Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 2nd September

2 Green Sandpiper 10:33.
Little Egret 10:33.
Grey Heron 10:33.
Kingfisher 10:33.
Raven 10:33.

Steve Akers

2 Sep 2026 21:47

Eastleach Downs Oxon. 2nd September

   Hen Harrier

                                                                            Long-tailed Shrike

 10 Grey Partridge

2 Whinchat

1 Redstart

6 Corn Bunting

Wytham Wood: 2nd September

Spotted Flycatcher 15:54.

Brendan Harris

2 Sep 2026 15:54

Bicester Wetland Reserve 2nd September

1 Snipe
2 Green Sandpiper
2 Cetti's Warbler
4 Chiffchaff
46 Teal
28 Gadwall

A Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Stratfield Brake 2nd September

Ruff 2

Snipe 2

Mandarin 2

Cetti's Warbler 

Kingfisher

07:25

Farmoor Reservoir 1st September

Little Stint along the causeway on F1 side but no further sign at 13:36

Ringed Plover 5+  until c11:40 then flew west

Little-ringed Plover 

(per Bryan Manston, Simon Myers)

Courtesy of Bryan Manston 

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 1st September

Spotted Flycatcher by main gate

Great white Egret 

Green Sandpiper 3

(LB)

Keys Holder Reserve 

Sarsgrove: 1st September

4 Wheatear: 1m, 3f. 12:31.
Raven 12:31.
7 Skylark 12:31.

Steve Akers

1 Sep 2026 18:59

Spotted Flycatcher 
Stonesfield Common 31/8
Courtesy of Paul Wren

 

Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane: 1st September

2 Cattle Egret: Two with cows this evening. SU492946. 17:15.

Phil Chapman

1 Sep 2026 17:53

Otmoor rspb 1st September

Black-tailed Godwit 4 at the 1st screen 15:45 (per Luke O'Byrne)

Ruff 2 yesterday afternoon (31/8)

Rushy Common: 1st September

Peregrine 13:30.
Marsh Harrier: fem. 13:30.
Green Sandpiper 13:30.

Dave Murphy

1 Sep 2026 15:16

Chimney: 31st August

2 Green Sandpiper

Bob Pomfret

1 Sep 2026 15:05

Henley Road GPs: 1st September

Mandarin Duck 14:07.

Marek Walford

1 Sep 2026 14:07

Churn Hill & Churn Farm: 1st September

Churn Hill
Wheatear: Along Gallops at top of Churn Hill. SU525843. 08:00.
5 Yellow Wagtail: Flying south. SU525843. 08:05.
Hobby: Flew south over Blewbury Chalkpit. SU525852. 10:15.

Churn Farm
Redstart: SU503838. 09:00.
Wheatear: SU509832. 09:25.
3 Whitethroat: SU509832. 09:25.

Oliver Hedley

1 Sep 2026 13:45

Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park: 31st August

2 Spotted Flycatcher: 2 in the south west corner of Burgess Field.

Thomas Miller, Gnome

Courtesy of Gnome

 

Farmoor Reservoir 31st August

Black Tern 2 F2 c19:14 (WP)

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 31st August

4 Whinchat 06:45.

Wheatear 06:45.
45 Yellow Wagtail 06:45.
3 Common Sandpiper 06:45.

Nick Marriner

31 Aug 2026 19:28

Day's Lock/Bishop's Court Farm, Dorchester - Mon 31st

Church Farm backwaters - 

Greenshank 1

Cattle Egret 7

Hobby 2

Lapwing c40

Bishops Court Farm -

Redstart 1

Yellow Wagtail c20

Standlake Pit 60, 31 August AM

08:00 - 11:00:

Black Tern 1
Ruff 4
Green Sandpiper 2
Common Sandpiper 3
Marsh Harrier 1
Shelduck 2
GWE, LE & Grey Heron

Stephen Burch

Distant Black Tern © Stephen Burch

LWV: 31st August

Rushy Common:

Hobby 1 juv

Marsh Harrier 1

Green Sandpiper 3

Yellow Wagtail 2

Dix Pit:

Ferruginous Duck f type (no sign of male in quick visit)

Ruff 3

Pit 60, Standlake:

Black Tern 1 juv (13.30)

Ruff 2

Green Sandpiper 3

North Leigh: 31st August

Wheatear: One on wall near church. 14:03.

