Port Meadow: 30th September

Port Meadow
6 Cattle Egret: with the cattle on the meadow!
Little Egret
180 Barnacle Goose
110 Linnet
10 Sand Martin: with tens of swallows and house martins.

Port Meadow: Godstow
2 Kingfisher

Bob Pomfret

Farmoor Reservoir 30th September

Courtesy of Richard Tyler.

Black-necked Grebe off of the S/W bank of F2 11:12 (per Johnny Eclipse).

Turnstone 

Rock Pipit 2

(per Richard Tyler)

Wytham 30th September

Cattle Egret 5+ in field south of the Wytham field station c09:14 (per Will Langdon).

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Otmoor rspb 29th September

Courtesy of Terry Sherlock.

Glossy Ibis at the 1st screen 16:47 (per Terry Sherlock)

2 Garganey: m & f. From 1st Screen 9. 15:50.
Great white Egret 

Marsh Harrier 

Whinchat 2 (m,juv) rifle range

(per John Kearns)

Chipping Norton: 29th September

Chipping Norton
2 Snipe: Over the marsh near small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 17:00.
22 Teal: SP283268. 17:00.
2 Chiffchaff: SP283268. 17:00.

Steve Akers

Farmoor Reservoir 29th September

Rock Pipit 1

Shoveler 1

Great Black backed Gull 1 adult

 

Port Meadow: Wolvercote Common: 29th September

16 Cattle Egret 14:00.

4 Lapwing   
2 Kingfisher: One flew north along the river, and one flew south. 16:04.

Matthew Southwell

Wytham 29th September

Cattle Egret 3 in cattle field just south of the John Krebs Field Station (per RBA).

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Port Meadow 29th September

Cattle Egret 12 this morning (per M.L)

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Aston Upthorpe: 29th September

Aston Upthorpe
8 Stonechat: m&f. Two pairs one with four young in tow on path to Lowbury Hill. 12:21.
Raven 12:21.

John Taylor

Port Meadow: Medley: 28th September

Courtesy of Matthew Lloyd.

20 Cattle Egret: SP497077. 12:20.
Yellow Wagtail 

(per Matthew Lloyd)

Courtesy of Matthew Lloyd 

Chipping Norton: 27th September

Chipping Norton
2 Green Sandpiper: Pair still present feeding in shallows of small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 18:00.
6 Teal: SP283268. 18:00.
Grey Heron: SP283268. 18:00.
6 Meadow Pipit: SP283268. 18:00.
Chiffchaff: SP283268. 18:00.

Steve Akers

Great Tew: 28th September

Great Tew
150 Pied Wagtail: ad and juv. Feeding over cricket pitch. Count could be higher. 14:16.

Mary Clifton

Chipping Norton: 28th September

Chipping Norton
Stonechat: male. Near reed beds at small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 13:00.
Raven: SP283268. 13:00.
5 Swallow: Flying through heading SSE. SP283268. 13:00.
6 House Martin: Feeding over the tree line - late sighting here for these hirundines (separate group from Swallows). SP283268. 13:00.
2 Grey Heron: In flight over the marsh - flew in to feed. SP283268. 13:00.

Steve Akers

Harwell Lab: 28th Sep

Tree Pipit 

Otmoor: 28th September

Otmoor
Great White Egret: Still showing well from first screen. 09:00.
2 Garganey 09:00.
Marsh Harrier 09:00.
4 Pintail 09:00.
Yellow Wagtail 09:00.

Peter Alfrey

Farmoor - 28th September

Vismig 0725-0955

Glossy Ibis - high N along Thames at 09:20

344 Meadow Pipit S

231 Lapwing S/SW (flocks of 122, 83 + 26)

8 Jay S

Snipe S

41 Skylark S

31 House Martin S

Sand Martin S

17 alba Wagtail S

19 Reed Bunting S

10 Greenfinch N

36 Goldfinch S

5 Chaffinch S

2 Ringed Plover - causeway

Port Meadow 28th September

20 Cattle Egrets with livestock by Medley boat station on Port Meadow early afternoon.

per Matthew Lloyd

Chipping Norton: 27th September

Chipping Norton
2 Green Sandpiper: Pair still present feeding in shallows of small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 18:00.
6 Teal: SP283268. 18:00.
Grey Heron: SP283268. 18:00.
6 Meadow Pipit: SP283268. 18:00.
Chiffchaff: SP283268. 18:00.

