Port Meadow: 30th September

Port Meadow
Yellow Wagtail
9 Lapwing
60 Meadow Pipit: At least 60 down at the southern end of the Meadow.

Adam Hartley

Cholsey: 30th Sep

Merlin (f), flew south over Lollingdon Hill

Otmoor. 30th September.

2. Hobby.
1. Black Tailed Godwit.
Water Rail.
14 Stonechat.
2. Whinchat.          All Chats in one grouping on Greenaways.

Sarsgrove: 30th September

Sarsgrove
100 Meadow Pipit: Up to 100 birds in several small flocks ranged over all grass pasture fields and down towards Sarsgrove Farm. 10:30.
50 Goldfinch 10:30.
15 Swallow 10:30.
5 House Martin 10:30.
14 Skylark 10:30.
Golden Plover: Heard only. No sign of Wheatear. 10:30.

Steve Akers

Otmoor rspb

Shoveler courtesy of John Workman.

Cholsey: 29th Sep

3 Stonechat (per Alan Dawson)

Sarsgrove: 29th September

Sarsgrove
2 Wheatear: male. Possibly Greenland species - very bright plumage and strikingly marked birds. 10:15.
70 Meadow Pipit 10:15.
50 Goldfinch 10:15.
20 Swallow: At least 20 flying through low and at speed. 10:15.
11 Skylark 10:15.
120 Lesser Black-backed Gull 10:15.

Steve Akers

Chiffchaff courtesy of John Workman.

Blenheim: 29th September

Blenheim
Great White Egret
7 Little Egret

Ian Elkins

Farmoor Reservoir 29th September

Arctic Tern

House Martin c1000

Sand Martin 

Swallow 2

Yellow Wagtail 

Stonechat 2

(per Dave Lowe, Dai) 

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LWV Pit 60: 29 Sept

Arctic Tern 1 juv thru 11.30
Common Sandpiper 1
Kingfisher 1

Wantage 27th September

Juvenile Gannet yesterday (27th) close to Wantage health centre; taken into care.

Southfield Golf Course, Oxford: 28th September

Large movement of hirundines in the first hour of light, all heading west:
130 House Martin
3 Swallow
11 Meadow Pipit
2 Raven
1 Canada Goose
1 Garden Warbler

Sarsgrove: 27th September

Sarsgrove
2 Wheatear 09:30.
40 Meadow Pipit 09:30.
50 Goldfinch: This flock of adults and juveniles present last few days. 09:30.

Steve Akers

Oxford 27 September

1 Ring Necked Parakeet flying high over St Catherine's College, calling repeatedly, 9:30am

Shipton-under-Wychwood: 27th September

Shipton-under-Wychwood
1300 Lesser Black-backed Gull: Limited birding currently as have visitors. Large flock of gulls roadside fields between Shipton UW and leftfield held at least 1300. Quick count as doing tourist thing. Hirundine movement: anyone else noticed constant passage between west and south west today? Various spots around Burford, Fifield, Shipton UW all PM, with small numbers mipits and chaffinches. Sadly, all spots had excessive traffic noise. See latest Bitdguides article on visible migration at Spurn by one of the current young guns. 17:53.
11 Yellow-legged Gull 17:53.
6 Herring Gull: Sadly, no Caspian. 17:53.
300 Linnet: Mobile flock feeding in stubble on tariff from leafield to shipton uw. Worth a check for twite by someone unencumbered by tourist duties? 17:53.

Mick Cunningham

Otmoor 27th September

9 Stonechat
3 Whinchat
4 Jays
10 Yellow Wagtails
2 Black Tailed Godwits
6 Snipe
1 Marsh Harrier
1 Kingfisher

Black Tailed Godwits

Bicester Wetland Reserve 27th September

1 Green Sandpiper ( first sighting for 2 weeks)
1 Cetti's Warbler
33 Gadwall (a good number for BWR)
7 Shoveler
21 Teal
1 Wigeon

Alan Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Otmoor rspb 26th September

Black-tailed Godwit courtesy of John Workman.

Sarsgrove: 25th September

Sarsgrove
7 Wheatear 08:45.
70 Meadow Pipit: At least 70 - probably more - sky seemed full of them at times! 08:45.
30 Goldfinch 08:45.
Kestrel: fem. 08:45.
4 Mistle Thrush 08:45.

Steve Akers