Radley Lakes 12th May

4 Hobby flying together,hawking insects over Orchard lake.

Otmoor Thursday 12 May am

Hobby courtesy of Norman Smith

Wood Sandpiper Big Otmoor evening (per Andy Last)
Turtle Dove (car park field)
2 Cuckoo (car park field)
4 Hobby (Greenaways)
Curlew (2nd screen)
Marsh Harrier (reed bed)
4 Common Tern (2 on tern raft at 2nd screen)
7 Greenshank (Big Otmoor)
5 Ringed Plover (Big Otmoor)
Little Egrets
Lots of warblers

Lapwing chasing Redshank courtesy of Norman Smith

River Thames: Rushey Lock to Old Mans Bridge: 12th May

River Thames: Rushey Lock to Old Mans Bridge
3 Curlew 08:00.
Tree Sparrow 08:00.

Colin Vickers

Cumnor: Appleton Road: 12th May

Cumnor: Appleton Road
2 Turtle Dove 08:30.

Richard Catling

Red Kite Wittenham Wood courtesy of Andy Last

Port Meadow 12th May

1 Bar-tailed Godwit
12+ Greenshank
~30 Ringed Plover
7 Dunlin

per The Wickster

Farmoor Reservoir 12th May

Little Tern
Black Tern 11
Arctic Tern 4
Sanderling

08:41 (per Dai, Geoff Wyatt)

Farmoor 11th May Evening

10 Black Tern
2 Sanderling
3 Dunlin
Cuckoo
3 Common Sandpiper

Grimsbury Reservoir: 11th May

Sanderling; dropped in 07:56 and stayed till 20:30 at least

Courtesy and copyright of Mike Pollard

Spotted Flycatcher, mid afternoon to early evening (Clive Payne)
probable Channel Wagtail; 18:50 in the Upper Cherwell Valley later flew into Northants
(Colin Wilkinson)

Wagtail pics courtesy and copyright of John Friendship-Taylor

06:00 to 08:30
7-8 Dunlin; 1 present 06:00, 7 through north (may have included original one)
6-11 Common Terns; through north (sightings may have involved same birds)
4 Common Sandpiper
1 Little Ringed Plover

c.10:00 to 10:30
2+6 Common Terns; through north


GB, Ian Rowe, Steve Holliday, JFT

Port Meadow 11th May

Lunchtime

Common Greenshank 15
Common Redshank 3
Common Sandpiper 2
Ringed Plover 47
Little Ringed Plover 1
Dunlin 21
Whimbrel 1 flyover
Oystercatcher 3
Common Shelduck 2
Common Tern 1
Little Egret 1

Cholsey: Whimbrel

5 Whimbrel flew NW over Lollingdon Hill just prior to 13:00.

Garsington: 11th May

Garsington
42 Whimbrel: Flyover flock of 42 near Church heading SE. 13:15.

Colin Oram

Port Meadow 11th May

Bar-tailed Godwit - different bird from yesterday, possibly the Farmor fly-over, though no further sign by 11 a.m

also
16 Greenshank
3 Redshank
30 Ringed Plover
22 Dunlin
6 Common Sandpiper
4 Oystercatcher
2 Shelduck
1 Common Tern
1 Little Egret,

per Clackers, Dave D. & James Evry

Blenheim Park 11th May

Black Tern 2
Arctic Tern 1+ with Common Terns
Late morning

(per Dave Doherty)

Otmoor 11th May am

Big Otmoor

Little Stint no further sign by early evening
3 Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Ringed Plovers
Dunlin 10 early evening

Cuckoo
Cetti's Warbler

per PG and PR SR PB KC JC

Standlake pit 60: AM 11th May

Black Tern
5 Sanderling
1 Dunlin
2 Whimbrel (over)
2 Oystercatcher
2 LR Plover
2 Little Egret

Jeremy Dexter & Jim Hutchins

Balscote Quarry: 11th May

5 Sanderling (gone by lunch time)
4 Greenshank (3 left early am)
2 Dunlin
Common Tern

Steve Holliday, Roger Evans et al

Farmoor Reservoir 11th May

Bar-tailed Godwit over
Turnstone 6
Sanderling 4+
Dunlin 14

(per Dai, Steve Young)

: 11th May

Saxton road, abingdon
Greenshank: Over calling. SU489963. 00:15.

Tom Wickens

Balscote Quary: 10th May

3 Greenshank
4 Ringed Plover

Roger Evans, Steve Holliday et al