Fyfield Wick: 12th April

Fyfield Wick
Redshank: Flew around briefly calling. 00:50.

Jed Cleeter

R. Thames nr Cholsey Marsh: 11th April

R. Thames nr Cholsey Marsh
2 Egyptian Goose: On Riverside bank. 15:29.

Steve Foster

Otmoor: 11th April

Otmoor
Cuckoo 09:00.
Yellow Wagtail 09:00.
5 White-fronted Goose 09:00.
Glossy Ibis 09:00.

Peter Alfrey

Witney 11th April

Courtesy of A.Stanley

ROSE-COLOURED STARLING still present in garden today.

Linky Down: 11th April

Linky Down
Ring Ouzel: Male flew over my head as I walked down the path. Not relocated. 17:30.

Mark Mckeown

 

Female Goosander at Farmoor Reservoir this evening courtesy of Bryan Manston.

Newington: 11th April

Newington
Tree Pipit: On webs count. 16:00.

Mark Mckeown

 

Courtesy of Anthony Fowler.

Male Redstart Banbury courtesy of Kyle Smith Birdwatch Britannia

Headington - Nocmig 30th March

Sandwich Tern - 00:29 (15 calls) (see shortened recording below) - possibly 2+ birds

 

Sedge Warbler Otmoor rspb courtesy of Anju Sharma.

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 11th April

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course
Redstart: male. Only my second record for the site. 20:22.
52 Mute Swan: My highest count on site. 20:22.
7 Yellow Wagtail: Numbers starting to build. 20:22.
Common Sandpiper 20:22.
6 Oystercatcher 20:22.
4 Willow Warbler 20:22.
1 Wheatear

Luke Marriner

Marston Oxford 11th April

Distant male ring ouzel by Moth

Distant Rouzel

Ring Ouzel still present 16:30 (per Moth)

Redstart 2 m/f

Ring-necked Parakeet 2+

Raven

Ridgeway: 11th April

Short eared owl - Devil's Punchbowl

2 male redstarts - 1 at Segsbury Down 1 at Bury Down

3 wheatear (2m 1f) - East Hendred Downs

Britchcombe access land: 11th Apr.

2 Ring Ouzel (m) with a further 2 along the Ridgeway towards Blowingstone Hill

Redstart (m)

        Yet another Rouzel
 

Appleford GPs 11th April

Little-ringed Plover 2+

Oystercatcher 3+

Snipe 4+

Lapwing c10

Shelduck 

Yellow Wagtail 3

White Wagtail 3 (1m)

Pied Wagtail c20

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Oxford: Magdalen College: 11th April

Pied Flycatcher male. One present in Magdalen College Deer Park. SP519064. 13:30.

Max Buckley

Linky Down: 11th April

Courtesy of Jez March

Ring Ouzel 2. Male still present 14:47 (Ewan Urquhart) from looking down from main path by the line of fence going up the field in the bottom of gorse bushes in and out. Cracking bird. 11:35.
Redstart still 14:42

Chiffchaff 11:35.  

Coal Tit 11:35.

Raven  

(per Jez March,Ralph Watts)

Courtesy of Jez March

Waterstock: River Thame: 11th April

Waterstock: River Thame
2 Grey Wagtail 10:00.
3 House Martin 10:00.
13 Teal 10:00.
8 Blackcap 10:00.
9 Chiffchaff 10:00.
4 Willow Warbler 10:00.
13 Reed Bunting 10:00.
9 Linnet 10:00.
15 Meadow Pipit 10:00.
2 Green Sandpiper 10:00.
30 Fieldfare 10:00.
Goosander 10:00.
10 Redwing 10:00.
5 Lapwing 10:00.
Redstart: Male. 10:00.
2 Sedge Warbler 10:00.
23 Swallow 10:00.
Raven 10:00.
43 Snipe 10:00.

Nick Marriner

 

Wheatear Stonesfield courtesy of Paul Wren.

Banbury M40 floods 11th April

Ringed Plover

Little-ringed Plover 6

Yellow Wagtail 2

White Wagtail 2

(per John Friendship-Taylor) 12:54

Floods are c300yds along the A361 from the M40 junc 11 roundabout towards Daventry.

