Marston Meadows: Hobby, Cuckoo, Wwift (2), Sedge Warbler
Abingdon: 4 Common Tern flew over Abingdon bridge heading upstream toward lock / Oxford at noon today. Also a few Swifts about.
Witney Area: ♀Wheatear, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail Down Valley Way; 6 Shelduck, Oystercatcher NCVW; 2 Cuckoo Rushy Common.
et al.
At least 8 Hobby over Greenaways
3 Grasshopper Warblers reeling
Lesser Whitethroat
Whitethroat, Sedge, Reed, Cetti's, Willow, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Garden warbler all in good numbers
2 Cuckoo
Matthew Lloyd
Whimbrel over NE
2 Common Sandpipers
1 Common Tern Briefly,
3 Pochard
20 Swift
Garden Warbler
Jed Cleeter, et al
Wantage: Yellow Wag flew N over Lidl car park; 6 Swift circling over Limborough Rd
Bicester Wetlands Reserve: Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank
Radley: Pair of Mandarin first thing this morning, plus Common Sand and 2 Cuckoos
Balscote Quarry: Wood Sand, Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear. Greenshank and common Sand reported.
Woodstock: 1 Glossy Ibis over
Queensford Pit: 2 Oystercatchers, 2 GCG’s, 2 Egyptian Geese, loads of Swallows and a good number of H Martins at 11:00
Cholsey: White-tailed Eagle reported over village centre 25th and 26th
et al
Greenshank,
4 Shelduck,
6 Cattle Egret dropped in briefly
Little Ringed Plover
Yellow Wagtail
et al.
Bar-headed x Emperor goose,
Great White Egret
2 Hobby
Greenshank
Cuckoo
Ruff
et al.
Oystercatcher over,
2 Shelduck f2,
2 Common Sandpiper
Yellow Wagtail causeway
Dunlin flew east
Swift over f2
2 Common Tern
Little Gull F2
Cuckoo
et al.
Alan Peters
Please note Keyholder Reserve gates could be locked at any time by Thames Water
Please note the message below from Martyn Lane of OCC:
The lock to the bird hide door is broken. As this is a specific lock for all the LWVP bird hide keys, I have to ask a particular supplier and I am not sure how long that will take. There is the bird screen and a couple of viewing points open, so I am directing people to that at the moment.
At present, the timeframe is unknown. There will be an update when there is more information.
Martyn Lane
Lower Windrush Valley and Green Infrastructure Project Manager
13 Whimbrel through
Dunlin through
2-4 Black Terns through
12 Little Gull, 11 ad + 1w
2 Hobby
Yellow Wagtail
Dave Lowe et al
Wood Sandpiper fly-through
10 Greenshank early morning before flying off
2 Little Gulls this afternoon
3 Cattle Egrets fly-through
Also
4 Shelduck
1+ Oystercatcher
3 Yellow Wagtail
3 Swift (foy)
2 Common Tern
Smattering of hirundines of all three species
Gnome & TM
4 Glossy Ibis
6 Common Terms
2 Groppers
4 Cuckoo
2 Greenshank big otmoor then flew off east,
1 Little-ringed Plover,
Whimbrel still from hide.
Swifts.
Simon Myers, Sue
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| One of two swallows sat on telephone lines in Letcombe Bassett today, my first of the year |
Hobby over Bicester Wetland briefly this lunchtime.
Greenshank still there
Lesser Whitethroat singing well
JFT
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| Sedge Warbler |
Grasshopper Warbler 2 singing males
Garden Warbler 3 singing males
Common Swift 70+
Common Tern 3
Common Sandpiper 1
Oystercatcher 1
Grey Wagtail 3 pairs - all still feeding young in nest
Common Cuckoo 1m
Great Black backed Gull 2 adults
Bar-tailed Godwit first thing only
10 Greenshank still
4 Shelduck
In Burgess Field
Garden Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Max Buckley, Thomas Miller, Gnome
4 Glossy Ibis flying over Flood Field at Otmoor this morning, visible from 2nd screen
Common Tern at 2nd screen
Whimbrel from Wetlands Watch Hide
Paul Tomlinson et al.
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| Grasshopper Warbler |
A Hoopoe on private land at Hailey yesterday but no sign today
reported via Ian Lewington
Male Bar-tailed Godwit and Whimbrel briefly then flew southeast
10 Greenshank
Bar-tailed Godwit (female so not Port Meadow bird) flew east
Whimbrel flew west
per Ewan Urquhart
Wheatear sightings across the county
6 at Sarsgrove across multiple fields (12 yesterday)
2 at White Horse Hill
1 at Letcombe Bassett
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| courtesy of George Knight |
American Golden Plover: still from the Wetland Watch Hide at 13:50
Mandarin duck flew over with 2 Shelduck
et al.
