Standlake Pit 60: 31st May

Standlake Pit 60
2 Shelduck: Asleep throughout. 14:59.
Cuckoo: m. 14:59.
2 Great White Egret 14:59.

Mick Cunningham

Port Meadow: 30th May

Port Meadow
Little Ringed Plover
8 Egyptian Goose
4 Shelduck
Black Swan.

Thomas Miller, Steve Lavington, Adam Hartley

Standlake Pit 60: 30th May

Standlake Pit 60
Kingfisher: ferrying food. 19:06.

Mick Cunningham

Standlake Pit 60: 30th May

Standlake Pit 60
2 Cattle Egret 19:05.

Mick Cunningham

RSPB Otmoor 29/30 May 2024

Bittern 3
Marsh Harrier 4
Hobby 2
Great White Egret 2

Little Egret 6
Common Tern 5

Cuckoo 4

Swift 20 approx

House Martin 30 approx

Swift over Balscote Quarry Reserve.
Courtesy of Wally Warburton.

 

Farmoor Reservoir 30th May

Turnstone (DJ).

Fyfield Wick: 30th May

Fyfield Wick
Redshank: Over calling. 07:25.

Jed Cleeter

Rushy Common: 29th May

Rushy Common
Peregrine: male. A small bird flying to SE nr. transmission line. SP381073. 14:09.

John Pimm

Chinnor: Cement Works: 29th May

Chinnor: Cement Works
2 Little Ringed Plover: SU750996. 21:06.
2 Yellow Wagtail: SU750996. 21:06.
Hobby: Taking hatching flies from just above surface of lake 2B. SU750996. 21:06.

Jez March

Portway, near Caulcott: 29th May

Portway, near Caulcott
Corn Bunting: Seen singing from top of hazel bush on west side of the Portway ~300 metres south of junction with B4030, all just as on 8th May. SP499240. 10:20.

Patrick Keiller

Rushy Common: 28th May

Rushy Common
Marsh Harrier: fem. Flying high over lake heading NE. SP381073. 19:00.

John Pimm

Port Meadow: 28th May

Port Meadow
2 Great White Egret
11 Shelduck
OTHER SPECIES: Black Swan.
5 Egyptian Goose
25 Barnacle Goose
Snow Goose

Adam Hartley

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common: 28th May

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common
Marsh Harrier: fem. 07:30.
Oystercatcher 07:30.
4 Cuckoo: 3m1f. 07:30.
2 Shelduck 07:30.
9 Red-crested Pochard 07:30.

Glen Pascoe

Peregrine St Marys Witney 
Courtesy of Andrew Hall.

 

Shelswell: Shelswell Park: 27th May

Shelswell: Shelswell Park
4 Raven: ad + 3 juv. In flat top of cedar. Young calling, adult arrived. SP605309. 08:32.

Chris Coppock

Shelswell: 27th May

Shelswell
8 Lapwing: ad plus chcks. Min 5 ads + 2-3 chicks. Regular site for L on my BBS since 2018. On private farmland but viewable from public footpaths. SP617314. 08:00.

Chris Coppock

Appleford: Appleford GP: 27th May

Appleford: Appleford GP
2 Hobby: Pursuing hirundines high over pits. 15:38.

Gerry Quinn

Bletchingdon Park: 27th May

Bletchingdon Park
Cuckoo: Flew over, calling. 08:00.

David Watkinson

Bullfinch courtesy of Paul Wyeth.

 

Farmoor Monday 27th

8:15-11:30
1 Dunlin
100+ Swift
3 Cuckoo


Sent from my iPhone

Pit 60 Standlake 27th May

Cattle Egret 

Little Egret 2

Red-crested Pochard 5

Egyptian Goose 3

Hobby

Sparrowhawk f

Common Tern 2

Oystercatcher  3

Curlew h

Cuckoo 2

Cetti's Warbler 

Reed Warbler

Lesser Whitethroat 

Otmoor rspb 27th May

Glossy Ibis again 08:20 (per RBA).