Otmoor: 11th April

GLOSSY IBIS 

Brent Goose dark-bellied still 16:04 (per Barry Batchelor).
Garganey 09:30.
5 Ruff 09:30. 

1 Green Sandpiper 

Whitethroat 

No sign of the Bar-tailed Godwit

(per Thomas Miller, Ian Elkins, Bark)

Marsh Baldon 11th April

Courtesy of Paul Torvell

2 Wheatear: On local arable fields. SU576997. 08:26.

Paul Torevell

Port Meadow: 11th April

Port Meadow
2 Yellow Wagtail 07:30.
15 White Wagtail 07:30.

Thomas Miller

Widford: 11th April

Widford
2 Little Ringed Plover: 2 in flooded field. SP265114. 09:00.

Mark Pidgeon

Farmoor Reservoir: 11th April

Farmoor Reservoir
Green Sandpiper: Flying down the Thames. SP435060. 10:15.
4 Yellow Wagtail: On causeway. SP445065. 10:15.

Mark Pidgeon

Standlake: 11th April

Standlake
Yellow Wagtail: A beauty. 12:16.

Mick Cunningham

Water Eaton: Water Eaton/Sparsey: 11th April

Water Eaton: Water Eaton/Sparsey
2 Yellow Wagtail: Feeding in field on water Eaton side of Sparsey Bridge along with Meadow Pipits and (confusingly!) a yellowhammer. 09:00.

Andrew Siantonas

Grimsbury Reservoir 11th April

Redstart along western side 07:18

Yellow Wagtail 4

White Wagtail 5

Common Sandpiper 

Little-ringed Plover through

(per John Friendship-Taylor et al)

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Linky Down: 11th April

Linky Down
2 Ring Ouzel: SU726963. 08:12.

Jez March

Marston Meadows: 10th April

Ring Ouzel

 

Lollingdon Hill Cholsey 10th April

Ring Ouzel a.m only

Wheatear 3

(per Alan Dawson)

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Grimsbury Res: 10th April

2 male Redstart along W side
3+ Yellow Wags
2 White Wags
Loads of all 3 Hirundines

Flooded building site by M40 junction:
1 Ringed Plover
4 Green Sands
4+ LRPs
2+ Yellow Wags
2 White Wags

Drayton (nr Abingdon): 10th April

Drayton (nr Abingdon)
9 Green Sandpiper: SU487942. 19:57.
2 Oystercatcher: SU487942. 19:57.
2 Little Ringed Plover: SU487942. 19:57.

Michael Pocock

Swerford: 10th April

Swerford
50 Fieldfare 09:55.

Nick Suckling

Lark Hill 10th April

16 Wheatear inc. a likely male Greenland  

Linky Down 10th April

Ring Ouzel m (Paul Butler) still present 15:58 (per Jackie Newcombe)

Redstart m (Andy Last) still present 15:58 (J.N)

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Marston Meadows 10th April

Ring Ouzel male, (per Tom Evans) Marston Meadows, (just past Park Farm carpark at end of Edgeway, on left - the wigeon field). Alternately feeding in open and sitting in hedge near 2 big oaks at farm end.

Still present 16:01 (per Justin Taylor)

Farmoor Reservoir 10th April

Yellow Wagtail

White Wagtail

Swallow 100+

Sand Martin c4000 at 11:23

Common Sandpiper 6

White Wagtail 6

Yellow Wagtail 6

(per Ewan Urquhart)

Widford 10th April

Little Ringed Plover 5

White Wagtail 1

Little Egret 2

Port Meadow: 10th April

Male Blue-headed wagtail (Thomas Miller) still present c11:15 although mobile
9 flavissima Yellow wagtails
12+ white wagtails
2 common terns flew upriver

Flood just north of Banbury 10th April

Green Sandpiper 4+
Ringed Plover 2
Little-ringed Plover 2
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail

Reported.

Floods are c300yds along the A361 from the M40 junc 11 roundabout towards Daventry.

