Thursday 21st July Pit 60 Standlake

Great White Egret still present Thursday at Pit 60 from the Langley Hide

Also,
juvenile Mandarin Duck

per William Lester

Great White Egret - Courtesy of William Lester

Juvenile Mandarin - Courtesy of William Lester

Otmoor 21st July

Bittern

Bittern

Reed Warbler

Devil's Punchbowl: 21st July

21st July

Devil's Punchbowl
Yellow Wagtail
2 Corn Bunting 07:00.

Colin Vickers

Otmoor, Thursday 21 July a.m.

1 Kingfisher
2 Marsh Harrier
2 Bittern
2 Common Crane
1 Grasshopper Warbler
2 Redstart (per Andy Last)
1 Spotted Flycatcher (per Andy Last)
1 Turtle Dove
1 Water Rail (h)
1 Little Grebe
1 Green Woodpecker
1 Hobby
1 Cetti's Warbler
1 Snipe (drumming)
1 Common Tern
15 Red Kite

Goldfinch courtesy of Norman Smith

Wolvercote: 21st July

Wolvercote
Lesser Whitethroat: Unexpectedly seen in back garden, feeding and flitting about in tops of trees. SP489100. 12:00.

Steve Goddard

Kestrel Otmoor RSPB courtesy of Derek Latham

Devil's Punchbowl: 21st July

21st July

Devil's Punchbowl
Yellow Wagtail
2 Corn Bunting 07:00.

Colin Vickers

Ardington 20th July

Hobby: SU4388.

Leo Bateman

Standlake Pit 60: am 20th July

GREAT WHITE EGRET found by Jim Hutchins.
Still present 20:16 from the Langley Lane hide (Badger, Jeremy Dexter)
Still present at 14:15 (per Clackers)


Flew in from direction of Thames and landed in red bed on LHS of North hide. Then showing well on small rocky island in direction of Langley Lane hide from North Hide.

Please park in village, i.e. please do not drive up to the hides.
(Access to the hides require a key)

Also

Hobby
2 Oystercatcher
7 Little Egret
1 Egyptian Goose
2 Common tern
Common Sandpiper

(GWE photo left by Badger)

Great White Egret

Great White Egret

Oxford City 20th July

White Stork off Oxpens Road viewed from the Ice rink car park at 16:00
with Canada Geese (per RBA)

Seen earlier over the Oxford station from Frideswide Square at approximately 14:00
(per Paul Tomlinson)

No further sign in areas adjacent to the ice rink by 17:35 (per Elementerry)

Dorchester: 20th July

Dorchester
Little Gull: Flew over Dorchester Cricket ground calling. 18:30.

Jed Cleeter

Broughton: 20th July

Broughton
5 Raven: Flying over Broughton Grange Estate. SP427383. 13:30.

Mark Ribbons

Bicester Wetland Reserve 20th July

8 Green Sandpiper
13 Lapwing
32 Canada Geese
1 Heron

Alan Peters

Otmoor: 19th July

Otmoor
2 Turtle Dove
2 Grasshopper Warbler

Ralph Watts

Otmoor :am 19th July

Bittern

Turtle Dove

Juv. Carrion Crow

Juv Red Kite

Balscote Quarry 19th July

3 Green Sandpiper: Present at 7.30am. SP3942.

Yesterday:
Willow Warbler
Reed Warbler

(Roger Evans)

Ardington 18th July

4 Spotted Flycatcher (2 ad, 2 juv) - at least
3 Raven
Marsh Tit
Willow Warbler (juv)

Redstarts

2 Redstart on Lollingdon Hill today, a male in the top bushes and a female/juv in the hedgerow on the west side.

Both very elusive and only seen in flight and heard calling.

Otmoor RSPB 18th July

Bittern courtesy of Lew

Turtle Dove 2
Bittern 2 (in flight from the 1st screen)
Common Crane 2 (Greenaways)
Marsh Harrier 2 (1 juv)
Hobby 6
Little Egret 9
Water Rail 3
Kingfisher
Cetti's Warbler 2
Grasshopper Warbler 2
Yellow Wagtail (Lower Farm)
Redstart (m)

(per the Gunslinger, Andy Last, Badger, Lew)