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

Otmoor - 20 April 2026

 American Golden Plover: reported still present in front of Wetland Watch Hide at 0730 this morning 

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
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

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)

Otmoor RSPB 16th April

Glossy Ibis 3 (per Birdguides)

Whimbrel (per Jeremy Dexter)

Eynsham 16th April

Pied Flycatcher f still present 19:19 just off of the Cassington Road 

(per Sally Taylor, Simon Myers et al)

Sadly proved very elusive and mobile with this the only image I could get of it high up in a distant Ash tree before it disappeared

Radley GPs 16th April

Common Sandpiper 1+ Thrupp Lake 

Cuckoo (per Ian Elkins)

Sand Martin c20

Ardley ERF Lagoon 16th April

Little-ringed Plover 6

Common Sandpiper 

Peregrine 

Wheatear 5

Yellow Wagtail 2

(S.B, C.O)

Farmoor Reservoir: 16th April

16th April

Farmoor Reservoir
2 Grasshopper Warbler: Heard reeling song from at least two individuals near Pinkhill Lock. 08:45.
Common Sandpiper: Pinkhill Lock. 08:45.
Whitethroat 11:30.

Oliver Hedley

Lydalls Road Didcot: 16th April

Lydalls Road Didcot
Cuckoo: Heard calling. SU523903. 16:40.

William Lester

Henley Road GPs: 16th April

Henley Road GPs
2 Oystercatcher 13:10.

Marek Walford

Sonning Eye GPs: 16th April

Sonning Eye GPs
Oystercatcher 12:48.

Marek Walford

Sarsgrove: 16th April

Sarsgrove
3 Wheatear: 2m, 1f. 10:57.
4 Swallow 10:57.
4 Yellowhammer 10:57.
8 Skylark 10:57.
3 Mistle Thrush 10:57.
Kestrel 10:57.

Steve Akers

Eynsham: Chil Brook: 16th April

Eynsham: Chil Brook
Lesser Whitethroat 10:16.
2 Lesser Whitethroat 10:16.
Swallow 10:16.
Corn Bunting 10:16.
2 Yellowhammer 10:16.

Richard Parsons

Otmoor RSPB 15th April

Glossy Ibis 3 on Big Otmoor (per Birdguides)

Farmoor Reservoir 15th April

Grasshopper Warbler 2

Lesser Whitethroat 1

White Wagtail 2

Chimney: Chimney Meadows: 15th April

Chimney: Chimney Meadows
6 Cattle Egret 10:00.

Simon Cousins

Stonor: 15th April

Stonor
Raven: Sat in the trees behind Stonor farm on a number of occasions during the afternoon cronking. 11:15.

Ashley Stow

Sarsgrove: 15th April

Sarsgrove
5 Wheatear: 2m, 3f. Watched this group for over two hours - very active along the Cotswold stone wall and over the fields at this high point - a traditional migration location for Wheatear. 10:41.
Raven: Over cronking and displaying. 10:41.
8 Skylark 10:41.
2 Yellowhammer 10:41.
2 Mistle Thrush 10:41.
Kestrel 10:41.

Steve Akers

Linkey Down 15th April

Ring Ouzel 4 (2m) 09:58 (per Birdguides)

Lesser Whitethroat 
Otmoor courtesy of Peter Milligan 

 

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 14th April

2 Sand Martin 18:29.
5 House Martin 18:29.
16 Swallow: Unexpected explosion of Hirundine activity over the small lake nr the marsh - many Swallows perched on hedge on lake edge - very exciting to watch. 18:29.
3 Teal 18:29.
22 Mallard 18:29.
2 Moorhen 18:29.
Blackcap 18:29.
Green Woodpecker 18:29.
2 Yellowhammer 18:29.
Lapwing: Single bird still present on the wetland. 18:29.

Steve Akers

Chinnor: Cement Works: 14th April

Chinnor: Cement Works
4 Little Ringed Plover: Lake 2b. 11:00.

David Stracey

Cetti's Warbler 
Otmoor courtesy of Peter Milligan 

 

Otmoor: 14th April

Otmoor
Cuckoo: At least 1, probably 2 - seen, not much calling. 11:30.
Bittern: booming. 11:30.
2 Great White Egret: flying beyond 2nd screen. 11:30.

Anthony Cheke

Sarsgrove: 14th April

Sarsgrove
Wheatear 09:58.
Fieldfare 09:58.
2 Swallow 09:58.
9 Skylark 09:58.
Blackcap 09:58.
2 Pied Wagtail 09:58.

Steve Akers

Dorchester: Days Lock: 14th April

14th April

Dorchester: Days Lock
10 Sand Martin 12:00.
10 Swallow 12:00.
2 Sedge Warbler 12:50.
Common Sandpiper: Thames bank immediately downstream of Days Lock. 13:00.
Kingfisher 13:05.

Oliver Hedley

RSPB Otmoor Tuesday 14 April

Whimbrel 1 (Ashgrave)
Whinchat 1 (Noke)

Treecreeper 2 

Pintail 1 (Big Otmoor)

Cuckoo 1 (Roman Road)

10no. species of Warbler

Treecreeper

 

Whimbrel

Bicester Wetland Reserve 14th April

 3 Sedge Warbler
2 Cetti's Warbler
4 Whitethroat
2 Blackcap
2 Green Sandpiper
1 Water Rail

                                                                      Sedge Warbler

A Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Henley Road GPs: 14th April

Henley Road GPs
Oystercatcher: South Lake. 12:49.

Marek Walford

South Leigh: 9th April

South Leigh
Cuckoo 16:30.

Richard Catling

Linkey Down Aston Rowant 14th April

Ring Ouzel 2 m&f 12:19 (per Birdguides et al)

Otmoor RSPB 14th April

Whimbrel on Ashgrave from the Wetlands Watch hide 07:26 (M.B)

Whinchat on fence at Noke Farm 10:07 

(per Simon Myers)

Glossy Ibis 3

Cuckoo

Bittern 

(et al)