Burgess Field Port Meadow 19th August

Spotted Flycatcher c4

Redstart 

Lesser Whitethroat 3

Garden Warbler 

(per Thomas Miller)

Appleford GP 19th August

Baltic Gull 1 2cy @1638 - different bird to the one yesterday

Caapian Gull (I.W, I.L)

Common Tern 2+

Wigeon f

Teal 3

Ringed Plover 1

Little Ringed Plover c5

Common Sandpiper 4

Green Sandpiper 3+

Common Snipe 4

Little Egret 4

Yellow Wagtail 2

Kingfisher 

(per Ewan Urquhart, Badger et al)

 

Farmoor 19th August

Redstart (north end of F1)
2 Ringed Plover
4 Common Sandpiper



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Lark Hill 19th August

Peregrine (m)

Sparrowhawk (f)

2 Stonechat (juvs)

3 Yellow Wagtail

9 Sand Martin S

Otmoor - August 19th

7 Cattle Egret - Greenaways
Greenshank -Big Otmoor
Wheatear - Noke farm

Farmoor Reservoir 18th August

Ringed Plover

Dunlin

Common Sandpiper 3

Little Egret 

Reed Warbler 4

Sedge Warbler 

Whitethroat 2

Lesser Whitethroat 

Willow Warbler 3

Chiffchaff 25+

(per Ewan Urquhart)

Appleford GPs

Appleford GPs

Dunlin - 2

Little Ringed Plover 

Green sandpiper

Yellow Wagtail 

Drayton flood

Greenshank

Green sandpiper - 7

Appleford: Appleford GP: 18th August

Appleford: Appleford GP
Black-tailed Godwit 19:45.

Michael Violette

Farmoor - 18 August am

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With thanks to Isaac West...

Osprey (c) Stephen Burch

www.stephenburch.com

Bicester Wetlands Reserve, 18th August

15:45-16:30

Greenshank (juv)

Green Sandpiper 10

Lapwing 24

Swift

Swallow

Sparrowhawk

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Old Caley's Diary

Appleford GPs 18th August

Baltic Gull 1st summer again 17:21 (per Ewan Urquhart) but no further sign by 18:26.

Greenshank 

Ringed Plover 

Little-ringed Plover c3

Green Sandpiper c3

(per Thomas Miller)

Otmoor: 18th August

Otmoor
Grasshopper Warbler: Seen briefly twice close to the entrance track. Once carrying a large grub. 10:00.
7 Cattle Egret: 5 seen together and a short time later 2 seen in a different area. 10:00.
Garganey: In eclipse plumage from the first screen. 10:00.
Hobby 10:00.
Yellow Wagtail 10:00.
Marsh Harrier: On Big Otmoor. 10:00.
Greenshank: From first screen. 10:00.

Jim Rose

Appleford/Didcot Landfill 18th August

No sign of the juvenile Shag this afternoon on the Spit Pit (per Ewan Urquhart, Mark Pidgeon).

Farmoor - 18th August

Osprey (I.W) still present 11:53 over F1 (per Phil).

5 Sanderling

14 Turnstone - 4 then 10 through NW

4 Ringed Plover

Oystercatcher

3 Common Sandpiper

c10 Yellow-legged Gull

2 Egyptian Geese

9 Yellow Wagtail

Hobby

2 Swift

c250 Sand Martin

Farmoor: 18th August 2021

 

Osprey over the causeway at 11:30am. Cheers Isaac! 

Otmoor - 17th August

8 Cattle Egret

Garganey

4 Redstart

2 Spotted Flycatcher

9 Yellow Wagtail

17 Chiffchaff

5 Willow Warbler

2 Lesser Whitethroat

Appleford/Didcot Landfill 17th August

Shag (juv) found by Lew and still present at 1900 on the Spit Pit adjacent to the landfill.

Above & below courtesy of Conor.

Courtesy of Badger.

Courtesy of Lew.

Drayton flood

10 Green sandpiper

2 Snipe

27 Lapwing

4 Egyptian Goose

2 feral barnacle goose

Little Egret

Bicester Wetland Reserve: 17th August

Bicester Wetland Reserve
Greenshank 14:22.
5 Green Sandpiper 14:22.

