Otmoor RSPB 6th April

SPOONBILL flew in from the north and landed on Big Otmoor 12:56 (per Rob Cadd et al)

Video grab courtesy of Rob Cadd 

Ardley ERF Lagoon 6th April

Little-ringed Plover 3
Shelduck 2

(per Simon Myers) 

Various locations 6th April

Whitethroat Blewbury Chalk Pit (Conor Mackenzie)
Lesser Whitethtoat 2 Marston Meadows (Tom Evans)

Northbrook 6th April

Cattle Egret 3 viewed from towpath 11:43 (per Sandra Bletchly)

Port Meadow 6th April

Black-tailed Godwit 8 viewed from Burgess Field Gate 12:14 originally 10
Oystercatcher 3

Yellow Wagtail (per Simon Myers)

(M.M et al)

Godstow nunnery: 6th April

Godstow nunnery
Wheatear: male. It was behind. Godstow nunnery. SP483086. 08:00.

Matthew Southwell

Radley GP: 6th April

Radley GP
Cattle Egret: In breeding plumage. 08:00.
3 Oystercatcher: Pair copulation (plus an interloper). 08:00.
Snipe: Put up by a hot air balloon. 08:00.
Swallow 08:00.

Ian Elkins

Grimsbury Reservoir 6th April

Little-ringed Plover 

Common Sandpiper 

White Wagtail along west bank

(Per Adrian Tysoe)

RSPB Otmoor; Sunday 5th April

 An interesting Easter Sunday lunch for this Red Kite; a severed Greylag Goose head. Yummy!!

Old Caley's Diary

Port Meadow 5th April

Black-tailed Godwit c30 until 17:00 then flew west (P.P)

Swallow at Wolvercote Bridge (W.H.)

 

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor I: 5th April

Black-tailed Godwit 15 through 19:24

(per Paul Butler)

Gt.Northern Diver: A distant view from the Causeway hide - bird almost opposite on far side of F1 , poor view , then it 'disappeared' . Seemed to be drifting E from the NW corner . v. strong wind & extremely choppy water hampered viewing . SP445068. 14:10.
Scaup: The duck, with a drake Tufty in close attendance, on N side of F1. SP447068. 20:56.

Mike Amphlett

Bicester Wetland Reserve 5th April

3 Green Sandpiper
8 Snipe
8 Little Egret
2 LRP Cattle Bridge Pool
Pair Shelduck Cattle Bridge Pool

A Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Sandford Lock 5th April

White Stork (ringed) flew over Sandford Lock (per Andy Pullen)

Above & below courtesy of Andy Pullen 

Kings Lock: 5th April

Kings Lock
2 Goosander: fem. SP481093. 16:30.

Wylie Horn

Farmoor Reservoir 5th April

Osprey flew north over F1 17:02 (per Steve Sansom)

Great northern Diver F1 14:11

Goldeneye 2 m&f

Scaup f F1

Little-ringed Plover 3 over

Common Sandpiper 

Shelduck 2 yesterday evening 

(per Simon Myers, JustinTaylor et al)

Otmoor RSPB; 5th April 2026

 09-12:00

Glossy Ibis 3 (1st screen)

Bittern (1st screen)

Ringed Plover 12 (flew north over southern lagoon)

Swallow 3

Sand Martin 8

Willow Warbler (Roman Road near carpark)

Old Caley's Diary

Waterstock: River Thame: 4th April

2 Blackcap 08:30.
12 Chiffchaff 08:30.
2 Egyptian Goose 08:30.
2 Gadwall 08:30.
Goldcrest 08:30.
Goosander: F. 08:30.
Great White Egret 08:30.
Grey Wagtail 08:30.
Kingfisher 08:30.
34 Lapwing 08:30.
4 Linnet 08:30.
Little Egret 08:30.
Little Grebe 08:30.
Nuthatch 08:30.
5 Reed Bunting 08:30.
36 Snipe 08:30.
21 Teal 08:30.
6 Wigeon 08:30.