Farmoor Reservoir 26th May

Sanderling 4 along causeway 15:52 

(per Debbie Cummins et al).

Above & below courtesy of Debbie Cummins.

Sonning Eye GPs: 26th May

Sonning Eye GPs
5 Little Ringed Plover: 4ad+1juv. Very newly hatched chick. 13:52.

Marek Walford

Sonning Eye GPs: 26th May

Sonning Eye GPs
2 Oystercatcher 12:48.

Marek Walford

River Thames: nr Sandford-on-Thames: 26th May

River Thames: nr Sandford-on-Thames
3 Cuckoo: 2 calling males and, presumably, 1 female. 08:30.

D Moden

Blenheim: Northern park: 25th May

Blenheim: Northern park
Stonechat: Male seen in same place as a couple of weeks ago near Oxfordshire Way. 09:20.

David Watkinson

Clifton Hampden: 25th May

Clifton Hampden
Glossy Ibis: Flew North along the river above the tree tops viewed from the cricket ground. 13:00.

Jed Cleeter

Aston 25th May

 

Barn Owl © David Hastings

Ducklington: 25th May

Ducklington
Marsh Harrier: cc. Hunting road side field just west of Yelford lights torn off. Poss young male. But seen from moving vehicle. 17:12.

Mick Cunningham

Ardley ERF Lagoon: 25th May

Ardley ERF Lagoon
Red-crested Pochard: Drake still present on lagoon. 14:00.
20 Gadwall: 1 pair with 11 ducklings. Approx 10 other adults. 14:00.
2 Little Ringed Plover 14:00.

Gareth Casburn

Farmoor Reservoir 25th May

Turnstone 2 along the causeway 

Sanderling 2

(per Andy Last et al)

Rushy Common 25th May

Cattle Egret

Shelduck 3

Red-crested Pochard 9

(per Simon Bradfield)

Port Meadow: 25th May

Great White Egret 2 On floods with several little egrets and heron. 
Ringed Plover

Caspian Gull 1s

(per Andrew Siantonas, Dave Lowe)

Shipton-on-Cherwell: River Cherwell: 24th May

Shipton-on-Cherwell: River Cherwell
6 Cattle Egret: One group of 4 then second pair feeding with cattle. 17:00.

David Watkinson

Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill: 24th May

Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill
Spotted Flycatcher
2 Yellow Wagtail

Mark Merritt

Woodstock 24th May

In area north of the town bordering the Glyme.

Whitethroat - several singing

Willow warbler - 1 male present for about a month now singing in same spot.

Reed warbler - 1 singing in area of private nature reserve.

Henley-on-Thames: 24th May

Henley-on-Thames
Buzzard: Seen from down the promenade by river. 14:15.
Common Tern 14:15.

Ralph Watts

Farmoor Reservoir 24th May

Sanderling 2 along the causeway at 11:30 

(per RBA). 

Chinnor: Cement Works: 23rd May

Chinnor: Cement Works
2 Yellow Wagtail: SU751997. 20:28.
2 Little Ringed Plover: SU751997. 20:28.

Jez March

Farmoor Reservoir 23rd May

Sanderling 5 along the causeway 

(per John Workman). 

Above & below courtesy of John Workman.

Widford: 23rd May

Widford
2 Yellow Wagtail: 2. 08:52.
Sedge Warbler: Still singing. 08:52.
Barn Owl: But no waders downed by the rain. 08:52.

Mick Cunningham

A44: 1m west of Chipping Norton: 23rd May

A44: 1m west of Chipping Norton
6 Ringed Plover: High, flying north. SP323274. 08:00.

Nicholas Boyd

Port Meadow 23rd May

Caspian Gull 1s 17:17

Glossy Ibis until 08:15 then flew S/E
Cattle Egret

Ringed Plover 15

2 Dunlin

No sign of the Spoonbill this morning 

(per Thomas Miller, Steve Lavington)

Glossy Ibis courtesy of Thomas Miller.

