Cote: 21st April

Yellow Wagtail 18:20.
3 Wheatear: 2m & 1f. 18:20.

Jed Cleeter

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 21st April

2 Common Tern
Red-crested Pochard: male.
Yellow Wagtail: Unusually on the Grand Bridge where you might expect to see a Grey Wag.
2 Lesser Redpoll
5 Egyptian Goose: 2 pairs, one with a single chick.
6 Little Egret
10 Grey Heron
16 Great Crested Grebe
43 Tufted Duck
2 Oystercatcher: on the island but separately.

Bob Pomfret

Sarsgrove: 21st April

6 Wheatear: 5m, 1f. Huge variety of colouring in the males - one particularly was chalk white underneath and appeared larger and more erect. 08:59.
5 Swallow 08:59.
6 Skylark 08:59.
8 Linnet 08:59.
Yellowhammer: m. 08:59.
2 Whitethroat 08:59.

Steve Akers

Wytham: Field Station: 22nd April

2 Swift: SP472095. 13:54.

Steven Portugal

Tar Lakes: 22nd April

2 Cuckoo: Both heard only close together. 13:11.
Garden Warbler 13:11.
Shelduck 13:11.
2 Oystercatcher 13:11.
2 Swallow 13:11.
4 House Martin 13:11.
6 Sand Martin 13:11.

Richard Parsons

Bicester Wetland Reserve 23rd April

 

                                                       Greenshank main water

Alan Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Chinnor: Cement Works: 22nd April

2 Little Ringed Plover: Lake 2B. SU753996. 12:52.

Jez March

Farmoor Reservoir 22nd April

Grasshopper Warbler

0700-1100hrs

Grasshopper Warbler 3 reeling males

Garden Warbler 1

Common Whitethroat

Lesser Whitethroat

Blackcap

Common Chiffchaff

Willow Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Reed Warbler

Cetti's Warbler

10 species of warbler

Yellow Wagtail 1m

Common Swift 50+

Sand Martin 1

Common Cuckoo 1m

Common Tern 2

Bar tailed Godwit 1 east per KH

Whimbrel 1 west per KH

Little Egret 3

Hailey, north of Witney 21st April

A Hoopoe on private land at Hailey yesterday but no sign today

reported via Ian Lewington 

Port Meadow: 22nd April

Male Bar-tailed Godwit and Whimbrel briefly then flew southeast

10 Greenshank

 

Farmoor 22nd April

Bar-tailed Godwit (female so not Port Meadow bird) flew east
Whimbrel flew west

per Ewan Urquhart 

Port Meadow: 22nd April

Bar-tailed Godwit male
Whimbrel
10 Greenshank
4 Shelduck
2 Common Tern

Adam Hartley

Blenheim 22nd April

Brambling - 1

Crossbill - 7 

Blenheim 21st April

Yellow wagtail - 1

Swift - 1

Farmoor Reservoir 21st April

1030-1130hrs

Common Swift 30+

Garden Warbler 2 singing males

Sarsgrove: 20th April

Sarsgrove
6 Wheatear: 3m, 3f. 09:34.
Whitethroat 09:34.
2 Swallow 09:34.
10 Skylark 09:34.
8 Linnet 09:34.
2 Yellowhammer 09:34.
3 Mistle Thrush 09:34.

Steve Akers

Hatford: Sandpit: 21st April

2 Shelduck 12:45.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor Reservoir: 20th April

Farmoor Reservoir
2 Common Tern: Flew over F2 before departing. 11:50.
Cuckoo: Heard only. 11:50.
2 Grasshopper Warbler: In scrub by Pinkhill lock. 11:50.
Lesser Whitethroat 11:50.
3 Cetti's Warbler 11:50.
5 Whitethroat 11:50.
7 Sedge Warbler 11:50.
4 Reed Warbler 11:50.

Richard Parsons

South Leigh: 19th April

Cuckoo 16:00.

Richard Catling

South Leigh: 20th April

Cuckoo 14:00.