11 Blackcap 09:00.
4 Bullfinch 09:00.
17 Chiffchaff 09:00.
2 Coal Tit 09:00.
Gadwall 09:00.
2 Goldcrest 09:00.
Goosander: Pr. 09:00.
Great White Egret 09:00.
2 Grey Wagtail 09:00.
Jack Snipe 09:00.
12 Lapwing 09:00.
6 Linnet 09:00.
5 Little Egret 09:00.
Little Grebe 09:00.
Nuthatch 09:00.

2 Treecreeper 09:00.
Raven 09:00.
2 Redwing 09:00.
2 Reed Bunting 09:00.
17 Snipe 09:00.
2 Swallow 09:00.

Nick Marriner

Hatford: Sandpit: 5th April

Hatford: Sandpit
Osprey: Over, north. Didn't stop.
2 Little Ringed Plover
3 Shelduck
4 Sand Martin

Mark Merritt

Fyfield Wick 5th April

Osprey over north 12:34 (per Jed Cleeter)

Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm: 5th April

Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm
Wheatear
Willow Warbler
Swallow

Mark Merritt

Ardley 4th April

Wheatear - 2 (male and female)

Dix Pit 4th April

Common Scoter

Farmoor Reservoir: 4th April

Osprey over F1 15:33 (per Jed Cleeter)
Great Northern Diver: On F1. 08:30 (per Brian Walker)
Scaup f

White Wagtail 4 18:33 (per Ben Sheldon)

Ardley ERF Lagoon: 4th April

Peregrine: male. 10:30.

Ardley Field Quarry
3 Little Ringed Plover: Very mobile. Flying around calling. 10:40.
2 Shelduck 10:40.

Laurie Bryant

Wheatear 2

White Wagtail

15:10 (per Gareth Casburn)
 

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 4th April

Little-ringed Plover 3

Redshank

Green Sandpiper 

(per Pat Gulka)

Key Holder Reserve 

Courtesy of Pat Gulka 

Blenheim 4th April

Red-crested Pochard - Pair still present

Oystercatcher - Pair

Little Egret - 12 approx

Cattle Egret - 6 approx

Great White Egret - 1

Sand Martin - 20 approx

Dix Pit: 4th April

Common Scoter 1m
Goldeneye 5
Oystercatcher 2
Swallows & Sand Martins

Radley GP: 4th April

Radley GP
Peregrine 08:00.
6 Egyptian Goose: pair with four juv. 08:00.
2 Oystercatcher 08:00.

Ian Elkins

Swallow

Blackcap 

(per Badger)

Pit 60 Standlake 3rd March

Common Tern (per Stuart Thomson)

Otmoor rspb 3rd April

Glossy Ibis 2 (per Birdguides)

Chadlington: 3rd April

Chadlington
Grey Heron: Beside the River Evenlode. 11:13.
3 Blackcap: male. At least three newly arrived singing males in woods in the Evenlode valley. 11:13.
6 Chiffchaff 11:13.
2 Skylark 11:13.
Buzzard 11:13.
2 Red Kite 11:13.

Steve Akers

Farmoor Reservoir 3rd April

Great northern Diver F1 10:25 (per Ewan Urquhart)

Farmoor Reservoir 2nd April

Scaup: Amongst the Tuftie's - continuously preening on F1 SP4406. 10:30.

Mike Amphlett

Farmoor Reservoir: 2nd April

Great northern Diver F1 10:06 

Common Sandpiper 

Great white Egret Shrike Meadow

Scaup f

(per Ewan Urquhart et al)

Marsh Harrier: Flew up the Thames. 15:50.
2 Swallow: Singles flew N at 17:53 and 17:59. 15:50.

(per Jed Cleeter)

Great White Egret: Flew along Thames then feeding on Shrike Meadow by the hide. 09:33.
Little Egret 09:33.
Grey Heron 09:33.
33 Great Crested Grebe 09:33.
8 Coot 09:33.
19 Tufted Duck 09:33.
Mallard: Female with 13 ducklings on F2. 09:33.
5 Herring Gull 09:33.
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull 09:33.
5 Swallow 09:33.
3 Cetti's Warbler 09:33.
7 Blackcap: male. 09:33.
5 Chiffchaff 09:33.
2 Grey Wagtail 09:33.
6 Pied Wagtail 09:33.
8 Reed Bunting 09:33.
Goldcrest 09:33.
2 Buzzard 09:33.