Farmoor - 22nd May

2 Dunlin including one probable arctica, a different individual to the two seen by Ben Sheldon earlier.

5 Sanderling

2 Turnstone

2 Common Sandpiper 

Venn Mill: 22nd May

Venn Mill
Dunlin

East Hanney
Little Ringed Plover
Oystercatcher

Mark Merritt

Port Meadow 22nd May

SPOONBILL still present 20:07 at the southern end of the flood 

Dunlin 4

(per Thomas Miller et al).

Above & below courtesy of Thomas Miller 

Eynsham: 22nd May

Eynsham
55 Snow Goose: Flew over loch towards wytham wood. 19:20.

Yacky Morris

Asthall Leigh: 22nd May

Asthall Leigh
Hobby: Flew over field. 08:54.

Mick Cunningham

Farmoor - 22 May

 

Waders in poor weather this afternoon included 2 Turnstone, 5 Sanderling (per Ian Lewington), 2 Common Sandpipers and 13 Dunlin including at least one candidate arctica - upper left bird in this photo.

East Hanney: 21st May

East Hanney
Yellow Wagtail
Oystercatcher
2 Grey Partridge

Mark Merritt

Chinnor: Cement Works: 21st May

Chinnor: Cement Works
3 Little Ringed Plover: Lake 2b. 10:30.
2 Yellow Wagtail: Pair by the southern screen Lake 2b. 10:30.

David Stracey

Port Meadow: 21st May

Port Meadow
10 Shelduck
OTHER SPECIES: Black Swan.
50 Snow Goose
25 Barnacle Goose
3 Egyptian Goose

Adam Hartley

Grimsbury Reservoir 21st May

Little-ringed Plover 2 17:50

Common Sandpiper 

A good number of Swift & House Martin

(per JFT)

Charney Bassett: 21st May

Charney Bassett
Lesser Whitethroat: Singing. 16:52.

Standlake Pit 60
20 Swift: Influx with hirundines feeding ahead of low. 16:52.
60 Sand Martin: Mixed flock of 3 hirundine sp, possible equal numbers Martins. Swallows fewest. 16:52.

Widford
35 Swift 16:52.
50 House Martin: Mixed hirundines. HM the majority. 16:52.
20 Swallow 16:52.
30 Sand Martin 16:52.
2 Yellow Wagtail 16:52.
Sedge Warbler 16:52.

Mick Cunningham

Otmoor: 21st May

Otmoor
4 Cuckoo: Two M, 2 Fem. 16:08.

John Edwards

Bicester Wetland Reserve 21st May

150 House Martin
30 Swift
20 Swallow
3 Reed Warbler

A Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Stratfield Brake: 21st May

Stratfield Brake
Cuckoo 10:38.
Lesser Whitethroat 10:38.

Jason Coppock

Raven south Oxon courtesy of Brian Walker.

 

Otmoor: 20th May

Otmoor
3 Cuckoo: At least 3 singing. 19:00.
7 Hobby: Hawking the reed bed at dusk. 19:00.
Probable Great White Egret: Seen distantly. Looked too large to be a Little or Cattle. 19:00.

Nick Suckling

Standlake Pit 60: 20th May

Standlake Pit 60
78 Starling: In to today roost. 20:58.

Swinbrook
Marsh Harrier: cc. Hunting over a field for 20 minutes. Miles from water. Bird has a gap in (left?) wing. 20:58.

Mick Cunningham

Otmoor: The Flood: 20th May

Otmoor: The Flood
Glossy Ibis: Still present over Flood this morning. Only really visible during flight and disappeared into vegetation on landing.
3 Cuckoo: Two regular males chasing an hepatic female.

Steve Roby

Woodstock: Sansoms Farm: 20th May

Woodstock: Sansoms Farm
Hobby: perched on a fence post.
Corn Bunting: singing.
4 Whitethroat: singing on the fields around Sansoms Farm.
9 Yellowhammer
30 Skylark: At least 30 singing, probably more.
2 Raven
Cattle Egret: flying over.

Bob Pomfret

Little Egret courtesy of Pat Galka.

