Balscote Quarry Reserve 26th March

Little-ringed Plover 3

Lapwing

Swallow

Sand Martin 3

(C.P)

Farmoor Reservoir 26th March

Great northern Diver still 18:24 F2 (per Birdguides, Andy Last)

Rushy Common: 26th March

26th March

Rushy Common
Long-tailed Duck: Visible from the car park. 12:20.
3 Cetti's Warbler 12:40.
2 Red-crested Pochard: Pair on Tar Lake. 12:40.
5 Goldeneye 12:20.

Oliver Hedley

26th March: Lye Valley area, Oxford

 

OSPREY: one circling over the Churchill Hospital in Headington for three minutes this morning, before drifting north, an incredible patch tick! Blog post here. 

Radley GP: Thrupp Lake: 26th March

Radley GP: Thrupp Lake
2 Willow Warbler: 2 singing close to each other. 1st of year for me. 13:30.

Richard Parsons

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 26th March

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland
Stonechat: ad male. 07:59.
4 Reed Bunting 07:59.
2 Chiffchaff 07:59.
Nuthatch 07:59.
Great Spotted Woodpecker 07:59.
Jay 07:59.
2 Kestrel 07:59.

Steve Akers

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 26th March

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland
Peregrine: Circling directly overhead. 07:59.
Green Sandpiper 07:59.
Jack Snipe: NB recorded on strictly private area of the marsh NO PUBLIC ACCESS. 07:59.
7 Snipe 07:59.
Water Rail: Heard. 07:59.
3 Moorhen 07:59.
Little Egret 07:59.
3 Grey Heron 07:59.
26 Mallard 07:59.

Steve Akers

Farmoor Reservoir 26th March

Sand Martin 20+

Dunlin 1

Common Goldeneye 2

Greater Scaup 1f

Northern Cross Valley Way 25th March

Little Ringed Plover 2

Great Egret 1

Little Egret 1

Oystercatcher 3

and just down the road at Rushy Common, the male Long tailed Duck was showing well from the car park

Farmoor Reservoir 25th March

0730-1130hrs

Osprey 1  -  found by Paul Butler at 0825. It caught a sizeable Rainbow Trout from F1 which it took to eat on the perimeter track near the water works. It managed to consume the head of the fish before it was mugged by two  Carrion Crows and abandoned the fish and flew further round F1 to briefly land on the wall before flying off to the North.

The second image would appear to show the Osprey is unringed

Merlin 1f @ 0800 -flew through low over F2 making an unsuccesssful tilt at a Sand Martin before hurtling over the causeway and far end of F1 heading North.

Sand Martin 100+

European Swallow 5

Common Redshank 1

Common Goldeneye 2 (pair)

Greater Scaup 1f

Little Egret 2

Reed Bunting 8 - flock of males on F2 perimeter track were probably migrants

Day's Lock/Bishop's Court Farm - Weds 25th

BCF Scrapes 

Little Ringed Plover 2

Oystercatcher 4

Shelduck 3

Sand Martin 1

Cattle Egret 5 - Alpaca Paddocks 

Radley GP: Thrupp Lake: 25th March

Radley GP: Thrupp Lake
11 Sand Martin 15:33.

Richard Parsons

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 25th March

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland
Green Sandpiper 07:11.
Grey Heron 07:11.
Mute Swan 07:11.
18 Mallard 07:11.
Moorhen 07:11.
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull 07:11.
Blackcap 07:11.
Bullfinch: male. 07:11.
Nuthatch 07:11.
Kestrel 07:11.

Steve Akers

Henley Road GPs: 25th March

Henley Road GPs
5 Oystercatcher 09:58.
Mandarin Duck 09:58.

Hugh Netley

Farmoor Reservoir 25th March

Osprey over F1 08:25 then flew north

Merlin

Swallow

Sand Martin c100

Redshank 

Scaup f

(per Paul Butler, Ewan Urquhart)

Song Thrush courtesy of Andy Pullen

 

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 24th March

2 Green Sandpiper 07:04.
3 Snipe 07:04.
Swallow: FOY - flying SW over the marsh. 07:04.
2 Chiffchaff 07:04.
4 Teal 07:04.
33 Mallard 07:04.
Moorhen 07:04.
2 Mute Swan 07:04.
2 Canada Goose 07:04.
Grey Heron 07:04.
2 Cormorant: Over. 07:04.
Black-headed Gull 07:04.
17 Redwing 07:04.
3 Mistle Thrush 07:04.
5 Song Thrush 07:04.
Pied Wagtail 07:04.
7 Reed Bunting 07:04.
Meadow Pipit 07:04.
8 Goldfinch 07:04.
Kestrel 07:04.

