Farmoor Reservoir 24th July

Kingfisher 1 juvenile

Common Tern 21 

Yellow legged Gull 6+

Little Egret 2

Turnstone 2 

Shoveler 3

House Martin 5

Otmoor rspb 24th July

Ruddy Shelduck courtesy of Nick Truby.

Ruddy Shelduck 

Cattle Egret 17 at the 2nd screen

Crane 5

Oystercatcher 

Greenshank 

(per Nick Truby et al)

Segsbury Camp 23rd July

Segsbury Camp
2 Redstart: male. Minimum two, one confirmed male. SU382841. 09:10.

Geoff Dymott

Courtesy of Geoff Dymott.

Shipton-on-Cherwell: River Cherwell: 23rd July

Shipton-on-Cherwell: River Cherwell
2 Hobby 11:30.

Nick Suckling

Neal's Shaw 20th July

Neal's Shaw
2 Spotted Flycatcher: m&f. SU6883.

John Taylor

Otmoor rspb 23rd July

Courtesy of Malcolm Bowey

Cattle Egret 24

Little Egret 11

Crane 5

Ruddy Shelduck 2 1st screen

Cuckoo juv

Corn Bunting 

Whinchat

(per Bark et al)

Lower Shiplake: 23rd July

Lower Shiplake
6 Egyptian Goose: SU776798. 15:00.

Ralph Watts

Standlake Pit 60: 23rd July

Standlake Pit 60
13 Cattle Egret: Minimum count. Sev juv. 14:03.
Hobby: 2cy .. probably a male as v small. 14:03.
Yellow-legged Gull: Adult. 14:03.

Mick Cunningham

Appleford: Appleford GP: 23rd July

Appleford: Appleford GP
3 Green Sandpiper 09:30.

William Lester

Longworth: 22nd July

Longworth
Hobby: One in full hunting mode causing chaos amongst the Swallows. 11:00.

Jed Cleeter

Grimsbury Reservoir: 22nd July

Grimsbury Reservoir
Redshank: Flew in at 5:50.

Gareth Blockley

 

Marsh Harrier Otmoor rspb courtesy of Malcolm Bowey. 

Fyfield Wick: 21st July

21st July

Fyfield Wick
45 Swift: Formation flying plus there are still some juvs calling in nests. 18:00.

Marcham
50 Swift: c50 spread out across the sky flying over village. 09:30.

Combe
4 Cattle Egret: Flew low over village. 15:50.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor 21st July

 Juvenile Mediterranean gull in roost

50+ Yellow legged gulls

Standlake Pit 60: 21st July

Standlake Pit 60
10 Cattle Egret: Minimum 10 , maybe more hidden in grass. Min 3 of the 10 were juvs. 18:49.

Mick Cunningham

Cholsey: 21st July

Cholsey
11 Swift: Low and screaming. SU585865. 10:15.
Raven: Over. SU585865. 10:15.

Ralph Watts

Farmoor Reservoir 21st July

Sanderling 2 (adults)

Dunlin 1 (adult)

Common Sandpiper 1

Yellow legged Gull 8+

Greater Black backed Gull 2

Common Tern 13

Little Egret 4

Kingfisher 1

Green Woodpecker 3

Common Swift 2

Sand Martin 5

Coot 471

Muntjac running down the causeway - making a change from the early morning joggers!

Witney Lake 21st July

Grasshopper Warbler 11:31 (per Dave Doherty)

Otmoor rspb 21st July

Cattle Egret 5

Ruddy Shelduck 2nd screen

(per RBA)

Chinnor: Cement Works: 20th July

Chinnor: Cement Works

4 Little Ringed Plover: On island Lake 2b. 16:00.
Common Sandpiper: On eastern bank behind island Lake 2B. 16:00.
 2 Oystercatcher: 1 adult and full grown youngster on island Lake2b. 15:30.

David Stracey

Bittern Otmoor rspb courtesy of Mark Isaacs.

 

Grimsbury Reservoir: 20th July

Grimsbury Reservoir
3 Little Ringed Plover: 1 adult and 2 juveniles.

Gareth Blockley

Blenheim: Queen Pool: 20th July

Blenheim: Queen Pool
Redshank: Single bird loafing in the now very shallow lake. 20:30.

