Sandford-on-Thames
Spotted Crake: Still singing at 2215 in small marsh to left of Heyford Hill Lane just before railway bridge. Bird is favouring centre of marsh, 100 yards from roadside. It's best to park in housing estate at start of Heyford Hill Lane and then continuing on foot along rough track to view marsh.
Colin Williams
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Wednesday 30 April 2014
Kennington crake (April 30th, 21:05 - 21:30)
Spotted Crake heard, despite 4(!) party boats slowly steaming past. Heard from Kennington side, bird is present on the opposite side and could probably be heard from the end of Heyford Hill Lane as well.
Dave Lowe & Terry Sherlock
Dave Lowe & Terry Sherlock
Cholsey: Cholsey Marsh Nature Reserve: 30th April
Cholsey: Cholsey Marsh Nature Reserve
Cuckoo
Ralph Watts
Cuckoo
Ralph Watts
Otmoor The Pill 30th April
0630-0800 in the fog
Grasshopper Warbler 1 male
Cuckoo 2 calling males
Common Buzzard
Sedge Warbler
Common Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Garden Warbler
Blackcap
Curlew
Tuesday 29 April 2014
: 27th April
nr Lollingdon Hill
Corn Bunting: 1 singing from power lines in cereal field. SU575845.
Mike Amphlett
Corn Bunting: 1 singing from power lines in cereal field. SU575845.
Mike Amphlett
Kennington Spotted Crake
It's singing again this evening & can be heard from the end of Heyford Hill Lane in Sandford-on-Thames or from the Kennington side
Gnome & Steve Roby
Gnome & Steve Roby
Some video of it singing (c) Gnome
Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane: 29th April
Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane
2 Crane: A pair seen circling low for about 5 mins before departing west.
Crane: a pair seen circling low over Wilsham Rd/Ock valley area for about 5 mins before flying off in a westerly direction.
Steve King
2 Crane: A pair seen circling low for about 5 mins before departing west.
Crane: a pair seen circling low over Wilsham Rd/Ock valley area for about 5 mins before flying off in a westerly direction.
Steve King
Lollingdon Hill
2 Cuckoos present, 1 in the pit on the north side and the other in the meadow below the hill.
Monday 28 April 2014
Eynsham: Oxford Road: 28th April
Eynsham: Oxford Road
2 Cuckoo: male. Two different birds calling by Thames at Eynsham lock.
Raven: Fly over near Eynsham lock.
Thomas Stevens
2 Cuckoo: male. Two different birds calling by Thames at Eynsham lock.
Raven: Fly over near Eynsham lock.
Thomas Stevens
Kennington: River Thames: 28th April
Kennington: River Thames
Spotted Crake: Calling repeatedly from the east side of the river, just south of the old railway bridge. Best place to hear it from is the location shown in the initial report posted earlier today.
Joe Harris
Spotted Crake: Calling repeatedly from the east side of the river, just south of the old railway bridge. Best place to hear it from is the location shown in the initial report posted earlier today.
Joe Harris
Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 28th April
Balscote: Balscote Quarry
2 Curlew: Flew in to bathe at 3pm.
Greenshank
Mark Ribbons
2 Curlew: Flew in to bathe at 3pm.
Greenshank
Mark Ribbons
Grove: Airfield: 28th April
Grove: Airfield
Whinchat: make. A nice surprise, perched briefly at very top of birch tree outside the office window.
Leo Bateman
Whinchat: make. A nice surprise, perched briefly at very top of birch tree outside the office window.
Leo Bateman
Kennington Spotted Crake
Matthew Foster heard a Spotted Crake singing last night in Kennington at the "Preservation Field" which from his description is about here.
Otmoor.A.M.28th April.
Sunday 27 April 2014
Port Meadow: 27th April
Spoonbill: 1w on the floods for 5 minutes before flying south.
Black-tailed Godwit
2 Swift
Adam Hartley
Black-tailed Godwit
2 Swift
Adam Hartley
A grab of the Spoonbill before it flew off
Farmoor 27th April
2 Black Terns. Also at least 2 Arctic with 10+ Common,
cuckoo, lesser whitethroat, all 3 hirundines plus approx 70 swifts.
Per Steve Jennings
cuckoo, lesser whitethroat, all 3 hirundines plus approx 70 swifts.
Per Steve Jennings
Saturday 26 April 2014
Otmoor 26th April 2014
Farmoor - evening visit
GC Grebe: This evening a count of 73 (all in breeding plumage) across both basins seems remarkable for the time of year, when you would expect birds to be on potential breeding territories. What is their origin and/or destination if they include passage birds?