Steve Akers

Waterstock: River Thame: 27th September

Waterstock: River Thame
2 Little Egret 10:30.
8 Little Grebe 10:30.
3 Chiffchaff 10:30.
185 Meadow Pipit: Approx. 10:30.
10 Swallow 10:30.
Reed Bunting 10:30.
2 Snipe 10:30.
40 Linnet 10:30.
5 Yellow Wagtail 10:30.

Nick Marriner

Appleford GPs

Great white egret

Dunlin

Caspian Gull - 3 (two 1w and one 2w)

Green sandpiper - 3

Common Sandpiper 

Stonechat - 2

Standlake Pit 60: 27th September

Standlake Pit 60
Great White Egret 14:24.

Mick Cunningham

Port Meadow: 27th September

Port Meadow
7 Cattle Egret: By horses in middle of meadow at level of the Perch landing stage. 10:15.

Andrew Siantonas

Chipping Norton: 26th September

Chipping Norton
2 Green Sandpiper: A pair still present in the shallows of the small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 18:15.

Steve Akers

Appleford GPs

Rock Pipit - flew calling off the pits and over into the workings on the other side

Great white egret

Green Sandpiper - 2

Pochard

Stonechat - 2

Grey Partridge - 2

Farmoor Reservoir 26th September

 Caspian Gull 2 both 1w reported on F1 (per RBA)

Otmoor rspb 26th September

Courtesy of Steve Liptrot 

Great white Egret 1st screen

Cattle Egret 

Wood Sandpiper juv Big Otmoor 16:45 then flew west (per RBA)

Black-tailed Godwit 

Ruff

Garganey 

Hobby

Stonechat 

Courtesy of Steve Liptrot 

Wantage: Lark Hill: 26th September

Wantage: Lark Hill
Stonechat: On fence post in 3rd field? 12:35.

Yacky Morris

Otmoor rspb 25th September

 

Great white Egret on Otmoor from the first screen courtesy of Jo Orchard.

Chipping Norton: 25th September

Chipping Norton
2 Green Sandpiper: Feeding in margins of small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 18:00.
Stonechat: male. SP283268. 18:00.
2 Grey Heron: SP283268. 18:00.
Teal: SP283268. 18:00.
2 Chiffchaff: SP283268. 18:00.

Steve Akers

Standlake Pit 60: 25th September

Standlake Pit 60
Bittern: Preening in reeds on west shore. Viewable at distance from LL hide. My 5th oxon heron species in 2 days. 16:54.

Mick Cunningham

: 25th September

Didcot
Hobby: juv. Flying fairly low over the garden, calling, briefly landed in a tree, before being chased off by crows. SU512905. 15:20.

Michael Violette

Port Meadow: 25th September

Port Meadow
10 Cattle Egret: Still present this time amongst cattle on dried floods close to Aristotle Lane gate. After a while they flew up the meadow towards Wolvercote. Later saw at least 8 amongst another group of cattle galf way to Wolvercote. 13:15.

Andrew Siantonas

Otmoor 25th

3+ Cattle Egret

Black-tailed Godwit

Great White Egret

Stonechat 2 (m&f)

Garganey

4+ Yellow Wagtail

3 Hobby

10+ Meadow Pipit

32+ Snipe

 

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Farmoor Reservoir 25th September

Rock Pipit 2 along the causeway this afternoon 

(per Keith Clack)

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Otmoor rspb 25th September

Great white Egret 1st screen this morning.

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Standlake Pit 60: 25th September

Standlake Pit 60
Green Sandpiper 12:52.
Probable 2 Marsh Harrier: Both cream crowns. In brief tussle. Size difference indicates one is imm Male. 12:52.
Great White Egret: 1. 12:52.

Mick Cunningham

Blenheim Park 25th September

No sign of the juvenile Purple Heron

Cattle Egret 2

(per RBA)

Port Meadow 25th September

Cattle Egret 12 amongst the horses 09:30 (per Mary MacDougalll).

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Grimsbury Res: 24th September

A brief Juv Caspian Gull first thing yesterday.

Devil's Punchbowl: 24th September

Devil's Punchbowl
3 Grey Partridge
4 Stonechat

Mark Merritt

Wantage: Lark Hill: 24th September

Wantage: Lark Hill
Whinchat: ad male. 16:30.
4 Wheatear 16:30.
8 Meadow Pipit 16:30.
7 Linnet 16:30.
Kestrel: juv. 16:30.
2 Grey Partridge: Heard calling. 16:30.

