Long Wittenham: 9th January

Long Wittenham
2 White-fronted Goose: Still with Greylags and Canadas in field W. of village. 14:17.

Ian Elkins

Dix Pit am - 9th Jan

3 Goldeneye (2m, 1f)
70+ Red-crested Pochard (around island)
5 Siskin (by warehouses on N side)
Raven

Wytham 9th January

Cattle Egret 9 with cattle in field near to Home Farm (per Mark Pidgeon).

Otmoor rspb 9th January

Courtesy of Nick Truby.

Jack Snipe again from the 1st screen 10:11 (per Adam Lake et al).

Sonning Eye GPs: 9th January

Sonning Eye GPs
Scaup: fem. 09:48.

Marek Walford

Standlake Pit 60: 8th January

Standlake Pit 60
Great White Egret 18:12.

Mick Cunningham

Wytham 8th January

Wytham Wood: Marley Wood
12 Cattle Egret: SP474073. 11:00.
3 Stock Dove 

Lyn Ebbs

Boarstall 8th January

4 Woodcock
45 Skylark Minimum count
Sparrowhawk
5 Bullfinch
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
Snipe: SP621145

Colin Oram

Farmoor Reservoir: 8th January

Great Northern Diver SP444066. 14:50.
Scaup: fem. Near west end of causeway 15:05.

Joe Woodman

Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane: 8th January

Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane
Green Sandpiper: In flooded field. 14:30.
2 Barnacle Goose 14:30.

Ian Elkins

Abingdon Sewage Works 8th January

PALLAS'S WARBLER still present this afternoon although elusive (per Andy Last,et al).

Please park on Lambrick Way (OX14 5TJ) by the Rugby Club grounds (in red) as Peep-O-Day Lane is narrow with limited parking. Walk down the lane to view the hedgerow along the north of the sewage works and also the woodland at the end of the path and off to the right (in Yellow) See map below.

Wytham 8th January

Cattle Egret 10 in field amongst cattle just outside of Wytham village near Home Farm (per Justin Taylor). 

Lye Valley, Headington, Oxford: 8th January

 20 Lesser Redpoll

10 Siskin

1 Ring-necked Parakeet

Red Kites, carrying nesting material. 

Ardington: 8th Jan.

 1 or 2 Hawfinch between Christopher's Wood and the Estate Office

Otmoor rspb 8th January

Hen Harrier rt from the 2nd screen 

Marsh Harrier 

Peregrine 1+

(L.O)

Carterton: 8th January

Carterton
2 Blackcap: male. Visiting garden feeders together per a friend of mine. 12:00.

Jed Cleeter

Drayton (nr Abingdon): 7th January

Courtesy of Michael Pocock. 

Water Pipit On small grassy islands in the flood. Viewed from the cycle path at Peep o Day Lane. SU492941 13:21.

Appleford: Appleford GP
Ring-necked Duck fem. On the fishing lake. 13:21.
Stonechat: At the fishing lake. 13:21.

Michael Pocock

Long Wittenham 7th January

White-fronted Goose 12 west of Long Whittenham in field (per RBA).

Sonning Eye GPs: 7th January

Sonning Eye GPs
2 Raven 14:00.

Ralph Watts

Wytham 7th January

Cattle Egret 12 still present in cattle field (L.E)

Pallas's Warbler Abingdon SW courtesy of Richard Tyler.

 

Blenheim 7th January

Wigeon - c15

Great white egret - 4 (2 on Queen Pool, 2 on Great Lake)

Little egret - 2

Great black-backed gull - the usual boss bird

Brambling - 2, probably more among Chaffinches in the sunflower patches.

Abingdon SWT, 7th January

11-12:30

Pallas's Warbler (showing well in wood at end of lane, on and off)

Lesser Redpoll 2

Siskin 10+

Grey Wagtail (rugby field)

Meadow Pipit 10+ (rugby field)

Chiffchaff 15+

: 7th January

Emmer Green
4 Egyptian Goose: In field at cross road Kiln Road / Emmer Green Road / Row Lane . 13 birds there on the 31th December. . SU728779. 12:20.

Emmer Green
7 Red-legged Partridge: In field with Egyptian Geese. SU728779. 12:20.

Ralph Watts

Farmoor Reservoir 7th January

Great northern Diver juv F1 12:07 (per RBA).