Richard Catling

Fyfield Wick: 20th April

Fyfield Wick
Swift: Flew high SW over garden. 17:55.

Jed Cleeter

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common: 20th April

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common
Wheatear: male. Down Valley Way on sand pile with large stones. 16:00.
8 Little Ringed Plover: 6 at Down Valley Way and 2 at NCVW. 16:00.
Common Sandpiper: Down Valley Way. 16:00.
Cuckoo: Rushy Common. 16:00.
Yellow Wagtail: Down Valley Way. 16:00.
2 Shelduck: Down Valley Way. 16:00.
5 Oystercatcher: Flew in to NCVW very briefly then flew off together. 16:00.

Jed Cleeter

Otmoor American Golden Plover

Otmoor: 20th April

                                                         American Golden Plover

Otmoor: 20th April

Mandarin Duck

Oxon Wheatears

Wheatear sightings across the county

6 at Sarsgrove across multiple fields (12 yesterday)
2 at White Horse Hill
1 at Letcombe Bassett

courtesy of George Knight

 

Stanton St. John: 20th April

Stanton St. John
Cuckoo: One in Holly Wood (heard only). SP588099. 16:45.

David Brown

Port Meadow: 20th April

Port Meadow
7 Shelduck
3 Oystercatcher

Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park
Garden Warbler
15 Whitethroat: At least 15 singing males.

Adam Hartley

Stanton St John: 20th April

20th April

Stanton St John
Cuckoo: Cuckoo this morning on Woodperry (Heard Only). SP581105. 06:15.
Cuckoo: One in Stanton Great Wood (Heard Only). SP587097. 12:15.

David Brown

Otmoor - 20 April 2026

American Golden Plover: still from the Wetland Watch Hide at 13:50

Mandarin duck flew over with 2 Shelduck 

et al. 

Blenheim 19th April

Long-tailed Duck - now moulting into its summer plumage. Calling frequently and loosely associated with four Tufted Ducks on the main lake.

 

RSPB Otmoor; 19th April 2026

09-12:00 Carpark to Wetlands Watch Hide

American Golden Plover (first-winter)

Whimbrel

Cattle Egret

Oystercatcher 2

Garden Warbler (carpark field)

Peregrine

Old Caley's Diary

Hackpen Hill 19th April

Wheatear 7 (4m, 3f)

David Hastings

Wheatear © David Hastings

Standlake Pit60 19th April

Hobby
Common Sandpiper
2 Cattle Egret
Great White Egret

Andy Last 

NCVW, Rushy Common & Tar Lake 19th April

NCVW
100+ sand martin 
swallows
Few pairs of Gadwall and tufted  duck
8 Oystercatcher 
6 Lapwing 
2 Shelllduck 
2 little ringed plover
2 common sandpiper 
Whitethroat
Willow warbler
Cetti's warbler
1 Great white egret
2 Egyptian geese
Few great crested grebes 

Rushy Common
1 green sandpiper 
Pair red crested pochard plus 2 males
Tufted duck
2 shellduck
2 cuckoo
Little egret. 

Tar Lake
Cettis warbler 
Reed warbler
Sedge warbler

Sandra Bletchly 

Blenheim 19th April

Long-tailed Duck (first second since 1973)
2 Common Tern
2 Red-crested Pochard

Simon Myers

Otmoor - 19 April 2026

Ashgrave in front of Wetland Hide: 
American Golden Plover still present 13:10
Whimbrel

Also
Little Ringed Plover
Dunlin
Hobby 

per Trevor Ellery, et al.

Waterstock: River Thame: 19th April

Waterstock: River Thame
13 Blackcap 08:00.
8 Chiffchaff 08:00.
3 Garden Warbler 08:00.
Goldcrest 08:00.
Great White Egret 08:00.
Grey Wagtail 08:00.
House Martin 08:00.
Kingfisher 08:00.
2 Lapwing 08:00.
2 Lesser Whitethroat 08:00.

