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Sunday, 8 June 2025

Ardley 8th June

Little Grebe - likely 3 pairs across the site. Two pairs with young currently.

Little Ringed Plover - 4 (at least 1 juv discovered yesterday by JFT)

Swift - c20 feeding over the quarry lake

Yellow wagtail - 1






Otmoor rspb 8th June

Glossy Ibis at the 2nd screen
Great white Egret 
Bittern 2+
Marsh Harrier 
Cuckoo

(per Bark)

Friday, 6 June 2025

Otmoor rspb 6th June

Glossy Ibis at the 2nd screen 13:31 (per RBA)

Standlake Pit 60: 6th June

Standlake Pit 60
6 Cattle Egret: Small flock from Langley Lane Hide. Also 2 Hobby, Cuckoo, 3 Common Tern, 3+ Oystercatcher and Lapwing still. 11:00.

Stephen Burch

Didcot: 6th June

Didcot
4 Yellow Wagtail: poss 2 breeding pairs feeding young in the peas, getting food from the bean field next door. SU538886. 05:17.
2 Corn Bunting: At least 2 heard within the pea field. SU535888. 00:15.

Trance International

Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Farmoor Reservoir 4th June

Sanderling 4
Ringed Plover
Dunlin

(DJ)

Otmoor rspb 4th June

Glossy Ibis at the 2nd screen 12:17 
Cattle Egret 12 in roost from screen one.

(per RBA et al)

Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Farmoor Reservoir: 3rd June

Osprey fishing unsuccessfully on f1 until mobbed by a red kite, then flying west over thames meadow near south end of reservoir. 15:30.

Cattle Egret: flew over f1 then landed in pinkhill reserve. spent 15 mins with cattle then flew off high west. 17:30.
6 Sanderling: along causewy. 17:30.
2 Cuckoo: male seen and female heard only along thames. 15:00.

Alan Horsley

Farmoor Reservoir 3rd June

 7 Sanderling along the causeway ~1930; same as this morning +1, or new birds?

Abingdon: Abingdon Lock: 3rd June

Abingdon: Abingdon Lock
Oystercatcher: One wading on submerged sandbank just downstream of the lock. SU505970. 13:00.

Phil Chapman

North Cross Valley Way 3rd June

Sanderling 5 c12:48 (L.O)

Farmoor Reservoir 3rd June

Sanderling 6 along southern side of the causeway 10:00 
Caspian Gull 1S in the S/W corner of F1 10:30

(per RBA)

Linnet Otmoor rspb 
Courtesy of Peter Milligan