Abingdon Sewage Works 7th January

 PALLAS'S WARBLER still present 12:00 (per Paul Wren, Nick Truby et al)

Courtesy of Ewan Urquhart 6/1

Instructions

Found by Gareth Blockley, this morning the Pallas's Warbler has been mobile and elusive. Please park on Lambrick Way (OX14 5TJ) by the Rugby Club grounds (in red) as Peep-O-Day Lane is narrow with limited parking. Walk down the lane to view the hedgerow along the north of the sewage works and also the woodland at the end of the path and off to the right. See map below.

Courtesy of Ewan Urquhart 6/1

Dorchester 6th January

Bishops Court Farm, Dorchester
Great White Egret: Between the Thames and the gravel pit lake. SU569944. 12:30.

Richard Wingfield

Standlake Pit 60: 6th January

Standlake Pit 60
16 Pintail: Down to earth with a bang after the Abingdon "Seven- striped Sprite". Still c5-600 teal. Pintail numbers seem to be fluctuating. Today a minimum of 16. 16:38.

Mick Cunningham

Abingdon STW : 6th January

Possible Siberian Chiffchaff  - one of the two pale Chiffchaffs present this morning.  Seemed to change colour as it moved around but hopefully this image is a fair representation of the colours - more grey/brown and white than brown and buff. Head feathers appear to be in moult.  Any comments?

Tristis present this morning courtesy of Nick Truby.

Ardington 6th January

 At least one Hawfinch still in usual area, 11:45 

Pallas's Warbler

Abingdon: Abingdon Sewage Farm: 5th January

Abingdon: Abingdon Sewage Farm
Siberian Chiffchaff: Definately one, probaly two.

Common Chiffchaff c25 15:45.

Gareth Blockley

Radley GP: Thrupp Lake: 5th January

Radley GP: Thrupp Lake
Ring-necked Duck 13:45.

Gareth Blockley

Chinnor: 5th January

Chinnor
Peregrine: I flew over the B4445 just west of Chinnor. SP745017. 09:15.

David Stracey

Appleford - 5th January

Caspian Gull (1w)

Ring-necked Duck (female) - still present

2 Green Sandpiper

Dix Pit: 4th January

4th January

Dix Pit
60 Red-crested Pochard 14:00.
2 Egyptian Goose 14:00.
Shelduck 14:00.

5th January
65 Pintail: I was at Dix pit at the same time yesterday and there were no Pintail. 14:30.
3 Red-crested Pochard: Down from 60 yesterday. 14:30.

LWV Pit 27
7 Goosander: Almost certainly more, limited access and the island down the middle of the lake make accurate counting difficult. 13:30.

Anthony Roberts

Farmoor Reservoir 5th January

Caspian Gull 2 in the roost this afternoon (per RBA).

Day's Lock area, Little Wittenham : Weds 5th a.m.

River of Life 2, Church Farm backwater.

Great White Egret

White-fronted Goose 

7 Pintail, (6m - 1f) mobile, between here and Day's Lock scrape.

Blenheim: 5th January

Blenheim
12 Wigeon 14:41.
3 Great White Egret 14:41.
2 Little Egret 14:41.
Great Black-backed Gull 14:41.
Peregrine 14:41.

Gareth Casburn

Rushy Common and Tar Lakes - 5th Jan

Great White Egret

37 Red-crested Pochard

Milton Common: 5th January

Milton Common
200 Golden Plover: In field, south side of motorway bridge. 13:05.

Andy Coates

Radley GPs 5th January

Ring-necked Duck drk still present on Thrupp Lake 12:15 (per RBA).

Port Meadow: 5th January

4 Pintail: 2m/2f. Amongst large number of wigeon on floods. 10:15.

Red-brested Goose 2 with the Barnacle flock 13:00

Goosander 2 on the Thames 13:00  
3 Black-tailed Godwit: On floods opposite Burgess Field gate. 10:15.

(per Andrew Siantonas, et al)

Farmoor Reservoir 5th January

Great northern Diver juv 

Scaup f

Common Sandpiper 

(per Ewan Urquhart)

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Otmoor rspb 5th January

Jack Snipe showing well from the 1st screen 09:53

Hen Harrier rt over

(per Gareth Blockley)

Chipping Norton 5th January

Several Brambling along the Old London Road near Chipping Norton c09:05 (per Mark Pidgeon).

