Chipping Norton: 26th November

Chipping Norton
Raven: Flew over the small lake nr Cornwell 'cronking'. SP283268. 11:00.
2 Stonechat: ad pair. On far end of the marsh nr the duck pool. SP283268. 11:00.
2 Snipe: Flushed from the marsh. SP283268. 11:00.
Sparrowhawk: SP283268. 11:00.
2 Kestrel: SP283268. 11:00.
Little Egret: In watercress beds beside re-directed fast flowing section of CN brook. SP283268. 11:00.
2 Grey Heron: SP283268. 11:00.
Grey Wagtail: SP283268. 11:00.
2 Reed Bunting: SP283268. 11:00.
Chiffchaff: SP283268. 11:00.

Steve Akers

Letcombe Regis: 26th November

Redwing from the deer enclosure at Letcombe Regis.

East Challow: 26th November

Goldfinch in East Challow this morning.

 

Port Meadow: 25th/26th November

25th November
Evening Roost
Caspian Gull: 1w.
Yellow-legged Gull: 2w.
Common Gull: 1w. candidate ssp. heinei 

26th November
This morning
2 Brambling: Flying around near Burgess Field gate
Stonechat: f. At the southern end in the thistles.
3 Tufted Duck: 2m, f. On the extended floods.

Thomas Miller, Adam Hartley

Putative Russian Common Gull (l.c. heinei) courtesy of Thomas Miller

 

 

Cassington GPs: 26th November

Cassington GPs
Marsh Harrier: imm./f. After a circuit around the lake dropped down into the reeds. SP460112. 15:00.

Terry Godfrey

Kidlington: Oxford Canal: 25th November

Kidlington: Oxford Canal
2 Chiffchaff: One singing weakly and another further on calling. 08:15.

Nick Suckling

Chipping Norton: 25th November

Chipping Norton
Little Egret: On wetland among the watercress. SP283268. 12:30.
21 Mallard: On the floodwaters. SP283268. 12:30.
Kestrel: SP283268. 12:30.

Steve Akers

Shipton Downs: 24th November

Shipton Downs
Barn Owl: Flew over A361. 23:16.

Steve Akers

Cassington GPs: 25th November

Cassington GPs
Marsh Harrier: imm./f. SP460111. 14:54.

Terry Godfrey

Sutton Courtenay

Goldeneye - female over towards Appleford GPs

Cattle Egret - Peep-o-Day Lane 

Hinksey Lake 25th November

Goosander 6 (DL).

Stratfield Brake: 25th November

Stratfield Brake
Ring-necked Parakeet 07:59.

Jason Coppock

Sonning Eye GPs: 24th November

Sonning Eye GPs
Great White Egret: On the small pit on your left as you walk down the track to the sailing club. SU748757. 15:00.

Marek Walford

Sonning Eye GPs: 24th November

Sonning Eye GPs
Great White Egret 08:30.

Hugh Netley

Dix Pit Stanton Harcourt 24th November

Goldeneye 6

Red-crested Pochard 43

Pochard 200+

(SB)

Fyfield Wick: 23rd November

Fyfield Wick
150 Greenfinch: Approx into roost, up from c40 2 weeks ago. Male Sparrowhawk made an unsuccessful attempt on the roost. 15:40.

Jed Cleeter

Blackcap
Courtesy of Kevin Heath 

 

Port Meadow: 22nd November

Port Meadow
Great White Egret
150 Barnacle Goose

Adam Hartley

Cutteslowe: Cutteslowe Park: 22nd November

Cutteslowe: Cutteslowe Park
Woodcock: Out of woods at SW of park at dusk. 17:27.

Steve Jennings

Day's Lock, Bishop's Court Farm, Little Wittenham/Dorchester : Fri 22nd

Dunlin, Day's Lock/Bishop's Court Farm Scrape.

Cattle Egret, Bishop's Court Farm Alpaca paddocks.

Great White Egret 2,

Little Egret,

Black-tailed Godwit 2, briefly Church Farm backwaters.

Great Tew 22nd November

Courtesy of Nick Truby

Hawfinch 4 viewed distantly in tree behind St Michael's churchyard at lunchtime (per Nick Truby).

Segsbury Camp: 21st November

Female stonechat on The Ridgeway at Segsbury Camp this evening.

 

Rushy Fen: 20th November

Rushy Fen
2 Marsh Harrier: fem. Hunting over reed beds and island then over gravel works west of road. Could've been a third. SP385074. 15:26.

John Pimm

Water Rail Otmoor rspb 
Courtesy of Paul Wilkinson 

 

Cassington GPs: 20th November

Cassington GPs
2 Caspian Gull: SP460111. 15:30.
8 Pintail: SP460111. 15:19.

Terry Godfrey

Buckland Warren: 20th November

Buckland Warren
Marsh Harrier: Circled then drifted south. 13:06.

Jed Cleeter

Freeland 20th November

Marsh Harrier 2 flew over west c09:11 (GP)

Great Tew 20th November

No sign of any Hawfinch this morning (CP)

Grimsbury Reservoir 20th November

No sign of the Velvet Scoters 08:52 (JFT)