Laurie Bryant

Greenshank courtesy of JFT.

Otmoor: 17th August

Otmoor
Wood Duck: From 2nd screen. 14:15.

Nick Suckling

Blenheim Park

Cattle egret - 11 (8 Juv) 

Aston Upthorpe: 17th August

Aston Upthorpe
Stonechat: m. 11:28.

John Taylor

: 16th August

Holton: Warren Farm Track
Whinchat: Sat on overhead cables then flew and perched on corn before flying off to hedgerow in direction of A40. SP594070. 14:15.

Jan Marlowe

Blenheim 16th August

Juvenile Cattle Egrets

Grey wagtails at Ewelme Cress Beds

 

Young Bird? (c) Bark

Appleford GPs

Wood sandpiper - 20:00

Redstart - calling from RWE track (private land) 

Yellow Wagtail

Ringed Plover 

Little Ringed Plover - 2

Common Sandpiper 

Green sandpiper - 7

Snipe - 3

Common tern - 5 (2 juv)

Little Egret - 9

Egyptian Goose - 11

Lapwing - 60

Stock dove - 20

Drayton Flood

15 Green sandpiper (all eventually flushed by walkers) 

2 Barnacle Goose (one red ringed)

4 Egyptian Goose

Lark Hill 16th August

Marsh Harrier (juv) - different bird to last week’s adult female

2 Yellow Wagtail

Otmoor rspb 16th August

Cattle Egret 2 from the 1st screen this morning (per RBA).

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Blenheim Park 16th August

Cattle Egret 5 (4 juv) on the Queens Pool island.

(per Ewan Urquhart).

Farmoor Reservoir: 16th August

Farmoor Reservoir
Turnstone 09:23.
2 Dunlin 09:23.
4 Common Sandpiper 09:23. 

2 Little Egret 

3 Swift
Yellow Wagtail 09:23.
2 Reed Warbler 09:23. 

6 Whitethroat 

2 Lesser Whitethroat 

30+ Willow Warbler/Chiffchaff 

Tony Chatt

Blenheim Park 15th August

Cattle Egret 2+ this afternoon on island in Queens Pool (per RBA).

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Linky Down: 15th August

Linky Down
Hobby: Hawking over Bald Hill. SU722965. 20:54.
20 Raven: Estimated approx 20 gathering in the taller trees. SU722965. 20:54.

Jez March

Otmoor, 15th August

08-12:00 (in addition to sightings below)

Cattle Egret (Max of 7 at 1st screen & 9 with cattle on Greenaway)

Little Egret (Max of 4 at 1st screen)

Bittern (2 different birds on Greenaway)

Hobby (Greenaway)

Garganey (male, female & 4 juveniles at 1st screen)

Greenshank (Big Otmoor)

Old Caley's Diary

Appleford GPs 15th August

Wood Sandpiper juv 17:00

Common Sandpiper 2

Green Sandpiper c8

Little-ringed Plover 4+

Ringed Plover

Snipe 4

Common Tern 5+

Little Egret c7

Egyptian Goose 14

Wigeon f

Yellow Wagtail 3

Stock Dove 3

(per Dave Lowe, Badger)

Drayton Flood:

Green Sandpiper 

Little Egret 

(per Dave Lowe)

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Lark Hill Wantage 15th August

Wheatear 

Yellow Wagtail 5

Willow Warbler 

(per Dave Lowe)

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Wheatear Oxon Downs courtesy of Alan Dawson.

Standlake: 15th August

Garganey 2, pit 60 - usual eclipse male plus a f/juv type
Raven 3
Redstart 2, Thames fields - ad male plus juv

Otmoor: 15th August

Otmoor
Wood Sandpiper: From first screen: 

Green Sandpiper 

Ruff 

Snipe (lots) 

Water Rail (several) 

Marsh Harrier 

Reed Warbler 

Sedge Warbler 

Little Grebe 

Garganey 

Cattle Egret 7 (per RBA)

Peter Moore

Wood Sandpiper courtesy of Nick Truby.