Steve Akers

Cumnor: Cumnor Hurst: 24th September

Cumnor: Cumnor Hurst
Raven 13:00.

Catriona Hauer

Blenheim

 Cattle Egret

Lark Hill 24th September

Montagu's Harrier (male) reportedly flew west along Larkhill Ridge 17:15 (per RBA) although a description given on site pointed more towards male Hen Harrier.

 

Chiffchaff courtesy of Anju Sharma

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 24th September

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
Great White Egret: From 1st screen. 10:55.

Bittern

Black-tailed Godwit 1st screen 

Barnacle Goose (feral)

John Kearns

Farmoor Reservoir 24th September

Rock Pipit 1 present for second day

Sarsgrove: 24th September

Sarsgrove
2 Raven: ad pair. Tumbling and cronking - flying toward Cornwell/Chastleton. 11:30.
Sparrowhawk 11:30.
Chiffchaff 11:30.

Steve Akers

Blenheim Park 24th September

PURPLE HERON juv in the vegetation adjacent to the island on Queen Pool 14:38 (per Mick Cunningham).

Great white Egret 

Cattle Egret 2 juvs

Little Egret 

Mandarin 4

Hobby (per Mick Cunningham)

(per Dave Doherty)

Juvenile Cattle Egrets courtesy of Michael Enticott

Courtesy of Michael Enticott

Courtesy of Michael Enticott

Wantage: Lark Hill: 23rd September

Wryneck courtesy of Derek Woodard,

Wryneck Elusive this evening. 19:30.
Whinchat 19:30.
3 Wheatear 19:30.
Raven 19:30.

Michael Violette

Wryneck courtesy of Graham Lenton

Chipping Norton: 23rd September

Chipping Norton
Green Sandpiper: At the small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 18:30.
26 Teal: SP283268. 18:30.
Snipe: SP283268. 18:30.
Grey Heron: SP283268. 18:30.
Chiffchaff: SP283268. 18:30.

Steve Akers

Caversfield nr Bicester 22nd September

Probable male Hen Harrier yesterday evening near Caversfield (per Dincan Eames).

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Blenheim Park 23rd September

PURPLE HERON (juv) still present at 15:40 

when it flew to the island from the north side of Queens Pool (per Jon Uren).

Otmoor, Thursday 23 September

Great White Egret        1
Little Egret                   7
Peregrine                      1
Marsh Harrier               1
Kingfisher                    1
Jay                                2
Pintail                           1

Great White Egret with breakfast at the first screen

Lark Hill 22nd September 2021

WRYNECK 1 - after a two hour wait showed intermittently from around 1630 onwards but always elusive

Marsh Harrier 1

Peregrine 1

Common Raven 1

Grey Partridge 3

Northern Wheatear 3

European Stonechat 1m

Yellowhammer 2 

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 22nd September

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course
Stonechat 20:52.
3 Yellow Wagtail 20:52.

Luke Marriner

Chipping Norton: 22nd September

Chipping Norton
2 Stonechat: ad male and fem. Perched on bull rushes in reed bed on Cornwell marsh. SP283268. 17:00.
4 Meadow Pipit: SP283268. 17:00.
5 Reed Bunting: SP283268. 17:00.
3 Snipe: SP283268. 17:00.
2 Teal: SP283268. 17:00.
30 Black-headed Gull: SP283268. 17:00.
Kestrel: juv fem. SP283268. 17:00.
2 Chiffchaff: SP283268. 17:00.

Steve Akers

Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill: 22nd September

Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill
2 Hobby
2 Grey Partridge
Raven

Mark Merritt

Chipping Norton: 22nd September

Chipping Norton
Probable Peregrine 15:30.

Steve Akers

Lark Hill 22nd September

WRYNECK still present 16:30 (per Ewan Urquhart).

Marsh Harrier 

Peregrine 

Wheatear 3

Stonechat 

(per Leo Bateman)

Farmoor Reservoir 22nd September

Great white Egret flew over F2

Egyptian Goose 2

c12:30 (per Ewan Urquhart)

Lark Hill 21st September

 Wryneck showed intermittently on the track and in surrounding bushes until at least 1900 hrs

Wantage: Lark Hill: 21st September

Wantage: Lark Hill
Wryneck: Emerged from the long grass to cross the chalk track. Then flew down toward the dip just beyond the rose hip bush. Further sightings up until early evening. 14:30.
Wheatear: Feeding in stubble field on left of the chalk track approx 200 yards downhill from the Wryneck's location. Very active and then perched atop dead tree and elder bushes before swooping down to feed. 14:30.