 

Ardley ERF Lagoon: 20th May

Ardley ERF Lagoon
Red-crested Pochard: Still on Lagoon on the far side. 11:15.
Little Ringed Plover: One far side. 11:15.

Graeme Porter

Carterton/Alvescot: 20th May

Carterton/Alvescot
Grey Partridge: f. I've seen a pair here over last couple of months. Not sure about provenance as there are lots of red-legs. 11:41.

Mick Cunningham

Widford nr Burford 20th May

No sign of the Wood Sandpiper this morning 

(per Mick Cunningham). 

Carterton/Alvescot: 19th May

Carterton/Alvescot
5 Corn Bunting: At least 2 pairs and a singing male on alvescot downs. 21:01.

Milton Common
2 Corn Bunting: Singing. 21:01.

Cote
Yellow Wagtail: Near great brook. 21:01.

Mick Cunningham

Widford: 19th May

Wood Sandpiper This evening. 19:26. (per Mick Cunningham)

Courtesy of Mick Cunningham.

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 19th May

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake
Oystercatcher: on the island, busy seeing off a jackdaw. A nest maybe.
4 Common Tern
9 Little Egret: including 4 recently fledged juv. Possibly two nests. Difficult to be sure especially with cattle egrets also present.
5 Cattle Egret: seen flying to and from the island. Possibly nesting but difficult to be sure.
16 Grey Heron: still several occupied nests on the island.
4 Egyptian Goose: two pairs, one with three young.  

23 Great Crested Grebe
50 Sand Martin: busy around the bridge and nesting on both sides. I think there are around 50ish. Difficult to be sure.
Raven

Bob Pomfret

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common: 19th May

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common
Cattle Egret: On main island. First time I've seen this species here. SP382072. 11:23.
2 Oystercatcher: SP382072. 11:23.

Jon Hicks

Bittern Otmoor rspb courtesy of Anna Marlow.

 

Stratfield Brake: 19th May

Stratfield Brake
Cuckoo: Heard from canal along with lovely dawn chorus. 09:04.

Andrew Siantonas

Stratfield Brake: 18th May

Stratfield Brake
Cuckoo: Near canal, also 8 species of warbler heard (no grasshopper or sedge warbler), barn owl on Thursday. 19:30.

Simon Myers

Lidstone: 18th May

Lidstone
2 Corn Bunting: Singing. 22:39.
11 Whitethroat: Singing males in a relatively small area. Linear walk. Seem to have arrived whilst I was abroad. 22:39.

Mick Cunningham

Ardley ERF 18th May

Red-crested pochard - 1 drake on the lagoon found by JFT this morning. 

Dunlin - 1

Little ringed plover - 1

Otmoor rspb 18th May

GLOSSY IBIS landed in the Flood Field 07:22 then lost to view (P.C) 

The Flood Field is viewable from the bridleway east from Oddington and is the 3rd field on the right.

Short-eared Owl (BJ)

Uffington 18th May

Unconfirmed report of calling Golden Oriole near Uffington Castle 12:25 (per Birdguides).

Woodstock: Glyme valley: 18th May

Woodstock: Glyme valley
Cuckoo: Singing within area of private nature reserve. First for me in this area. 09:00.

Gareth Casburn

Farmoor: 18th May

 

Sanderling still present on the causeway, plus Yellow Wagtail and Little Egret over and 2 Cuckoos calling. eBird list is here. 

Otmoor rspb 17th May

GLOSSY IBIS roosted in front of the 1st screen 20:57

Cattle Egret 

Great white Egret 

(per Pete Roby, Max, Wayne Paes).

Cattle Egret courtesy of Steve Cumnock.

Trap Grounds: 17th May

Trap Grounds
Cuckoo: male. SP503081. 10:00.

Steve Goddard

Standlake: 16th May

Standlake
Cuckoo: m. Singing at back of my Rack End house. A traditional spot but not last year. New bird? 23:50.

Mick Cunningham

Barn Owl courtesy of Paul Torevell.