Steve Akers

Hatford: Sandpit: 2nd April

Hatford: Sandpit
Little Ringed Plover
Shelduck

Mark Merritt

Stanton St. John: 2nd April

Stanton St. John
2 Swallow: Two today. SP587097. 16:11.

David Brown

Bagley Wood: Sawmill: 2nd April

Bagley Wood: Sawmill
Brambling

Mark Merritt

Wallingford: Wallingford Bridge: 2nd April

Wallingford: Wallingford Bridge
Kingfisher: Crossing Thames a short distance north of bridge. 12:04.

Ian Young

Henley Road GPs: 2nd April

Henley Road GPs
2 Mandarin Duck: m+f. 11:05.

Marek Walford

Blewbury Downs

Hen Harrier - ringtail flying west from Churn Farm towards A34/Chilton 

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 1st April

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland
9 Lapwing: One male in display flight to female. 14:27.
Little Egret 14:27.
2 Swallow: 3rd sightings this year. 14:27.
Sand Martin 14:27.
7 Mallard: On the bottom wetland. 14:27.
Kestrel 14:27.
Buzzard 14:27.
Red Kite 14:27.

Steve Akers

Addlestrop Hill/Chastleton Woods: 1st April

Addlestrop Hill/Chastleton Woods
15 Skylark: SP258282. 13:25.
4 Linnet: SP258282. 13:25.
Blackcap: SP258282. 13:25.
3 Chiffchaff: SP258282. 13:25.
Nuthatch: SP258282. 13:25.
Great Spotted Woodpecker: SP258282. 13:25.
2 Mistle Thrush: SP258282. 13:25.
6 Buzzard: SP258282. 13:25.

Steve Akers

Cutteslowe 1st April

Osprey over 14:51 (N.B)

Stanton St. John: 31st March

Stanton St. John
Swallow: First one back at regular nest site. SP587097. 19:10.

David Brown

Abingdon 1st April

Osprey following the Thames 15:10 (per Martin Green)

Courtesy of Martin Green 

Stanton St. John: 1st April

Stanton St. John
Swallow: One today. SP587097. 15:01.

David Brown

Otmoor rspb 1st April

Glossy Ibis 3 on Big Otmoor 

Reed Warbler

(per Birdguides)

Farmoor Reservoir 1st April

Great northern Diver F1 12:58 

(per Ewan Urquhart,Richard Parsons)

Port Meadow 1st April

Osprey over heading north 08:29 (per Thomas Miller)

Sarsgrove: 31st March

Sarsgrove
11 Skylark 12:33.
Mistle Thrush 12:33.
2 Red Kite 12:33.

Steve Akers

Chinnor: Cement Works: 31st March

Chinnor: Cement Works
2 Little Ringed Plover: Lake 2b. 11:00.

David Stracey

Farmoor

Osprey - west of F2 over Thames and lost to view below tree line

Great Northern Diver - NW F1

Scaup - female still F1

Great White Egret - over Pinkhill 

Goldeneye - 2

Willow Warbler - Pinkhill

Sand Martin 

Peregrine 

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common: 31st March

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common
8 Sand Martin 17:30.
Great White Egret 17:30.
2 Shelduck 17:30.

Richard Parsons

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 31st March

Green Sandpiper 5

Shelduck 2

(C.O)

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 31st March

Stonechat: ad male. 07:24.
Little Egret 07:24.
2 Grey Heron 07:24.
9 Teal 07:24.
36 Mallard 07:24.
4 Canada Goose 07:24.
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 07:24.
Green Woodpecker 07:24.
Reed Bunting: male. 07:24.
Yellowhammer 07:24.
3 Chiffchaff 07:24.
Nuthatch 07:24.
2 Bullfinch 07:24.
Kestrel 07:24.

