Cowleaze Wood: 28th January

Cowleaze Wood
20 Common Crossbill: Flying over calling.

Steve Roby

Farmoor Reservoir 28th January

 

Kestrel © David Hastings

Otmoor: 28th January

Otmoor
12 White-fronted Goose: I was unable to count due to the distance of the birds but at least 12 present, possibly many more. Viewed from the hide over Ashgrove field,. 11:00.
Barnacle Goose 11:00.

Jim Rose

Toot Baldon: 28th January

Toot Baldon
Lesser Redpoll: Still present on garden feeders. SU565999. 14:03.

Paul Torevell

Courtesy of Paul Torevell

Farmoor Reservoir 28th January

Common Scoter f on F1 10:40 

Scaup f F1 13:48

(per Ewan Urquhart et al)

A329 nr Cholsey: 28th January

A329 nr Cholsey
3 White-fronted Goose: with the flock of 166 Greylags and 44 Canada Geese. SU593855. 08:30.

Michael Pocock

Gallowstree Common: 27th January

Gallowstree Common
3 Tawny Owl: 2 male 1 fem. Possibly more In Wyfold Wood. 20:15.

Ian Young

Farmoor Reservoir 27th January

Common Scoter imm male F1

Scaup f F1

Goosander over

(per Paul Butler)

A329 near Moulsford: 27th January

A329 near Moulsford
3 White-fronted Goose with large Greylag flock near Halfpenny Lane  SU5985. 12:00.

Mike Amphlett

Farmoor Reservoir 26th January

Common Scoter imm male F1

Scaup f F1

14:01 (per Dave Lowe)

Standlake Pit 60: 26th January

Standlake Pit 60
Ring-necked Duck: male. In front of the north hide. N.b. key required for access. 10:27.

Anthony Roberts

Blenheim Park 25th January

Great White Egret (per Ian Elkins)

Standlake 25th January

Dix Pit
2 Goldeneye: m & f.
2 Goosander: m & f.

Also good selection of Wigeon, Teal, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Shoveler etc.

Adam Hartley

Standlake: 3T Pit
3 Red-crested Pochard: 2 drk and 1 fem. 15:15.
Goldeneye: drk. 15:15.
5 Goosander: 3 drk and 2 rh. 15:15.

Standlake
10 Goosander: five pairs. On flooded field west of Pit 60. 16:30.

Standlake Pit 60
Ring-necked Duck: drk. Still present at dusk; associating with Pochards. 17:05.
Great White Egret 17:05.

Ian Elkins

Port Meadow: 25th January

Port Meadow
3 White-fronted Goose: Again north of the floods this afternoon. 

Matthew Lloyd

Bix 25th January

22 Crossbills in larches near Bromsden Farm (NW of Greys Court) also 30 Redpoll 12:26

(per Jackie Newcombe)

Somerton 25th January

Brent Goose still present on floods opposite Somerton lock 12:22

Peregrine 

(per Simon Myers)

Great white Egret (per Ian Elkins)

Standlake, pit 60: 25th January

Ring-necked Duck 1m
Pintail 79
White-fronted Goose 80+ Thames Fields
Golden Plover 250 over the fields
Blackcap 2

Key Holder Reserve with access currently restricted to the North Hide due to flooding.

Otmoor rspb 25th January

Russian White-fronted Goose 52 on Ashgrave 11:11 (per Sue Carruthers)

Oxford 25th January

Black Redstart male still present 10:22 on and around Christ Church college (per Phil Barnett)

Farmoor Reservoir 25th January

Common Scoter imm male F1

Scaup f on F1

Common Sandpiper 

10:11 (per Luke Marriner)

Somerton 24th January

Brent Goose with Greylag Geese in flooded field above Somerton deep lock 14:47

250 Golden Plover

c900 Lapwing approx 

c80 Shoveler 

45 Pintail 

Canada Geese 250 

Teal 400 

Wigeon 500

Gadwall 20 

1 Pochard 

(SB et al)

Courtesy of Gareth Casburn 

Goosey: 24th January

Goosey
Woodcock: Flew up from verge. 17:05.