Chipping Norton: 14th August

Chipping Norton
4 Green Sandpiper: Feeding in the shallows of small lake near Cornwell - unphased by Grey Heron striding close by them. SP283268. 19:30.
Green Woodpecker: SP283268. 19:30.

Steve Akers

 Rushey Common 14th August 11.00--1.30

Little Egret 3

Great White Egret

Lapwings 80+

Wigeon 2

Barnacle Geese c20-feral ?

Egyptian Goose

 Hobby

Standlake Pit 60: 14th August

Standlake Pit 60
Garganey: ad drk. Eclipse plumage. Nowt else! 21:47.

Mick Cunningham

: 14th August

Moulsford, River Thames
Hobby: Superb view after Swallows gave out their alarm calls; quite low over the river, then moved E toward South Stoke, gained a lot of height, then drifted back W high over the river. SU592836. 17:15.

Moulsford, River Thames
11 Egyptian Goose: Hauled on bank opp B&W. SU592836. 17:15.

Mike Amphlett

Sonning Eye GPs: 14th August

Sonning Eye GPs
Raven 15:30.
4 House Martin 15:30.

Ralph Watts

Enslow Bridge, 14th August

13:00

Cattle Egret (field behind pond to north of road)

Wittenham Clumps: 14th August

Wittenham Clumps
Merlin: male. Flew low over pond in Wittenham Woods. SU587924. 13:02.
4 Reed Warbler: In reeds around pond at Lowerhill Farm. SU587924. 13:02.
Grasshopper Warbler: Unmistakable reeling call from reeds around pond at Lowerhill Farm. SU587924. 13:02.

Jez March

Farmoor Aug 14th (AM)

 Dunlin - 6 

Common Sandpiper - 5 

Common Gull - 1 adult

Yellow-legged Gull - 8

Peregrine - 1 

light passage of Sand Martin, a few Swallow, 1 House Martin and 1 Swift

Otmoor 14th August

 09-12:00

Long Meadow

Common Redstart 3 (juv)

First Screen Lagoon

Cattle Egret 4

Wood Sandpiper 

Green Sandpiper

Water Rail (juv)

Bittern

Garganey (eclipse male)

Common Snipe 50+

Greenaway

Hobby

Wantage: Lark Hill: 14th August

Wantage: Lark Hill
Whinchat 12:00.

Leo Bateman

Appleford GPs 14th August

Ringed Plover 

Little-ringed Plover 7 juv

Green Sandpiper 3

Common Sandpiper 

Common Tern 6 (4 juv)

Wigeon 

Egyptian Goose 5

Little Egret 3

No sign of the Baltic Gull by 13:00

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 13th August

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
9 Cattle Egret: On Closes. 12:30.

Alex Edgar

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 13th August

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
9 Cattle Egret: On Closes. 12:30.

Alex Edgar

Drayton Flood 13th August

 Greenshank

Green Sandpiper 9

(per Thomas Miller, Dave Lowe).

Otmoor Fri 13th

17:30-19:30

2 Cattle Egrets on Closes
2 Garganey at 2nd screen
Green Sandpiper at first screen
Juv Water Rail





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Appleford GPs 13th August

Baltic Gull 1st summer again 15:00 (per Lew) but no further sign by early evening.

Green Sandpiper 4

Ringed Plover 

Little-ringed Plover juv

(per Dave Lowe, Thomas Miller).

Chipping Norton: 13th August

Chipping Norton
3 Green Sandpiper: SP283268. 12:00.
Raven: SP283268. 12:00.

Steve Akers

Drayton (nr Abingdon): 13th August

Drayton (nr Abingdon)
10 Green Sandpiper: on floods. 10:28.
4 Egyptian Goose 10:28.

Peter Law

Standlake Pit 60 - 12 August

1 Garganey
2 Oystercatcher 
1 Little Egret

Stephen Burch

Garganey and admirer? (c) Stephen Burch

'fuscus'

 excuse soft focus - f

Filmed on x70 scope plus 4x phone

Chipping Norton: 12th August

Chipping Norton
3 Green Sandpiper: Three still present in shallows of small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 19:00.
43 Lapwing: Overhead in two separate small flocks. SP283268. 19:00.
Grey Heron: SP283268. 19:00.

