Gallowstree Common: 22nd September

5 Tawny Owl: m 4 f 1. Wyfold Wood. 20:17.

Ian Young

Dorchester: Days Lock: 22nd September

2 Wheatear: Around Bishops Court Farm scrape. 14:50.
6 Egyptian Goose: Bishops Court Farm. 15:00.
Little Grebe 15:00.
4 Cattle Egret: Two adults and two juveniles with cows upstream of the lock. 15:40.
2 Snipe 16:00.

Oliver Hedley

Henley Road GPs: 22nd September

4 Mandarin Duck 12:03.

Marek Walford

Otmoor rspb 21st September

Hen Harrier from the 1st screen this morning (per Trevor Westlake)

Above & Below courtesy of Trevor Westlake 

Courtesy of Trevor Westlake 

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 21st September

Whinchat 17:38.
2 Grey Heron 17:38.
120 Lesser Black-backed Gull: Flying over. 17:38.
3 Chiffchaff 17:38.
4 Yellowhammer 17:38.
Green Woodpecker 17:38.
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 17:38.

Steve Akers

Blenheim 21st September

12 Teal
3 Little Grebe
4 Shoveler
Mandarin Duck: male.

20th September
Stonechat

Henley Road GPs 21st September

6 Mandarin Duck 13:09.

Standlake, pit 60; 21st September

Ruff 4 Common Sandpiper 1 Firecrest 1 (from north hide footbridge) GW Egret 6 (SNT)

Rushy Common:

Green Sandpiper
Snipe 3
Hobby 

(Badger)

Very quiet at NCVW.

Sonning Eye GPs: 21st September

Yellow-legged Gull: ad. 12:52.

Marek Walford

Dix Pit 21st September

No sign of the juvenile Grey Phalarope by 11:00

Ardley ERF Lagoon 21st September

No sign of the juvenile Baird's Sandpiper by 11:00

(FM)

Farmoor 20th September 2026

Excitement was elsewhere but at Farmoor a small number of waders were on view.

Ringed Plover

Common Sandpiper x 2 

Dunlin

Ardley ERF Lagoon 20th September

BAIRD'S SANDPIPER- Juvenile on ERF lagoon again 17:47 

Green Sandpiper - 3

Courtesy of Gareth Casburn 

Above & Below Courtesy of Lew

Dix Pit : 20th September

 

Grey Phalarope - (the good side, the left eye appears to be damaged)

Still present at 17:33 (per Dave Lowe)

Sunday 20th September; Ardley ERF Lagoon

1030-11:15 

Baird's Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper 3

Meadow Pipit

Henley Road GPs 20th September

6 Mandarin Duck 13:52.

Dix Pit - Sat 19 Sept

Grey Phalarope - First winter mobile along the north side 14:50 at least (Steve Sansom et al,)

Above & Below courtesy of Steve Sansom 

Saturday 19th September; Dix Pit

10-12:00

Grey Phalarope 

Common Swift

House Martin 50+

Sand Martin 100+

Cornwell Marsh 19th September

2 Stonechat: m f. 10:28.
7 Meadow Pipit 10:28.
8 Swallow 10:28.
2 House Martin 10:28.
Kingfisher 10:28.
4 Grey Heron 10:28.
52 Lesser Black-backed Gull 10:28.
2 Kestrel 10:28.

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor I, Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway & Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II: 18th September

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor I
Manx Shearwater: near NE corner F1. 11:30.

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway
3 Ringed Plover: juv. F1 side of causeway - not LRPs. 11:30.

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II
Yellow-legged Gull: ad. 11:30.

Anthony Cheke

Friday 18th September; Farmoor Reservoir

12-13:00

Manx Shearwater (NE corner of F1) 

Henley Road GPs: 18th September

6 Mandarin Duck 13:13.

Marek Walford

Sonning Eye GPs: 18th September

Yellow-legged Gull: ad. 12:58.

Marek Walford

Farmoor Reservoir 18th September

Manx Shearwater F1 close to north shore 11:14-c14:30 then taken in to care  (AR et al)

New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 18th September

Hobby: Over Marston Hamms, plus a steady trickle of meadow pipits all heading S or SW. 07:50.

Steve Jennings

Port Meadow: 17th September

350 Barnacle Goose
100 Linnet
Kingfisher

Bob Pomfret

Henley Road GPs: 17th September

10 Mandarin Duck 18:27.

Marek Walford

Sonning Eye GPs: 17th September

Yellow-legged Gull: ad. 18:05.
Mandarin Duck: drk. 18:05.
Cetti's Warbler 18:05.

Marek Walford

RSPB Otmoor Thursday 17 September

Grey Partridge 10 (Ashgrave)
Raven 1 (Greenaways)
Pintail 1 (1st screen)
Yellow Wagtail 1 (2nd screen)
Jay 1 (Roman Road) 
Snipe 7 (1st screen)
Whitethroat 2 (Greenaways)

Farmoor Reservoir 17th September

4 Ringed Plover Causeway Common Tern F2 still, Dunlin SE F2, c85 Snow Geese & c50 Barnacle Geese in fields to south, Curlew over south earlier.

2 Sandwich Terns flew through Farmoor early yesterday

(JB et al)

Henley Road GPs: 16th September

6 Mandarin Duck 13:00.

Marek Walford

Bicester Wetland Reserve 16th August

9 Green Sandpiper
9 Snipe
29 Moorhen
37 Gadwall
15 Teal

A Peters
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