Enslow 31st July

Cattle egret - 1

Port Meadow: 31st July

Port Meadow
2 Curlew: flew over west
3 Egyptian Goose: On the dried up flood area.
2 Common Tern: Fishing along the river.
130 Canada Goose: Grazing on the Meadow.
2 Common Tern: hunting along the river

Adam Hartley

Otmoor rspb 31st July

Cattle Egret 6+ on Greenaways 

(per Luke O'Byrne)

Courtesy of Steve Liptrot.

Carterton: 30th July

Carterton
3 Yellow Wagtail: Minimum 3 on the muckpile between Carterton and alvescote. In rain with c18 pied wag and occasional juv whitethroat. 23:39.

Mick Cunningham

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 30th July

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
Crane: flew over N end of reedbed / the flood.
Great White Egret: Big otmoor.

Gareth Blockley

Hobby Otmoor rspb courtesy of Malcolm Bowey.

 

Waterstock: River Thame: 30th July

Waterstock: River Thame
2 Reed Bunting 09:30.
2 Treecreeper 09:30.
Lesser Whitethroat 09:30.
Redstart 09:30.
Mandarin Duck: f. 09:30.
2 Reed Warbler 09:30.
2 Kingfisher 09:30.
8 Chiffchaff 09:30.
21 Swallow 09:30.
9 Sedge Warbler 09:30.
3 Raven 09:30.
3 Willow Warbler 09:30.
5 Whitethroat 09:30.
Garden Warbler 09:30.
4 Blackcap 09:30.
2 Linnet 09:30.

Nick Marriner

Aston Upthorpe 30th July

Wheatear 2 (per Alan Dawson).

Courtesy of Alan Dawson.

Standlake Pit 60: 28th July

Standlake Pit 60
2 Common Sandpiper 10:00.
Redshank: juv. 10:00.
2 Great White Egret 10:00.

Stephen Burch

Kingfisher Pinkhill Reserve courtesy of James Ferguson.

 

Farmoor Reservoir: 28th July

Farmoor Reservoir
Great White Egret: With Little Egrets across river from pump house. SP439064. 15:49.

Goosander  
No sign of Knot

Brian Walker et al

Courtesy of Brian Walker.

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 28th July

Dunlin

Green Sandpiper c6

Little Egret 4

(JFT).

Key holder reserve.

Farmoor: 27th

Knot 

Goosander - juv 

Farmoor Reservoir - 27th July am

 

Knot
4 Dunlin

Grimsbury Reservoir: 27th July

Grimsbury Reservoir
Sanderling
2 Common Sandpiper

Gareth Blockley

Abingdon/Sutton Courtenay 27th July

NIGHT HERON adult again at the southern end of Peep-o-Day Lane in willows on the west side this morning but no further sign by 12:25.

(Per Brian Wyatt, RBA)

On Portway near Caulcott: 26th July

On Portway near Caulcott
Corn Bunting: Singing from hedge to west of road. SP499241. 10:53.

Patrick Keiller

Wantage: 26th July

Wantage
Hobby: SU397890.

Mark Merritt

Farmoor Reservoir 26th July

Turnstone

Knot

Dunlin

Goosander 

(per Bryan Manston).

Knot courtesy of Bryan Manston.

Turnstone & Dunlin courtesy of Bryan Manston

Hempton: 25th July

Hempton
Hobby

Gareth Blockley

Bicester Wetland Reserve 26th July

 1 Little Ringed Plover
12 Green Sandpiper
1 Water Rail juv.
42 Lapwing
1 Grey Wagtail
2 Little Egret

Alan Peters   Colin Oram
Key Holder Reserve

Juvenile Grey Wagtail courtesy of Paul Wyeth.

 

Fyfield Wick: 25th July

Fyfield Wick
Spotted Flycatcher 17:00.
Hobby 17:00.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor Reservoir 25th July

Knot

Redshank

Goosander 

(Per Steve Liptrot)

Knot courtesy of Steve Liptrot.

