Otmoor RSPB; Saturday 18th July

 09-12:00; First Screen

Bittern

Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Marsh Harrier 3 (2 m, 1 juv)

Dunlin 2

Curlew

Common Sandpiper

Hobby

Common Tern c15 (incl 5 juv)

Common Gull 3

Old Caley's Diary

Lower Shiplake: 18th July

5 Egyptian Goose: f/juv. Near the river path. SU777797. 11:30.

Ralph Watts

18 Jul 2026 13:41

Standlake, pit 60: 18th June

37 Cattle Egret 1 GW Egret 2 Common Tern 2 Oystercatcher 4 Redstart, Thames Fields

Warburg BBOWT; Friday 17th July

14:30-17:00

Hawfinch 2 (male & female)

Blackcap (male)

Garden Warbler

Bullfinch 10+ (males, females & juveniles)

Siskin 3 (male & juveniles)

Old Caley's Diary

Segsbury Camp: 17th July

4+ Redstart

3 Grey Partridge

Successful breeding for Corn Bunting & Yellowhammer 

 

 

Hartslock 17 July

 Redstarts

Chinnor: Cement Works: 16th July

2 Common Sandpiper: Down the narrow end , hiding well under the trees. 20:00.

Mark Mckeown

16 Jul 2026 20:32

Port Meadow 16th July

Cattle Egret amongst the cows 17:20 (B)

RSPB Otmoor Thursday 16 July

Reedbed:
Great White Egret: 1
Redshank:1 

Green Sandpiper 1st screen 20:25 (per Paul Wilkinson)
Common Sandpiper: 1
Little Ringed Plover: 1
Snipe: 10
Common Tern: approx 10 

Ashgrave:

Little Egret: 7

Glossy Ibis: 1

Greenaways:

Grasshopper Warbler: 1 reeling

LRP courtesy of Paul Wilkinson

Sonning Eye GPs: 16th July

Yellow-legged Gull: ad. Regular bird on its favourite post. 12:26.

Marek Walford

16 Jul 2026 12:26

Warburg 16th July

Hawfinch 3

Spotted Flycatcher 

Marsh Tit

Coal Tit

Siskin

(per Russell Allen, Max Buckley)

Jay BBOWT Warburg Reserve courtesy of Russell Allen 

 

Otmoor rspb 14th July

Glossy Ibis 

Black-tailed Godwit 

Oystercatcher 

(et al)

Farmoor 14th July

Quail calling west of the reservoir (per Birdguides)

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 13th July

Green Sandpiper 7 (JT)

Key Holder Reserve.

Otmoor rspb 13th July

Black-tailed Godwit 2 at the 1st screen 19:41 (per Thomas Miller)

Ardley ERF Lagoon: 13th July

8 Little Ringed Plover 10:30.
7 Shelduck: Two adults five juveniles. 10:30.
2 Grey Partridge: Adults with at least four chicks. 10:30.

Laurie Bryant

13 Jul 2026 11:58

Warburg Reserve: 12th July

6 Bullfinch: mix of ad and juv. 18:30.

Hawfinch f  
Marsh Tit 18:30.
Spotted Flycatcher 18:30.

Matthew Lloyd

13 Jul 2026 00:12

Oxford: Magdalen College: 12th July

3 Tawny Owl: recently fledged juv. 2 recently fledged seen and a 3rd heard. 22:30.

Nick Suckling

12 Jul 2026 22:57

Otmoor Lane repairs 13th to 17th July

There are signs at the top and bottom of Otmoor Lane (in the village and in the RSPB car park) saying that work will be taking place between Monday and Friday of the week ahead. The sign says that access will be restricted and delays will be inevitable. 

I hope that the repairs will be more comprehensive than the patchwork pothole filling that has happened recently. It might be advisable to avoid the lane in working hours next week.

(P.B)

Bicester Wetland Reserve: 12th July

Redstart: Calls heard bird not seen In hedgerow of exit to garden centre which borders entrance drive to wetlands site. 08:50.

Michael Hunt

12 Jul 2026 14:19

Otmoor rspb 12th July

Glossy Ibis 1st screen

Bittern 4

Great white Egret 

Cattle Egret 

Little Egret 

(per Pete Barker)

Standlake, pit 60: 12th July

Med Gull 1, 2nd summer 

Cattle Egret 9

GW Egret 1

Common Tern 2

Oystercatcher 1

Redstart 2m, Thames Fields 

Uffington 12th July

Singing Quail this morning 06:08 by parking area for Waylands Smithy (per Robin Smith)

Warburg Reserve Bix 11th July

Hawfinch 1 male

Marsh Tit 4

Siskin 2 juveniles

Warburg Reserve - Saturday 11th July 2026

 Siskin x 2 (juveniles), Marsh Tit x 2, Coal Tit, Bullfinch x7 (2m 2f+3 juveniles) Chiffchaff,

 Green Woodpecker x 2 (juveniles), Spotted Flycatcher, Hawfinch (m), Song Thrush,

Blackcap x 2 (m + f).

Spotted Flycatcher.

Farmoor Reservoir 11th July

Sandwich Tern present until 1300hrs at least on F1 but no further sign by 18:40 (per Mathew Loyd)

Otmoor rspb 11th July

Quail calling on Greenaway’s this morning. 

Crane on Big Otmoor

Glossy Ibis at 1st screen 

Greenshank (per Dan Bevan)

Great Egret

Cattle Egret 7

Little Egrets. 

Grasshopper Warbler (per Dan Bevan)

Otter seen there earlier in the morning.

(per Pete Barker)

Courtesy of Dan Bevan

Otter courtesy of Peter Milligan 

New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 11th July

Grasshopper Warbler: Marston Hamms. 07:15.

Steve Jennings

11 Jul 2026 11:03

Farmoor Reservoir 11th July

Sandwich Tern still present F1 12:07 (per Nick Truby et al)

Courtesy of Nick Truby