Farmoor Reservoir 29th March

Little Gull briefly over F1

No sign of the Slavonian Grebes

(per Ben Sheldon)

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II: 28th March

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II
2 Slavonian Grebe: Still present. 18:18.
Common Sandpiper 18:18.

Matthew Lloyd

Farmoor Reservoir 28th March

Courtesy of Mark Chivers

SLAVONIAN GREBE 2 summer plumaged 

Still on F2 17:02

White Wagtail 

Snow Goose 77

Barnacle Goose 26

(per Johnny Eclipse et al).

Courtesy of Brian Walker

Farmoor Reservoir 28th March

Slavonian Grebe 2

Little Grebe 1

House Martin 10+

Ardley Quarry 28th March

Ringed Plover

Little-ringed Plover 2

Curlew 2

White Wagtail 

(JFT)

Henley Road GPs: 28th March

Henley Road GPs
Great White Egret: Back of the garden centre pit with 3 Little Egret. SU740754. 12:31.

Marek Walford

Port Meadow: 28th March

Port Meadow
5 Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
2 Redshank
2 Oystercatcher
2 Shelduck
Willow Warbler: m. singing.

Adam Hartley

Port Meadow: 27th March

Port Meadow
2 Dunlin
2 Oystercatcher
3 Shelduck
4 Swallow
2 House Martin
3 Pintail
Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
6 Redshank
Siberian Chiffchaff: Calling by Burgess Field gate.

Thomas Miller, Adam Hartley, Dave Doherty

Ardley ERF Lagoon 27th March

Ringed Plover

Shelduck 2

(per Colin Oram)

Port Meadow 27th March

Ringed Plover

Dunlin 2

Oystercatcher 2

Redshank 6

Shelduck 3

Pintail 3

Swallow

House Martin 

Siberian Chiffchaff 

(per Thomas Miller et al)

Sarsgrove: 27th March

Sarsgrove
Wheatear: fem. FOY here - a traditional site for seeing Wheatear on migration nr Chipping Norton the highest town in Oxfordshire. SP298243. 12:00.
Grey Wagtail: Heard down at Sars Brook. SP298243. 12:00.
2 Chiffchaff: SP298243. 12:00.

Steve Akers

Standlake 27th March

Whitethroat SSE of Standlake at Newbridge (per RBA)

Bicester Wetland Reserve 27th March

 Pair Garganey  still on Cattle Bridge Pool, can be elusive
1 Green Sandpiper
6 Shoveler
6 Gadwall
48 Teal
2 Cetti's Warbler

A Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Sarsgrove: 26th March

Sarsgrove
3 Chiffchaff: Calling from Sarsgrove Wood nr Sars Brook plus Comma and Peacock. SP298243. 12:00.
Green Woodpecker: SP298243. 12:00.
Jay: SP298243. 12:00.
6 Linnet: SP298243. 12:00.
8 Skylark: SP298243. 12:00.

Steve Akers

Northern Cross Valley Way 27th March

Little Gull 10:21 

Shelduck 3

Common Sandpiper 

Sand Martin 12

(per Jon Prowse)

Radley village: 27th March

Radley village
Willow Warbler: In song. FOY here. 09:16.

Ian Elkins

Sutton Courtenay Flood 26th March

Little-ringed Plover 4

Egyptian Goose c7

Great white Egret 

Peregrine 

Sand Martin 7

Woodstock 26th March

Black redstart - I happened to glance out of the window of my house as it hopped up onto a neighbour's roof in Vanbrugh Close. It then flitted about for a few minutes and I managed some fairly desperate shots of it out of the window. The bird that spent a few weeks nearby last September also visited these roofs on one occasion. Both are female types so presumably the same bird. If not, quite a coincidence!

Hawfinch - 2 on a brief visit to Hensington Road cemetery.

Otmoor rspb 26th March

Cattle Egret 7 at the 1st screen 15:20 (per Luke O'Byrne)

White-fronted Goose 2nd screen yesterday.

Shipton on Cherwell: 26th March

Shipton on Cherwell
4 Cattle Egret: In field near path to Hampton Gay. SP481164. 15:00.

David Watkinson

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 26th March

Garganey m&f still present on Cattle Bridge Pool 16:03 (per Mark Ribbons)

Key holder reserve 

Hensington Cemetery 26th March

 

Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill: 26th March

Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill
Little Egret: Seen from Pinkhill hide. 13:46.
2 Treecreeper 13:46.
3 Blackcap: At least 3 singing. 13:46.
6 Chiffchaff: At least 6 maybe more singing. 13:46.