Steve Akers

Fyfield Wick: 31st March

Fyfield Wick
Great White Egret: Flew low west. 07:16.

Jed Cleeter

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 30th March

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland
Jack Snipe: No public access. STRICTLY PRIVATE. Marsh can be viewed from nearby footpath. 13:12.
Swallow 13:12.
3 Teal 13:12.
31 Mallard 13:12.
Water Rail 13:12.
3 Moorhen 13:12.
Grey Heron 13:12.
Chiffchaff 13:12.
Grey Wagtail 13:12.
3 Reed Bunting 13:12.

Steve Akers

Port Meadow: 30th March

Port Meadow
Little Ringed Plover 18:00.
Pintail 18:00.
5 Shelduck 18:00.
Oystercatcher 18:00.

Tom Jordan

Farmoor Reservoir 30th March

0730-1230hrs

Great Northern Diver 1 - busy crunching up crayfish

Little Ringed Plover 1 

Common Sandpiper 1

Cattle Egret 1

Little Egret 1

Great Egret 1

House Martin 2

Sand Martin 100+

European Swallow 2

Willow Warbler 2

Grey Wagtail 2 - pair

Common Goldeneye 2 - pair

Greater Scaup 1f

Eurasian Wigeon 2 - pair

Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1

Little Grebe 3

Farmoor Reservoir 30th March

Great northern Diver F1 10:30

Scaup f

Goldeneye 2 m&f

Great white Egret 2

Cattle Egret 

Snow Goose 80

Sand Martin 80

House Martin 2

Willow Warbler 2

(per Dave Lowe, Ewan Urquhart et al)

Courtesy of Dave Lowe 

Days Lock 29th March

Garganey drake still present in vicinity (M.B)

Farmoor Reservoir: 29th March

Farmoor Reservoir
Great Northern Diver: F1. 16:00.
Scaup: F1. 16:00.
7 House Martin: 4 Initially, joined by 3 more feeding over N end of F1. 16:00.
100 Sand Martin: Feeding over SW end of F2. 16:00.
13 Golden Plover: Flew high N. 16:00.

Jed Cleeter

 

Shelduck Bicester Wetland Reserve
Courtesy of Russell Allen 

Courtesy of Russell Allen 

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common: 29th March

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common
Little Ringed Plover: On new workings between Tar Lake and NCVW. 13:30.
2 Oystercatcher: On new workings between Tar Lake and NCVW. 13:30.

Jed Cleeter

Otmoor: 29th March

Otmoor
3 Glossy Ibis: Feeding on Big Otmoor.
3 Great White Egret: Together on Greenaways.
2 Peregrine: Hunting over Big Otmoor.
Pintail
2 Bittern

Tom Jordan

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 29th March

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland
Little Egret 12:04.
2 Grey Heron 12:04.
13 Mallard 12:04.
Grey Wagtail 12:04.
Chiffchaff 12:04.
3 Bullfinch 12:04.
Kestrel 12:04.

Steve Akers

Lockinge 29th March

Ring Ouzel 2 males still this morning (E.U)

Kidlington 29th March

Ring Ouzel male at Cooks Cottage (per Birdguides)

Farmoor; 29th March 2026

10-12:00

Great Northern Diver (F1)

Greater Scaup (F1)

Grey Wagtail pair (F1)

Goldeneye pair (F1)

Sand Martin 50+ (F2)

Old Caley's Diary

Farmoor 29th March

Great northern diver showing well at north side of F1. 

Sent from my iPhone

Waterstock: River Thame: 29th March

Waterstock: River Thame
Kingfisher 08:30.
34 Lapwing 08:30.
4 Linnet 08:30.
Little Egret 08:30.
Little Grebe 08:30.
Nuthatch 08:30.
5 Reed Bunting 08:30.
36 Snipe 08:30.
21 Teal 08:30.
6 Wigeon 08:30.