Port Meadow: 4th January

50 Barnacle Goose: Constantly being disturbed by walkers and joggers. 15:45.

Red-breasted Goose 2 present at dusk (per Ben Sheldon)  
Goosander: On flood. 15:45.
Shelduck: On flood. 15:45.

Dave Horton

Farmoor Reservoir 4th January

Great northern Diver juv still present.

Henley Road GPs: 4th January

Henley Road GPs
Scaup: 1w drk. Garden centre pit. 14:15.

Marek Walford

Ardington 4th January

Hawfinch 3 in NW corner of paddock E of Estate Office, 13:00

Standlake Pit 60: 4th January

4th January

Standlake Pit 60
100 Pochard 11:29.
5 Pintail: 1 female 4 male. 11:29.
5 Goldeneye: 3 male 2 female. 11:39.
Great White Egret: Down by Langley Lane hide. 11:29.

Yacky Morris

Radley GP: Thrupp Lake: 4th January

Radley GP: Thrupp Lake
Ring-necked Duck: m. just active again after period out of view. SU523980. 12:17.

Peter Law

Marsh Baldon: 4th January

Marsh Baldon
2 Coal Tit: On my garden feeders. SU565999. 11:59.

Paul Torevell

Appleford GP

Ring-necked Duck - Female still on fishing lake

Caspian gull - Adult 

Sonning Eye GPs: 4th January

Sonning Eye GPs
2 Scaup: 1w male and fem. 09:30.

Hugh Netley

Banbury: 3rd January

Banbury
Peregrine: over.

Gareth Blockley

Upper Cherwell Valley: 3rd January

Upper Cherwell Valley
2 Jack Snipe
Woodcock
2 Stonechat
Peregrine: over.

Gareth Blockley

: 3rd January

Boarstall
2 Woodcock: SP617151. 15:00.

Colin Oram

Dix Pit: 3rd January

Dix Pit
Pintail: 25. Minimum as all v distant and no doubt some females missed. 16:00.

Standlake Pit 60
Great White Egret 16:00.
Pintail 16:00.

Mick Cunningham

Cogges: 3rd January

Cogges
Merlin: Seen as I was en route from Dix to Rushy common. It was perched at roadside. Flew off across fields. 15:57.

Rushy Common
Shelduck: Asleep on island. First migrant of 2022? 15:57.
Great White Egret 15:57.

Mick Cunningham

Henley Road GPs: 3rd January

Henley Road GPs
Scaup: 1w drk. Garden Centre lake. 15:55.

Marek Walford

Appleford: Appleford GP: 3rd January

Appleford: Appleford GP
Mandarin Duck: fem. 15:00.
Ring-necked Duck: fem. 15:00.

Michael Violette

Henley Road GPs: 3rd January

Henley Road GPs
Great White Egret: On the lake behind the garden centre. 15:20.

Marek Walford

Ardington 3rd January

Hawfinch on N edge of paddock on eastern side of Estate Office 15:10

Lesser Redpoll 9 

Siskin 5+ 

Henley Road GPs: 3rd January

Henley Road GPs
Velvet Scoter: Just flown off high in direction of Sonning. Not returned, yet. 15:14.
Bittern 15:14.

Lee Ellams

Henley Road GPs: 3rd January

Henley Road GPs
Velvet Scoter: female-type. Took off, circled the lake a few times then flew towards the rowing course. 15:08.

Marek Walford

Balscote Quarry

 1 Hen Harrier,  female flew across reserve 11.15 this morning

62 Lapwing

Alan Peters

Henley Road GPs: 3rd January

Henley Road GPs
Velvet Scoter: female-type. Still to the right of the island. 14:43.

Marek Walford

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor I: 3rd January

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor I
Great Northern Diver: Still in the NW corner of F1 early afternoon near the water outflow & showing well.

Adam Hartley

Sonning Eye GPs: 3rd January

Sonning Eye GPs
Green Sandpiper: On lake off Spring Lane. 13:45.

Marek Walford

Blenheim: Queen Pool: 3rd January

3rd January

Blenheim: Queen Pool
Great White Egret 09:00.

Blenheim: Grand Bridge
Great White Egret 09:30.

Blenheim: Combe Gate
2 Raven 10:10.

Michael Hunt

Bagley Wood: 3rd January

Bagley Wood
Nuthatch 08:50.
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 08:50.

