.

Hobby hunting over F2 (per Paul Butler)
Cuckoo 2 on fence posts Shrike Meadow (per Paul Butler)

(per Ewan Urquhart)

Cote: 23rd April

Cote
Hobby 15:00.

Andrew Mann

Cumnor: 27th April

White Stork - 1.75mls west of Cumnor at Bablock Hythe, flew over caravan park at 2:30pm (per RBA)

New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 28th April

New Marston: New Marston Meadows
Little Owl: In a tree by the southern Wolfson Reserve sign. 07:30.

Colm O Caomhanaigh

Grimsbury Reservoir 28th April

Whinchat courtesy of Gareth Blockley

Whinchat n/w side 

Wheatear 3

Common Sandpiper 

Yellow Wagtail 11

Lesser Whitethroat 

(per Gareth Blockley et al)

Graven Hill Bicester 28th April

Garganey 2 m/f  still present 10:30

Little-ringed Plover 2

08:45 (per Colin Oram)

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Radley GP: 28th April

Radley GP
Lesser Whitethroat: Singing. FOY here.
Yellow Wagtail: Over.
5 Egyptian Goose: Pair plus three young.

Ian Elkins

Graven Hill, Bicester: 27th April

2 Garganey still present at 8pm this evening

Grimsbury Reservoir: 27th April

Grimsbury Reservoir
6 Swift
18 Yellow Wagtail: minimum. It's been a great spring for them this year.

Gareth Blockley

Port Meadow: 27th April

Whimbrel

4 Little ringed plovers

2 Oystercatchers

30+ Yellow wagtails including 1 female Blue-headed/Channel wagtail

2 White wagtails

Grove: 27th April

Grove
2 Raven: usual pair, possibly with 2 fledglings, in pines off Lains Barn Rd. 21:02.
Grasshopper Warbler: surprising find in winter cereal, flew to hedge, excellent view, on my BBS square. 21:02.

Anthony Cheke

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 27th April

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
Glossy Ibis: The closes. 17:00.
2 Garganey: Big otmoor. 17:00.

John Gough

: 27th April

studleywood
2 Oystercatcher: Standing together on side of pond by 1st hole. SP592117. 13:00.

John Barnes

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 27th April

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
Great White Egret: Greenway. 17:00.

John Gough

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 27th April

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
6 Hobby: On greenway. 17:00.

John Gough

Otmoor rspb 27th April

Grasshopper Warbler singing in slow motion Otmoor rspb courtesy of Nick Boyd.

Spotted Redshank (sum plum) by Wetlands Watch hide again 16:17 (per Jeremy Dexter) 

Flew from Ashgrave towards the Closes 08:52 (per Steve Roby).

Graven Hill near Bicester 27th April

 

Courtesy of Patricia Clissold

Garganey 2 (m/f) this morning at Graven Hill (per Patricia Clissold) still present 18:45 (per Nick Truby)

Childrey: Childrey Field: 27th April

Childrey: Childrey Field
Whinchat
Wheatear

Mark Merritt

Linky Down 27th April

 Ring Ouzel (m) 14:30 (per RBA)

 

Common Sandpiper at Standlake recently courtesy of Jessica Crumpton.

Standlake Pit 60: 27th April

Standlake Pit 60
2 Common Sandpiper 15:07.
Redshank 15:07.

Mick Cunningham

Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm: 27th April

Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm
130 Fieldfare: Bare minimum count in paddock, birds actively feeding and many more in and amongst the trees. I would guess at least 200 birds present. 13:00.
9 Yellow Wagtail 13:00.

Nick Lowton

: 27th April

Bletchingdon
Probable 2 Whimbrel: 2 probable Whimbrel circling over the village before heading South. Obvious size difference between the two. SP502176. 13:49.

David Watkinson

Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park: 27th April

Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park
Redstart: fem. along hedge at south end. 08:00.

Ollie Padget

Floods:
Whimbrel still
2 Oystercatcher

Gnome

That's Nature for you!

 Male Blackbird feeding 3 young in the garden then 5 minutes later a Sparrowhawk takes one!

Farmoor Reservoir: River Thames: 27th April

Farmoor Reservoir: River Thames
Cuckoo: SP440064. 10:38.

Mark Pidgeon

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway: 27th April

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway
4 Swift: SP450065. 10:28.
2 Yellow Wagtail: SP450065. 10:28.
3 Common Sandpiper: SP450065. 10:28.
2 Common Tern: SP450065. 10:28.
8 Swallow: SP450065. 10:28.

Mark Pidgeon

Lollingdon Hill Cholsey 27th April

Ring Ouzel 

Whinchat

Wheatear 2

(per Paul Chandler)

Please keep to public rights of way.

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Neal's Shaw 27th April

Mandarin Duck: m. SU6882. 09:17.

John Taylor

Drayton Flood 27th April

No sign of any Wood Sandpipers this morning.

Grey Wagtail: SU487941. 08:18.
Little Egret: SU487941. 08:18.
Oystercatcher: SU487941. 08:18.
Yellow Wagtail: SU487941. 08:00.
Egyptian Goose: SU487941. 08:00.
Little Ringed Plover: SU487941. 08:00.
Green Sandpiper
4 Fieldfare: SU487941. 08:07.

(per Mark Pidgeon)

Please keep to public rights of way and out of the field.

 

Garden Warbler Pinkhill courtesy of Kyle Smith Birdwatch Britannia

New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 27th April

New Marston: New Marston Meadows
Hobby
2 Lesser Whitethroat: FOY.
2 Tawny Owl: Ad with quite fluffy juv out on branch in potential nest tree.

Tom Evans

New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 26th April

New Marston: New Marston Meadows
8 Sand Martin
9 Ring-necked Parakeet: Together in trees near Rainbow Bridge.

Tom Evans

Chipping Norton: 26th April

Chipping Norton
Swallow: ad. 2nd record here this year over the small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 10:30.

Steve Akers

Otmoor - Oddington Track: 26th April

6 Whimbrel - (Joseph Stone/Canon Ground pool)

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (a very pale/bleached individual)

1 Peregrine - immature female

1 Redstart

1 Wheatear - possible 'Greenland/Iceland' type - large, upright, peachy, long legs, long winged -7            primaries visible, (interestingly regularly returned to tree perch)

LWV Pit 28: 26th April

LWV Pit 28
Great White Egret: 2cy maybe? Pale yellow- billed, dark legged individual. Now getting some aigrettes. Imm bird? Mostly sleeping in trees on big island. 19:55.

Mick Cunningham

West Ilsley: 26th April

West Ilsley
Grey Partridge 18:42.

John Taylor

Standlake Pit 60: 26th April

Standlake Pit 60
Caspian Gull: 1s. In addition to birds seen earlier by Dave Mirphy, the lingering bird. Interestingly, bill looks less massive close up. 18:16.
3 Green Sandpiper: All feeding on n shore. 18:16.
2 Shelduck: m and f. 18:16.
2 Yellow Wagtail: Feeding on island/ in shallows. 18:16.

Mick Cunningham

Waylands Smithy: 26th April

Waylands Smithy
Hobby
2 Raven
Wheatear

Mark Merritt

Otmoor rspb 26th April

 

Spotted Redshank this morning adjacent to the Wetlands Watch this morning (per John Workman).

Confirms the presence of two birds present on the reserve currently.

One winter plumage on the Closes with Greenshanks One summer plumage bird in front of hide. 08:12.

(per Neil Hammatt)

All photos courtesy of John Workman.