Richard Parsons

Ardley ERF Lagoon: 26th March

Ardley ERF Lagoon
2 Blackcap: Singing Males. Please note that the new footpath is now open at the Trow Pool . 10:30.

Laurie Bryant

Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry: 26th March

Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry
3 Little Ringed Plover: At left hand end of the quarry but very mobile. 10:00.
2 Shelduck 10:00.

Laurie Bryant

Radley Lakes 26th March

Sedge Warbler c09:32 (per Wayne Bull)

Henley-on-Thames: 25th March

25th March

Henley-on-Thames
Common Scoter 19:24.

2 flocks of Common Scoter flying over Northfield End, obviously difficult to ascertain direction but picked up on peeping flight calls. 1st flock at 19:24 seemed quite low, numerous very clear peeping calls and then another flock at 19:38 with fewer birds calling.

 
Middle Assendon
Raven: Back and forth between Bix common and Fawley. 15:00.

Ashley Stow

Chipping Norton: 25th March

Chipping Norton
7 Mute Swan: 3 adult; 4 juv. Highest number recorded here and a first record at this location - wetland at Swailsford Bridge nr Cornwell. SP284265. 13:30.
Grey Wagtail: ad fem. SP284265. 13:30.
2 Pied Wagtail: SP284265. 13:30.
Meadow Pipit: SP284265. 13:30.

Steve Akers

Chinnor: Cement Works: 25th March

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

David Stracey

Woodstock 25th March

Hawfinch 6 (2m/4f}

Blackcap 2 m/f

Goldcrest 1

flyovers

Sparrowhawk1

Common Buzzard 3

Little Egret 1

Stone pits SSSI, Weston on the Green: 25th March

Stone pits SSSI, Weston on the Green
100 Fieldfare: At 2.30pm, large vocal flock most heading east. SP524195. 15:55.

David Williams

Chipping Norton: 25th March

Chipping Norton
12 Teal: 9 drake; 3 duck. On the small lake nr Cornwell. SP283268. 11:30.
Little Egret: SP283268. 11:30.
100 Fieldfare: Estimate 100 in large mixed flock of approx 200 Fieldfare, Redwing and Starling. Very vocal feeding in trees and pasture the other side of Salford brook. SP283268. 11:30.
70 Redwing: SP283268. 11:30.
30 Starling: SP283268. 11:30.
Great Spotted Woodpecker: SP283268. 11:30.
Tawny Owl: Daytime hooting briefly. SP283268. 11:30.
2 Kestrel: Hunting over the marsh. SP283268. 11:30.

Steve Akers

Tackley: 22nd March

Tackley
3 Egyptian Goose: SP484215. 10:00.

Sue Brown

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 25th March

Garganey 2 m&f on the Cattle Bridge Pool 08:23

(A.T)

Key holder reserve

Charney Bassett: E: 25th March

Charney Bassett: E
2 Shelduck: On shallow pools. 07:38.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor Reservoir 24th March

Little Gull 3 ad over F1 c18:05 

(per Dave Lowe,Ben Sheldon)

Woodstock 24th March 2025

Hawfinch 5 (4f 1m)

Farmoor Reservoir 24th March 2025

Willow Warbler 

Willow Warbler 1 singing intermittently from path by Pinkhill Hide

Tawny Owl 1 heard only

Water Rail 1

Eurasian Teal 6

Farmoor Reservoir: 24th March

Farmoor Reservoir
4 Blackcap: 4 singing in separate locations around Farmoor in the spring sunshine. 15:55.

Richard Parsons

Chipping Norton: 24th March

Chipping Norton
6 Teal: 3 drake; 3 duck. On Cornwell Manor lake - first sighting here. SP275270. 12:00.
2 Little Grebe: SP275270. 12:00.
2 Mute Swan: SP275270. 12:00.
2 Coot: SP275270. 12:00.
5 Moorhen: SP275270. 12:00.
Grey Wagtail: male. SP275270. 12:00.
Grey Heron: SP275270. 12:00.
Green Woodpecker: SP275270. 12:00.
Great Spotted Woodpecker: SP275270. 12:00.