Steve Akers

South Leigh: 10th August

South Leigh
2 Raven 20:30.

Richard Catling

Tar Lakes: 12th August

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common
4 Red-crested Pochard 19:30.

Richard Catling

Appleford GPs 12th August

Baltic Gull 1st summer again late afternoon early evening.

Common Tern 2

Hobby

Egyptian Goose 7

Little Egret 4

Ringed Plover 3

Dunlin

Redshank

Green Sandpiper 3

Common Sandpiper 

Raven 2

No sign of the Ruddy Shelduck

(per Ewan Urquhart,Mick Cunningham, Justin Taylor, Badger).

Farmoor Aug 12th (a.m.)

Great white Egret reported Shrike Meadow

Ringed Plover - 1 juv on causeway

Wheatear - 2 juvs on causeway

a general increase in common warblers around Pinkhill and Shrike Meadows

Otmoor rspb 12th August

Cattle Egret 3 at the 1st screen (per RBA)

Appleford GPs 11th August

Baltic Gull 1st summer original bird 19:00

Caspian Gull juv

Wood Sandpiper juv

Ruddy Shelduck (E.U) still present 18:32

Egyptian Geese 7

Green Sandpiper 3

Common Sandpiper 

Dunlin

Ringed Plover

Little-ringed Plover 4

Yellow Wagtail 

(per Ewan Urquhart,Thomas Miller,Lew,Badger, SNT,Kevin Polley).

Some highlights from Appleford this evening.

*Baltic Gull,

*Baltic Gull with juvenile Caspian Gull,

*Ruddy Shelduck.

Chipping Norton: 11th August

Chipping Norton
5 Green Sandpiper: Five, possible six, very active feeding in the shallows of the small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 15:30.
Snipe: SP283268. 15:30.
2 Grey Heron: SP283268. 15:30.

Steve Akers

Badbury Hill: 11th August

Badbury Hill
Spotted Flycatcher: SU259944. 12:00.

Stephen Burch

Farmoor Reservoir 11th August

Juvenile Turnstone

Great white Egret along causeway 

Turnstone juv

Redshank 

Peregrine 

Wheatear 

Drayton Flood 11th August

Green Sandpiper 10

Common Snipe 1

Egyptian Goose 3

Lapwing 4

 

Standlake: 11th August

Standlake
Tree Pipit: Flew over my rack end garden just now, calling. 16:17.

Mick Cunningham

Appleford: 11th August

Appleford
White Stork: Flew in and disappeared. At first I thought this was a black stork, but on reflection I would say probably white. SU518942. 13:01.

James Bennett

Otmoor: 11th August

Otmoor
Greenshank: Big Otmoor opposite bench. 11:34.
3 Cattle Egret: Big Otmoor presumably flew from 8 on Greenaways. 11:34.
Spotted Flycatcher: juv. Noke Turn. 11:34.

Jeremy Dexter

Otmoor rspb 11th August

Cattle Egret 8 with cattle on Greenaways 09:58

Garganey 1st screen (per RBA)

(per Chris Knight, Dan & Trisha Miller)

Farmoor Reservoir 10th August

1815-2015 hrs

Ringed Plover 1

Dunlin 1

Common Sandpiper 7

Common Tern 20

Little Egret 1

Blenheim: 10th August

 

Today 6 adult Cattle Egrets coming and going and ~10 juvenile birds although very tricky to count - hopefully DD has more accurate numbers.  Also 3 Little Egrets in the mix.

Otmoor 10th evening

6-8:30pm

Cattle Egret 6

Whinchat 2

Bittern 2

Curlew 5

Crane

Corn Bunting 3

Snipe 8

Sparrowhawk

Green Sandpiper (h)

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 10th August

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course
2 Common Sandpiper: On main lake. 21:05.
Green Sandpiper: Flew in circled calling and landed for 30 secs then flew off again! Typical for the site ???????. 21:05.
5 Yellow Wagtail 21:05.
Oystercatcher: One juv remains. 21:05.