Steve Akers

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 24th March

Sedge Warbler singing along the bridleway by Big Otmoor. 08:58 (Steve Roby)

Grey Plover on The Flood field until 08:11 then flew north

Golden Plover 28

Black-tailed Godwit 2 16:46

Little-ringed Plover 3

Redshank 10

Curlew 2

Marsh Harrier 2

Bittern

Great white Egret 2 (per Dave Lowe)

Swallow

(T.M, M.B)

Distant Grey Plover courtesy of Thomas Miller 

Grimsbury Reservoir 24th March

Swallow 2

Sand Martin 15

Peregrine 

(per Kevin Heath et al)

Rushy Common 24th March

Long-tailed Duck male still present this morning (per Birdguides)

Red-crested Pochards West Oxon courtesy of Mark Chivers 

 

Farmoor Reservoir 24th March

Osprey over Pinkhill heading east 07:58 

Redshank on causeway 

Scaup f on F1

(per Paul Butler et al)

Corn Bunting Wantage courtesy of Brian Walker 

 

Lowbury Hill, nr Churn Farm: 22nd March

22nd March

Lowbury Hill, nr Churn Farm
3 Raven: Calling heard for 10 mins, finally seen low over fields twrds Lowbury Hill/Juniper valley area. Almost certainly crossing boundary between Oxon and Berks. SU523822. 16:00.

Churn Farm
2 Stonechat: Both males, one in scrub nr the grey Barn/House, another just West along the concrete road on power wires. SU5282. 16:30.

Mike Amphlett

Port Meadow: 23rd March

Port Meadow
3 Little Ringed Plover
2 Shelduck
3 Pintail
 

Ben Sheldon

Blenheim 23rd March

Red-crested Pochard - pair on Queen Pool.

Oystercatcher - 3 briefly this morning.

Fieldfare - a flock of approximately 120 feeding in a field in the north west of the estate.

Crossbill - 1

The Queen Pool island is busy with egrets once again.

Rushy Common 23rd March

Long-tailed Duck male still present this morning (per Paul Willis)

Courtesy of Paul Willis 

Otmoor rspb 23rd March

AMERICAN WIGEON drake still on The Flood field 17:07 (per Steve Violette)

Avocet 2 on Big Otmoor 13:52

Glossy Ibis 2 on Big Otmoor 

Bittern

(per Steve Roby et al)

Above & below courtesy of Pete Roby 

Farmoor Reservoir 23rd March

Mediterranean Gull 2 2cy & ad in field opposite Farmoor Stores 10:12

Little Gull 2cy

Scaup f

Sand Martin 

(per Dave Lowe et al)

Courtesy of Dave Lowe

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 23rd March

2 Green Sandpiper: Two now present and feeding in the centre of the wetland. 09:12.
2 Lapwing 09:12.
Little Egret 09:12.
2 Grey Heron 09:12.
Snipe 09:12.
3 Teal 09:12.
19 Mallard 09:12.
Mute Swan 09:12.
2 Grey Wagtail 09:12.
3 Reed Bunting 09:12.
2 Yellowhammer: ad pair. 09:12.
3 Skylark 09:12.
Nuthatch 09:12.
8 Goldfinch 09:12.
7 Wren 09:12.
Great Spotted Woodpecker 09:12.
2 Kestrel 09:12.

Steve Akers

Grimsbury Res 22nd March

Both Wheatear and Swallow from Grimbsbury Res this morning.

Aston Upthorpe: 22nd March

Aston Upthorpe
Wheatear 15:44.

John Taylor

Port Meadow: 22nd March

Port Meadow
Little Ringed Plover
5 Sand Martin
2 Oystercatcher
2 Shelduck

Adam Hartley, Thomas Miller, Steve Sansom

Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane: 22nd March

Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane
2 Little Ringed Plover: SU496939. 15:30.

Beryl Tillin

Grimsbury Reservoir 22nd March

Swallow

Sand Martin 2

Wheatear 12:04

08:09 (JFT et al)

Wheatear courtesy of Edwin Barson 

Otmoor rspb 22nd March

Glossy Ibis 12:42 on Big Otmoor (G.L)

Rushy Common 22nd March

Long-tailed Duck male still present (per Birdguides)

Balscote Quarry Reserve 22nd March

Wheatear male 12:04 

Green Sandpiper 

Little-ringed Plover 

(M.P et al)

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 22nd March

Green Sandpiper 07:41.
Little Egret 07:41.
3 Teal 07:41.
26 Mallard 07:41.
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull 07:41.
Black-headed Gull 07:41.
8 Reed Bunting 07:41.
2 Yellowhammer 07:41.
2 Chiffchaff 07:41.
2 Red Kite: pair. Copulating in tree - much mewing. 07:41.
2 Kestrel 07:41.
2 Buzzard 07:41.
4 Long-tailed Tit 07:41.
5 Wren 07:41.
2 Song Thrush 07:41.