 

Piddington: 16th May

Piddington
Barn Owl 22:30.

Colin Oram

Chinnor: Cement Works: 16th May

Chinnor: Cement Works
3 Little Ringed Plover: Lake 2b. 10:30.
2 Oystercatcher: Lake 2b. 10:30.
2 Yellow Wagtail: Pair along shoreline of Lake 2b. 10:30.

David Stracey

Toot Baldon: 16th May

16th May

Toot Baldon
Hobby: SP565011. 10:40.
Quail: Singing in arable field at bottom of slope just N of Toot Baldon. SP565011. 10:55.

Alex Edgar

Bicester Wetland Reserve 16th May

 1 Oystercatcher
1 Cuckoo
Lots of common warblers
1 Grass Snake

A Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Rushy Common: 15th May

Rushy Common
2 Cuckoo: Flying over lake together calling. SP382073. 02:45.

John Pimm

Otmoor rspb 15th May

Little Tern from screen 2 20:08 

(per Steve Sansom). 

White-fronted Goose 2 flew over in the evening 

(per RBA)

Unconfirmed report of a probable Black Kite.

(per RBA).

Can anyone shed any light on the report?

Courtesy of William Taylor.

Chimney: Chimney Meadows: 15th May

Chimney: Chimney Meadows
2 Cattle Egret 11:30.

Denis Kennedy

Blenheim 15th May

Common tern - 2

Willow warbler - 1

North Woodstock

Willow warbler - 2 singing in Glyme Valley area

Juv Little Egrets, Blenheim

Eynsham: 15th May

Eynsham
Cuckoo: Seen and heard this morning alomg by the Wharf stream. 17:37.

Richard Parsons

Foxholes Reserve: 15th May

Foxholes Reserve
Spotted Flycatcher: SP254204. 13:40.

Mark Pidgeon

Farmoor Reservoir 15th May

Sanderling (D.J)

Meadows at the back of Seacourt Park and Ride: 14th May

Meadows at the back of Seacourt Park and Ride
2 Cuckoo: Correction. There are 2 cuckoos calling. Slightly differently pitched, but occasionally they can be heard calling at the same time. SP492065. 20:59.

JB Woodford

Standlake: 14th May

Standlake
2 Cuckoo: male. Heard in direction of Hunts Corner Lake, and towards Sailing Club. Both two and three element calls heard. SP402038. 20:56.

Graeme Coates

Stanton St.John 14th May

Caspian Gull 1s reported at Shepherds Pits 

(per RBA).

River Thames: nr Yarnton: 14th May

River Thames: nr Yarnton
Wheatear: In fenced area by Hagley Pool above King's Lock where a new channel is being built. 17:02.

Kings Lock
Oystercatcher: Flew over river by weir toward Pixey Mead. 17:02.

Andrew Siantonas

Ascott-under-Wychwood: 14th May

Ascott-under-Wychwood
Siskin: On garden feeder. SP300185. 15:21.

Mark Pidgeon

Sonning Eye GPs: 14th May

Sonning Eye GPs
Hobby: Seen from road near the roundabout .entrance. 12:40.

Ralph Watts

Balscote Quarry Reserve 14th May

Ringed Plover 3 (per Mark Ribbons et al)

Otmoor rspb 12th May

Grey Plover reported (per RBA).

Chipping Norton 12th May

Quail 2 m singing in wheat field off Charlbury Road about 1km SE of Chipping Norton (about here) 

per Ben Fisher

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 12th May

12th May

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
2 Grey Partridge: Pair flushed at close range from beside footpath, Noke end of Ashgrave. 11:30.

Kidlington: Thrupp
Peregrine: fem. Drifted low over the Jolly Boatman pub heading north. 19:00.

Simon Myers

Radley GP: 12th May

Radley GP
Grasshopper Warbler: Heard singing at dusk. 21:00.
3 Common Sandpiper: Together at Thrupp Lake at dusk. 21:00.

