Farmoor Reservoir 15th October

Caspian Gull ad this evening (per RBA).

Chimney Meadows BBOWT 15th October

Marsh Harrier 

Great white Egret 

Stonechat 4

Wildfowl numbers building up slowly 

(P.P)

Ring-necked Parakeet Cumnor 
Courtesy of Steve Liptrot.

Bicester Wetland Reserve 15th October

300 Teal highest count of the autumn so far
18 Moorhen
2 Cetti's Warbler
2 Little Egret

A Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Port Meadow: 15th October

Port Meadow
250 Barnacle Goose
Snow Goose: Probably the usual feral Ross's Goose tho very distant.
3 Red-head Goosander

Also, 
4 Lapwing
Increasing build up of Wigeon, Teal and Shoveller

Adam Hartley, Phil Barnett

Cutteslowe: Cutteslowe Park: 15th October

Cutteslowe: Cutteslowe Park
4 Hawfinch: Landed on island and adjacent trees for around five minutes then flew off south together. 09:20.

Nicholas Boyd

Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane: 14th October

14th October

Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane
Green Sandpiper 17:00.
Stonechat: fem. 17:00.
8 Redwing: Dropped in late pm. 17:00.
Kingfisher 17:00.
Little Egret 17:00.

Abingdon: Abingdon Sewage Farm
3 Blackcap: fem. 16:00.
6 Chiffchaff: Very quiet around SF. 16:00.
4 Treecreeper 16:00.

Jed Cleeter

Oxford 14th October

Yellow-browed Warbler in garden on Sunningwell Road 11:03-11:25 and showing well (per Dave Lowe).

Curbridge: 13th October

Curbridge
4 Green Sandpiper: Down from 6 yesterday. Remarkably, the field has almost drained overnight. 16:39.

Mick Cunningham

Shifford: 13th October

Shifford
415 Lesser Black-backed Gull: Ploughed field. No sniff of a caspian and only 4 herrng. 16:35.
12 Yellow-legged Gull 16:35.
3 Great White Egret: In trees on flood opposite church. Forsaken pit 60 as too deep. 16:35.

Mick Cunningham

Thame Oxon/Bucks 13th October

Whooper Swan 2 on flooding adjacent to the A418 (C.S). Still present and viewable distantly 16:47 (Badger) then from Shabbington (Nick Marriner).

Great white Egret (N.M).

Standlake Pit 60: 13th October

Standlake Pit 60
26 Pintail: Overnight increase. Water up again, near to over topping wellies on access lane! 13:25.

Mick Cunningham

Appleford: Appleford GP: 13th October

Appleford: Appleford GP
12 Grey Partridge 10:30.

William Lester

Port Meadow 13th October

Golden Plover 100+

Snipe 

Great white Egret 

Little Egret 

Swallow 13+

(per D Williams)

Ross's Goose (per Phil Barnett)

Worsham: 13th October

Worsham
3 Stonechat: new in, as I checked this spot yesterday. Was hoping for vis mig but -20 redwings south. There were more redwings at Pit 60, dropping in from the west ahead of a shower. 08:09.
14 Corn Bunting: farmer has just cut a (cover?) crop. 08:09.

Mick Cunningham

Childrey: Childrey Field: 12th October

Childrey: Childrey Field
Merlin: fem. Hunting from small bush. 17:00.
8 Grey Partridge 17:00.

Jed Cleeter

Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill: 12th October

12th October

Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill
364 Redwing: Through S & SW this morning. 09:00.
2 Swallow: Flew South. 08:00.
500 Golden Plover: At least, west of us and then split into smaller flocks, smaller flocks also pm. 08:25.
15 Lapwing: Flock dropped in east of us. 13:30.
Peregrine: fem. Imm bird hunting. 09:00.
300 Skylark: Flocks moving through all morning. 09:00.
16 Stonechat: Groups of 4,4 & 8 visible at the same time in general area. Could have been more. 09:00.
150 Meadow Pipit: At least, birds moving through all morning in small flocks. 09:00.
300 Linnet: Flocks moving through all morning inc 1 of 100+ and birds feeding too. 09:00.
60 Corn Bunting: At least. 09:00.

Jed Cleeter

Pied Wagtails at Farmoor 
Courtesy of Steve Liptrot.

