Chinnor: Cement Works: 22nd October

Stonechat: Male along the west side of Lake 2b. 12:00.

David Stracey

Devil's Punchbowl: 22nd October

Stonechat: m. 13:38.
120 Redwing: Moving through flying W parallel with Ridgeway. 13:38.
7 Skylark 13:38.
Meadow Pipit 13:38.
Sparrowhawk 13:38.

Steve Akers

Farmoor Reservoir: 22nd October

Common Sandpiper: Along far side of F2. 15:37.

Richard Parsons

Farmoor Reservoir 22nd October

Black Redstart 1+ still present along the causeway 10:22 (PB)

Farmoor Reservoir: 21st October

     2 Black Redstarts West end of the causeway plus 1 Rock Pipit

Farmoor Reservoir: 21st October

2 Black Redstart: m. F1 side of causeway wall W from hide between stone blocks still present 15:00
40 Barnacle Goose: Flew over, S to N. 14:39.

(Gray Burfoot et al)

Toot Baldon: 20th October

Brambling: m. Visited garden feeders with goldfinches and greenfinches. SU565999. 13:37.

Paul Torevell

Courtesy of Paul Torevell 

Farmoor Reservoir 20th October

Rock Pipit 2 on the causeway 

No sign of the Slavonian Grebe by 12:30

(M)

Shellingford: 19th October

Brambling: Heard calling in Chaffinch flock on a farm with no general access. 15:00.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor Reservoir 19th October

Courtesy of Ben Sheldon 

Slavonian Grebe on F2 15:48 (per Jeremy Dexter et al)

Rock Pipit along causeway  15:49

Little Gull ad F1 16:34

Marsh Harrier over

(TM)

Sandford-on-Thames: 19th October

Fieldfare: High over heading W, cackling. 08:30.

D Moden

Barn Owl courtesy of Jason Hornblow 

 

New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 19th October

Brambling: Marston Hamms. First of winter on the patch. 07:52.

Steve Jennings

Farmoor 18th October evening

Little Gull 4 (juv, 2 x 1st w, ad) (per TM)

Common Gull 30

Yellow-legged Gull 20

Farmoor 18th October

 The Rock Pipit was on the Causeway and also on the far south side of F2 (raising the possibility of 2 birds).

Water Rail showed at Pinkhill.

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 18th October

Green Sandpiper 10:00.
25 Snipe 10:00.
13 Lapwing 10:00.
2 Grey Heron 10:00.
9 Teal 10:00.
Barnacle Goose: Lone bird believe part of feral Oxon population. 10:00.
5 Stonechat: 4m 1f. 10:00.
14 Meadow Pipit 10:00.
21 Redwing: First of winter flying over. 10:00.
2 Kestrel 10:00.

Steve Akers

Standlake Pit 60: 18th October

7 Great White Egret 16:30.
Marsh Harrier: fem. 16:30.
185 Cormorant 16:30.

Ian Elkins

Dorchester: Days Lock: 18th October

2 Great White Egret: Church Farm Backwaters. 12:00.
Cattle Egret: With Cattle by Church Farm Backwaters. 12:00.
2 Egyptian Goose 13:00.

Oliver Hedley

LWGPs: 18th October

Dix Pit: Scaup 1m, GW Egret 1, Pintail 2. Rushy Common: Green Sandpiper 1, Peregrine 1, Stonechat 3. Cote: Grey Partridge 3

Chimney: Chimney Meadows: 18th October

Great White Egret
7 Cattle Egret

Mark Merritt

Farmoor Reservoir 18rh October

Rock Pipit along the causeway (per Birdguides)

Cutteslowe: Cutteslowe Park: 18th October

Brambling: fem. SP513102. 11:20.

Nicholas Boyd

Wantage 17th October

Fem type Merlin and Fem Marsh Harrier Chain Hill Wantage

(JC)

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II: 17th October

Goshawk: made two fast passes low over F2 and an aerial 'dance' with a crow before leaving to the south. 10:00.
Yellow-legged Gull 10:00.
Barnacle Goose: with greylags feeding on grassy bank. 10:00.

Anthony Cheke

Farmoor 17th October 2026

 

Yellow Legged Gull 

Great Black Backed Gull

Rock Pipit on F2

Barton Oxford: 17th October

2 Stonechat: 1f 1m. Pair of stonechats. SP555087. 15:14.

Lucy Murfett

Standlake, pit 60: 17th October

Black-tailed Godwit 1, Ruff 1, Great White Egret 9, Redpoll 1 over, Redwing c40

Clifton 17th October

Cattle Egret 2 in the valley below Wharf farm near Clifton 11:10 (SB)

Farmoor Reservoir: 17th October

No sign of the Grey Phalarope 

Black-tailed Godwit: juv. yellow-legged gull, great cormorant, 3 little grebes, 6 great crested grebes, 2 meadow pipits. 09:00.

Ben Gray

Courtesy of Brian Walker 

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II & Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor I: 16th October

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II
Grey Phalarope: south east corner still. 15:30.

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor I
Common Sandpiper: far eastern end of causeway. 16:00.

Alan Horsley

Chinnor: 16th October

Stonechat: Female along Donkey lane. SP761007. 15:45.

David Stracey

Nuffield 16th October

Unconfirmed report of White-tailed Eagle over Nuffield heading N/W c13:30.

Farmoor Reservoir 16th October

Grey Phalarope still present 14:06 in S/E corner of F2 (CO)

Dix Pit: 16th October

Scaup 1m

Oxford 16th October

Hoopoe reportedly still in private garden in east Oxford (per Birdguides)

Wantage: Yew Down & Ardington: 11th October

Wantage: Yew Down
3 Raven

Ardington
Firecrest

Mark Merritt