Ian Elkins

Great white Egrets Otmoor rspb.
Courtesy of Malcolm Bowey.

 

Waterstock: River Thame: 12th May

White Stork: Not ringed. 07:30.

17 Chiffchaff 07:30.
Cuckoo 07:30.

 2 Lesser Whitethroat 07:30.
Grey Wagtail 07:30.
12 Blackcap 07:30.
7 Garden Warbler 07:30.
12 Whitethroat 07:30.
12 Reed Bunting 07:30.
19 Sedge Warbler 07:30.
12 Swallow 07:30.
2 Linnet 07:30.
2 Little Egret 07:30.
2 Gadwall 07:30.
7 Yellow Wagtail 07:30.
2 Reed Warbler 07:30.
Greenshank 07:30.
2 Raven 07:30.
7 Lapwing 07:30.
2 Common Tern 07:30.
2 Oystercatcher 07:30.

Nick Marriner

Chinnor: Cement Works: 12th May

Chinnor: Cement Works
Yellow Wagtail 09:00.
Little Ringed Plover 09:00.

Liam Russell

Rushy Common: 11th May

Rushy Common
Marsh Harrier: fem. Soaring in thermal with (but widely separated from) red kite and cormorant after having 'squabble' with former. Cormorant on top, red kite at bottom. SP382073. 03:00.

John Pimm

Chipping Norton: 11th May

Chipping Norton
3 Swift: FOY Swifts return to The Leys in Chippy!!! (Earlier report of one over West St) . 15:40.

Steve Akers

White Stork Oxon 11th May

White Stork Circling low over Farmoor 12:58 then departed high to E. 12:58 (per Graham Taylor).

Then what is presumably the same bird seen over Beckley Village 16:51 then drifted east.

(per Wayne Paes) Bird is ringed.

Seen flying over Marston heading west towards Port Meadow 18:43 (per Bea Mcwillians).

Courtesy of Wayne Paes.

Eynsham: 11th May

Eynsham
Cuckoo: Calling heard around the allotments near Wharf Road. 09:30.

Glen Pascoe

Farmoor Reservoir 11th May

1100-1530hrs

Black Tern 8

Common Tern 3

Sanderling 2

Farmoor Reservoir: 11th May

Black Tern: 8 still over F1 at 17:45, also 3 Common Tern. SP442067. The car park is currently closing at 17:00 each day, but both reservoirs are viewable from the perimeter fence.

(per Phil Chapman et al)

Black Terns above & below courtesy of Nick Truby.

Hatford: Sandpit: 11th May

Hatford: Sandpit
7 Shelduck
Hobby
2 Egyptian Goose

Mark Merritt

Blenheim: Northern park: 11th May

Blenheim: Northern park
Stonechat: Male. 12:27.
Corn Bunting 2 singing

David Watkinson

Venn Mill: 11th May

Venn Mill
Cattle Egret

Mark Merritt

Chipping Norton: 10th May

Chipping Norton
Mandarin Duck: drk. With Mallards on wetland at Swailsford Bridge, Cornwell. SP283263. 19:30.
27 Mallard: SP283263. 19:30.
Sedge Warbler: Second record this year on the marsh. SP283263. 19:30.
2 Water Rail: Poss 3 present H/O. SP283263. 19:30.
7 Reed Bunting: ad male. Calling from reeds and alder over territories. SP283263. 19:30.
4 Swallow: SP283263. 19:30.

Steve Akers

Common Tern 
Otmoor rspb
Courtesy of Mark Webb.

 

Yarnton Mead: 10th May

Yarnton Mead
Cuckoo: Heard then seen as it flew from tree at Cassington end of Yarnton Mead. 17:29.

Andrew Siantonas

South Leigh: 9th May

South Leigh
2 Yellow Wagtail: pair in same location where they bred last year. 19:00.

Richard Catling

Skylark Oxon Downs courtesy of Brian Walker.

 

Bicester: 9th May

Bicester
Grasshopper Warbler: Reeling in wet scrub beside Graven hill. Also singing: lesser whitethroat and whitethroat, >5 sedge warblers, and other common warbler species in same area. SP584213. 19:30.