Paul Torevell

3rd January Henley Rd GPs

Velvet Scoter still present in the same place this morning

per Steve Goddard

Radley GPs 3rd December

Ring-necked Duck drk still on Thrupp Lake c09:46 

Also,
4 Egyptian Geese

per Steve Goddard

Farmoor Reservoir: Sludge pits: 1st January

Farmoor Reservoir: Sludge pits
Common Sandpiper: SP446070. 21:16.

Steve Clarke

Standlake Pit 60: 2nd January

Great White Egret 11:03.

Marsh Harrier: male 16:26.(per Mick Cunningham)
2 Goldeneye 11:03.
Pintail drake 12:18 (per Mick Cunningham)

(per Simon Bradfield)

Henley Road GPs: 2nd January

Velvet Scoter female-type. To the right of the island on the Heronry Lake Same area as before under tall building seen with R,S. and three other. 15:10.
2 Egyptian Goose 10:10.

Raven: Over calling. 11:39.

(per Marek Walford, Robin Dryden, Gareth Blockley,Ralph Watts).

Mealy Redpoll: At least one in group of four redpolls. 09:30.

Sonning Eye GPs
Scaup: 1w male. 10:30.

Hugh Netley

Hook Norton 2nd January

Cow Lane, Hook Norton
5 Brambling: SP356311. 12:00.

Terry Swainbank

West Ginge: West Ginge Down: 2nd January

West Ginge: West Ginge Down
Merlin
2 Stonechat
2 Raven
2 Yellow-legged Gull: 2 ads among c.150 LWHG .

Mark Merritt

Farmoor 2nd January

Great northern Diver juv F1 c12:30

Scaup f F2 near Western bank.

Great northern Diver 

Scaup

Woodstock 2nd January

bear close
Brambling: male. male brambling in my garden. SP447170. 12:04.

Paul Willis

Courtesy of Paul Willis.

Standlake: 3T Pit: 2nd January

Standlake: 3T Pit
8 Goosander: At least 8. 10:43.

Simon Bradfield

Radley GPs 2nd January

Ring-necked Duck courtesy of Nick Truby.

Ring-necked Duck drk 

Goosander 2 m&f

Egyptian Goose 3

(per Nick Truby, Mark Pidgeon)

Ducklington: 2nd January

Ducklington
Green Sandpiper: Still on flooded field on minor road between Ducklington and Curbridge. 09:52.

Simon Bradfield

Day's Lock Scrape, Little Wittenham/Dorchester : Sat 1st

 14 White-fronted Geese on the scrape, flushed by dog walker, flew north/west at 11.00am 

Dix Pit: 1st January

Scaup: imm male. With Tufted Ducks and Pochards. From 1st layby on access road. Presumably the Farmoor bird relocated. 15:11.

(per Simon Bradfield)

Goosander: rh. 15:55.
98 Red-crested Pochard: Flew in to roost at about 15:55. Presumably some of Mick's birds from Hardwick. 15:55.
35 Goldeneye: Minimum count. Numbers built up steadily towards dusk. Included at least nine drakes. Display behaviour noted. 15:55.
2 Egyptian Goose 15:55.
Yellow-legged Gull: ad. In gull roost. 15:55.
Chiffchaff 15:55.

(per Ian Elkins)

New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 1st January

New Marston: New Marston Meadows
Mandarin Duck: male. First at the site for around a year.
120 Teal
14 Wigeon
14 Snipe

Tom Evans

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 1st January

2 Peregrine: Both perched on the dead oak between first and second screens. 11:37.

(per Pete Roby, Jim Ferguson)

Port Meadow: 1st January

Port Meadow
2 Red-breasted Goose
1 Dunlin
3 Golden Plover
10 Lapwing

Paul Rees, Gnome, Ben Sheldon

Hardwick: 1st January

Hardwick
228 Red-crested Pochard: On one of holiday village lakes. Probably an under count. 15:20.

Mick Cunningham

Ducklington: 1st January

Ducklington
Green Sandpiper: On flooded field minor road to curbridge. 15:14.

Mick Cunningham

Rushy Common: 1st January

Great White Egret 15:10.
Shelduck 

Simon Bradfield

Radley GP: 1st January

Ring-necked Duck drk. On Thrupp Lake. 09:43.
2 Red-crested Pochard: pair. On Thrupp Lake. 09:43.
2 Egyptian Goose: On Thrupp Lake. 09:43.
Mandarin Duck: fem. On Thrupp Lake. 11:36.