Nick Marriner

Farmoor Reservoir 29th March

Great northern Diver F1

Scaup f F1

Goldeneye F1

Sand Martin 50+ S/W corner of F2

12:00 (per Nick Truby et al)

Ardley 29th March

Shelduck - 2 on ERF lagoon 

Peregrine - 1 on ERF chimneys 

Little Ringed Plover - 5 on quarry

Ardley Field Quarry
Wheatear 10:05

Laurie Bryant

Otmoor rspb 29th March

Glossy Ibis 3 on Big Otmoor 

Sedge Warbler 2nd screen

(per Sue Carruthers)

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 28th March

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
3 Glossy Ibis 13:48.
2 Redshank 13:48.
2 Oystercatcher 13:48.
Bittern: Heard booming. 13:48.
16 Lapwing 13:48.
2 Marsh Harrier: Possibly a third bird. Very active. 13:48.
4 Cetti's Warbler 13:48.
14 Reed Bunting 13:48.
Bullfinch 13:48.
6 Gadwall: Three pairs. 13:48.
10 Shoveler 13:48.
2 Mute Swan 13:48.
2 Kestrel 13:48.

Steve Akers

Lockinge 28th March

Courtesy of Jed Cleeter 

Ring Ouzel 2 still 17:18 though mobile (et a)

Farmoor Reservoir 28th March

Great northern Diver F1 16:46

Goldeneye 2 m&f F1 (C.C)

Cattle Egret 

Sand Martin 24+

Willow Warbler Pinkhill

(per Dave Lowe et al)

Osprey: Over F2, moving quite quickly. 14:10 (M.L)

Scaup f

Dunlin 3 

(per Sylfest Muldal)

Swallow 14:22 (per Matthew Lloyd)

Rushy Common 28th March

Long-tailed Duck male still present viewable from the screen (per Birdguides)

Day's Lock/Bishop's Court Farm - Sat 28th a.m.

Garganey 1m, 

Seen briefly, in flight only, with c40 Teal over Church Farm Backwaters/River of Life 2. The Teal flock are favouring a channel that is not viewable.

Snipe 12

Oystercatcher 1

Little Egret 3

BCF Scrapes 

Cattle Egret 5 

Oystercatcher 2

Shelduck 3

Letcombe Regis: 28th March

This green woodpecker has been very active by the lake in Richmond Retirement Village of late

 

Devil’s Punchbowl: 28th March

One of six wheatear on the south facing slopes of the Punchbowl, out of the wind 

 

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 28th March

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland
2 Stonechat: ad pair. On the marsh. 10:37.
2 Raven: Over. 10:37.
Snipe 10:37.
2 Teal 10:37.
14 Mallard 10:37.
2 Grey Heron 10:37.
Water Rail 10:37.
2 Moorhen: Heard. 10:37.
2 Kestrel 10:37.

Steve Akers

Otmoor rspb 28th March

Glossy Ibis 3 on Big Otmoor 

Wheatear on Ashgrave 

(per Steve Roby)

Farmoor - F1 : 27th March

Great Northern Diver

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 27th March

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland
Green Sandpiper 15:05.
2 Snipe 15:05.
9 Teal 15:05.
22 Mallard 15:05.
Water Rail: Heard. 15:05.
2 Moorhen 15:05.
Stonechat: ad male. 15:05.
Lesser Black-backed Gull 15:05.
Mistle Thrush 15:05.
38 Jackdaw 15:05.

Steve Akers

Farmoor Reservoir 27th March

Great Northern Diver 1 - flushed by yachts from F2 @1140 and re-located to F1

Willow Warbler 1

Sand Martin 40+

Common Goldeneye 2 (pair)

Greater Scaup 1f

Otmoor rspb 27th March

Glossy Ibis 3 on Big Otmoor 12:18 (L.H)

Farmoor Reservoir 27th March

Great northern Diver F1 11:40 

Scaup f

House Martin 

Sand Martin 50

Willow Warbler 

(per Simon Myers et al)

Bicester Wetland Reserve 27th March

 3 Green Sandpiper

A Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Grimsbury Reservoir 27th March

House Martin

Sand Martin 3

Swallow 3

Willow Warbler 

(per John Friendship-Taylor)

Balscote Quarry Reserve 26th March

Little-ringed Plover 3

Lapwing

Swallow

Sand Martin 3

(C.P)

Farmoor Reservoir 26th March

Great northern Diver still 18:24 F2 (per Birdguides, Andy Last)

Rushy Common: 26th March

26th March

Rushy Common
Long-tailed Duck: Visible from the car park. 12:20.
3 Cetti's Warbler 12:40.
2 Red-crested Pochard: Pair on Tar Lake. 12:40.
5 Goldeneye 12:20.

