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

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