Chinnor: Cement Works: 25th July

Chinnor: Cement Works
3 Oystercatcher: On island Lake 2b. 10:30.
2 Little Ringed Plover: 1 adult + 1 juvenile on island Lake 2b. 10:30.
2 Green Sandpiper: On the eastern side of Lake 2b. 10:30.

David Stracey

Otmoor: 25th July

5 Great White Egret 1st screen early a.m

2 Cattle Egret 

2 Little Egrets second screen

(Per William Lester, Anna Marlow)

4 of the 5 GWE courtesy of Anna Marlow. 

Peep-o-day Lane

Ruddy Shelduck - female on Tuckwells pit 

Redshank 

Common Sand - 2

Little Ringed Plover 

Standlake Pit 60: 24th July

Standlake Pit 60
Marsh Harrier: juv. Juv in pretty fresh juvenile plumage. Not seen this individual here before. 22:10.
3 Great White Egret 22:10.

Mick Cunningham

Tayton 22nd July

Belated report of a Quail on Saturday (per RBA).

Farmoor Reservoir 24th July

Turnstone 1

Dunlin 2

Curlew 1 

Common Tern 2

Little Egret 4

Sand Martin 10+

Sparrowhawk 1

Ardley ERF Lagoon: 23rd July

Ardley ERF Lagoon
9 Grey Partridge: Family party with 1 adult, and 8 young seen. Possibly more young and another adult but obscured by vegetation. 16:30.

Gareth Casburn

Standlake pit 60: 23rd July

Med Gull 1ad
Great Egret 3

Otmoor rspb 23rd July

Cattle Egret 4+ at 1st screen

Great Egret

(L.D).

Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane: 23rd July

Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane
Kingfisher 11:52.
2 Common Sandpiper: Stonehill Lane GP. 11:52.
Common Tern 11:52.
6 Green Woodpecker 11:52.
Great White Egret: SU487945. 11:52.
5 Little Egret: SU487945. 11:52.

J Blunt

Bicester Wetland Reserve 22nd July

Wet and Windy

8 Green Sandpiper
53 Lapwing
5 Little Egret
60 House Martin
1 Sand Martin

6 plus Reed Warbler

Alan Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Chilton: Chilton Downs: 21st July

21st July

Chilton: Chilton Downs
Redstart: juv. Probable juvenile/possible adult female. Actually seen just on West Berks side of county boundary - Sheep Down. 20:30.
10 Yellowhammer: Loads singing. 20:30.
10 Linnet 20:30.
10 Corn Bunting 20:30.
2 Tawny Owl: 2 heard and seen flying low in plantation adj Rutherford Lab. 21:40.

J Blunt

Blenheim 21st July

Gadwall - 8 (2 females, each with 3 young)

Tufted duck - 15 approx including a female with 4 duckings

Cattle egret - at least 8 including 2 juveniles

Common tern - 7 including the breeding pair and 2 young

Hobby - 2 birds, present on and off for about 3 weeks now.

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 21st July

Green Sandpiper 16 (per JFT).

Key holder reserve.

Ashdown House: 21st July

Ashdown House
3 Marsh Tit: SU282821. 11:30.
3 Nuthatch: SU282821. 11:30.
2 Grasshopper Warbler: Reeling in the long grass on the way down Weathercock Hill to the house, quite a surprise. SU288819. 11:30.

Geoff Dymott

Sparrowhawk

All photos courtesy of Andy Pullen.

 

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 20th July

20th July

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
2 Quail: Heard only - One somewhere beyond cattle pen near gate onto Greenaways. The other from Moorleys. 21:50.
2 Grasshopper Warbler: Heard only reeling from Greenaways and Moorleys. 21:50.
Cattle Egret: Roosting in tree from Screen 1. 20:30.

J Blunt

Cattle Egret catching frogs courtesy of Steve Liptrot.

Lollingdon Hill Cholsey 20th July

Redstart (per Paul Chandler).

Oxford University Press, Walton Street: 20th July

Oxford University Press, Walton Street
Hobby: SP507069. 13:30.