Oliver Hedley

26th March: Lye Valley area, Oxford

 

OSPREY: one circling over the Churchill Hospital in Headington for three minutes this morning, before drifting north, an incredible patch tick! Blog post here. 

Radley GP: Thrupp Lake: 26th March

Radley GP: Thrupp Lake
2 Willow Warbler: 2 singing close to each other. 1st of year for me. 13:30.

Richard Parsons

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 26th March

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland
Stonechat: ad male. 07:59.
4 Reed Bunting 07:59.
2 Chiffchaff 07:59.
Nuthatch 07:59.
Great Spotted Woodpecker 07:59.
Jay 07:59.
2 Kestrel 07:59.

Steve Akers

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 26th March

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland
Peregrine: Circling directly overhead. 07:59.
Green Sandpiper 07:59.
Jack Snipe: NB recorded on strictly private area of the marsh NO PUBLIC ACCESS. 07:59.
7 Snipe 07:59.
Water Rail: Heard. 07:59.
3 Moorhen 07:59.
Little Egret 07:59.
3 Grey Heron 07:59.
26 Mallard 07:59.

Steve Akers

Farmoor Reservoir 26th March

Sand Martin 20+

Dunlin 1

Common Goldeneye 2

Greater Scaup 1f

Northern Cross Valley Way 25th March

Little Ringed Plover 2

Great Egret 1

Little Egret 1

Oystercatcher 3

and just down the road at Rushy Common, the male Long tailed Duck was showing well from the car park

Farmoor Reservoir 25th March

0730-1130hrs

Osprey 1  -  found by Paul Butler at 0825. It caught a sizeable Rainbow Trout from F1 which it took to eat on the perimeter track near the water works. It managed to consume the head of the fish before it was mugged by two  Carrion Crows and abandoned the fish and flew further round F1 to briefly land on the wall before flying off to the North.

The second image would appear to show the Osprey is unringed

Merlin 1f @ 0800 -flew through low over F2 making an unsuccesssful tilt at a Sand Martin before hurtling over the causeway and across the far end of F1 heading North.

Sand Martin 100+

European Swallow 5

Common Redshank 1

Common Goldeneye 2 (pair)

Greater Scaup 1f

Little Egret 2

Reed Bunting 8 - tight flock of 6 males and 2 females on F2 perimeter track were probably migrants

Day's Lock/Bishop's Court Farm - Weds 25th

BCF Scrapes 

Little Ringed Plover 2

Oystercatcher 4

Shelduck 3

Sand Martin 1

Cattle Egret 5 - Alpaca Paddocks 

Radley GP: Thrupp Lake: 25th March

Radley GP: Thrupp Lake
11 Sand Martin 15:33.

Richard Parsons

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 25th March

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland
Green Sandpiper 07:11.
Grey Heron 07:11.
Mute Swan 07:11.
18 Mallard 07:11.
Moorhen 07:11.
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull 07:11.
Blackcap 07:11.
Bullfinch: male. 07:11.
Nuthatch 07:11.
Kestrel 07:11.

Steve Akers

Henley Road GPs: 25th March

Henley Road GPs
5 Oystercatcher 09:58.
Mandarin Duck 09:58.