Steve Akers

Devil's Punchbowl: 22nd March

Devil's Punchbowl
2 Wheatear

Mark Merritt

Rushy Common 21st March

Long-tailed Duck male again from the screen (per Birdguides)

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 21st March

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland
Green Sandpiper 08:05.
Little Egret 08:05.
2 Grey Heron 08:05.
14 Mallard: First ducklings of the year - 8 seen with mother on the wetland. 08:05.
Black-headed Gull 08:05.
Lesser Black-backed Gull 08:05.
2 Grey Wagtail 08:05.
Reed Bunting 08:05.
Fieldfare 08:05.

Steve Akers

Blenheim 21st March

Sand Martins gathering nest material around the Grand Bridge.

Otmoor: 21st March

Otmoor
American Wigeon: Still present on the Flood Field at 18:00. 18:00.

Felix Bird

Lower Shiplake: 21st March

Lower Shiplake
4 Raven: Feeding on polo field. 14:00.
5 Chiffchaff: All birds seen or heard on our walk round. 14:00.

Ralph Watts

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 19th March

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake
3 Egyptian Goose
115 Canada Goose
145 Greylag Goose
2 Oystercatcher: On the island.
3 Mute Swan
7 Cormorant
17 Great Crested Grebe
7 Lesser Black-backed Gull
7 Sand Martin

Bob Pomfret

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 19th March

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake
2 Cattle Egret: Apparently nesting on the island agan.
7 Little Egret: on the island.
13 Grey Heron: 13 nests at least on the island.
4 Shoveler
52 Tufted Duck
245 Mallard
50 Coot
14 Moorhen

Bob Pomfret

Farmoor Reservoir 21st March

Cattle Egret 1

Common Sandpiper 1

Common Snipe 3

Dunlin 1

Tawny Owl 1 calling male 

Common Goldeneye 2 pair

Blackcap 2 singing males

Cetti's Warbler 2

Common Chiffchaff  widespread

Port Meadow: 21st March

Port Meadow
Black-tailed Godwit
2 Little Ringed Plover
3 Great White Egret
4 Oystercatcher
2 Lesser Redpoll: In the usual place by the canal near Aristotle Lane.

Adam Hartley, Jacek S

Oxford 21st March

Black Redstart male still present 09:00 on and around Christ Church college (per Luke O'Byrne)

Radley GP: 21st March

Radley GP
Swallow: FOY here. 07:45.
Sand Martin 07:45.
2 Oystercatcher 07:45.
Egyptian Goose 07:45.
Raven 07:45.
Water Rail: Heard. 07:45.
Lesser Redpoll: Song-flight. 07:45.

Ian Elkins

Otmoor rspb 21st March

AMERICAN WIGEON still present on The Flood field 07:18 (J.S)

Glossy Ibis 2 (D.L)

Bletchingdon: 21st March

Bletchingdon
2 Mandarin Duck: Pair seen in flight twice - prospecting?. SP510181. 07:53.

David Watkinson

Day's Lock/Bishop's Court Farm - Fri 20th

Swallow 1

Cattle Egret 5

Little Egret 1

Shelduck 3

Oystercatcher 3

Shoveler 28

Wigeon c180

Teal c100

Cetti's Warbler 1

Curlew 1 on the 18th.

Marsh Baldon 20th March

Cranes 2 flying high over Marsh Baldon at 4pm heading NW (general direction of Kennington).

(per Ben Carpenter)

Rushy Common 20th March

Long-tailed Duck male from viewing screen (per Birdguides)

Otmoor rspb 20th March

Glossy Ibis 2 

Osprey reported 

(per Birdguides)

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 20th March

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland
Green Sandpiper 12:42.
2 Snipe 12:42.
Shoveler: drk. 12:42.
31 Mallard 12:42.
Water Rail: Heard. 12:42.
Moorhen 12:42.
2 Grey Heron 12:42.
2 Stonechat: pair. 12:42.
6 Reed Bunting 12:42.
2 Grey Wagtail 12:42.
2 Pied Wagtail 12:42.
Chiffchaff 12:42.
Great Spotted Woodpecker 12:42.
2 Kestrel 12:42.
3 Buzzard 12:42.
3 Red Kite 12:42.

Steve Akers

Cholsey: 20th March

Cholsey
Oystercatcher: On the flood next to Wallingford Road, with 1 lapwing and 8 teal. All birds had gone by 10.30am. 10:00.

Michael Pocock

Port Meadow 20th March

Little-ringed Plover along the northern edge of flood 

Sand Martin 

(T.M)

Balscote Quarry 20th March

Little-ringed Plover 

Green Sandpiper 

Shoveler 7

Wigeon 2

(et al)