Nick Marriner

Waterstock: River Thame: 19th April

Waterstock: River Thame
12 Linnet 08:00.
Little Egret 08:00.
Little Grebe 08:00.
Peregrine 08:00.
Raven 08:00.
Redstart: m. 08:00.
6 Reed Bunting 08:00.
9 Sedge Warbler 08:00.
Snipe 08:00.
8 Swallow 08:00.

Nick Marriner

Waterstock: River Thame: 19th April

Waterstock: River Thame
Treecreeper 08:00.
9 Whitethroat 08:00.
2 Willow Warbler 08:00.

Nick Marriner

Port Meadow: 19th April

Port Meadow
Wheatear
4 Shelduck
Common Tern

Adam Hartley

Bicester: 19th April

Bicester
Grasshopper Warbler 20:00.

Steven Portugal

Sarsgrove: 18th April

Sarsgrove
13 Wheatear: 8m; 5f. Single male in third field; large group of 12 in first field by horse jumps - highest number on migration recorded here in 25 years. 09:02.
3 Swallow 09:02.
2 Yellowhammer 09:02.
9 Skylark 09:02.
2 Blackcap 09:02.
3 Mistle Thrush 09:02.
Green Woodpecker 09:02.
3 Red Kite 09:02.

Steve Akers

Headington: 18th April

Headington
White Stork: Flew north over headington roundabout. 15:27.

Yacky Morris

Widford: 18th April

Widford
Yellow Wagtail 16:12.
Pied Wagtail 16:12.
Grey Wagtail: m. Feeding on Windrush. 16:12.
4 Sand Martin: Group of Hirundine feeding over White Hill. 16:12.
25 House Martin 16:12.
2 Swallow 16:12.
3 Blackcap 16:12.
Chiffchaff 16:12.
2 Mistle Thrush 16:12.
9 Mallard 16:12.

Steve Akers

Farmoor Reservoir 18th April

At Farmoor this afternoon highlights included 3 Yellow Wagtails, a group of 9 Common Sandpiper and a Common Tern.

Otmoor 18th April

A couple of images of the White Stork with the clearest view of its colour-ring. I'm struggling to decipher it. I'm assuming it's the same bird that was at Buscot Wick?

Otmoor RSPB 18th April

American Golden Plover 19:50 from the Wetlands Watch hide. 3rd county record and 1st for Otmoor
Glossy Ibis 3 Big Otmoor 
Whimbrel Wetland Watch hide (per Simon Myers)
Black-tailed Godwit 3 Wetland Watch
White Stork (released) over Ashgrave 14:38 (per Adam Hartley et al)
Cuckoo
Hobby
Yellow Wagtail 2+ h
Wheatear 5 along new fence line near Noke Farm

Short-eared Owl 

Barn Owl

(per Jacek)

Courtesy of Badger

Photo courtesy of Steve Sansom

Standlake, pit 60

Hobby 1 Cuckoo 2 Common Sandpiper 3

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 18th April

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
Possible American Golden Plover: Single bird viewed by many from Wetlands watch hide, could be either AGP or EGP but hard to tell. 11:48.
Grasshopper Warbler: Reeling in car park field. 11:48.

Kosmo Dossett

Childrey: Childrey Field: 18th April

Childrey: Childrey Field
Whinchat: m.
Redstart: f.
Wheatear: 8.
4 Grey Partridge
2 Raven

Mark Merritt

Standlake Pit 60: 17th April

Standlake Pit 60
Little Ringed Plover 16:00.
Common Sandpiper 16:00.
4 Yellow Wagtail 16:00.
White Wagtail 16:00.
Marsh Harrier: fem. 16:00.
2 Oystercatcher 16:00.
Great White Egret 16:00.
3 Shoveler 16:00.
350 Sand Martin: With a few House Martin and Swallow. 16:00.

Jed Cleeter

Headington: 18th April

Headington
White Stork: Flew north over Headington roundabout. 15:24.

Yacky Morris

LWV Pit 27: 17th April

LWV Pit 27
13 Red-crested Pochard 14:45.