Otmoor - 10th April

Bar-tailed Godwit - Big Otmoor 09:10

2 Garganey - Big Otmoor

3 White-fronted Geese - Big Otmoor

5 Ruff

3 Dunlin

Wheatear

Big fall of Willow Warbler - 26+ singing males

34 House Martin S

c50 Swallow

c20 Sand Martin

Whitethroat

11 Sedge Warbler

2 Reed Warbler

82 Fieldfare

2 Shelduck

3 Pintail

3 Marsh Harrier

No sign of the Glossy Ibis by 12:30

Grimsbury Reservoir 10th April

Redstart 2 in area of Regs Meadow in front of Plantation c14:59 (per Mark Ribbons, John Friendship-Taylor et al).
White Wagtail reported 14:46
Yellow Wagtail

Sonning Eye GPs: 10th April

Sonning Eye GPs
2 Mandarin Duck: m+f. 14:06.

Marek Walford

 

Chiffchaff Otmoor rspb courtesy of Jessica Crumpton.

Floods between Drayton & Sutton Courtenay 10th April

Green Sandpiper 3+

Little-ringed Plover 2

Oystercatcher 2

Little Egret 

Mistle Thrush

Viewable from the B4016.

Appleford GPs 10th April

Little-ringed Plover 2

Oystercatcher 4

Lapwing c15

Shelduck

Sand Martin c30

Swallow c20

Willow Warbler 2

Chiffchaff

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Bicester Wetland Reserve 10th April

1 Jack Snipe
48 Snipe
3 Green Sandpiper
1 Willow Warbler

Alan Peters

Key Holder Reserve

Stratfield Brake: 10th April

Stratfield Brake
Reed Warbler: Singing in reed bed by path leading to the canal. 09:00.

Andrew Siantonas

Warneford Meadow, Headington, Oxford: 10th April

Ring Ouzel: a massive crop of an image of one disappearing north over Warneford Meadow this morning.  Fortunately, it was calling, the Fieldfare-like flight call. No throat pattern can be seen on the images, but the long, pale wings, with tapered primaries, are just visible. Also seen by Phil Barnett who was in the meadow at the time. 

Standlake: 10th April

Standlake
Common Sandpiper 09:42.

Mick Cunningham

Moreton Golf Course 9th April

Ring Ouzel: Male feeding with other thrushes, my first for the sight, no further sign after 5:30. 21:04.
Redstart: male. My first for the site seen in scrub along road parallel with bridle path. 21:04.

2 Common Sandpiper: Nfy on site. 21:04.

Oystercatcher 6  

25 House Martin: NFY on site, came down in a rain shower and didn't stick around. 21:04.
Sand Martin 21:04.
20 Swallow 21:04.

Yellow Wagtail 2 feeding on main lake  
6 Willow Warbler: 4 new birds in today. 21:04.
Little Owl 21:04.

(per Luke Marriner)

 

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Port Meadow: 9th April

Port Meadow
7 Yellow Wagtail 18:30.
10 White Wagtail 18:30.

Thomas Miller

Farmoor Reservoir: 9th April

Farmoor Reservoir
Yellow Wagtail 17:30.
5 Common Sandpiper 17:30.
4 White Wagtail 17:30.

Thomas Miller

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway: 9th April

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway
Yellow Wagtail 15:15.
4 Common Sandpiper 15:15.

John Gough

Otmoor rspb 9th April

GLOSSY IBIS 13:59 on The Closes

Russian White-fronted Goose 5

(per RBA)

Drayton to Sutton Courtenay floods 9th April

5 Little Ringed Plover

Ringed Plover

7 Green Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

2 Redshank

3 Oystercatcher

White Wagtail

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway: 9th April

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway
2 Common Sandpiper 12:15.

Stephen Lockey

Southfield Golf Course, Headington, Oxford: 9th March

 

25 Barnacle Geese east over Headington just before dawn this morning, viewed from Southfield Golf Course. This continues a remarkable run of waterbirds over this hill, following 7 Goosander (photographed) and two flocks of Common Scoter (sound-recorded) last month. 

Cholsey: Lollingdon Hill: 9th April

Cholsey: Lollingdon Hill
3 Wheatear: 2 male, 1 female. 12:00.

Michael Pocock

Balscote Quarry B.O.S Reserve 9th April

Ringed Plover 

Little-ringed Plover 

Golden Plover 43 over

Sand Martin 9

Yellow Wagtail 3

Willow Warbler
Brambling f

Grimsbury Reservoir:

Common Sandpiper 

Wheatear

(et al)

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Buscot Wick: Weston Farm: 9th April

Buscot Wick: Weston Farm
Redstart: male. 10:15.