Also 1 Whimbrel heard around 5.30pm and 1 Yellow Wag still on causeway at 7.25.
Also 1 Whimbrel heard around 5.30pm and 1 Yellow Wag still on causeway at 7.25.
Farmoor 26th April
Bar-tailed Godwit 1 over c. 08:30
Common Tern
Swift
Reed & Sedge Warblers
Lesser & Common Whitethroats
Yellow Wagtail 1 per Dai
Redstart 1m per Dai near zig-zag path
Common Tern
Swift
Reed & Sedge Warblers
Lesser & Common Whitethroats
Yellow Wagtail 1 per Dai
Redstart 1m per Dai near zig-zag path
Bar tailed Godwit (c) Stephen Burch
Common Tern (c) Stephen Burch
Friday 25 April 2014
Otmoor Whiskered Tern
Whiskered Tern found Zoe Edwards and Adam Reid at about 16:30 at the first screen at Otmoor after they were tipped off about a strange dark bellied tern by a member of the public. Joe Harris came to check it out and liaised with Ian Lewington over the phone to confirm the ID at 18:00 when the word was put out. Present till 19:15 when it flew off high to the North.
Returned at about 8pm where it looked settled and ready to roost
per Steve Jennings & Paul Jepson
Grabs (c) Ian Lewington
Probable Whiskered Tern Otmoor
Currently being watched on the Southern Reedbed. 6.00pm.
Feeding and making a circuit.
Bark
Feeding and making a circuit.
Bark
Grimsbury Reservoir: 25th April
Grimsbury Reservoir
Common Sandpiper
Balscote: Balscote Quarry
Greenshank
Mark Ribbons
Common Sandpiper
Balscote: Balscote Quarry
Greenshank
Mark Ribbons
Eynsham: Eynsham Mill: 25th April
Eynsham: Eynsham Mill
2 Shelduck: Pair briefly on flooded field beside Eynsham to Hanborough road.
Thomas Stevens
2 Shelduck: Pair briefly on flooded field beside Eynsham to Hanborough road.
Thomas Stevens
Cholsey Marsh, 25th Apr
05:00 - 07:00
♂ Redstart
3 Grasshopper Warbler
2 Garden Warbler
2 Lesser Whitethroat
2 Reed Warbler
1 Willow Warbler
1 Hobby
Cholsey Wildlife
♂ Redstart
3 Grasshopper Warbler
2 Garden Warbler
2 Lesser Whitethroat
2 Reed Warbler
1 Willow Warbler
1 Hobby
Cholsey Wildlife
Thursday 24 April 2014
Port Meadow: 24th April
Port Meadow
Black-tailed Godwit
2 Little Ringed Plover
3 Ringed Plover
3 Dunlin
2 Oystercatcher
Common Sandpiper
3 Common Tern
3 Yellow Wagtail
Adam Hartley
Black-tailed Godwit
2 Little Ringed Plover
3 Ringed Plover
3 Dunlin
2 Oystercatcher
Common Sandpiper
3 Common Tern
3 Yellow Wagtail
Adam Hartley
Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 24th April
Balscote: Balscote Quarry
Green Sandpiper
4 Little Ringed Plover
2 Curlew: Flew in, possibly disturbed by farmer spraying in adjacent field.
Raven: Flew over about 1415 - possibly one of the pair that reside at nearby Upton House.
Graeme Porter
Green Sandpiper
4 Little Ringed Plover
2 Curlew: Flew in, possibly disturbed by farmer spraying in adjacent field.
Raven: Flew over about 1415 - possibly one of the pair that reside at nearby Upton House.
Graeme Porter
Wednesday 23 April 2014
Port Meadow: 23rd April
Port Meadow
Common Sandpiper
Little Ringed Plover
2 Oystercatcher
3 Shelduck
4 Common Tern: flew through.
Trap Grounds
Reed Warbler: m.
Adam Hartley
Common Sandpiper
Little Ringed Plover
2 Oystercatcher
3 Shelduck
4 Common Tern: flew through.
Trap Grounds
Reed Warbler: m.