Gareth Casburn

Farmoor Reservoir 20th July

Little Tern on F2 near the causeway 17:15

Sanderling 

Turnstone 

Dunlin

(per Bryan Manston, Mark Crockford)

All photos courtesy of Bryan Manston.

Harwell Laboratory: Rutherford Laboratory: 20th July

Harwell Laboratory: Rutherford Laboratory
Redstart

Mark Merritt

Chinnor: Cement Works: 19th July

19th July

Chinnor: Cement Works
3 Oystercatcher: 2 adults and juvenile bird which is almost fully grown now. SU750996. 21:55.
4 Little Ringed Plover: A least 1 young bird, possibly more hidden on the island. Lake 4B. SU750996. 21:55.
Hobby: Hawking after House Martins. SU750996. 21:55.
Ringed Plover: Being harassed by adult Little Ringed Plovers. SU750996. 20:30.

Jez March

Balscote Quarry Reserve 19th July

Green Sandpiper 

Lapwing 14

(I.B).

Yellow-legged Gull Farmoor courtesy of Bryan Manston.

 

: 19th July

Neal's Shaw
2 Spotted Flycatcher: m&f. SU6883.

John Taylor

Bicester Wetland Reserve 19th July

 18 Little Egret     record count for reserve
 8 Heron
 6 Green Sandpiper
 20 Lapwing

Water levels getting very low

Key Holder Reserve

Alan Peters

Blenheim: 18th July

Blenheim
2 Cattle Egret: juv. On Queens Pool Island. 20:30.
16 Little Egret: Ad and Juv on Queens Pool island. 20:30.
3 Lapwing: Edge of Queens Pool near Grand Bridge. 20:30.
Oystercatcher: Edge of Queens Pool near Grand Bridge. 20:30.
2 Reed Warbler: Pair along riverbank. 20:30.
20 Mistle Thrush: High count. 20:30.

Glen Pascoe

 

Crane family Otmoor rspb courtesy of Mark Isaacs.

Otmoor rspb 18th July

Cattle Egret 11 (3 juv) at the 1st screen at dusk.

Garganey drk 

Ruddy Shelduck 

(per RBA)

Grimsbury Reservoir: 17th July

Grimsbury Reservoir
Little Ringed Plover: juv.

Gareth Blockley

Bicester Wetland Reserve 17th July

 13 Green Sandpiper  highest count this year
  7 Little Egret
  30 Lapwing
  2 Heron
 122 Black-h Gulls    

Key Holder reserve

Alan Peters                

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 17th July

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake
13 Little Egret
Cattle Egret
6 Grey Heron
2 Lapwing: on the exposed mud.
Yellow-legged Gull
4 Common Tern

Bob Pomfret

Otmoor rspb 17th July

Cattle Egret 8 inc 3+ juvs 1st screen this morning (per Andy Last).

Courtesy of Mark Isaacs

Churn 17th July

Dartford Warbler still present this morning 06:00 east of the concrete road though extremely elusive (per Lew).

Churn 16th July

 Dartford Warbler at the east end of the concrete road at 20.40.

Linky Down: 16th July

Linky Down
Redstart: Male. 10:30.

Jackie Newcombe

Otmoor rspb 16th July

Cattle Egret 3

Black-tailed Godwit 5 2nd screen

Ruddy Shelduck 1st screen 

(per Oz)

East Oxford, 15th July

1 Little egret flying low over Princes st heading North, 10:30am

T. Pizzari

Bicester Wetland Reserve 16th July

5 Green Sandpiper
5 Heron
7 Little Egret
17 Lapwing
1 Raven

Key Holder Reserve

Alan Peters

Bletchingdon 16th July

Bletchingdon
8 Grey Partridge: Covey of 2 adults and 6 young flew out from edge of field. SP506175. 07:45.

David Watkinson

Witney 15th July

Sandwich Tern 2 over Northern Cross Valley Way 20:38 then flew east (per RBA).

Otmoor rspb 15th July

Cattle Egret 5 at the 2nd screen. 

Green Sandpiper (per Wayne Paes).

Green Sandpiper courtesy of Wayne Paes.