Ian Sherriffs

Port Meadow: 9th April

2 Yellow wagtail

5+ White wagtail

Common tern along river (per Elizabeth Stroud)

Probable Common Sandpiper (per Matthew Southwell)

Grey Heron (per Matthew Southwell)

Port Meadow: 9th April

Port Meadow
4 Grey Heron: Flying and perching in trees along the river. 09:24.

Matthew Southwell

Stanton St. John: 9th April

Stanton St. John
3 Wood Duck: Three back at regular nest site this morning. 09:06.

David Brown

: 9th April

Bletchingdon
Whitethroat: Singing. FOY. SP508175. 08:00.

Bletchingdon
Willow Warbler: Singing. FOY. SP508175. 08:00.

David Watkinson

: 8th April

Great Park Farm, Dry Sandford
Yellow Wagtail: male. With 6 Pied's on passage. SP4600. 21:46.

Great Park Farm, Dry Sandford
Little Grebe: Singing. SP4600. 21:46.

Great Park Farm, Dry Sandford
Green Woodpecker: Heard. SP4600. 21:46.

Great Park Farm, Dry Sandford
Great Spotted Woodpecker: Drumming. SP4600. 21:46.

Great Park Farm, Dry Sandford
Jay: SP4600. 21:46.

Great Park Farm, Dry Sandford
200 Jackdaw: Feeding on recently sown field. SP4600. 21:46.

Ian Smith

Widford 8th April

Little Ringed Plover 5

White Wagtail 3

Little Egret 2

Port Meadow: 8th April

4 Shelduck
3 Redshank
Little Ringed Plover 08:00.
Yellow Wagtail 08:00.
4 White Wagtail 08:00.

(per Thomas Miller, Anthony Cheke)

Otmoor - 8th April

Dark-bellied Brent Goose courtesy of Isaac West.

Glossy Ibis - still present on the Closes

Dark-bellied Brent Goose - Noke Sides

5 White-fronted Geese - Noke Sides

Green Sandpiper - calling from reedbed after dark

3 Ruff - Big Otmoor

3 Dunlin - Big Otmoor

Raven

Reed Warbler

9 Sedge Warbler

8 Willow Warbler

21 Swallow

2 Shelduck

3 Pintail

Chipping Norton: 8th April

Chipping Norton
2 Swallow: pair. First of the year back on this patch - by the small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 11:00.
Willow Warbler: First record of the year - heard only. SP283268. 11:00.
Raven: SP283268. 11:00.
Chiffchaff: Heard only. SP283268. 11:00.

Steve Akers

Balscote Quarry Reserve 8th April

Little-ringed Plover 

Yellow Wagtail 

Shutford Sewage Works:

White Wagtail 

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Grimsbury Reservoir 8th April

Little-ringed Plover 

Sedge Warbler 

Willow Warbler c3

Sand Martin 15

House Martin 5

Swallow 5

(per John Friendship-Taylor)

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Farmoor Reservoir 8th April

Merlin: male. Flying very low along eastern edge of reservoir. 09:01 (per Dave Murphy)

Sedge Warbler Pinkhill (per Paul Butler)

Otmoor: 8th April

Otmoor
Pintail: Drake from the second screen. 08:31.

Manoj Nair

Otmoor: 8th April

Otmoor
Brent Goose: Solitary individual at the Noke sides. 08:28.
5 White-fronted Goose: Grazing with Greylags on Noke sides. 08:28.

Manoj Nair

Chinnor: Cement Works: 7th April

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

David Stracey

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 7th April

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course
2 Yellow Wagtail 21:27.
6 Oystercatcher 21:27.
4 Golden Plover: In paddocks icl one summer plumage bird. 21:27.
5 Lapwing 21:27.
20 Swallow: c20. 21:27.
Willow Warbler: NFY on site. 21:27.

Luke Marriner

Blenheim: 7th April

Blenheim
Cattle Egret: Flew over from Queens Pool heading south south west over lower lake towards cascades and lost to view at 9 am. 21:00.
Brambling: Male singing by Grand Bridge. 21:00.
3 Mandarin Duck: 2 males, 1 fem. West bank of lower lake. 21:00.

