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Wednesday, 1 July 2026

Otmoor rspb 1st July

Quail calling 16:39 (per Birdguides)

Farmoor Reservoir 1st July





Black tailed Godwit 1 adult summer - on F2 side of causeway at western end
Common Sandpiper 1
Common Tern 3
Egyptian Goose 4
Little Egret 5





Dunsden Green: 1st July

Redstart: SU730774. 14:45.

Ralph Watts

1 Jul 2026 15:06

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 1st July

Green Sandpiper 9 this morning (C.O, S.G)

Key holder reserve.

Drayton Flood adjacent to B4016 1st July

Little-ringed Plover 5
Green Sandpiper 2
Lapwing 16

(per Steve Violette)



Blewbury 1st July

Quail calling distantly in barley field Woodway/Ridgeway 11:25 (per Ewan Urquhart)

Farmoor Reservoir 1st July

Black-tailed Godwit still present at western end of the causeway 12:34 
Common Tern 3
Little Egret 5

(per Ewan Urquhart)

Courtesy of Brian Walker 


New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 1st July

Cuckoo: Marston Hamms. 07:30.

Steve Jennings

1 Jul 2026 09:07

Tuesday, 30 June 2026

Pudlicote: 30th June

Great White Egret 16:23.
Lesser Black-backed Gull 16:23.
4 Moorhen 16:23.
2 Skylark 16:23.
5 Swift 16:23.
11 House Martin 16:23.
50 Rook 16:23.
60 Jackdaw 16:23.
2 Kestrel 16:23.
2 Buzzard 16:23.

Steve Akers

30 Jun 2026 23:26

Chinnor: Cement Works: 30th June

Common Sandpiper: East side of Lake 2b. 10:30.
2 Egyptian Goose: Lake 2b. 10:30.

David Stracey

30 Jun 2026 22:08

Otmoor rspb 30th June

Quail calling audible from The Wetlands Watch hide 16:47 (per Birdguides)

Dunsden Green: 30th June

Redstart: fem. Along the hedge running into the field from the sharp corner by the church. SU731774. 18:00.

Marek Walford

30 Jun 2026 18:01

Standlake Pit 60: 30th June

5 Black-tailed Godwit: Full summer plumage. 15:32.

Anthony Roberts

30 Jun 2026 15:33

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 29th June

Hobby: Second record this year. 11:58.
Kestrel 11:58.
5 Lapwing: On the Wetland - consistent presence for over a week now. 11:58.
12 Reed Bunting: Across the Marsh. 11:58.
5 Sedge Warbler 11:58.
3 Swift 11:58.
Swallow 11:58.

Steve Akers

30 Jun 2026 00:40

 

Garden Warbler BWR courtesy of Pat Galka 

Monday, 29 June 2026

Farmoor Reservoir 29th June

Common Sandpiper 11 c20:45 (per Andy Last)

Oxford: Summertown: 29th June

40 Ring-necked Parakeet: Pre-roost congregation, at least 40, noisy and active more coming in in small groups as I left. In birch trees in grounds of bowls club - best viewed from alley linking Cherwell school to Ferry pool. Actual roost tree/s not confirmed but perhaps the group of cypresses just to the north at the corner of Summer Fields school playing fields. Exact location at https://ebird.org/checklist/S365495483 . 21:00.

Tom Evans

29 Jun 2026 22:04

Sonning Common: 29th June

15 Swift 21:49.

Ian Young

29 Jun 2026 21:50

Henley-on-Thames: 29th June

Peregrine: fem. Female calling and carrying prey from Northfield End back towards the church. Garden Tick. 19:05.

Ashley Stow

29 Jun 2026 19:32

Henley-on-Thames: 29th June

Peregrine: St Mary's Church Tower. 14:20.

Ralph Watts

29 Jun 2026 18:03

Warburg Reserve: 29th June

Bullfinch: m. Seen from Hide drinking from pond. 12:55.
Blackcap: f. From hide. 12:55.

Ralph Watts

29 Jun 2026 17:44

Sunday, 28 June 2026

Farmoor 28th June

 Common Tern x 3 were feeding over F2

Egyptian Goose x 2 

Common Whitethroat and Cuckoo are still singing at Pinkhill.

Yellow Legged Gulls are increasing in number including beautiful adult summer birds.

Great Back Backed Gull



Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 28th June

4 Lapwing: All of us involved in the restoration of this wetland have been delighted to see these four Lapwing present here for the past week. We hope they will stay and eventually breed here. 15:03.
2 Blackcap 15:03.
Whitethroat 15:03.
Long-tailed Tit 15:03.
2 Red Kite: Resident pair. 15:03.

Steve Akers

28 Jun 2026 17:08

Otmoor rspb 28th June

Quail h on Big Otmoor early afternoon (M)

Friday, 26 June 2026

Farmoor 26th

8pm-9:30pm

Temmincks stint. Appeared to fly in calling at 8:15. 
Flew high to the east and lost to view at 21:15. 

Oystercatcher
Curlew
Redshank 
Shelduck

Also lesser emperor dragonfly



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Farmoor Reservoir: 26th June

Temminck's Stint: On F1 causeway till 21:15 when flew high to the East
Redshank
Yellow-legged Gull: ad.
Shelduck

Andy Last, Adam Hartley et al

26 Jun 2026 22:06

Kings Lock: 26th June

Barn Owl: Flying with vole in talons. 21:41.
Grasshopper Warbler: Reeling. 21:41.

Matthew Lloyd

26 Jun 2026 21:42

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 26th June

Green Sandpiper 08:59.
9 Lapwing 08:59.
Grey Heron 08:59.
Black-headed Gull 08:59.
9 Reed Bunting 08:59.
5 Sedge Warbler 08:59.
3 Whitethroat 08:59.
Swift 08:59.

Steve Akers

27 Jun 2026 18:06

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 25th June

2 Raven: ad pair. Flew over. 10:57.
2 Lapwing: Back on the wetland. 10:57.
Little Egret 10:57.
2 Grey Heron 10:57.
Black-headed Gull 10:57.
Green Woodpecker 10:57.
Yellowhammer 10:57.
Whitethroat 10:57.
4 Blackcap 10:57.

Steve Akers

26 Jun 2026 08:31

Thursday, 25 June 2026

Stoke Row: 25th June

Hobby: Hawking over Ash & Lime trees in Neals Farm fields scattering the Swallows. A complete first sighting for me on the Chilterns. 18:32.

John Taylor

25 Jun 2026 18:35

Ipsden: 24th June

2 Quail: went to listen to the quail from yesterday, turns out there are two males calling from either side of the path. 22:09.

Allen Luedtke

25 Jun 2026 11:23

Bloxham 25th June

Quail calling 03:00 (per Sandra Bletchly)

Oxford: Magdalen College: 25th June

3 Tawny Owl: m, f and juv. Heard only. 2 adults and 1, possibly, 2 young. 02:30.

Nick Suckling

25 Jun 2026 04:38