Simon Myers

Cogges, Witney: 9th May

Cogges, Witney
2 Marsh Harrier: fem. Came from Langel Common direction went north after having a tumbling interaction over houses. Both appeared to have all dark underwings but light was bad. SP363098. 18:00.

John Pimm

Port Meadow: 9th May

Port Meadow
5 Ringed Plover
4 Shelduck
20 Barnacle Goose
20 Snow Goose
No sign of the Garganey this evening

Adam Hartley, Steve Sansom

Oxford: Longbridges Nature Park: 9th May

Oxford: Longbridges Nature Park
Common Sandpiper: feeding along western bank of western river channel (horse field). 19:00.
Garden Warbler 19:00.

Nicholas Boyd

RSPB Otmoor 9 May

Lesser Redpoll
Whinchat
Lesser Whitethroat 4
Greenfinch 4
Cuckoo 3
Snipe 2 drumming 

Common Tern 

Crane 3

Lesser Whitethroat

Banbury: 9th May

Banbury
2 Hobby: 2 over Bretch Hill this afternoon, per Clive Payne.

Gareth Blockley

Seems to be a good year for Common Whitethroats with at least 8 singing males between Pinkhill and Shrike Meadow.

Lesser Whitehroat 1

Kingfisher 2

Cuckoo 1

Otmoor 8th May

Short-eared Owl seen on the reserve this morning,

(per Paul Mallarini) then what could be the same bird seen from the garden of the Abingdon Arms 18:12  (per Gareth Clair).

Above & below courtesy of Paul Mallarini.

Oxford: Iffley Road: 8th May

Oxford: Iffley Road
4 Swift: Quite high up, then 3 low at 19:50. First I've seen this year, though one or two heard on Sunday 5th. SP527050. 19:28.

Patrick Keiller

Portway, near Caulcott: 8th May

Portway, near Caulcott
Corn Bunting: Seen singing from top of hazel bush on west side of the Portway ~300 metres south of junction with B4030. Another heard nearer the junction. SP499240. 10:15.

Patrick Keiller

Day's Lock, Church Farm Backwaters a.m.

 3 Black-tailed Godwits 

Witney: 8th May

Witney
2 Swift: Screaming over High St. SP355099. 13:20.

Graeme Coates

Upper Heyford 8th May

Cattle Egret just south of Upper Heyford viewable from the towpath.

Cuckoo at Somerton 

(per Sandra Bletchly).

Harwell: 8th May

Harwell
4 Swift: 4+ over The Cleave/Jennings Lane this morning, also heard screaming yesterday evening- first of the year. SU493892. 09:56.

Philip Chapman

Rushy Common: 7th May

Rushy Common
4 Sandwich Tern: SP382073. 07:47.

John Pimm

Port Meadow: 7th May

Port Meadow
Garganey: m.
4 Shelduck
2 Egyptian Goose

Adam Hartley, Steve Lavington, Steve Sansom

Crowell: 7th May

Crowell
Yellow Wagtail: 1 along bridleway. SU747997. 16:30.

David Stracey

Chinnor: Cement Works: 7th May

Chinnor: Cement Works
3 Little Ringed Plover: Lake 2b. 10:00.
2 Oystercatcher: Lake 2b. 10:00.

David Stracey

Henley Road GPs: 7th May

Henley Road GPs
2 Hobby: Over lake. 16:45.

Lower Shiplake
3 Buzzard: Over. 16:45.

Ralph Watts

Farmoor Reservoir 7th May

Ringed Plover 2

Dunlin

Cuckoo

Grasshopper Warbler 

Lesser Whitethroat 

Wheatear (per Steve Liptrot)

(per Johnny Eclipse)

Courtesy of Steve Liptrot

Sonning Eye GPs: 7th May

Sonning Eye GPs
5 Hobby 12:56.
Yellow-legged Gull: ad. Very late bird! 12:56.