David Doherty

Swerford: 7th April

Swerford
35 Fieldfare 14:50.

Nick Suckling

: 7th April

Rotherfield Rd, Henley
Probable Raven: Overflying and perched on rooftop. SU761812. 15:00.

Nicholas Verge

Farmoor Reservoir 7th April

 

Over 100 Swallows braving the ice cold conditions this morning and feeding low over the water by the northern bank of F2 before finding a convenient sheltered corner in which to rest.

Farmoor Reservoir 7th April

White Wagtail 2

Yellow Wagtail 3

House Martin 

Sand Martin 200+

Swallow 100+

Sedge Warbler 

Red-crested Pochard 2

(per Ewan Urquhart)

Appleford: Appleford GP: 7th April

Appleford: Appleford GP
Green Sandpiper 12:30.
Grey Partridge 12:30.

Michael Violette

Otmoor rspb 7th April

Grey Plover over the reedbed c10:38 

Bittern

(per Phil Barnett).

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: 7th April

Neal's Shaw
2 Brambling: f. SU6882. 09:06.

John Taylor

: 6th April

Neal's Shaw
Raven: SU6882. 14:40.

John Taylor

Brighthampton: 6th April

Brighthampton
2 Grey Partridge: Pair along Calais Lane. 21:02.
150 Fieldfare: In paddock Calais Lane. Biggest flock I've seen for a while; probably an undercount. At least 1 redwing with them. 21:02.
10 Yellowhammer: In various spots on Calais Lane. 21:02.

Mick Cunningham

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 6th April

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course
6 Oystercatcher 19:56.
20 Swallow: c20. 19:56.
Sand Martin 19:56.
4 Yellow Wagtail: 3 on the main lake one in the paddock. 19:56.
5 Lapwing 19:56.
Little Owl 19:56.

Luke Marriner

Appleford: Appleford GP: 6th April

Appleford: Appleford GP
5 Little Ringed Plover 18:30.
Oystercatcher 18:30.
Kingfisher 18:30.

Michael Violette

Cowleaze Wood: 6th April

Redstart: male. Male down the valley opposite cowleaze wood, no ouzels tho :(. 13:27.

2 Raven 13:27.

Luke Marriner

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Widford: 6th April

Widford
6 Little Ringed Plover: Numbers keep growing. No doubt to disappear when the temporary water disappears. 17:28.

Mick Cunningham

Chinnor: Chinnor Hill: 6th April

Chinnor: Chinnor Hill
Redstart: Female in scrub at the top of the hill Wain Hill side. Calling but typically elusive. 15:00.

Mark Mckeown

Farmoor Reservoir 6th April

White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail 4

Sand Martin 2100+

House Martin 3

Swallow 100+

(per Ewan Urquhart)

 

Male White Wagtail - it was even singing!

Skittle Green 6th April

Skittle Green
Redstart: Male on a fence 20 metres into Oxon on the Bucks/ Oxon border beside a small field pond. SU767030. 15:12.

Skittle Green
30 Raven: A huge gathering of these birds mobile on both sides of the Bucks/ Oxon border. Dropping to feed in the pasture fields and actively 'cronking'. Almost certainly an underestimate of the numbers here as higher counts have been made in the last few days. Where have they all come from and maybe relate to non breeding juveniles? SU767030. 15:12.

John Edwards

Linky Down: 6th April

Linky Down
5 Raven 13:27.

Luke Marriner

Otmoor rspb 6th April

GLOSSY IBIS again on the Closes.

Bittern 2

Big Otmoor:

Garganey m

Brent Goose

Little-ringed Plover 2

Ruff 4

Dunlin 2

(per Oz)

Radley GPs 6th April

Ring-necked Duck 2 m/f  Follow track past Thrupp Lake to T-junction, take the left hand gravel track for c100yds to view small pit on right (per RBA).

Port Meadow: Aristotle Lane: 6th April

Port Meadow: Aristotle Lane
Oystercatcher 09:30.

Kim Polgreen

Otmoor: 5th April

Otmoor
2 Redstart: Long Meadow. Very vocal but often elusive. 18:30.

Isaac West