Steve Goddard

Otmoor 20 July 2023

Grasshopper Warbler 1
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Great White Egret 2

Little Egret 4
Green Woodpecker 1

 

Grimsbury Reservoir 20th July

Spotted Flycatcher 

Common Sandpiper juv

(et al).

Chinnor: Cement Works: 19th July

Chinnor: Cement Works
Common Sandpiper: Hard to see in east corner. 20:50.

Mark Mckeown

Juvenile Swallow Letcombe Regis courtesy of Geoff Dymott.

 

Wainhill: 19th July

Wainhill
Hobby: 1 chasing Swallows over Wainhill Farm. SP766013. 20:15.

David Stracey

Bald Hill: 19th July

Bald Hill
Peregrine: SU718962. 21:12.
20 Raven: 20 plus including juveniles. SU718962. 21:12.

Jez March

Bicester Wetland Reserve 19th July

1 Grasshopper Warbler:  was a surprise, reeling from usual area

4 Little Egret
2 Heron
2 Cormorant
44 Lapwing
9 Green Sandpiper
1 Cetti's Warbler

1 good record from yesterday: 2 Water Rail downy young chicks, distant view from car park hide

Alan Peters
Key holder reserve

Hampton Poyle 18th July

Cattle Egret 4 NW over A34 towards Hampton Poyle this lunchtime 

Drayton Flood 17th July

Great white Egret 19:49 (per Ben Carpenter).

Spotted Flycatcher family.

Courtesy of Alan Dawson.

 

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 17th July

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake
3 Common Sandpiper: on the lakeside between the 7 Arches and The Fisheries.
2 Oystercatcher: On the island.
5 Cattle Egret
7 Little Egret
7 Common Tern: 2 adults with 2 juv on the island jetty and 3 more over the lake.
12 Tufted Duck: 8 adults inc 1 female with 4 very young chicks.
30 Sand Martin: Busy round the nesting holes in the bridge.
Egyptian Goose
32 Great Crested Grebe

Bob Pomfret

Grimsbury Reservoir 17th July

Dunlin

Common Sandpiper 

Redstart juv still in s/w corner of cattle field

(M.P, Edwin Barson)

Courtesy of Bruce Hendrie.

Venn Mill: 17th July

Venn Mill
Dunlin: Summer plumage. 10:43.

J Blunt

Stoke Row: 16th July

Stoke Row
4 Woodcock

John Taylor

Great Egret Pinkhill Nature Reserve.
Courtesy of Steve Liptrot.

 

Chinnor: Cement Works: 16th July

Chinnor: Cement Works
3 Oystercatcher: Appeared from nowhere, presumably the local birds. 21:15.
Hobby: Chased hirundines then a bat. 21:15.

Mark Mckeown

Port Meadow: 16th July

10 Egyptian Goose: In 3 groups along river Bank. At least 3 seemed to be juveniles. 17:52.

(Per Andrew Siantonas)

Goosander (per John Workman)

Courtesy of John Workman.

Standlake Pit 60: 15th July

Standlake Pit 60
Cattle Egret: juv. Very quiet. No shorelines so no passage waders or loafing wildfowl. 18:59.

Mick Cunningham

Venn Mill: 15th July

Venn Mill
2 Little Ringed Plover: juvs.

Mark Merritt

Abingdon/Sutton Courtenay 15th July

Adult NIGHT HERON again at southern end of Peep-o-Day Lane at 05:33, but no sign between 10:20-10:50 just north of Drayton Road junction. Park near Abingdon Rugby Club OX14 5TJ and walk south along Peep-O-Day Lane to view the Willows adjacent to the flooded fields. 

Little Egret 33

(Per Ben Carpenter, Tom Wickens).

Blenheim 14th July

Cattle egret - 4

Common sandpiper - 2

Common tern - 4 (2 ad, 2 juv)

Lesser black-backed gull - 2 adults, one of which predated two mallard ducklings in quick succession.

