Chinnor: Cement Works: 29th July

Chinnor: Cement Works
Common Sandpiper: North end of Lake 2b. 11:00.

David Stracey

Otmoor rspb 29th July

Glossy Ibis 2nd screen

Ringed Plover 2 (C.G et al)

Otmoor rspb 28th July

Screen 1 

Cattle Egrets (3)

Great Crested Grebe with juv.

Lapwings (ca 20)

Little Ringed Plovers (2)

Marsh Harrier

Snipe (2)

Screen 2

Common Terns 3 (incl juvenile being fed)

Glossy Ibis (sans gloss - no sun)

Great White Egret

Green Sandpiper

Herons (2)

Kingfisher

Little Egret

(per Russell Allen)

Courtesy of Russell Allen 

Ardley 28th July

Dunlin - 1 on ERF lagoon

Green sandpiper - 4 on lagoon

Little ringed plover - 1 on lagoon

Common gull - 1 adult over the quarry

Spotted flycatcher - 1

Lesser whitethroat - 1

Warburg Reserve - Monday 28th July 2025

 Due to the lack of water in the surrounding area we are getting some very unusual visitors to the pond

on the reserve. Spotted Flycatcher x 2, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff x 3, 

Blackcap x 4 (1f 1m 2 juveniles), Nuthatch x 2, Great Spotted Woodpecker (m), Song Thrush,

Bullfinch x 9, (2m 1f + 6 juveniles), Marsh Tit x 3, Coal Tit, Chaffinch x 4 (3f 1m).

Spotted Flycatcher

Reed Warbler

Reed Warbler

Farmoor Reservoir 28th July

Green Sandpiper 1 

Dunlin 1

Common Tern 10

Little Egret 5

Grey Wagtail pair feeding young in nest

Letcombe Bassett: 28th July

One of two quickly growing juvenile grey wagtails frequenting the cress beds at the moment

 

Goring 28th July

Crossbill 9 over c18:09 (P.R)

Wytham Woods 28th July

Crossbill 3+ flew over Field Station (J.H)

Bicester Wetland Reserve 28th July

At 09.00 till 10.00 

1 Great Egret
4 Little Egret
6 Green Sandpiper

Adult Swift feeding juv at Swift tower

A Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Hobby Rushy Common courtesy of Moth Clark 

 

Otmoor rspb 28th July

Glossy Ibis 2nd screen

Common Sandpiper 

Kingfisher 

(K.N, et al)

Farmoor

Sandwich Tern - 2 over F1 before leaving NW

Dunlin 

Common Sandpiper - 2

North Oxon 27th July

c16 Crossbill north Oxon

Courtesy of Paul Wren

 

Stratfield Brake: 27th July

Stratfield Brake
Great White Egret 15:30.

Ian Elkins

Standlake, pit 60: 27th July

Crossbill 2, perched by gate along Langley Lane
Common Sandpiper 3
Great Egret 1
Redstart 1f/j
Hobby 1
Peregrine 1
Common Tern 3

Farmoor Reservoir 27th July

Green Sandpiper along causeway 

Redshank

Oystercatcher 

Red-crested Pochard 4 F2

(S.M)

Farmoor Reservoir 26th July

Common Tern 19 - incl 7 juveniles

Common Sandpiper 1

Kingfisher 1 juvenile

Sand Martin 5+

House Martin 5+

Red crested Pochard 1 juvenile

Bicester Wetland Reserve 26th July

Water levels on main part of reserve are slightly high as we are filling the Cattle Bridge Pool

which has been dug out and re-profiled during the last 5 days.

1 juv Swift showing in one of the nest holes in the Swift Tower
6 Green Sandpiper
1 Kingfisher
6 Little Egret
4 Heron
1 Cetti's Warbler

A Peters C Oram
Key Holder Reserve

Otmoor rspb 26th July

Glossy Ibis at the 2nd screen 07:33 (per RBA)

Farmoor Reservoir 26th July

Common Scoter 2 flew over F2 06:15 but no further sign by 07:46 (B.S)

Warburg Reserve - Friday 25th July 2025

 Spotted Flycatcher x 2, Bullfinch x 6 (2m 1f  + 3Juveniles), Chaffinch (f), Song Thrush,

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Juvenile), Marsh Tit x 3, Coal Tit ( Juvenile), Nuthatch x 2 (Juveniles), 

Long Tailed Tit x 2, Wren. Chiffchaff x 3 ( Juveniles), Blackcap x 2 (m f), Dunnock x 4 (2 adults 2

 juveniles), Kestrel x 2.

Spotted Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Devil’s Punchbowl: 25th July

 

Yellowhammer in the valley leading to the Punchbowl.

Shepherds Pit Stanton-St-John 25th July

Black-tailed Godwit 3

Green Sandpiper 

Common Sandpiper 

(T.M)

Letcombe Regis: 25th July

Goldfinches at Letcombe Valley Nature Reserve

 

Farmoor Reservoir 25th July

Dunlin 14 along the causeway 16:30 (D.J)

Otmoor rspb 25th July

Glossy Ibis at the 1st screen 11:02

Cattle Egret 40

Great white Egret 2

Little-ringed Plover juv

Crossbill 7 flew over the 1st screen

Whinchat f on Greenaways 14:10

(per Simon Myers et al)

28 of the 40 courtesy of Peter Law

Sonning Eye GPs: 25th July

Sonning Eye GPs
Yellow-legged Gull: Seen with Richard and Bert. Close in on third post cracking bird. 15:10.
7 Common Tern 15:10.

Ralph Watts

LWVP Hides repair - Update 25 July

Martyn Lane of the LWVP reports that the bird hide at Rushy Common will be open today (Friday 25th July).  I can confirm this, as I visited it in the afternoon today. 

The replacement work on the Rushy bird viewing screen has been delayed until week beginning 11th August.  It should then be open from the 15th August.

Work on the Pit 60 hides has yet to be confirmed, but provisionally it will be in the first week of September.

Stephen Burch

Knighton: 25th July

Knighton
5 Spotted Flycatcher: At least. 10:01.

Jed Cleeter

House Sparrow courtesy of Brian Walker 

 

Henley Road GPs: 25th July

Henley Road GPs
2 Mandarin Duck 07:40.
64 Egyptian Goose 07:40.

Hugh Netley

Sonning Eye GPs: 25th July

Sonning Eye GPs
Yellow-legged Gull: ad. 07:09.
Peregrine 07:09.
4 Mandarin Duck 07:09.
Oystercatcher 07:09.

Hugh Netley

Otmoor: 100-acre: 24th July

Otmoor: 100-acre
Redstart: One along northern boundary hedge.

Steve Roby

Woodstock 24th July

In the fields north of the town this evening:

Redstart - juv male

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Marsh Tit - 1

RSPB Otmoor 24 July

At reedbed:

Glossy Ibis 1
Green Sandpiper 1
Black Tailed Godwit 1

Little Ringed Plover 1

Snipe 1

Oystercatcher 1

Lapwing 50

Great White Egret 1

Little Egret 2

Cattle Egret 2

Bittern 1

Grey Heron 2

Cormorant 3

Great Crested Grebe 2

Little Grebe 2

Common Tern 2

Wildfowl: 160, mostly mallard, but including tufties, teal and shoveler

Green Woodpecker 1

Lesser Whitethroat 3

Lesser Whitethroat 

 

Farmoor Reservoir 23rd July

Caspian Gull 2cy in roost

Yellow-legged Gull c53

(T.M)

Chinnor: Cement Works: 23rd July

Chinnor: Cement Works
2 Oystercatcher: Lake 2b. 11:00.

David Stracey