Adam Hartley
Tuesday 22 April 2014
Farmoor 12.30 - 4pm mainly Causeway
Osprey N to F2, then dropped out of sight before overflying (1.30pm)
Swift 1 present for c 2 hrs; plus all 3 Hirundine species
White Wag 3 causeway
Yellow Wag 3+1 causeway
Pied Wag Juvenile on Pumping Station roof plus adults carrying food
Turnstone 1
Dunlin 1
Common Sand 1 seen by Dai
Ringed Plover heard twice
Commic Terns 7, at least 2 of which were Arctic
Little Gull 1st S seen by Dai in AM
Common Gull 1st S; plus 2 Lesser's, few Herring and couple of Great's
Shelduck 7
Lesser Whitethroat song
Garden Warbler, Reed and Sedge seen by Dai
Swift 1 present for c 2 hrs; plus all 3 Hirundine species
White Wag 3 causeway
Yellow Wag 3+1 causeway
Pied Wag Juvenile on Pumping Station roof plus adults carrying food
Turnstone 1
Dunlin 1
Common Sand 1 seen by Dai
Ringed Plover heard twice
Commic Terns 7, at least 2 of which were Arctic
Little Gull 1st S seen by Dai in AM
Common Gull 1st S; plus 2 Lesser's, few Herring and couple of Great's
Shelduck 7
Lesser Whitethroat song
Garden Warbler, Reed and Sedge seen by Dai
Photo (c) Mark Chivers |
Otmoor 22nd April: White Stork
Dave Hammant saw & photographed a White Stork flying over Otmoor this afternoon between 15:25 and 15:35.
It was circling at some altitude. It circled above Otmoor for maybe fifteen minutes before
heading of north east and ascending.
Perhaps the same bird that was reported on RBA in Hertfordshire at around 17:45 this evening.
Photo (c) Dave Hammant
Shipton under Wychwood 22nd April
Wood Warbler 1 singing and showing very well this morning up to 0715 at least. It is in trees by the road in the grounds of The Old Prebendal House (SP280181). Permission has been granted for birders to enter the grounds of The Old
Prebendal House but please don't drive in there. There's parking near the
garage on the verge or in the side road nearby. It seems to favour the large willow by the pond in the grounds just the other side of the roadside boundary wall.
Still present at 7pm (RBA).
Still present at 7pm (RBA).
Farmoor Reservoir: 22nd April
Farmoor Reservoir
2 Arctic Tern
Turnstone
Little Gull
Otmoor: Rifle Range
Cuckoo
3 Curlew: One displaying male.
Neil Hammatt
2 Arctic Tern
Turnstone
Little Gull
Otmoor: Rifle Range
Cuckoo
3 Curlew: One displaying male.
Neil Hammatt
Dorchester: Dorchester complex: 22nd April
Dorchester: Dorchester complex
Corn Bunting
7 Egyptian Goose
Oystercatcher
Thomas Stevenson
Corn Bunting
7 Egyptian Goose
Oystercatcher
Thomas Stevenson
Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 22nd April
Balscote: Balscote Quarry
Greenshank
4 Dunlin
Green Sandpiper
Mark Ribbons
Greenshank
4 Dunlin
Green Sandpiper
Mark Ribbons
Port Meadow: 22nd April
Port Meadow
20 Yellow Wagtail
2 Little Ringed Plover
3 Oystercatcher
2 Shelduck
Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park
Garden Warbler: m.
Adam Hartley
20 Yellow Wagtail
2 Little Ringed Plover
3 Oystercatcher
2 Shelduck
Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park
Garden Warbler: m.
Adam Hartley
Farmoor 22nd April
Osprey flew over F2 at 13:30
3 Yellow Wagtails
3 White Wagtails
Little Gull
Ringed Plover
Ian Smith
Farmoor Reservoir: Sludge pits
Cuckoo
Neil Hammett
3 Yellow Wagtails
3 White Wagtails
Little Gull
Ringed Plover
Ian Smith
Farmoor Reservoir: Sludge pits
Cuckoo
Neil Hammett
Stanton St. John: 22nd April
Stanton St. John
Cuckoo: Calling again in Stanton Great Wood.
David Brown
Cuckoo: Calling again in Stanton Great Wood.
David Brown
Monday 21 April 2014
Port Meadow 21st April
Possible Turtle Dove flew over Burgess Field at around 11am
Also at least 12 singing male Whitethroats.
Also at least 12 singing male Whitethroats.
Shipton under Wychwood 21st April
Paul Wren has found a male Wood Warbler at Shipton under Wychwood. From the road from Chipping Norton, go past the garage and look 40 yards past the bridge over the River Evenlode in the trees by the side of the road near the pond in the garden of the manor house (here).
Present (and singing occasionally) in the same small copse from early afternoon until about 16:45 at least when it started to rain. It has not been seen since the rain started though it may well still be there and is currently being looked for.
No further sign so far by 18:10 in poor weather (per Jon Prowse)
Otmoor 21st April
2 Grasshopper Warblers
Hobby,
2 Oystercatcher,
Lesser Whitethroat
Marsh harrier (f)
2 cuckoos calling.
