Tar Lakes, Rushy Common: 4th May

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common
Cuckoo: Calling. SP378073. 03:07.

John Pimm

Otmoor rspb 5th May

GLOSSY IBIS still present though distant on the Flood Field at 09:32 (per Ewan Urquhart et al).

Park in Oddington and follow bridleway east to view the 3rd field on the right.

Linky Down: 5th May

Linky Down
Raven: SU726964. 07:00.

Jez March

Bicester Wetlands 5th May

Cuckoo

Little-ringed Plover 2

Little Egret

Garden Warbler 4+

Lesser Whitethroat 

Whitethroat 

Willow Warbler 

Reed Warbler 

Sedge Warbler 

Cetti's Warbler 

(per Justin Taylor)

Key holder reserve.

Port Meadow 5th May

Port Meadow
2 Cattle Egret
6 Shelduck
2 Common Tern
2 Lapwing
Garganey
3f Blue-headed Wagtail
Cuckoo

David Williams, Steve Lavington, Adam Hartley, Matthew Lloyd

Chipping Norton: 4th May

Chipping Norton
Mandarin Duck: drk. On the wetland at Swailsford Bridge near Cornwell this evening. SP283263. 20:30.

Steve Akers

Standlake, Pit 60: 4th May

Whimbrel 1, briefly at 18.15 then flew N
Cuckoo 2
Cattle Egret 3, east fields

Otmoor rspb 4th May

GLOSSY IBIS seen from Greenaways over Flood Field 15:08 (per Steve Lavington).

Pintail: fem. On Big Otmoor. 15:30.
Little Ringed Plover: On Big Otmoor. 15:30.

(per Ian Elkins).

Otmoor rspb courtesy of Steve Sansom.

Otmoor: 4th May

Otmoor
17 Hobby: All over Greenaways. 14:42.

Pete Roby

Widford 4th May

Garganey 2 m/f still on flood adjacent to river Windrush 12:36 (per Ewan Urquhart).

Dix Pit: 4th May

Dix Pit
2 Cuckoo: Calling in the NE corner of site. 10:00.
Garden Warbler 10:00.
7 Buzzard: High count overhead, various pair displaying. 10:00.

Glen Pascoe

Farmoor Reservoir 4th May

Whimbrel 3 along western side of F1 11:49

Sanderling along the causeway until c08:30

Greenshank flew over heading north

Little-ringed Plover 

Cuckoo at Pinkhill

(per Steve Sansom, Dave Lowe)

Courtesy of Steve Sansom.

Port Meadow 4th May

No sign of the 1st sum/f Grey-headed Wagtail by 11:30.

Black-tailed Godwit
32+ Snow Geese
Barnacle Geese
7 Shelduck
2 Wigeon,
several Gadwall
Male cuckoo on Burgess Field earlier

Nick Boyd et al

Marston Hamms: 4th May

Marston Hamms
Cuckoo: SP515095. 10:30.

Steve Jennings

Standlake Pit 60: 4th May

Standlake Pit 60
3 Hobby 10:58.
4 Great White Egret 10:58.
2 Oystercatcher 10:58.
Cuckoo 10:58.

Dave Murphy

Rushy Common: 3rd May

Rushy Common
Cuckoo: Often in hedge by road. SP382073. 03:00.

John Pimm

Devil's Punchbowl: 4th May

Devil's Punchbowl
Cuckoo: Single bird around Warren Down/Devil's Punchbowl area. SU358843. 09:39.

Geoff Dymott

Cuckoo courtesy of Geoff Dymott.

Grey-headed Wagtail Port Meadow 3rd May 2024

A female/1st summer Grey-headed (thunbergi) Wagtail on Port Meadow yesterday evening (found by Thomas Miller).

It is being looked for this morning but no sign so far (07:30 a.m.)

 

Very difficult to see on the far bank and hidden in amongst the vegetation.

Courtesy of Steve Sansom

Video courtesy of Steve Lavington

 

 In the video below you can hear the finder Thomas Miller explaining the salient features.

Video courtesy of Adam Hartley

 

A couple of links to articles on female Yellow Wagtail complex ID for those who are interested
Birding Frontiers

Norfolk Birds

 

Farmoor Reservoir 3rd May

Arctic Tern c 20 at approx 1200hrs, decreasing to 13 and then had moved on by 1330hrs

Common Tern 2

Little Ringed Plover 1 flew over F1 calling

Curlew 1

Dunlin 1

Swallow 150+

Sand Martin 200+

House Martin 10+

Common Swift 75+

White Wagtail 1

Garden Warbler 4 singing males

Lesser Whitethroat 1 singing male

Kingfisher 2

Cuckoo 1

Bicester - 2nd May

Black Redstart - a male briefly at the south end of Chapel Street in the centre of Bicester (per Max Bennett).