Marek Walford

Bicester Wetland Reserve: 7th May

Bicester Wetland Reserve
Grasshopper Warbler: Seen and heard reeling by small hide with Colin Oram. 08:15.
Marsh Harrier: Flying over reserve. Seen with Colin Oram. 08:15.

Laurie Bryant

Key holder reserve.

Woodstock 6th May

Barn owl - 1 hunting around me this evening.

Whitethroat -1

Corn bunting - 1

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common: 6th May

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common
2 Cuckoo: 1 seen. It was brown. SP382073. 17:00.
2 Red-crested Pochard: male. SP382073. 17:00.

John Pimm

Port Meadow 6th May

Glossy Ibis courtesy of Steve Lavington.

GLOSSY IBIS still present 16:31

Garganey m still present 13:10

Shelduck 4

Great white Egret 

Common Tern
35 Snow Geese
15 Barnacle Geese
Cattle Egret

Drake Garganey courtesy of Steve Sansom.

(per Steve Goddard, Joe Woodman, Steve Lavington, Adam Hartley).

 

Glossy Ibis courtesy of Steve Sansom

 

Newbury Street, Wantage. OX12 8BS: 6th May

Newbury Street, Wantage. OX12 8BS
3 Swift: First screaming birds of 2024; they returned on 5 May in 2023. SU397878. 15:40.

Mike Waring

Appleford GPs

Marsh Harrier - over land to south of gravel pits

Hobby - 3 hunting hirundines over pit

Swift - c40 hawking over pits and surrounding land. 

Cuckoo

Thrupp, nr Radcot

Garganey - 2 (m/f) flushed from private land this morning. 

Sutton Courtenay 6th May

Avocet 2 now on flooded field just west of Sutton Courtenay and north of the B4016 10:45. 

(per Tom Wickens).

Courtesy of Steve Sansom.

Originally on the Tuckwells pit opposite the Shoehill pit off Peep-O-Day Lane 08:12 

Otmoor rspb 6th May

GLOSSY IBIS again flew over the 1st screen at 09:05 and appeared to land on Big Otmoor 

(per Glen Pascoe, Kyle Smith).

Courtesy of Kyle Smith.

Eynsham: Oxford Road: 5th May

Eynsham: Oxford Road
Grasshopper Warbler: male. Heard only. Has been site at least 3-4 days. SP443091. 08:00.

Allen Stevens

Rushy Common: 5th May

Rushy Common
Red-crested Pochard: drk. On Down Valley Way pit. 17:50.
3 Shelduck: On Down Valley Way pit. 17:50.
Oystercatcher: On Down Valley Way pit. 17:50.
Wigeon: drk. On Down Valley Way pit. 17:50.
Red-legged Partridge: At Down Valley Way pit. 17:50.
Negative news Garganey: No further sign of any Garganey on Down Valley Way pit by 17:50. 17:50.

Ian Elkins

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 5th May

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
Cuckoo 13:30.
14 Hobby 13:30.
Marsh Harrier 13:30.
Oystercatcher 13:30.
3 Little Egret 13:30.
20 Lapwing 13:30.
2 Water Rail: H/O. 13:30.

Steve Akers

Stanton Harcourt 5th May

Garganey 3 on the Down Valley Way pit opposite the Rushy Common car park 13:09 

(per Simon Bradfield, RBA).

Pinkhill, Farmoor; Sunday 5th May

 08:30-11:00

Cuckoo 2

Grasshopper Warbler (heard only)

Garden Warbler 2

Lots common Warblers

Old Caley's Diary

Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill Lock: 5th May

Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill Lock
2 Common Sandpiper: Flying up and down river. SP439068. 12:00.

Matthew Lloyd

Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill: 5th May

Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill
2 Yellow Wagtail: In stubble field next to road, south of The Ridgeway. SU368436. 13:06.

Geoff Dymott

Woodstock 5th May

In the area north of Old Woodstock:

Lesser whitethroat - 2 or 3 singing

Willow warbler - 3 singing

Sedge warbler - 2 singing