Yacky Morris

31 Aug 2026 14:05

Sonning Eye GPs: 31st August

Yellow-legged Gull: ad. 13:56.

Marek Walford

31 Aug 2026 13:56

Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill: 31st August

2 Whinchat
Marsh Harrier
Yellow Wagtail
Willow Warbler
22 Lapwing
6 Grey Partridge
2 Raven

Mark Merritt

31 Aug 2026 10:00

Grimsbury Reservoir 31st August

Common Sandpiper 3

Ringed Plover
Yellow Wagtail 

Sand Martin 15

Redstart 2 along cattle field ditch

(AT)

Stratfield Brake 30th August

Ruff 11:30 (per Russell Allen)

Above & Below courtesy of Russell Allen 

Standlake Pit 60 30th August

 

Snipe © David Hastings

Steeple Aston: 29th August

4 Cattle Egret: SP478256. 17:40.

Martin Clust

30 Aug 2026 12:37

Standlake Pit60 30th Aug

Black Tern

3 Shelduck

Hobby

c5 green sandpiper

4 common sandpiper

4 snipe

GWE

2 Cattle Egret

Redstart

Steeple Aston: 30th August

4 Cattle Egret: SP477255. 12:32.

Martin Clust

30 Aug 2026 12:35

Ardley 30th August

Teal - 24 on lagoon

Little Ringed Plover - 1

Green Sandpiper - 1

Common Sandpiper - 1

Snipe - 1

Water Rail - 1

Yellow-legged Gull - 2cy

Whinchat - 1

Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm & Childrey: Childrey Field: 30th August

Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm
Peregrine
Redstart

Childrey: Childrey Field
3 Marsh Harrier

Mark Merritt

30 Aug 2026 10:19

Oxford Golf Course Thame 30th August

5 Common Sand still

Hobby

4 Whinchat

2 Wheatear

35 Yellow Wagtail

50 Sand Martin

75 Swallow

40 House Martin

7 Grey Partridge

5 Little Egret 

(per Nick Marriner)

Stonesfield Common 30th August

Hobby

Redstart

2 Yellow Wags

3 Spotted Flycatcher 

(per Paul Wren)

Grimsbury Reservoir 30th August

Ringed Plover 

Redstart in hawthorn hedge adjacent to footpath 

Balscote Quarry 

Merlin f

(per Steve Holliday et al)

Radley GP: 29th August

Cattle Egret: Adult in breeding plumage in evening roost with at least five Little Egrets. 20:00.

Ian Elkins

29 Aug 2026 21:22

Grimsbury Reservoir 29th August

Ringed Plover 2

Common Sandpiper 2

Yellow Wagtail 2 juv

(et al)

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 29th August

5 Common Sandpiper 08:00.
2 Raven 08:00.
3 Ringed Plover: 2 adult, 1 juv. 08:00.
Sandwich Tern: Through flying west. 08:00.
Tree Pipit: Calling over. 08:00.
Wheatear 08:00.
4 Whinchat 08:00.
16 Yellow Wagtail 08:00.

