Daisy Bank & Abingdon: 18th June

2 Swift: Only second sighting so far this year, pair chasing over rooftops. SU508979. 11:10.

Paul Watson

18 Jun 2026 11:12

Chinnor: Chinnor Hill: 17th June

Spotted Flycatcher: Fourth trip to find it 19:30.

Mark Mckeown

17 Jun 2026 20:24

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 16th June

2 Red-crested Pochard: Pair back together but no juvenile.
10 Cattle Egret: Very much an estimated total. Mix of Little and Cattle Egret difficult to be sure which is which.
10 Little Egret: Approx. See note on Cattle i.
10 Grey Heron
11 Cormorant
30 Sand Martin: At least 30.

Bob Pomfret

16 Jun 2026 21:16

Chinnor: Cement Works: 16th June

2 Little Ringed Plover: Lake 2b. 11:00.
2 Egyptian Goose: Lake 2b. 11:00.
Pochard: fem. Lake 2b. 11:00.

David Stracey

16 Jun 2026 20:05

Stadhampton: 16th June

Reed Warbler: calling in Stadhampton Meadows LNR. SU595988. 16:00.

Peter Law

16 Jun 2026 17:48

Warburg Reserve: 16th June

3 Bullfinch: m/f juv. Twice within 3/4 Hour. 14:25.
Marsh Tit 14:25.

Ralph Watts

16 Jun 2026 15:52

Stoke Row: 15th June

Woodcock: Roding over the main Forestry track in Burnt Platt Wood. 20:55.

John Taylor

16 Jun 2026 12:35

Bicester Wetland Reserve 16th June

 

 Green Sandpiper at Cattle Bridge Pool

Key Holder Reserve

Alan Peters

Warburg Reserve: 15th June

Buzzard: With prey in claws. 13:20.

Ralph Watts

15 Jun 2026 17:02

Buckland: 15th June

4 Lapwing: defending territory from corvids and a kite.

Bob Pomfret

15 Jun 2026 11:02

River Thames: Rushey Lock to Old Mans Bridge: 14th June

2 Cuckoo: Still at least two, possibly three, calling.
2 Cetti's Warbler
Corn Bunting
5 Reed Bunting

Bob Pomfret

15 Jun 2026 10:59

Stoke Row: 14th June

Woodcock 21:30.

John Taylor

14 Jun 2026 22:32

Langford: 14th June

Hobby: Low over on the village 'Open gardens day'. 20:05.

John Edwards

14 Jun 2026 20:08

Otmoor rspb 14th June

No sign of the female Red-backed Shrike this morning on 100 Acre (et al)

Please keep to public rights of way.

Glossy Ibis Wetlands Watch (per Birdguides)

Otmoor 13th June

A shot of the Red-backed Shrike after relocating it yesterday evening.

Otmoor RSPB 13th June

Female Red-backed Shrike this evening on 100 Acre Field, Otmoor

Quail c3

(Per Matthew Lloyd & Simon Myers)

 

Above and below courtesy of Matthew Lloyd

 

Hackpen Hill 13th June

Corn Bunting: 2

David Hastings

West Oxfordshire 13th June

Spotted Flycatcher 2

Marsh Baldon: 13th June

Nuthatch: Flew into Garden Ash Tree from neighbouring sycamores. 16:33.

Paul Torevell

13 Jun 2026 16:35

Wantage: Chain Hill: 12th June

Marsh Harrier: Perhaps 2cy male.

Mark Merritt

12 Jun 2026 22:43

Blenheim 12th June

Red-crested Pochard - only the female seen today. No sign of its duckling or the drake.

Cattle Egret - some of the juvs are quite active now with several adults coming and going from the colony.

Oystercatcher - 1

Hobby - 1