Chinnor: Cement Works: 24th June

Chinnor: Cement Works
5 Little Ringed Plover: Lake 2b. 11:00.

David Stracey

Pinkhill Reserve Farmoor 24th June

Cattle Egret from the hide 13:10 (P.B)

Otmoor rspb 24th June

Glossy Ibis 13:25 at the 2nd screen (per RBA)

Hatford: Sandpit: 23rd June

Hatford: Sandpit
Shelduck
Oystercatcher
2 Egyptian Goose

Mark Merritt

Little Owl
Courtesy of Andrew Marshall 

 

Chipping Norton: 23rd June

Chipping Norton
Barn Owl: At Swailsford Bridge Wetland, Cornwell plus Roe Deer Doe and Brown Hare. 21:50.
12 Swift 21:50.
Yellowhammer 21:50.

Steve Akers

Farmoor

Common Sandpiper - 7 on causeway

Cattle Egret - over Pinkhill 

Yellow-legged Gull - adult 

Peep-o-Day Lane

Green Sandpiper - 5 

Little Ringed Plover - 5

Lapwing - 7 

Otmoor rspb 23rd June

Glossy Ibis again at the 2nd screen

Cattle Egret c12

Marsh Harrier 2 juveniles

(K.N et al)

Glossy Ibis courtesy of Malcolm Bowey 

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 23rd June

Green Sandpiper 11 (C.O)

Key holder reserve

Otmoor rspb 22nd June

Glossy Ibis 2nd screen (per RBA)

Black-tailed Godwit over The Flood Field this evening (per Thomas Miller)

Shepherds Pit Stanton-st-John 22nd June

Black-tailed Godwit (T.M)

Mediterranean Gull 15:14 (P.C)

Colour ringed Black-tailed Godwit 
Courtesy of Thomas Miller

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 22nd June

Green Sandpiper 6

Little Egret 4

(C.O)

Key holder reserve 

Drayton Flood 22nd June

Black-tailed Godwit 2

Green Sandpiper 3

Little-ringed Plover 5

(T.W)

Viewable from the hedge north of the B4016

or from the footpath. Please don't enter the field.

Otmoor rspb 21st June

Glossy Ibis again at the 2nd screen this afternoon (per RBA)

Warburg Reserve, Bix - 21st June 2025

 Lots of juvenile activity at the pond this morning  - bathing. Raven x 2, Nuthatch x 4 (2 adult  + 2 Juv)

Blackcap x 4 (m & f + 2 juv), Goldcrest (1 adult, 1 Juv),  Marsh Tit (1 adult 1 juv), 

Chiffchaff x 9 ( 2 adult, 7 juv), Wren (1 adult, 1 juv), Bullfinch (m), Song Thrush x 3 (gathering mud),

Garden Warbler, Dunnock, Chaffinch (m & f) (Many juvenile Blue Tits, Great Tits and Robins)

Juvenile Goldcrest

Juvenile Blackcap - female

Juvenile Marsh Tit.

Otmoor rspb 20th June

Glossy Ibis 2nd screen

Little-ringed Plover 

Kingfisher

(et al)

RSPB Otmoor Thursday 19 June

Glossy Ibis 1
Common Sandpiper 1 
Cattle Egret 14
Great White Egret 2

Little Grebe 2

Common Tern 12
Spotted Flycatcher 1

Treecreeper 3

Goldcrest 2

Grasshopper Warbler 3

Bernwood Meadows: 19th June

A juvenile whitethroat in the bushes surrounding the main area of Bernwood Meadows

 

Berinsfield, 'The Wandering Kitchen at the Lake': 18th June

Berinsfield, 'The Wandering Kitchen at the Lake'
2 Oystercatcher: Calling, then seen in flight, just to E of the cafe. SU580953. 13:50.
Reed Warbler: Sporadic song from across the lake. SU579953. 13:50.

Mike Amphlett

Otmoor rspb 18th June

Glossy Ibis at the 2nd screen

Bittern

Little-ringed Plover 

Common Sandpiper 

Green Sandpiper 

Kingfisher 

(per Luke O'Byrne)

Swyncombe Down 18th June

Quail calling from the back of Swyncombe Down 16:40 (P.P)

Standlake Pit 60, 18 June am

2+ Cattle Egret
Little Egret
2-3 Common Tern
Oystercatcher
Lapwing inc post-breeding flock. Also birds still displaying territorial behaviour - for a good reason (see below).

Stephen Burch

Lapwing downy juv. Nice to see some breeding success for this struggling wader
© Stephen Burch

www.stephenburch.com

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 18th June

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake
7 Cattle Egret: On the island. Two nests I think, possibly more. 06:00.
26 Little Egret: Mainly on or around the island, a mix of adults and fledged juvs. 06:00.
10 Grey Heron 06:00.
2 Oystercatcher: two adults flying to and from the island feeding unseen young. 06:00.
29 Great Crested Grebe: at least five fledged broods and four still sitting on nests. 06:00.
Little Grebe 06:00.
40 Sand Martin: At least 40. Most around the nesting holes on the bridge. 06:00.
10 Mute Swan: with three broods of four juveniles. 06:00.
3 Reed Warbler 06:00.

Bob Pomfret