Ian Elkins

Henley Road GPs 1st January

Velvet Scoter f still present on the Heronry Lake 10:30 (per RBA).

Stanton St. John: 1st January

Stanton St. John
2 Stonechat: Two, 1m 1f down Mead Lane. 11:19.
3 Lapwing: Three, Mead Lane. 11:19.

David Brown

Farmoor Reservoir 1st January

Great northern Diver juv F1 09:45

Scaup 

(per Paul Butler)

Islip 1st January

Spoonbill flew east over A34 heading towards Islip c09:00 (per Conor MacKenzie).

December 2021 Review

Headline bird

Once again, the headline bird for December in Oxon came late on in the month, when shortly before dusk on the 30^th, a Velvet Scoter was found at Henley Road Gravel Pits. Most inland scoters tend not to hang around long, usually departing overnight, so hopes that it would be there the next morning were low. The last record of Velvet Scoter in Oxon, at Farmoor in 2013, did just that, meaning very few people got to see it. The record before 2013 was in 1997, so quite a lot of people still needed Velvet Scoter for Oxon! Fortunately, after a tense wait overnight, it was still present the next day, allowing many to connect, even if it remained distant most of the time.

Velvet Scoter - Henley Road GPs (Old Caley)

Waders

Narrowly missing out on headline bird status, there was a first winter Dotterel found at Port Meadow on the 8^th. This was the first record for Port Meadow and only the fourth Oxon record since 2001. As it turned out, the Dotterel had already been present a week! Over the next week or so, the Dotterel remained elusive, leaving the meadow for long periods of time, and only being seen sporadically. On the last day of the month, presumably the same Dotterel was then found at Otmoor!

Dotterel - Port Meadow (Ollie Padget)

Jack Snipe were recorded from 4 different sites this month, with up to 3 seen at Bicester, and singles from Otmoor, Marston Meadows and the Upper Cherwell Valley. The highest count of Woodcock came from Boarstall with 3 on the 19^th, with records from 5 other sites.

There were up to 2 Green Sandpiper seen at Bicester throughout the month. The sole record of Ruff came from an individual at Port Meadow on the 11^th and 12^th. Port Meadow also hosted singles of Redshank on the 11^th, 16^th, 20^th and 27^th. The only other record of Redshank came from Waterstock on the 29^th. There were 7 Dunlin at Port Meadow on the 27^th, with singles also at Grimsbury on the 28^th and Waterstock on the 29^th. There was a Common Sandpiper at Farmoor throughout the month.

Common Sandpiper - Farmoor (Paul Coombes)

Gulls

There was an adult Little Gull in the Cherwell Valley on the 30^th. Borrow Pit continued to produce excellent numbers of Caspian Gulls with a high count of 6 present on the 5^th. There were also individuals seen at Blenheim on the 1^st and 2^nd, and at Dix Pit on the 5^th, 21^st, 23^rd and 30^th. Dix Pit also hosted 2 Mediterranean Gull on the 18^th, with one at nearby Pit 60 on the 12^th. Borrow Pit also saw a count of 7 Yellow-legged Gull on the 5^th.

Wildfowl, grebes, divers etc

A Great Northern Diver was found at Farmoor on the 12^th and remained until at least the end of the month. There was a Common Scoter at Grimsbury on the 20^th. Whilst not quite the numbers seen last winter, there was a White-fronted Goose seen at Otmoor on the 21^st and 29^th, with a probable 11 at Stadhampton on the 21^st. A Brent Goose was found at Waterstock on the 29^th.

Great Northern Diver - Farmoor (Stephen Burch)

White-fronted Goose - Otmoor (Jeremy Dexter)

Probably the same individual as last month, there was a male Ring-necked Duck at Radley from the 27^th until the end of the month. The male was joined by a female on the 30^th. A female Scaup was at Farmoor throughout the month, joined by a first winter male on the 11^th, which remained until the end of the month. On the 31^st, 3 were then seen at Farmoor. There was also a first winter male at Sonning Eye on the 10^th and 30^th.

Scaup - Farmoor (Roger Wyatt)

Up to 9 Goldeneye were seen at Dix Pit this month, with 2 also at Farmoor on the 19^th. Goosander were recorded from an impressive 8 sites, with a peak count of 10 from Standlake on the 5^th.

