Radley GPs

Ring-necked Duck (m&f) 

Otmoor 20th December

 09-12:00

Hen Harrier (Greenaways)

Marsh Harrier 2

White-fronted Goose 5 (Ashgrave)

Egyptian Goose 3 (flew south over 1st screen)

Peregrine

Merlin

Pintail

Pochard (leucistic male)

Old Caley's Diary & Otmoor Birding

Sarsgrove: 20th December

Sarsgrove
12 Brambling: Twelve birds observed again in trees and hedges and flocking with Fieldfare, Linnet and Chaffinch - very flighty and active. SP314249. 11:00.
100 Linnet: SP314249. 11:00.
10 Redwing: SP314249. 11:00.
Kestrel: SP314249. 11:00.

Steve Akers

Sarsgrove: 20th December

Sarsgrove
12 Brambling: Twelve birds observed again in trees and hedges and flocking with Fieldfare, Linnet and Chaffinch - very flighty and active. SP314249. 11:00.
100 Linnet: SP314249. 11:00.
10 Redwing: SP314249. 11:00.
Kestrel: SP314249. 11:00.

Steve Akers

Standlake Pit 60: 20th December

Standlake Pit 60
2 Marsh Harrier: 1 juv/cream crown 1 imm m. Assuming it's not an old fem, (need better looks) the mm Male is different from the juv bird seen this addition. 13:44.
Great White Egret 13:44.

Mick Cunningham

Bicester Wetland Reserve 20th December

 

5 Jack Snipe

90 Common Snipe

150 Teal

2 Green Sandpiper

10 Gadwall

4 Shoveler

1 Grey Wagtail

Alan Peters

Key Holder Reserve

Farmoor Reservoir 20th December

Great northern Diver (juv) still F2 off of the S/W bank between the pontoons 10:47 (per Ewan Urquhart).

Radley GPs 20th December

Courtesy of Luke Marriner

RING-NECKED DUCK 2 (m/f) still present 10:05 (per Mark Pidgeon,Isaac West, Luke Marriner). 
Walk past Thrupp Lake on your right until you reach the T-junction at end. Take the left hand gravel track c100yds to view small lake on right.

Marston Hamm 20th December

10 Shoveler: SP516094. 08:54.
20 Wigeon: SP516094. 08:54.

Colm O Caomhanaigh

Standlake 19th December

LWP60
2 Marsh Harrier: Pair viewed from North shore hide over southern shore. SP387017. 02:15.

LWP60
Great White Egret: Viewed from North shore hide on eastern and southern shore. SP387017. 02:15.

Sam Prior

Appleford : 19th December

                                                                       

                                                                        Caspian Gull

Water Eaton: 19th December

Merlin - hunting 

Sarsgrove: 19th December

Sarsgrove
31 Brambling: Highest count so far - all in same location sunning themselves in hedgerow beside 'set aside' field - opposite Shepherds Hill House - it is possible there are more here - lots of activity. SP314249. 11:00.
100 Linnet: SP314249. 11:00.
20 Chaffinch: SP314249. 11:00.
2 Greenfinch: SP314249. 11:00.
Kestrel: ad fem. SP314249. 11:00.

Steve Akers

Radley GP's 19th December

Ring necked Duck m&f

Cholsey 19th December

Cholsey, Bunk Line
Stonechat: Apparently a 1st winter m+f, perched on fence-line, and railway lines; possibly taking the myriad 'midges' visible in the bright afternoon sunshine. SU589875. 15:00.

Mike Amphlett

Male and Female Ring-necked Duck Radley 19th Dec 2020

 

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 19th December

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
28 White-fronted Goose: 7 on The Closes + mobile flock of 21 flying around the reserve. 09:00.
2 Ruff: The Closes. 09:00.
5 Dunlin: The Closes. 09:00.

Isaac West

Letcombe Regis 19th December

Great Bustard from the Wiltshire reintroduction project still 14:19 just east of Letcombe Regis.

Park in village and follow footpath east from Manor Field (per Ian Elkins).

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Otmoor rspb 19th December

Russian White-fronted Goose 19 still present (per RBA).

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Radley GPs 19th December

RING-NECKED DUCK 2 (m/f) still present 15:25 (per  Gnome) walk past Thrupp Lake on your right until you reach the T-junction at end. Take the left hand gravel track c100yds to view small lake on right.

Found this morning by Ben Carpenter.