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 14th July

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
Ruddy Shelduck: Flew in from the NW and landed in front of the first screen just after 9pm. 22:54.
3 Cattle Egret 22:54.
3 Marsh Harrier: Adult male and two juveniles. 22:54.
4 Redshank: juv. 22:54.
5 Oystercatcher 22:54.

Steve Roby

: 14th July

Greyhone Wood
2 Raven: m&f. SU6883.

Greyhone Wood
Woodcock: SU6883.

Otmoor rspb 13th July

Cattle Egret 7 (3 juv) on Greenaways 

Ruddy Shelduck 

(per RBA).

Letcombe Regis: 13th July

Letcombe Regis
4 Yellow Wagtail
12 Grey Partridge

Mark Merritt

Segsbury Camp: 13th July

3 Common Redstart
2 Raven

Chinnor: Cement Works: 13th July

Chinnor: Cement Works
2 Oystercatcher: 1 adult bird and 1 juvenile bird. SU750996. 07:09.
2 Little Ringed Plover: 2 adults behaving as a pair. SU750996. 07:09.

Jez March

Appleford GPs 12th July

Courtesy of Thomas Miller.

Returning Caspian Gull 2s (per Thomas Miller)

Standlake Pit 60 - 12 July

Briefly this morning before flying off. 

Click on the caption for a larger image.

Black-tailed Godwit © Stephen Burch

Cassington 12th July

Great white Egret 2 flew low west over the A40 
06:55 (D.L).

Raven courtesy of Nick Truby.

 

Uffington: 9th July

Uffington
Yellow Wagtail: Called as it flew up from near the Cricket pitch again. 16:00.

Jed Cleeter

Otmoor RSPB: Greenaways pm - 11th July

5 Cattle Egret - on scrape, then 3 re-located to cows
8 Little Egret - same scrape

Oystercatcher

Hobby - hawking over (hence my presence)
Marsh Harrier

Woodstock 10th July

Cattle Egret 2 flew over Woodstock towards Blenheim 07:43 (per Steve Heath).

Farmoor Reservoir 9th July

Courtesy of Caroline Rhymes Walker.

Black-tailed Godwit 12 flew over (per Caroline Rhymes Walker).

Otmoor rspb 9th July

Cattle Egret 5 (3 ad) this afternoon (per RBA).

Little Owl North Oxon courtesy of Kyle Smith.

 

Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill: 8th July

Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill
2 Grasshopper Warbler: Singing on the bant to the east of Pinkhill Lock. SP441070. 21:30.

Anthony Roberts

: 8th July

Milcombe
2 Swift: Prospecting our sparrow boxes, the rest of which have sparrows in. SP413344. 18:41.

Mary Clifton

Otmoor rspb 8th July

Cattle Egret 3 (per RBA).

Rushy Common: 7th July

Rushy Common
Cuckoo 20:30.

Richard Catling

Farmoor Reservoir 8th July

Avocet 3 reported on causeway (per RBA)

Farmoor Reservoir: River Thames: 6th July

Farmoor Reservoir: River Thames
Cuckoo: male. Calling persistantly morning and evening with no sign of "losing his tune". 21:00.

Anthony Roberts

Farmoor 7th July

8-9pm

2 redshank
Lapwing on causeway.

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Blenheim 6th July

Cattle egret - 4 adults on the island this evening, presumably 2 pairs. 5 young, possibly more but still quite difficult to see every one clearly and there are a number of similar aged little egrets. 

Oystercatcher - 1 still present

Reed warbler - 1

Farmoor Reservoir 6th July

Sandwich Tern on F2 today.

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Otmoor

 

Male Yellowhammer and male Redstart.

Lower Shiplake: 6th July

Lower Shiplake
3 House Martin: On Thames path. SU780796. 14:50.

Ralph Watts

Otmoor 5th July

 4 Whinchat 

1 Curlew

2 Hobbies

1 Barn Owl

2 Corn Bunting

Sonning Eye GPs: 5th July

Sonning Eye GPs
7 Egyptian Goose: On boat lawn. 14:30.

Ralph Watts

Otmoor rspb 4th July

Ruddy Shelduck on Big Otmoor 20:33 (per RBA).