Goosander - Farmoor (Bryan Manston)

Onto wildfowl of more questionable origin, the 2 Red-breasted Geese remained at Otmoor until at least the 21^st, before being relocated at Port Meadow on the 29^th, where they associated with Barnacle Geese until at least the end of the month. There was an incredible count of 132 Red-crested Pochard made at Dix Pit on the 18^th, with records also coming from Tar Lakes, Blenheim and Grimsbury. 3 Mandarin were seen at Henley Road on the 5^th.

Red-breasted Goose - Port Meadow (Gary Watton)

Egrets, herons etc

There was a large flock of Cattle Egret in the Wytham/Godstow area for the first half of the month, with initially 9 present on the 1^st and 2^nd. The flock peaked at 17 on the 5^th and 6^th, with a final count of 9 on the 16^th. On the 6^th, there were 4 at Port Meadow. Great White Egret were recorded from 9 sites, including some counts of 3 at Blenheim and Rushy Common area throughout the month. There were singles of Bittern at Pit 60 on the 11^th, Sonning Eye on the 18^th and Otmoor on the 20^th.

Cattle Egret - Wytham (Ewan Urquhart)

Passerines

The Lesser Spotted Woodpecker remained at Otmoor though remained elusive, only being seen on the 15^th. There was a showy Hawfinch seen at Warburg on several occasions on the 10^th, 11^th, 17^th and 22^nd. There were also 9 reported from Wigginton on the 18^th and a single on the 22^nd. On the 20^th, a Firecrest was photographed at Whitchurch.

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - Otmoor (Jeremy Dexter)

Hawfinch - Warburg (John Kearns)

Firecrest - Whitchurch (Roger Wyatt)

Brambling were recorded from 14 sites this month, with a peak count of 40 at Pishill on the 19^th. Stonechat were recorded from 8 sites.

Raptors

A ringtail Hen Harrier was present at Otmoor throughout the month, often showing well at the first screen. There were up to 3 Marsh Harrier at Otmoor during December, with the only other site hosting one being Standlake on the 27^th. Merlin were recorded from Otmoor on the 2^nd, Fyfield Wick on the 5^th, Balscote Quarry on the 10^th and Childrey Field on the 10^th. Incredibly, Peregrine were recorded from 9 different sites, including an impressive total of 4 at Otmoor on the 10^th.

Peregrine - Port Meadow (Bryan Manston)

Oxon End of Year Review Video

Once again Gnome Studios brings you a round-up of the year's birding in Oxon set to inappropriate music. Strap yourself in and enjoy!

Turn up your volume & strap yourself in!

Visiting the Otmoor rspb Reserve 

Over recent years, the Otmoor car park has been at its busiest during the New Year period. Afternoons and the time around the starling murmuration have been particularly hectic with significant increases in visitor numbers which causes problems with parking and general access.

If possible please avoid using the car park during this time as the increase in traffic causes damage to the road verges and car park edges and we find that gates onto the reserve get blocked meaning emergency vehicle access is impossible.

Many thanks for your co-operation and patience in this matter during what can be a very difficult time for the reserve.

The Otmoor Team.

 

Proposed Changes at Farmoor

During the last few years regular users of Farmoor and Pinkhill Reserve have seen a huge change for our birdlife, with increased visitor numbers, water activities and habitat loss all impacting on the balance of nature throughout the site, and this is set to increase again in 2022.

Thames Water and the Freshwater Habitats Trust are now entering into a new venture to create a wetlands development to include open pools for dog splashing and a pond dipping platform on PinkHill Lock Meadow. This meadow has developed naturally over many years and serves our birds well, a valuable resource to warblers including, grasshopper, sedge and for stonechat, barn owl and many others.

The Proposed development will destroy this habitat permanently.

The project is due to commence in Autumn 2022 and this is your last chance to effect change and influence the plan.

Individuals have met with Thames Water to consult on the plan but are not sure that their concerns are being heard!

We are not convinced that this project is needed at all, or that other existing areas have been considered on Pinkhill or Buckthorn Meadows, or that the ongoing maintenance and management of increased numbers of visitors or access to the site have been thought through at all?

The plan for the development is attached and we ask that if you object or support the proposal that you get involved by emailing:

kirsty.halford@thameswater.co.uk

richard.aylard@thameswater.co.uk

Sarah.bently@thameswater.co.uk

And add your voice to the process. Let’s speak up for the birds and conservation at Farmoor and Pinkhill.

Port Meadow: 1st January

Port Meadow
Red Kite: SP497076. 08:14.

Matthew Southwell