Steve Akers

Cassington GPs: 21st September

Pintail 19:00.

 
Cassington GPs 20th
Marsh Harrier 19:00.

Cassington GPs 19th
3 Pintail 19:00.

Colin Teal

Blenheim Park 21st September

Juvenile Cattle Egrets

Little Egret 5

Grey Heron 6

Shoveler 50+

Wigeon 3

The White-fronted Goose of doubtful origin still with the Greylag flock

No sign of the juvenile Purple Heron from 0630-1030

Lark Hill 21st September

WRYNECK still present this evening along the track c400yds beyond derelict buildings (per Peter Law et al).

Courtesy of Richard Tyler.

Standlake Pit 60: 21st September

Standlake Pit 60
Green Sandpiper: worn ad. 11:36.
Marsh Harrier: cc. 11:36.

Mick Cunningham

Farmoor Reservoir 21st September

 

Ruff Farmoor Reservoir today courtesy of John Workman.

Appleford GPs 21st September

Green Sandpiper 2

Common Sandpiper 2

Snipe 4+

Egyptian Goose 12

Blenheim Park 21st September

Cattle Egret 5+

Tree Pipit

No sign of the Purple Heron by 09:00

(per Ewan et al).

Farmoor Reservoir 20th September

0800-1030hrs

Northern Wheatear 1

Spotted Flycatcher 1

Willow Warbler 1

Common Chiffchaff 10+

Cetti's Warbler 2

Blackcap 2

Dunlin 3 all juveniles

Yellow legged Gull 2

Little Egret 5

les

Lark Hill, Wantage - 20 September

In the evening:

Wryneck © Stephen Burch. Click here to enlarge

Crop of the image above © Stephen Burch

Lark Hill 20th September

Courtesy of Nick Lowton.

WRYNECK still present this evening (per Conor Mackenzie) along main track c 400m past derelict farm buildings along the Lark Hill track in a small clump of half a dozen bushes along the main track as it starts to slope downhill (about here)

Blenheim Palace: 20th September

Purple Heron - juvenile on Queen Pool 

(Also 2 juvenile Cattle Egrets and a White Fronted Goose with the Greylag flock) 

Port Meadow 20th September

Osprey fishing at Wolvercote Lock on Port Meadow for several minutes at around 11am before flying off towards Kings Lock 

(per Mary MacDougall).

Blenheim: 20th September

Courtesy of Richard Tyler.

PURPLE HERON juv. Feeding by the bridge 10:22.
Cattle Egret

(Jeremy Dexter, Peter Law).

Courtesy of Richard Tyler.

Appleford GPs 19th September

Garganey 

Greenshank

Green Sandpiper 

Snipe

(per Brian Wyatt)

Emmington: 19th September

Emmington
3 Whinchat: SP738024. 19:22.

Jez March

Farmoor Reservoir 19th September

Little Ringed Plover 1 juvenile

Ringed Plover 2

Common Sandpiper 3

Common Tern 14 flew straight through @1045

Little Grebe 6

Little Egret 1

the following reported by Dai and The Wickster

Ringed Plover 8

Curlew 2

Common Tern 18+ different to the above flock of 14

Great White Egret 1

Lark Hill 19th September

Vid by Badger.

WRYNECK still present 17:51 (per Thomas Miller) along main track c 400m past derelict farm buildings along the Lark Hill track in a small clump of half a dozen trees along the main track as it starts to slope downhill (about here). Found by Steve Jennings and Paul Jepson at 9 a.m it initially showed on the path every 5 or 10 minutes.  From 10am till 1pm it was showing about once per hour (Gnome & Badger).

Greenland Wheatear with 4 Wheatear (per Leo Bateman).

Courtesy of Gnome

Courtesy of Mark Merritt.

: 19th September

South Stoke, River Thames
2 Egyptian Goose: Preening on opp bank from Beetle & Wedge, along with around 50 Canada's. SU594836. 17:00.

Mike Amphlett

Blenheim Park 19th September

Courtesy of Gareth Cashburn.

PURPLE HERON again on the island on Queen Pool 08:40 (per Gareth Casburn).

*This weekend is the Blenheim International Horse Trials.

Courtesy of Gareth Cashburn.

Letcombe Regis: 18th Sep.