Otmoor - 4th July

22 Black-tailed Godwit - Ashgrave

8 Cattle Egret

Garganey

Green Sandpiper - Big Otmoor

3 Little Ringed Plover

6 Marsh Harrier - ad m, ad f + 4 juv

8 Oystercatcher

Peregrine

Hobby

2 Grasshopper Warbler

2 Crane

Otmoor rspb 4th July

Cattle Egret 9 at 13:47 (per RBA).

Quail m 07:55 heard from bridleway across Saunders field (per Barry Batchelor).

Reed Warbler Bicester Wetlands Reserve 

Above & below courtesy of Nick Truby.

Duxford: 4th July

Duxford
Redshank 16:53.
Reed Warbler 16:53.

John Taylor

Ardley ERF Lagoon: 4th July

Ardley ERF Lagoon
2 Green Sandpiper 13:30.
2 Lapwing 13:30.

Gareth Casburn

Farmoor reservoir

Little tern - present when I left at 11:10. Showed very well along causeway, flying overhead ridiculously close at times.

Common sandpiper - 4

Redshank - 2+

Cuckoo - still singing along the Thames

Common tern - 4

Farmoor Reservoir 4th July

Little Tern over F2 10:41 (per Conor MacKenzie).

: 3rd July

North cross valley way
Kestrel: fem. This bird has been hanging about the sand martin colony for a few days-often perching above it. At about 5pm it was clinging to the entrance of one of the nest tunnels being 'mobbed' by the sm's.It didn't seem to get when I was there-about 40mins. SP368084. 17:00.

John Pimm

Leafield: 3rd July

Leafield
Hobby: Hunting over Natural Burial Ground. 14:15.
3 Raven 14:15.

Jed Cleeter

Otmoor rspb 3rd July

Black-tailed Godwit c18 2nd screen c18:00 

(per Luke O'Byrne et al).

Above & below courtesy of Luke O'Byrne.

Port Meadow 3rd July

Little Tern briefly by the bridge over the Thames at the southern end then flew south (D.W).

No further sign by 15:34.

Cuckoo

Cattle Egret Otmoor rspb courtesy of Luke O'Byrne.

 

Standlake Pit 60: 3rd July

Standlake Pit 60
Hobby 15:26.
Marsh Harrier 15:26.

James Pettipher

Blenheim Park 3rd July

Cattle Egret on Queens Pool 12:50 (per RBA)

Otmoor: SE: 3rd July

Otmoor: SE
3 Cattle Egret: Adults with the cow's SE corner of Greenways. 13:15.

Simon Ramm

Standlake pit 60: 3rd July

Bittern 1
Great White Egret 1
Cattle Egret 7, pit 38 then flew to Chimney
Grasshopper Warbler 1

Otmoor rspb 3rd July

Cattle Egret 4 with cattle on Greenaways 

(per RBA).

Longworth: 1st July

Longworth
2 Spotted Flycatcher: At least 2 adults and possibly juvs too at Church end of Church Lane. 14:15.

Jed Cleeter

Chinnor: Cement Works: 2nd July

Chinnor: Cement Works
3 Little Ringed Plover: 3 Adult birds. 4 chicks still being sheltered by one of the adults on the nest site. SU749996. 11:07.
2 Oystercatcher: 2 adults and a juvenile bird. SU749996. 11:07.

Jez March

Bicester Wetland Reserve 2nd July

10 Green Sandpiper (9 at the Cattle Bridge Pool)
1 LRP
5 Lapwing
4 Teal
1 female Gadwall plus 4 juvs

Key Holder Reserve

Alan Peters 

Farmoor Reservoir 1st July

Little Tern (per Dave Murphy) still present on F2 15:44 (per Conor MacKenzie).

All photos courtesy of Bryan Manston.

Tar Lakes: 1st July

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common
Cuckoo: male. Seen not heard. 19:30.

Richard Catling

Henley-on-Thames: 1st July

1st July

Henley-on-Thames
Egyptian Goose: On boat slipway with mallards. 12:30.
2 Common Tern: On Regatta course watching boat racing. 13:30.

Ralph Watts

Events in July

As the birding slows for the summer, we will return with the combined June & July highlights at the start of August. In the meantime there are still some great local talks and exhibitions to enjoy, details below. It is also an opportunity to thank Conor MacKenzie for compiling the monthly write-ups & Peter Barker who creates all of our superb headers throughout the year, from the wonderful photos taken by our local toggers.