 

Curbridge: 12th October

Curbridge
5 Green Sandpiper: Distant. 16:42.

Mick Cunningham

Ardley ERF 12th October

Pochard - 1 drake on quarry lake. Site first for me.

Teal - 20

Little Egret - 2

Green Sandpiper - 1

Yellow-legged gull - 2

Wootton nr Woodstock: 12th October

Wootton nr Woodstock
25 Swallow: Large group 25+ feeding over my garden this morning . 10:00.

Trevor Young

12th October

Large numbers of Redwings reported this morning through the county (et al).

Standlake Pit 60: 11th October

Standlake Pit 60
5 Pintail: At dusk. Wellies definitely needed to access the site. 20:57.
Marsh Harrier: juv. 20:57.

Mick Cunningham

Fyfield Wick: 11th October

11th October

Fyfield Wick
Rock Pipit: Flew low South Calling. 16:55.
Swallow: A very sluggish looking Juv moved slowly SE. 07:30.
Lesser Redpoll: Flew South calling early doors. 07:15.
3 Siskin: 2 singles through calling am and 1 pm. 10:15.
64 Meadow Pipit: Through South in small flocks am. 10:15.
81 Stock Dove: Some through am but over 60 in an hour around 17:00 in flocks of 4-12 on passage. 17:00.
38 Skylark: Through South am in small flocks. 10:00.
16 Jay: Some interesting passage of small groups of 3's & 4's travelling high am & 2 dropped in from height pm. 10:00.
Yellowhammer: Flew SE. 10:00.
2 Blackcap: male. Feeding on berries next to garden. 10:00.

Jed Cleeter

Sonning Eye GPs: 11th October

Sonning Eye GPs
Nuthatch 14:30.
2 Egyptian Goose 14:30.
4 Long-tailed Tit 14:30.
2 Little Egret 14:30.
Buzzard 14:30.

Ralph Watts

Warneford Meadow Oxford 10th October

Yellow-browed Warbler still present (per Mark Merritt et al).

Port Meadow: 10th October

Yellow Wagtail: Over South calling. 08:00.

Firecrest: Heard distinctive calling in Burgess Field and seen briefly with Long-tailed Tit flock. 08:00.
82 Barnacle Goose 08:54.
2 Egyptian Goose: Adults. 08:54.
2 Redwing: Over. 08:54.
43 Shoveler: On flood. 08:54.
Siskin: Over calling. 08:54.
Stonechat: Male South of flood. 08:54.
25 Teal 08:54.
43 Wigeon: Calling. 08:54.

Will Scarratt

Otmoor rspb 10th October

Spotted Redshank at 1st screen c11:57

Glossy Ibis still present 8/10

(et al)

Fyfield Wick: 10th October

10th October

Fyfield Wick
3 Tree Sparrow: Flying high South and then turned SE over my house, 1 bird closely following 2 and constantly calling. 09:32.
Snipe: Flew high West. 09:20.
2 Golden Plover: Flew high South. 09:23.
Chiffchaff: male. Singing near garden. 09:23.

Jed Cleeter

Otmoor rspb 9th October

Spotted Redshank still present 15:50 at the 1st screen (per Luke O'Byrne).

Courtesy of Luke O'Byrne.

Port Meadow: 9th October

9th October

Port Meadow
Yellow-browed Warbler: Two calls briefly heard from Burgess Field gate - bird possibly in Trap Grounds Allotments. 10:30.
Mediterranean Gull: 1w. In gull roost with black headed gulls. 17:20.

Thomas Miller

Warneford Meadow Oxford 9th October

Yellow-browed Warbler still present 15:58 (per Steve Sansom).

Osney: Osney Island: 9th October

Osney: Osney Island
Siskin: My first of autumn over East calling. 09:28.
12 Meadow Pipit: Calling over west. 09:28.
Raven: Heard calling. 09:28.

Will Scarratt

Islip: 9th October

Islip
Great White Egret: One on the flooded field next to the bridge. SP528139. 14:45.

David Brown

Old marston: 9th October

Old marston
Great White Egret: Seen from the terrace of the Victoria Arms pub walking along the cherwell River bank. SP520090. 14:03.

Andrew Siantonas