Reed warbler - 1

Chinnor: Cement Works: 14th July

Chinnor: Cement Works
Common Sandpiper: 1 along the northern edge of Lake 2b. 10:00.

David Stracey

Harwell Campus Perimeter: 13th July

Harwell Campus Perimeter
3 Tawny Owl: At least 3 Calling - probable family group. SU464856. 22:00.
Spotted Flycatcher: SU464856. 22:00.

J Blunt

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 13th July

13th July

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
3 Redshank flew over Screen 1, southern lagoon, then over Greenaways and Big Otmoor. 06:00.
5 Black-tailed Godwit: Flew N over screen 1, southern lagoon, then back over Big Otmoor. 07:30.

Rob Cadd

Black-tailed Godwits above & below courtesy 
of Malcolm Bowey.

King's Lock: 13th July

King's Lock
7 Common Sandpiper: SP478102. 12:15.

(Steve Goddard, Mathew Lloyd).

Standlake Pit 60: 13th July

Standlake Pit 60
2 Crane: Flew high south c5pm. 17:19.
3 Great White Egret 17:19.
Marsh Harrier: cream crown. In heavy tail and wing moult. 17:19.
Shoveler: F or juv ... mostly hidden in vegetation. 17:19.

Mick Cunningham

RSPB Otmoor 13 July 2023

Common Crane 2
Great White Egret 2
Cattle Egret 2
Green Woodpecker 4

 

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 13th July

Green Sandpiper 15+

Common Sandpiper 2

Key holder reserve.

Yellowhammer Oxon Downs courtesy of Geoff Dymott.

 

Farmoor Reservoir 13th July

Sand Martin 200+  a mixture of adults and juveniles settling on the causeway early morning

Common Sandpiper 6

Common Redshank 1

Yellow legged Gull 6

Common Tern 1

Little Egret 2

Standlake Pit 60: 12th July

Standlake Pit 60
5 Common Sandpiper 10:00.
2 Great White Egret 10:00.

Stephen Burch

Grimsbury Reservoir 12th July

Courtesy of Mike Pollard.

Redstart juv in S/W corner of cattle field

Common Sandpiper 3

(Per Mike Pollard)

Bittern Otmoor rspb courtesy of Paul Mallarini.

Ardley ERF Lagoon: 11th July

Ardley ERF Lagoon
5 Green Sandpiper: On lagoon. 11:00.
6 Little Grebe: 2 adults and 4 young on Trow Pool. 11:00.
Spotted Flycatcher: Heard only near Trow Pool. 11:00.

Gareth Casburn

Blenheim 10th July

Cattle egret - 7 (4 adults, 3 juvs)

Oystercatcher - 2

Common sandpiper - 3

Common tern - 5 (3 adults, 2 juvs)

Hobby - 2

Farmoor Reservoir: 10th July

Farmoor Reservoir
Greenshank: Flying south, calling. 09:20.
Cuckoo calling at Pinkhill 08:30

Jeremy Blakey

Abingdon/Sutton Courtenay 10th July

No sign of the adult Night Heron at the southern end of Peep-o-Day Lane by 08:30.

Kingfisher courtesy of Brian Walker. 

 

Otmoor rspb 10th July

Black-tailed Godwit from The Wetlands Watch hide

(per Luke O'Byrne).

Chipping Norton: 9th July

Chipping Norton
Peregrine 16:00.

Steve Akers

Adult Greenshank Pit 60 -

Best bird on the  WeBS count. Crumbs from the birding table.

Greenshank: Asleep on North shore. Distant. 18:13.

Mick Cunningham

Night Heron & Fox Peep-O-Day Lane.

A close encounter! Courtesy of Terry Sherlock.

 Still present and safe 21:18.

Otmoor rspb 9th July

Courtesy of Debbie Cowee.

Cattle Egret 10+

Great Egret

Common Sandpiper 3

(per Mathew O'Byrne)

Courtesy of Malcolm Bowey.

Peep-o-day lane

Black-crowned Night Heron