3 Wheatear  (2 ad + 1w)
2+ Grey Partridge

Farmoor 18th Sept

Little ringed plover 1
Dunlin 1
Common sandpiper 3
Little egret 3


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Garford: 18th September

Garford
Peregrine: male. Flying over. 16:30.

Richard Parsons

Cumnor: 18th September

Cumnor
Hobby: Hawking over fields. SP470032. 17:50.

Mick Cunningham

The Waterstock Goosanders

 

A series of beguiling clips from last year and this of what appears to show Oxons first 

breeding record of Goosanders near Waterstock courtesy of Henry Manisty.

Shotover: Shotover Plain: 20th August

20th August


Spotted Flycatcher: by ruined buildings on public footpath road between grove & lake. 09:30.

17th September

Shotover: Shotover Plain
Raven: near reservoir at Wheatley end of Plain; bird(s) regularly around there and down to lake. 09:30.

Anthony Cheke

Lark Hill 18th September

Marsh Harrier (f - looks like second summer - think the same bird as the first August one) 

Whinchat

Stonechat (f)

4 Wheatear

11 Chiffchaff 

Otmoor rspb 18th September

GLOSSY IBIS 1st screen 14:27 (per RBA)

Cattle Egret 11

Great white Egret

Little Egret 10

Black-tailed Godwit

Ruff

Dunlin

Spotted Flycatcher 2

(per Bark, JR)

Fyfield Wick: 18th September

Fyfield Wick
Hobby: Circling and then stooped. 14:00.

Jed Cleeter

Blenheim Park 18th September

Cattle Egret juv

Great white Egret 

No sign of the Purple Heron by 11:29.

*This weekend is the Blenheim Horse Trials.

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Blenheim Friday Sept 17th (17:35-20:00)

PURPLE HERON - 1 juv. Seen at 19:45 as it flew low across the path by the bridge heading south towards the Grand Cascade (i.e. flying away from the island on Queens Pool). 

Cattle Egret - at least 15 came in to the island to roost, mixture of adults and juvs. 

Great White Egret - 1 feeding in marsh at the Woodstock end of Queens Pool, then roosted on the island.

Little Egret - 10 roosting in with the Cattle Egrets

Mandarin - 1 female on the Great Lake

Wigeon - 3 

Kingfisher - 1 

Grey Wagtail - 2

Dave Lowe / Wayne Paes / Tom Bedford

Blenheim Park 17th September

0730-0845hrs

PURPLE HERON 1 juvenile

Great White Egret 1

Cattle Egret 1 juvenile

Little Egret 3

Grey Heron 2

Blenheim Park 17th September

PURPLE HERON juv showing well on island in Queens Pool 17:09

Cattle Egret 11 left the roost

Great white Egret 

(per Gareth Casburn)

Mandarin 3 (1f)

Hobby

Raven 2

Marsh Tit

*This weekend is the Blenheim International Horse    Trials.

Farmoor Reservoir 17th September

Osprey flew east c13:30 (per Bryan Manston)

Both photos courtesy of Bryan Manston.

Chinnor: Cement Works: 17th September

Chinnor: Cement Works
Common Sandpiper: SU750997. 15:03.

Jez March

Fyfield Wick: 17th September

Fyfield Wick
Spotted Flycatcher: Briefly flycatching from top of conifer adjacent to my garden. 10:25.

Jed Cleeter

Chipping Norton: 16th September

Chipping Norton
7 Chiffchaff: At least seven in hedges around the lake near Cornwell - very active and calling constantly. SP283268. 12:30.
3 Swallow: Over heading SSW. SP283268. 12:30.
2 Blackcap: male and fem. Feeding along with Chiffchaffs. SP283268. 12:30.

Steve Akers

Blenheim Park 16th September

PURPLE HERON again in reedbed by bridge at 11:00 then flew to island on Queen Pool 

(per RBA).

Appleford: Appleford GP: 16th September

Appleford: Appleford GP
6 Caspian Gull: 3 x 1cy, 2 x 2cy, 1 x 3cy. 18:00.

Thomas Miller

Farmoor Reservoir 16th September

This Black headed Gull seen at the reservoir on 4th September was ringed as a chick on 7th August at Wal Ruda: Zwirownia,GM. Radlow, Malopolskie, Poland and had travelled 1554 kms from its birthplace to Farmoor

Also today at the res from 1100-1230 hrs

Egyptian Goose 2

Yellow Wagtail 1

White Wagtail 3