Farmoor Reservoir 14th May

18 Black Tern 18:00.
7 Arctic Tern 18:00.
Dunlin 18:00.

James Evry

A.M

Black Tern
Arctic Tern 5
Oystercatcher
No sign of the Knot

(per Dai, The Wickster, Mark Merritt)

Belated report of Red-breasted Merganser
Thursday 12th (per Steve Young).

Port Meadow: 14th May

Port Meadow
11 Greenshank
Ruff: male.
5 Oystercatcher
4 Shelduck
Common Gull
7 Dunlin

Adam Hartley

Sandford-on-Thames: 14th May

Sandford-on-Thames
Cuckoo 19:30.

D Moden

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 14th May

Snipe drumming Otmoor courtesy of Jon Mercer

Greenshank
Dunlin
Snipe drumming
Redshank 6 at least.
Turtle Dove purring.
Hobby 8

(Michael Hunt, Badger)

Turtle Dove courtesy of Kyle Smith

Sonning Eye GPs: 14th May

2 Black Tern 11:45.
Hobby 12:00.

Marek Walford

Henley Road GPs: 14th May

Henley Road GPs
2 Arctic Tern 11:05
Cuckoo 11:10
Hobby 11:25

Marek Walford

Bicester 14th May

Turtle Dove male singing Bicester M.O.D

(per RBA)

Mistle Thrush courtesy of Derek Latham

Grimsbury Reservoir: 13th May

Arctic Tern, c.1720 till dusk
3 Little Ringed Plover

JFT and GB

Farmoor Reservoir 13th May

Knot courtesy of John Reynolds

Courtesy of Ewan

Courtesy of Ewan

Knot 2 still present 19:45 along causeway
Black Tern 14 at 15:10, then 11 very active tight knit flock
occasionally resting on tern rafts - still present at 16.45
Common Tern 5
Arctic Tern
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Crested Grebe 78 one pair in courtship dance
Cuckoo calling from wood on other side of riverbank from Shrike Meadow for over fifteen minutes

(per Ewan, Barry Batchelor, Steve Akers, Ralph Watts, Badger)


Please view at 1080p HD

Courtesy of Ewan

Courtesy of John Reynolds

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 13th May

Turtle Dove: Seen well from footpath perched in tree with Richard. Alan.and Bert. 10:45.
Barnacle Goose (feral) With the Canada Geeses. 10:45.
7 Redshank: At least. 10:45.
4 Greenshank: Big Otmoor. 16:00.


(Ralph Watts, Jackie Newcombe)

Port Meadow 13th May

Greenshank 13
Dunlin 7+
Shelduck

(per Barry Batchelor)

Farmoor Reservoir 13th May

Knot 2 along causeway 13:10
Black Tern 4

(per Barry Batchelor)

Standlake pit 60 :am 13th May

2 Hobby
Shellduck
Common Sandpiper
Cuckoo (in tree by hide again)
3 Common Tern
2 Oystercatcher

Upper Cherwell Valley: 13th May

Grasshopper Warbler, reeling in field west of M40 and north of canal
- morning and evening
Redshank, in the evening
Curlew, in the evening heard from near the river

Channel Wagtail, still by the Borrow Pit pool with 3+ Yellow Wags

John Friendship-Taylor

Balscote Quarry: 13th May

2 Greenshank
2 Dunlin

Steve Holliday

Otmoor 12th (Oddington Side) evening

4 Ravens
4+ Black tailed Godwits
1 Whimbrel
1 female Shoveller with 6 ducklings

South Hinksey: 6th May

South Hinksey
Short-eared Owl 19:00.

Pete Knevett

Farmoor Black Terns - 12th May 7pm

Farmoor Res 12th May

1330-1500hrs

Black Tern 12
Arctic Tern 4
Common Tern 12
Sanderling 2

Greater Black backed Gull 1  3cal year
Little Egret 1