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

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 15th October

Whinchat 09:10.
3 Stonechat 09:10.
6 Skylark 09:10.
24 Teal 09:10.
2 Mute Swan 09:10.
3 Snipe 09:10.
2 Grey Heron 09:10.
11 Black-headed Gull 09:10.

Steve Akers

Henley Road GPs: 15th October

4 Mandarin Duck 13:00.

Marek Walford

Charlbury 14th Oct

Leucistic Magpie

 

Farmoor Reservoir 15th October

Grey Phalarope on the eastern end of F2 causeway, 13:11

Rock Pipit. 

Drake Scaup SW corner F2

(DL)

East Oxford 11th/12th October

Hoopoe reported in private garden in east Oxford for a second day on Monday.

(per Birdguides)

Farmoor Reservoir 14th October

Grey Phalarope still present 16:37 in S/E corner of F2 (per Paul Willis et al)

Rock Pipit

Common Sandpiper 

(JK)

Courtesy of Paul Willis.

Henley Road GPs: 14th October

Great White Egret 14:30.
6 Mandarin Duck 14:30.

Mick Hannington

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 14th October

4 Stonechat: 3m; 1f. M&F on the Wetland; 2M beside small lake nr the Marsh. 12:14.
3 Meadow Pipit 12:14.
4 Mute Swan 12:14.
Grey Heron 12:14.
Kestrel 12:14.

Steve Akers

Henley-on-Thames: 14th October

3 Peregrine: Adult & juv females together on West Tower with male ( possible juv ) on s/e ( roadside ) wall between 9.30-10am when fog began to clear....lots of calling to each other too. SU762826. 11:39.
15 Egyptian Goose: SU762826. 11:39.

Michael Hubbard

Boars Hill: Old Berkley Golf Course: 14th October

6 Redwing: Feeding in Hawthorn on the slopes.

Adam Hartley 

 

Trinity Park Banbury 14th October

Black Redstart 08:04 at the entrance from Powys Grove/Trinity Close

(per Robert Pringle)

Farmoor Reservoir: 13th October

Grey Phalarope Seen along eastern side of F2 south of the main car park. 15:17
2 Yellow-legged Gull 14:00.

(Oliver Hedley, Steve Violette)

Goldeneye m F2 (JB)

Otmoor rspb 12th October

 

Bittern 
All photos courtesy of Paul Wyeth 

All photos courtesy of Paul Wyeth 

Grimsbury Reservoir: 13th October

Rock Pipit still present (per Clive Payne)

Henley Road GPs: 13th October

Great White Egret 09:30.

Mick Hannington

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 12th October

4 Green Sands, 10 Snipe and 4 Grey Wagtails BWR early afternoon (JT)

Key Holder Reserve 

Courtesy of Patrick Gulka 

Pit 60 Standlake 12th October

Great white Egret 20 17:18 (AL)

Key Holder Reserve 

Kingston Bagpuize: 12th October

35 Golden Plover: Over fields at the bottom of the Hanney Road. 16:10.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor Reservoir 12th October

Grey Phalarope along the causeway 15:56 (PB et al)

Above & below courtesy of Steve Liptrot 11/10

Grimsbury Reservoir 12th October

Rock Pipit reported in N/W corner 15:04

Henley Road GPs: 12th October

10 Mandarin Duck 13:18.

Marek Walford

Sonning Eye GPs: 12th October

Yellow-legged Gull: ad. 13:03.

Marek Walford

Boars Hill: Old Berkley Golf Course: 12th October

Stonechat: f.

Adam Hartley

Otmoor rspb 11th October

Short-eared Owl (per Birdguides)

Stonesfield Common 11th October

Stonechat courtesy of Paul Wren

Farmoor 11th October 2026

Common Sandpiper on F2 in addition to the Grey Phalarope and Dunlin this evening.

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 11th October

6 Mandarin Duck: Close to Grand Bridge.
Great White Egret
5 Little Egret
Pochard: male.
10 Shoveler
2 Swallow

Bob Pomfret

11th October; Farmoor Reservoir

14:30-15:30 F2

Grey Phalarope

Dunlin

Farmoor Reservoir 11th October

Grey Phalarope still present F2 along the causeway 15:45 + Dunlin 

 (JT et al)

Caspuan Gull 2 ad & 1sw amongst F2 roost 17:50 (TM)

Cassington GPs 11th October

Visit for WeBS, no general access.

Pochard - 21

Great white Egret - 3

Green Sandpiper - 3

Lapwing - 5

Caspian Gull - 1 adult.

Redwing - 2