Steve Akers

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 24th March

Garganey 2 m&f 12:10 on Cattle Bridge Pool (per Birdguides)

Key holder reserve

Otmoor rspb 24th March

Willow Warbler

Bittern 2

(S.C)

Farmoor Reservoir 24th March

Willow Warbler at Pinkhill

Marsh Harrier through 07:45 Shrike Meadow 

Red-legged Partridge 

(per Ewan Urquhart, Johnny Eclipse)

Balscote Quarry Reserve 24th March

Brambling f again at feeders (SB)

Grimsbury Reservoir 24th March

Little-ringed Plover 

Swallow 2

Cetti's Warbler 

Grey Wagtail 

(SB)

Port Meadow: 24th March

Port Meadow
Siberian Chiffchaff: m. Still singing by BF gate.
2 Swallow: Flew north.
Little Ringed Plover
4 Redshank
Dunlin
2 Shelduck
Great White Egret

Thomas Miller

Port Meadow: 23rd March

Port Meadow
Siberian Chiffchaff: male. Singing by Burgess Field gate.
2 Redshank
2 Shelduck
Great White Egret

Thomas Miller, Adam Hartley

Oxfordshire Golf Course Thame 23rd March

Black Redstart this evening (per Luke Marriner)

Woodstock 23rd March

Hawfinch 3+ in Hensington Road Cemetery 14:00-17:00 although predominantly elusive
Greenfinch 2
Chaffinch 2
Starling c20
Blackcap 2m&f
Chiffchaff

Farmoor Reservoir 23rd March

Little Gull 5 ad on F1 (2 until late morning 3 at 17:32)

Little-ringed Plover 2

Shelduck 2

Blackcap singing

No sign of the Brent Geese

No sign of the Black Redstart

(per Dave Lowe, Ben Sheldon et al)

Courtesy of Nick Truby

Grimsbury Reservoir: 23rd March

AM

Curlew - over NE

Blackcap - singing

Singles of Sand and House Martin through

PM (JFT)

4 Swallows

Little Ringed Plover

Ardley ERF and Quarry 23rd March

Shelduck - 2

Peregrine - 2

Little Ringed Plover - 4

Dorchester: Days Lock: 23rd March

Dorchester: Days Lock
Red-crested Pochard: Male seen on Allen Pit, amongst the Tufted Ducks and Coots. 11:15.
Shoveler 11:15.

Oliver Hedley

Waterstock: River Thame: 23rd March

Waterstock: River Thame
45 Lapwing 09:00.
5 Linnet 09:00.
2 Golden Plover 09:00.
Sparrowhawk 09:00.
Raven 09:00.
Great White Egret 09:00.
11 Reed Bunting 09:00.
105 Snipe 09:00.
165 Wigeon 09:00.
4 Shoveler 09:00.
4 Jack Snipe 09:00.
3 Oystercatcher 09:00.
19 Chiffchaff 09:00.
110 Redwing 09:00.
3 Egyptian Goose 09:00.
25 Fieldfare 09:00.
Grey Wagtail 09:00.
105 Teal 09:00.
Blackcap: Singing. 09:00.

Goldcrest 09:00.
24 Meadow Pipit 09:00.

Nick Marriner

Standlake, pit 60: 23rd March

White-fronted Goose 1
Oystercatcher 2
GW Egret 1
Green Sandpiper 1, east fields
White Wagtail 1
Goosander 3
Goldeneye 2
Blackcap 1m singing (new in)

Bicester Wetlands Reserve, 23rd March

08:15-09:30

Garganey (m & f)

Green Sandpiper 2

Common Snipe 2

Venn Mill: 23rd March

Venn Mill
2 Egyptian Goose 11:15.
Peregrine: fem. Flew over. 11:15.

Jed Cleeter

Letcombe Bassett: 23rd March

Letcombe Bassett
2 Wheatear: Female. 10:35.

Jed Cleeter

Courtesy of Jed Cleeter 

Port Meadow: 23rd March

Port Meadow
Great White Egret 10:17.
2 Shelduck: pair. 10:17.
4 Redshank 10:17.
7 Pintail: 3 drk and 4 fem. 10:17.
White Wagtail: At least one present with Pied Wagtails. 10:17.

Ian Elkins

Farmoor - 23 March 2025

 Two adult Little Gulls dropped in at 0655 on F1

Bicester Wetland Reserve: 23rd March

23rd March

Bicester Wetland Reserve
Garganey: Initially on small pool before Cow Pool hide but then relocated to main pool. 11:12
2 Green Sandpiper: On pool along entrance road. 07:40.

Laurie Bryant

Courtesy of Sandra Bletchly 

Balscote Quarry Reserve 23rd March

Brambling f at feeders

Swallow

Sand Martin 

(per Steve Holliday)

Chipping Norton: 23rd March

Chipping Norton
Blackcap: ad male. Male in full song at small wood in The Leys. 07:20.

Steve Akers