Otmoor: 31st July

2 Black-tailed Godwit: From 1st screen
Black-necked Grebe: Juvenile from 1st screen
Ruddy Shelduck: From 1st screen.
Hobby
22 Cattle Egret: Flying over. A few settled at the 1st screen, but later 22 were settled on the scrape from the 2nd. 
Common Sandpiper: On the scape LHS from 1st screen
2 Oystercatcher: From 1st screen

Jo Orchard

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 31st July

Green Sandpiper 12+

Snipe 2

Little Egret 3

Key holder reserve.

Standlake Pit 60: 31st July

Standlake Pit 60
8 Cattle Egret: 2 juvs. 7 on island, all left WSW early evening. Presumable to roost. An adult flew in 7 30 pm. 19:40.
Hobby 19:40.
2 Yellow-legged Gull: Ad and 2nd cycle. 19:40.

Mick Cunningham

Otmoor rspb 31st July

Cattle Egret courtesy of Louise Donovan.

Black-necked Grebe still at the 1st screen 08:14

Cattle Egret 18

Crane 3
Ruddy Shelduck f

Whimbrel 8 flew over heading south but didn't stop

Common Sandpiper 

Green Sandpiper

 

(per Oz, Mark Chivers et al)

Courtesy of Kyle Smith.

Grimsbury Reservoir: 31st July

Grimsbury Reservoir
Whimbrel: Flew over SW c. 8:25.
Peregrine: Over.
Little Ringed Plover: Juvenile.

Gareth Blockley

Cholsey Gravel Pits:30/7/2022

Common Sandpiper 

                                       

Banbury: 31st July

Banbury
Whimbrel: Flew over parklands, SW ish. Heard well (several times) but not seen. Sounded like more than one bird. 06:37.

Gareth Blockley

Farmoor - 30th July evening

Yellow-legged Gull 39 (including a juv which was first seen on 25/7)

Common Gull 2 juvs, 1 ad

The gull roost watch was curtailed due to the ranger's wife going into labour. It was a poor roost anyway.

                                                               Amorous 3rd summer YlGulls

                                                                            Juv YlGull

Farmoor Reservoir 30th July

Mediterranean Gull 1 juvenile

Yellow legged Gull 6+

Common Gull 1 juvenile

Great Black backed Gull 1

Common Tern 15+

Turnstone 1

Dunlin 1

Common Sandpiper 4

Little Egret 3

Little Grebe 3

Coot 622

Common Redstart 1

This colour ringed Black headed Gull seen at the reservoir today was ringed on 16th February 2022 at Thorpe River Green, Norwich, Norfolk

Standlake Pit 60: 30th July

Standlake Pit 60
Little Gull: ad. Flew around briefly before it flew WNW. 19:08.

Mick Cunningham

Ardley ERF 30th July

Redstart - 1 juvenile

Common gull - 1 juvenile on lagoon

Yellow-legged gull - 1 loafing with LBBGs on adjacent quarry.

Green sandpiper - 8

Lapwing - 70 approx

Sutton Courtenay

Green Sandpiper - two calling over the house early hours of this morning, from NocMig recordings. Presumably birds commuting from/to Appleford. 

Farmoor

Turnstone

Dunlin

Common Sandpiper

Yellow wagtail

Yellow-legged Gull - 3

Common Tern - 15+

Appleford: Appleford GP: 30th July

Appleford: Appleford GP
10 Green Sandpiper: Certainly 10 maybe 14. 10:00.

William Lester

Standlake Pit 60: 30th July

Standlake Pit 60
Little Ringed Plover: juv. 09:26.
4 Cattle Egret 09:26.

Mick Cunningham

Farmoor Reservoir: 29th July

Farmoor Reservoir
10 Arctic Tern: Present amongst Ca 40 common /Arctic tern flock. Also 1 Turnstone, 1 dunlin, 3 common sand and 1 green sandpiper.

Paul Hill

Otmoor rspb 30th July

Black-necked Grebe still present at the 1st screen 07:30 (per Luke O'Byrne).

Cattle Egret 25 2nd screen (per RBA)

Grimsbury Reservoir: 29th July

3 Mediterranean Gulls, all juvs

Otmoor rspb 29th July

Black-necked Grebe found by Jeremy Dexter and still present early afternoon

Cattle Egret 30 at the1st screen

Ruddy Shelduck 

(per John Edwards,Conor Mackenzie, Ewan Urquhart)

All photos courtesy of Conor Mackenzie.

Otmoor RSPB 29th July

Grimsbury Reservoir: 29th July

Grimsbury Reservoir
Yellow-legged Gull

Gareth Blockley

Blenheim 29th July

Teal - eclipse drake

Great white egret - 1. First I've seen back here since the end of March. Found by Dave Doherty this morning. 

