Unfortunately one of our Key Holders has snapped their key in the BOS padlock. This means that if you visit the reserve out of normal Thames Water working hours 07.30 to 15.30 Monday to Friday you could get locked in by a Thames Water employee.
We hope to have a new padlock with 7 to 10 days that takes you key.
Alan Peters
No sign of Stilt on Otmoor this morning between 7-9 am. Greenshank and wood sand still. Per Tom Wickens
Message from Martyn Lane of the LWVP:
The lock on the Rushy Common hide door has been fixed and so the hide is now open.
Shelduck - 1
Pintail - pair on quarry briefly before flying east.
Little Ringed Plover - 5
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| Courtesy of Dave Murphy |
Black-winged Stilt still at the new Noke Pool at 10:30am
Also
Wood Sandpiper
Paul Willis
1 Little Ringed Plover briefly causeway,
Oystercatcher,
multiple Common Sandpiperss,
1 Common Tern,
Swifts and Hirundines,
1 Yellow Wagtail
Also "mixed singer" Willow Warbler
Simon Myers
2 Grey Plover briefly on causeway early morning
Sanderling on causeway
Whimbrel heard farmoor.
2 Greenshanks reported earlier
In the evening:
1 Dunlin
6+ Common Sandpiper,
2 Common Terns
et al.
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| Sanderling courtesy of Carl Salmon |
Down Valley Way, Witney: 2 Hobby
Ardley Quarry: 3 Greenshank at W end of Ardley Quarry lake
Cornwell Marsh: Marsh Harrier
et al.
The Black-winged Stilt still this morning on the new pool by Noke Farm. Viewed from either the Noke path or from the start of the bridleway.
Still present 12:15pm
Also
Greenshank still on Big Otmoor
Wood Sandpiper on Big Otmoor
Wayne Bull et al
At Farmoor at 6.00 PM today from the Causeway there were 4 Dunlin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 juvenile Grey Wagtail and 1 Common Tern on F1.
Black-winged Stilt
On new pool by path to Noke at 16:00
Earlier in north west corner of Big Otmoor though surprisingly difficult to see 15:03
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| Wood Sand location |
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| Courtesy of Andy Brown |
Ring Ouzel in car par
Wood Sandpiper mid way along west of Ashgrave (not viewable from hide)
Greenshank & 3 Little Ringed Plover on Big Otmoor
3 Whimbrel on Ashgrave
20 Hobbies
Max Buckley et al.
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| Photo courtesy of Max Buckley |
Lesser Whitethroat this morning (FOY here), plus Common Sand and a pair of Common Terns
Ian Elkins
2 Arctic Terns F2
Dunlin on causeway
4 Common Sand,
4 Yellow Wags
Conor Mackenzie et al
Marston Meadows: Hobby, Cuckoo, Swift (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.
Radley GPs: Nightingale again, Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Terns, Cuckoo, Raven
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