Jed Cleeter

Garford/Lyford: 24th January

Garford/Lyford
Woodcock: Put up by shoot. 12:05.

Jed Cleeter

Mapledurham - Saturday 24th January 2026

 Egyptian Goose x 3, Little Grebe x 2, Stonechat x 4 (2m 2f), Green Woodpecker (m), Redpoll x 5,

Goldcrest, Fieldfare x 2, Nuthatch, Skylark.

           

                                                                                         

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor I: 24th January

4 Goldeneye: All brownheads. 14:00.
1 Scaup f on F1

(per Jeremy Blakey, Ian Stewart)

Courtesy of Ian Stewart

Courtesy of Ian Stewart

Port Meadow: 24th January

Port Meadow
3 White-fronted Goose: wild ones, not the Blenheim birds.
22 Goosander
Caspian Gull: 3w.
Great White Egret: ringed but too distant to read.
2 Peregrine: One sitting on the ground for extended periods.
200 Barnacle Goose
20 Pintail

Adam Hartley, Thomas Miller

3w Caspian Gull courtesy of Adam Hartley

 

Brize Norton: 24th January

Black Redstart: imm. SP294076. 11:30.

Joanna Harding

Toot Baldon: 24th January

Toot Baldon
Lesser Redpoll: On garden feeder with goldfinches and greenfinches. SU565999. 14:29.

Paul Torevell

Courtesy of Paul Torevell 

Farmoor Reservoir 24th January

Siskin 40+

Kingfisher 1

Water Rail 1

Eurasian Teal 30

Abingdon 24th January

Siberian Chiffchaff still present at Abingdon Sewage Works 11:11 (per Andy Last)

Otmoor rspb 24th January

Tundra Bean Goose 8+ on Big Otmoor 

Russian White-fronted Goose c50

Barnacle Goose 6

Bittern booming 

Marsh Harrier 3

Merlin prob

Sparrowhawk 

Lapwing c3000

Golden Plover c500

(per Bark et al)

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 24th January

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland
7 Teal 10:07.
23 Mallard 10:07.
9 Mute Swan 10:07.
3 Canada Goose 10:07.
4 Grey Heron 10:07.
2 Black-headed Gull 10:07.
16 Meadow Pipit 10:07.
Grey Wagtail 10:07.
11 Redwing 10:07.
30 Fieldfare 10:07.

Steve Akers

Oxford 24th January

Black Redstart male still present 10:47 on and around Christ Church college (per Phil Barnett)

Farringdon 23rd January

Black Redstart male still present 16:53 at Cobden Green on houses adjacent to the Belmont Viewpoint (P.I)

Farmoor Reservoir 23rd January

Common Scoter imm male F1

Scaup f F1

09:06 (per Dave Lowe)

Port Meadow 22nd January

Caspian Gull 2w (per Birdguides)

Henley-on-Thames: 22nd January

22nd January

Henley-on-Thames
3 Great White Egret: 1 in the field and 2 along the ditch next to the Henley sewage treatment works. SU760841. 11:25.

Middle Assendon
2 Raven: Over heading west towards Bix Common. 15:00.

Ashley Stow

Fieldfare courtesy of Paul Torevell 

 

Blenheim Park 22nd January

Crossbills c20 this morning 100m north of Combe gate in the cedar trees.

Bramblings c10 on the road to park farm from the Grand bridge, in Beech trees before the patch of Sunflowers on the right, with Chaffinches. 

(per Dave Doherty)

Henley Road GPs: 22nd January

Henley Road GPs
Great White Egret: Back of garden centre pit. 12:18.

Marek Walford

Bicester Wetland Reserve 22nd January

1 Jack Snipe
11 Snipe
2 Green Sandpiper
200 Teal
12 Shoveler

A Peters C Oram
Key Holder Reserve

Farmoor Reservoir 22nd January

Common Scoter imm m still on F1 09:01

Common Sandpiper on causeway 

(per Dave Lowe)