Nick Truby
Farmoor 21st April
Farmoor birds (c) Jon Mercer
Turnstone on the causeway this morning
8 Little Gulls on F2 at 10 am
Cuckoo: calling.
per Dai & Jonathan Merce
Stanton St. John: 21st April
Stanton St. John
Cuckoo: One calling in Stanton Great Wood.
David Brown
Cuckoo: One calling in Stanton Great Wood.
David Brown
Pit 60 21st April
Black-necked Grebe still
Also
3 Wood Sandpiper
2 Green Sandpiper
1 Common Sandpiper
2 Little Ringed Plover
1 Egyptian Goose
2 Red-crested Pochard
Steve Jennings & Paul Jepson
Also
3 Wood Sandpiper
2 Green Sandpiper
1 Common Sandpiper
2 Little Ringed Plover
1 Egyptian Goose
2 Red-crested Pochard
Steve Jennings & Paul Jepson
Chipping Norton: 21st April
Chipping Norton
Pied Flycatcher: ad male. In trees in valley on footpath between Chipping Norton and Churchill. Fantastic views for at least 25 mins. Text to 07903 870695 if you would like to join me to try and view again today. Steve. SP302257.
Cuckoo: heard only. SP302257.
2 Raven: SP302257.
Stephen Akers
Pied Flycatcher: ad male. In trees in valley on footpath between Chipping Norton and Churchill. Fantastic views for at least 25 mins. Text to 07903 870695 if you would like to join me to try and view again today. Steve. SP302257.
Cuckoo: heard only. SP302257.
2 Raven: SP302257.
Stephen Akers
Linkey Down 21st April
1 female Ring Ouzel still at Linkey Down at 8:35 am
Steve Jennings & Paul Jepson
Steve Jennings & Paul Jepson
Sunday 20 April 2014
Sonning Eye GPs: 20th April
Sonning Eye GPs
2 Arctic Tern
4 Little Ringed Plover
2 Redshank
Hugh Netley
2 Arctic Tern
4 Little Ringed Plover
2 Redshank
Hugh Netley
Farmoor Reservoir: 20th April
Farmoor Reservoir
2 Arctic Tern: flew through N.
Common Sandpiper
Jonathan Mercer
2 Arctic Tern: flew through N.
Common Sandpiper
Jonathan Mercer
Saturday 19 April 2014
Port Meadow: 19th April
Port Meadow
Iceland Gull: 1w.
3 Little Ringed Plover
2 Ringed Plover
2 Oystercatcher
2 Shelduck
Yellow Wagtail
Adam Hartley
Iceland Gull: 1w.
3 Little Ringed Plover
2 Ringed Plover
2 Oystercatcher
2 Shelduck
Yellow Wagtail
Adam Hartley
More at Port Meadow Birding
Linky Down: 19th April
Linky Down
2 Ring Ouzel: fem. Still present at Midday.
Stephen Lockey & Clackers
2 Ring Ouzel: fem. Still present at Midday.
Stephen Lockey & Clackers
Otmoor. 19th April. AM.
Friday 18 April 2014
Port Meadow 18th April
This evening on the floods:
4 Little Ringed Plover
3 Ringed Plover
2 Shelduck
5 Oystercatchers
1 Lesser Whitethroat in hedge along edge of Trap Ground allotments this morning
Adam Hartley
4 Little Ringed Plover
3 Ringed Plover
2 Shelduck
5 Oystercatchers
1 Lesser Whitethroat in hedge along edge of Trap Ground allotments this morning
Adam Hartley
Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 18th April
Balscote: Balscote Quarry
3 Little Ringed Plover
Common Sandpiper
2 Tree Sparrow
Graeme Porter
3 Little Ringed Plover
Common Sandpiper
2 Tree Sparrow
Graeme Porter
Pit 60 18th April
Black-necked Grebe (summer plumage) still present 4pm
2 Green Sandpiper at 07:15 but no sign at 09:50
Also Peregrine
(per Dave Doherty, Phil Brown)
Otmoor 18th April
Marsh Harrier f
Whinchat m Noke Farm
Wheatear f Noke Farm
Grasshopper Warbler 2
(Per Bark)
Sent from my iPhone
Whinchat m Noke Farm
Wheatear f Noke Farm
Grasshopper Warbler 2
(Per Bark)
Sent from my iPhone
Rushy Common 18th April
2 Green Sands
1 Common Sand
Cuckoo
Garden Warbler
3 Little Ringed Plovers
Common Tern
Oystercatcher
(per Clackers)
Sent from my iPhone
1 Common Sand
Cuckoo
Garden Warbler
3 Little Ringed Plovers
Common Tern
Oystercatcher
(per Clackers)
Sent from my iPhone
Thursday 17 April 2014
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