Hugh Netley

Farmoor Reservoir 25th March

Osprey over F1 08:25 then flew north

Merlin

Swallow

Sand Martin c100

Redshank 

Scaup f

(per Paul Butler, Ewan Urquhart)

Song Thrush courtesy of Andy Pullen

 

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 24th March

2 Green Sandpiper 07:04.
3 Snipe 07:04.
Swallow: FOY - flying SW over the marsh. 07:04.
2 Chiffchaff 07:04.
4 Teal 07:04.
33 Mallard 07:04.
Moorhen 07:04.
2 Mute Swan 07:04.
2 Canada Goose 07:04.
Grey Heron 07:04.
2 Cormorant: Over. 07:04.
Black-headed Gull 07:04.
17 Redwing 07:04.
3 Mistle Thrush 07:04.
5 Song Thrush 07:04.
Pied Wagtail 07:04.
7 Reed Bunting 07:04.
Meadow Pipit 07:04.
8 Goldfinch 07:04.
Kestrel 07:04.

Steve Akers

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 24th March

Sedge Warbler singing along the bridleway by Big Otmoor. 08:58 (Steve Roby)

Grey Plover on The Flood field until 08:11 then flew north

Golden Plover 28

Black-tailed Godwit 2 16:46

Little-ringed Plover 3

Redshank 10

Curlew 2

Marsh Harrier 2

Bittern

Great white Egret 2 (per Dave Lowe)

Swallow

(T.M, M.B)

Distant Grey Plover courtesy of Thomas Miller 

Grimsbury Reservoir 24th March

Swallow 2

Sand Martin 15

Peregrine 

(per Kevin Heath et al)

Rushy Common 24th March

Long-tailed Duck male still present this morning (per Birdguides)

Red-crested Pochards West Oxon courtesy of Mark Chivers 

 

Farmoor Reservoir 24th March

Osprey over Pinkhill heading east 07:58 

Redshank on causeway 

Scaup f on F1

(per Paul Butler et al)

Corn Bunting Wantage courtesy of Brian Walker 

 

Lowbury Hill, nr Churn Farm: 22nd March

22nd March

Lowbury Hill, nr Churn Farm
3 Raven: Calling heard for 10 mins, finally seen low over fields twrds Lowbury Hill/Juniper valley area. Almost certainly crossing boundary between Oxon and Berks. SU523822. 16:00.

Churn Farm
2 Stonechat: Both males, one in scrub nr the grey Barn/House, another just West along the concrete road on power wires. SU5282. 16:30.

Mike Amphlett

Port Meadow: 23rd March

Port Meadow
3 Little Ringed Plover
2 Shelduck
3 Pintail
 

Ben Sheldon

Blenheim 23rd March

Red-crested Pochard - pair on Queen Pool.

Oystercatcher - 3 briefly this morning.

Fieldfare - a flock of approximately 120 feeding in a field in the north west of the estate.

Crossbill - 1

The Queen Pool island is busy with egrets once again.

Rushy Common 23rd March

Long-tailed Duck male still present this morning (per Paul Willis)

Courtesy of Paul Willis 

Otmoor rspb 23rd March

AMERICAN WIGEON drake still on The Flood field 17:07 (per Steve Violette)

Avocet 2 on Big Otmoor 13:52

Glossy Ibis 2 on Big Otmoor 

Bittern

(per Steve Roby et al)

Above & below courtesy of Pete Roby 

Farmoor Reservoir 23rd March

Mediterranean Gull 2 2cy & ad in field opposite Farmoor Stores 10:12

Little Gull 2cy

Scaup f

Sand Martin 

(per Dave Lowe et al)

Courtesy of Dave Lowe

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 23rd March

2 Green Sandpiper: Two now present and feeding in the centre of the wetland. 09:12.
2 Lapwing 09:12.
Little Egret 09:12.
2 Grey Heron 09:12.
Snipe 09:12.
3 Teal 09:12.
19 Mallard 09:12.
Mute Swan 09:12.
2 Grey Wagtail 09:12.
3 Reed Bunting 09:12.
2 Yellowhammer: ad pair. 09:12.
3 Skylark 09:12.
Nuthatch 09:12.
8 Goldfinch 09:12.
7 Wren 09:12.
Great Spotted Woodpecker 09:12.
2 Kestrel 09:12.

Steve Akers

Grimsbury Res 22nd March

Both Wheatear and Swallow from Grimbsbury Res this morning.