Nick Marriner

Farmoor Reservoir -29th August

Black tailed Godwit 1

Whimbrel 1 circled high a number of times over the reservoir calling, then flew off southeast

Common Redshank 1

Swallow 250+

House Martin 100+

Sand Martin 50+

Spotted Flycatcher 2

Lesser Whitethroat 3

Willow Warbler 1

Blackcap 20+

Common Chiffchaff 15+

all congregated in a sheltered area behind the works building at the west end of the causeway

Standlake, pit 60: 29th August

Black Tern 1 juv 

Green Sandpiper 6 

Common Sandpiper 5 

Snipe 10 

Shelduck 3 

Mandarin 1f 

Marsh Harrier 1 

Water Rail 1

Farmoor Reservoir 29th August

Black-tailed Godwit

Whimbrel over

Black-tailed Godwit F1

Spotted Flycatcher 3 (2 western end of causeway)

Wheatear f along causeway

(et al)

Churn 29th August

Tree Pipit 

Whinchat 3

Yellow Wagtail 

Raven 2

(per Jake)

Farmoor Reservoir - 28th August

Some shots of the 4 Black Terns

 

Eastleach Downs: 28th August

2 Whinchat: On the Oxon side of the border with Gloucs at its intersection with Akeman Street. SP208075. 10:30.

Anthony Roberts

28 Aug 2026 22:33

Chinnor: Chinnor Hill: 28th August

Spotted Flycatcher: By footpath to car park. 10:30.

David Stracey

28 Aug 2026 21:48

Enslow: Enslow Bridge: 28th August

Grey Heron: In meadow upstream, left bank. 12:29.

Patrick Keiller

28 Aug 2026 21:17

Farmoor Reservoir - 28th August

 

Black necked Grebe 1 juvenile on F1

Black Tern 4

Yellow legged Gull 2

Greater Black backed Gull 2

Little Egret 10

Hobby 1

Common Redshank 1

Common Sandpiper 8

Northern Wheatear 1

Yellow Wagtail 1

Common Whitethroat 6+

Lesser Whitethroat 4

Blackcap n/c

Common Chiffchaff n/c

Childrey: Childrey Field: 28th August

Woodlark
5 Grey Partridge

Mark Merritt

28 Aug 2026 18:29

Farmoor Reservoir 28th August

Courtesy of Richard Tyler 

Wryneck 10:18 west of F1 then briefly at 12:00 but no further sign by 17:14 (per Richard Tyler et al)

Black Tern 4 F1 15:44 (per Ewan Urquhart)

Black-necked Grebe still present on F1 16:20

Hobby (per Dave Lowe)

Sonning Eye GPs: 28th August

Yellow-legged Gull: ad. 12:54.

Marek Walford

28 Aug 2026 12:55

Ladygrove Fields Didcot: 28th August

4 Whinchat: SU525918. 09:14.
Spotted Flycatcher: SU526920. 10:37.

Steve Violette

28 Aug 2026 09:15

Standlake Pit 60 : 27th August

13 Black Terns - mostly adults

Cornwell Wetland: 27th August

Whinchat: SP280265. 16:47.
Little Egret: SP280265. 16:47.
2 Grey Wagtail: pair. SP280265. 16:47.
2 Grey Heron: SP280265. 16:47.

Steve Akers

27 Aug 2026 20:31

Ardley ERF lagoon 27th August

Black-tailed godwit - 1 juv still

Green sandpiper - 2

Little Ringed Plover - 2

Swift - 1 over

Farmoor - 27 August 2026

 

A few highlights from a classic 'Farmoor day': Black-necked Grebe, Knot, Little Gull

Farmoor Reservoir 27th August

Courtesy of Simon Myers 

Black-necked Grebe juv still F1 15:55 (BS et al)

Curlew Sandpiper 3 (1 briefly on the causeway then flew high south (per Ben Sheldon) a further 2

over c20:02 (SL)

Black Tern juv F2 08:34

Knot juv on causeway 15:41

Little Gull juv F2

Mediterranean Gull 2

Caspian Gull juv (per Birdguides)

Whimbrel over

Greenshank 2 over

Turnstone over

Ringed Plover 4

Little-ringed Plover 

Dunlin 2

Common Sandpiper 3 (per Pete Roby)

Green Sandpiper over

(per Dave Lowe et al)

Courtesy of Paul Willis 

Pit 60 27th August

Black Tern 11 12:18 (per Jeremy Dexter)

Key Holder Reserve