Lapwing - 5

Common sandpiper - 1

Peregrine - 1

Common tern - at least 2.

Farmoor Reservoir 29th July

Turnstone in NE corner (per Ewan Urquhart)

Otmoor: 29th July

Black-necked Grebe First screen and Otter
(Jeremy Dexter)

Still present 13:44 

Ruddy Shelduck 

Cattle Egret 18

(per Ewan Urquhart)

Juvenile Sand Martin Farmoor Reservoir courtesy of Jessica Crumpton.

 

Chinnor: Cement Works: 28th July

Chinnor: Cement Works
3 Little Ringed Plover: juv. On the island in lake 2B. SU750997. 20:08.

Jez March

Otmoor rspb 28th July

Cattle Egret 28

Ruddy Shelduck 

(per RBA)

Aston Rowant: Aston Rowant NNR: 28th July

Aston Rowant: Aston Rowant NNR
Spotted Flycatcher: in Beacon Hill car park. 15:10.

Peter Law

Sonning Eye GPs: 28th July

Sonning Eye GPs
3 Mandarin Duck: fem. 13:07.

Marek Walford

Appleford: Appleford GP: 28th July

Appleford: Appleford GP
8 Green Sandpiper 11:46.

William Lester

Farmoor Reservoir 28th July

On Causeway c11:40.

Sanderling 

Turnstone 

Dunlin 2

Little-ringed Plover 

Common Sandpiper 

(per Ewan Urquhart)

Benson: 27th July

Benson
Spotted Flycatcher: Seen on fencepost of 1st house in Church Close, then flew into St Helens Churchyard. SU614916. 20:39.

Michael Hubbard

Milcombe: 27th July

Milcombe
12 Swift: Flying over village. 15:08.

Mary Clifton

Farmoor Reservoir 27th July

Turnstone

Common Sandpiper 

Common Tern 10

Ring-necked Parakeet over Pinkhill 

(only the 5th record).

(per Ewan Urquhart)

Chinnor: Cement Works: 26th July

Chinnor: Cement Works
5 Little Ringed Plover: On island Lake 2b. 10:00.

David Stracey

Letcombe Bassett: 27th July

Letcombe Bassett
2 Great Bustard: Flushed two individuals in ploughed field at the bottom of the valley near Warren Farm West. Last seen flying east towards The Letcombes, no photo unfortunately. SU360844. 12:11.

Geoff Dymott

Wantage: 27th July

Wantage
13 Swift: Flying over the Town. 09:20.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor Reservoir 26th July

Colour ringed (U21) Common Tern at Farmoor Reservoir, originally ringed at Watermead Country Park on the north edge of Leicester on 27th June 2018 subsequently seen at Standlake on 21st July 2021 and 19th May 2022

It is with a recent  influx of Common Terns (20+) to Farmoor

Farmoor Reservoir 26th July

Turnstone 2 poss 3

Dunlin 4

Common Tern 10

Little Egret 2

Bampton: 26th July

Bampton
7 Swift: Flying over village. 12:45.

Jed Cleeter

Grimsbury Reservoir: 26th July

Grimsbury Reservoir
Dunlin

Gareth Blockley

Cholsey: 26th July

Cholsey
5 Swift: From 13:55 to 14:15 . Low over. SU584864. 13:55.

Ralph Watts

Otmoor 24 July

 

Juvenile Cuckoo and Cattle egret (c) Darrell Wood, Ruddy Shelduck (c) John Uren 

Farmoor Reservoir 25th July

 

Arctic Tern 1 late evening (found by Dave John)

Tunstone 3

Dunlin 5 (2 ad 3 juv)

Warburg Reserve, Bix 25th July2022

 Marsh Tit (4) - Coal Tit (2) - Greenfinch - Chaffinch ( M & F) -  Bullfinch ( 2 Juv) - Nuthatch (2)

Willow Warbler (4) Goldcrest (2) - Wren - Treecreeper.

Bullfinch - juvenile

Blenheim 25th July

Teal - 1

Shoveler - 2

Gadwall - 2

Black-headed gull - 80

Common tern - 3

Common sandpiper - 1

At least 100 hirundines this evening, mainly sand martins, and a good number of juvenile swallows.

Farmoor Reservoir 25th July

Arctic Tern over F1 this evening (per RBA)

Farmoor Reservoir 25th July

Turnstones 3 today and 2 yesterday evening that did not hang around

Common Tern 20+ but only one juvenile

Little Grebe 2- first returning birds still in summer plumage

Little Egret 2

Farmoor: 25/07

Turnstone - 3 in summer plumage along causeway

Common sandpiper

Common tern - 16

Yellow-legged gull - 15

Otmoor: 25/07

Cattle egret - 17+

Garganey - female

Ruddy shelduck 

Crane - 2 adults and 1 juv

Redstart - male

Pintail - eclipse drake

Bicester Wetland Reserve 25th July

 14 Green Sandpiper
 3 Snipe
16 Lapwing

key Holder Reserve

Alan Peters

Bicester Wetland Reserve: 24th July

Bicester Wetland Reserve
8 Green Sandpiper: 8-9.
Water Rail: 1 adult seen with 2 juveniles.