Jed Cleeter

Cholsey: Cholsey Marsh Nature Reserve: 18th April

Cholsey: Cholsey Marsh Nature Reserve
Reed Warbler: Very brief snatches of song nr the reedy area with newly opened water. Shame BBOWT seem to think that just dumping all the felled willows in situ is the best idea..?. SU6085. 16:00.

Mike Amphlett

Sonning Eye GPs: 18th April

Sonning Eye GPs
Oystercatcher 17:44.

Marek Walford

Radley GP: 18th April

Radley GP
Redstart: male. 08:00.
Grasshopper Warbler: Reeling. 08:00.
Common Tern 08:00.
Oystercatcher 08:00.
8 Lesser Redpoll 08:00.

Ian Elkins

Blenheim 18th April

Red-crested Pochard - pair still 

Common Sandpiper - 1

Oystercatcher - 1 of the pair seen.

Common Tern - 2

Wheatear - 3 in North Park

Corn Bunting - 2 in North Park

Buscot Wick 18th April

White Stork (released) in field on the corner of Snowswick Lane 08:10 (per Ian Sherriffs)

Farmoor Reservoir 18th April

Sandwich Tern 07:41-07:47 on F2 then flew off (per Ben Sheldon)

Otmoor RSPB 18th April

Wheatear 3 on Ashgrave from the Wetlands Watch hide 07:25 (per Steve Roby)

Grimsbury Reservoir 18th April

Common Sandpiper 6+

Mandarin over

06:43 (JFT)

Port Meadow: The Perch: 17th April

Port Meadow: The Perch
2 Common Tern 
Common Sandpiper 
3 Oystercatchers
7 Shelduck
11 Egyptian Geese, including 7 goslings

Andrew Butcher, Simon Myers, Gnome

Day's Lock/Bishop's Court Farm - Fri 17th p.m.

Common Tern 1, along the river.

Whinchat 1 m.

Cetti's Warbler 3, 1 BCF, 2 Meadside.

Reed Warbler several.

Sedge Warbler several.

Garden Warbler 1, Meadside.

Whitethroat 2.

Oystercatcher 2.

Curlew 2.

Yellow Wagtail 2.

Little Egret 2.

Yellow Wagtail Farmoor Reservoir courtesy of Steve Liptrot

 

Buscot Wick 17th April

White Stork (ringed) following plough at Buscot Wick Farm 16:13-16:32 then flew towards Buscot (per Ian Sherriffs)

White Stork over Goring 12:29 (per Paul Rainsden)

Courtesy of Ian Sherriffs 

Farmoor Reservoir: 17th April

Farmoor Reservoir
2 Swift: Over Farmoor 2. 12:42.
2 Grasshopper Warbler: Pinkhill. In scrub both sides of Thames. 12:42.
3 Reed Warbler 12:42.
5 Sedge Warbler 12:42.
5 Whitethroat 12:42.
4 Willow Warbler 12:42.

Richard Parsons

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 17th April

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
2 Cuckoo: SP560130. 13:21.
4 Marsh Harrier: 2 pairs. SP560130. 13:21.
3 Glossy Ibis: In tree straight ahead from 1st screen. SP560130. 13:21.

David Watkinson

Courtesy of Paul Wyeth 

Sonning Eye GPs: 17th April

Sonning Eye GPs
2 Oystercatcher 12:23.
Mandarin Duck: drk. 12:23.

Marek Walford

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common: 16th April

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common
Cuckoo: male. Singing near Tar Lakes. 16:00.
2 Common Sandpiper: 1 at Down Valley Way and 1 at Northern Cross Valley Way. 16:00.
3 Little Ringed Plover: Down Valley Way. 16:00.
2 Yellow Wagtail: Down Valley Way. 16:00.
6 White Wagtail: Down Valley Way. 16:00.
3 Oystercatcher: 2 at Tar Lakes and 1 at NCVW. 16:00.
4 Red-crested Pochard: 3m &1f NCVW. 16:00.

Jed Cleeter

Grimsbury Reservoir 17th April

Common Sandpiper 3

Peregrine 

Whitethroat 

Wheatear 1+

(I.R, JFT)