Luke Marriner

Appleford GPs 10th August

Caspian Gull juv

Dunlin 3

Green Sandpiper 3+

Common Sandpiper 2

Little-ringed Plover 4+

Egyptian Goose 4

Little Egret 2

Yellow Wagtail 3

(per Thomas Miller, Mick Cunningham, Badger)

Chipping Norton: 10th August

Chipping Norton
2 Green Sandpiper: Resting in the margins of small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 11:30.
45 Lapwing: SP283268. 11:30.
2 Grey Heron: SP283268. 11:30.

Steve Akers

RSPB Otmoor - Thursday 10 August

Cattle Egret         3 around the cattle on Greenaways
Bittern                 1 reedbed              
Sparrowhawk      1 reedbed

Green Woodpecker

 

Chipping Norton: 9th August

Chipping Norton
2 Green Sandpiper: Feeding in the shallows of the small lake on Cornwell Manor Estate. SP283268. 19:15.

Steve Akers

Otmoor rspb 10th August

Cattle Egret 3 on the Closes at 10:19 (per Mark Pidgeon).

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Chipping Norton: 9th August

Chipping Norton
2 Green Sandpiper: Feeding in the shallows of the small lake on Cornwell Manor Estate. SP283268. 19:15.

Steve Akers

Appleford GP - 9th August

 Baltic Gull 2 - 1st summers. Friday's bird together with Saturday's individual!

Caspian Gull - a new juvenile.

Per TM & IL

Tar Lakes: 9th August

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common
Cuckoo: juv. juvenile with rufous plumage. 19:30.

Richard Catling

Ardley ERF Lagoon: 9th August

Ardley ERF Lagoon
10 Green Sandpiper 10:00.
Ringed Plover 10:00.
Little Ringed Plover 10:00.
Common Sandpiper 10:00.
Black-tailed Godwit 10:00.

Jeremy Dexter

Appleford GP: 9th August

Black-tailed Godwit 5 circling 19.30
Curlew 1
Dunlin 1
LR Plover 2
Common Sand 1
Green Sand 1
No sign of Baltic Gulls

Drayton flood

5 black-tailed godwit - then flew off high NW (One colour ringed - any idea on the scheme?)

Ringed Plover

Snipe

11 Green sandpiper

23 Lapwing

4 Egyptian Goose 

Appleford GPs 9th August

Baltic Gull 2 both 1st summer 17:58 (per Lew).

Farmoor Reservoir 9th August

Ringed Plover

Common Terns

 

Farmoor Reservoir 9th August

Ringed Plover 2

Common Sandpiper 

Common Tern 24

(per Ewan Urquhart)

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Sand Martin at Farmoor courtesy of Anna Marlow. 

Otmoor: 9th August

Otmoor
2 Garganey: In front of the first screen. 11:47.

Steve Roby

Otmoor: 9th August

Cattle Egret - at least 4 with cattle on Greenaways this morning 

Sunday 8th August Otmoor

 6 cattle Egrets with cattle on Closes.

Weston-on-the-Green: Stonehouse Farm: 8th August

8th August

Weston-on-the-Green: Stonehouse Farm
8 Grey Partridge: Covey of 2 adults and 6 young flushed from edge of field. SP513188. 10:01.

Hampton Gay
3 Cattle Egret: Feeding in field with Longhorn cattle between Hampton Gay farm and Willowbrook farm. SP489166. 11:00.

David Watkinson

Farmoor Reservoir 8th August

1900-2015hrs

Turnstone1

Ringed Plover 2

Common Sandpiper 1

Common Tern 15 (6 juveniles)

Little Egret 2 

Farmoor 8th August

3-6pm

9 Whimbrel through south

Ringed Plover

2 Dunlin

12+ common tern

c100 Sand Martin

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Bicester Wetland Reserve 8th August

10 Green Sandpiper   (highest count this year) 

Alan Peters

Key Holder Reserve

Farmoor Reservoir: 8th August

Ringed Plover: juv. On cause way very tame. 15:28.
Dunlin 2

(Yacky Morris, Andy Last)