Gareth Blockley

Farmoor Reservoir 24th July

Kingfisher 1 juvenile

Common Tern 21 

Yellow legged Gull 6+

Little Egret 2

Turnstone 2 

Shoveler 3

House Martin 5

Otmoor rspb 24th July

Ruddy Shelduck courtesy of Nick Truby.

Ruddy Shelduck 

Cattle Egret 17 at the 2nd screen

Crane 5

Oystercatcher 

Greenshank 

(per Nick Truby et al)

Segsbury Camp 23rd July

Segsbury Camp
2 Redstart: male. Minimum two, one confirmed male. SU382841. 09:10.

Geoff Dymott

Courtesy of Geoff Dymott.

Shipton-on-Cherwell: River Cherwell: 23rd July

Shipton-on-Cherwell: River Cherwell
2 Hobby 11:30.

Nick Suckling

Neal's Shaw 20th July

Neal's Shaw
2 Spotted Flycatcher: m&f. SU6883.

John Taylor

Otmoor rspb 23rd July

Courtesy of Malcolm Bowey

Cattle Egret 24

Little Egret 11

Crane 5

Ruddy Shelduck 2 1st screen

Cuckoo juv

Corn Bunting 

Whinchat

(per Bark et al)

Lower Shiplake: 23rd July

Lower Shiplake
6 Egyptian Goose: SU776798. 15:00.

Ralph Watts

Standlake Pit 60: 23rd July

Standlake Pit 60
13 Cattle Egret: Minimum count. Sev juv. 14:03.
Hobby: 2cy .. probably a male as v small. 14:03.
Yellow-legged Gull: Adult. 14:03.

Mick Cunningham

Appleford: Appleford GP: 23rd July

Appleford: Appleford GP
3 Green Sandpiper 09:30.

William Lester

Longworth: 22nd July

Longworth
Hobby: One in full hunting mode causing chaos amongst the Swallows. 11:00.

Jed Cleeter

Grimsbury Reservoir: 22nd July

Grimsbury Reservoir
Redshank: Flew in at 5:50.

Gareth Blockley

 

Marsh Harrier Otmoor rspb courtesy of Malcolm Bowey. 

Fyfield Wick: 21st July

21st July

Fyfield Wick
45 Swift: Formation flying plus there are still some juvs calling in nests. 18:00.

Marcham
50 Swift: c50 spread out across the sky flying over village. 09:30.

Combe
4 Cattle Egret: Flew low over village. 15:50.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor 21st July

 Juvenile Mediterranean gull in roost

50+ Yellow legged gulls

Standlake Pit 60: 21st July

Standlake Pit 60
10 Cattle Egret: Minimum 10 , maybe more hidden in grass. Min 3 of the 10 were juvs. 18:49.

Mick Cunningham

Cholsey: 21st July

Cholsey
11 Swift: Low and screaming. SU585865. 10:15.
Raven: Over. SU585865. 10:15.

Ralph Watts

Farmoor Reservoir 21st July

Sanderling 2 (adults)

Dunlin 1 (adult)

Common Sandpiper 1

Yellow legged Gull 8+

Greater Black backed Gull 2

Common Tern 13

Little Egret 4

Kingfisher 1

Green Woodpecker 3

Common Swift 2

Sand Martin 5

Coot 471

Muntjac running down the causeway - making a change from the early morning joggers!

Witney Lake 21st July

Grasshopper Warbler 11:31 (per Dave Doherty)

Otmoor rspb 21st July

Cattle Egret 5

Ruddy Shelduck 2nd screen

(per RBA)

Chinnor: Cement Works: 20th July

Chinnor: Cement Works

4 Little Ringed Plover: On island Lake 2b. 16:00.
Common Sandpiper: On eastern bank behind island Lake 2B. 16:00.
 2 Oystercatcher: 1 adult and full grown youngster on island Lake2b. 15:30.

David Stracey

Bittern Otmoor rspb courtesy of Mark Isaacs.

 

Grimsbury Reservoir: 20th July

Grimsbury Reservoir
3 Little Ringed Plover: 1 adult and 2 juveniles.

Gareth Blockley

Blenheim: Queen Pool: 20th July

Blenheim: Queen Pool
Redshank: Single bird loafing in the now very shallow lake. 20:30.

Gareth Casburn

Farmoor Reservoir 20th July

Little Tern on F2 near the causeway 17:15

Sanderling 

Turnstone 

Dunlin

(per Bryan Manston, Mark Crockford)

All photos courtesy of Bryan Manston.