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Sunday 31 August 2014
Grimsbury Reservoir: 31st August Evening
Otmoor 31st August
Redstart 4+ Long Meadow
Whinchat 4+ South Pil
Lesser Whitethroat 5+ Long Meadow
Whitethroat 4
Black Cap 2+
Chiffchaff 4
Willow Warbler 4
Raven 2
All the weekend highlights tomorrow
on Otmoor Birding
Redstart picture courtesey
of Stephen Collier.
Farmoor Aug 31st (06:45 - 10:50)
© Dave lowe - handheld iPhone scoped Curlew Sand |
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Juvs
Redshank - 10
Common Sandpiper - 2
Dunlin -15
Ringed Plover - 1 Juv
Black Tailed Godwit - 1 Juv (islandica)
Little ringed Plover
Wheatear - 1 Juv
Yellow wag - 2
Swift - 1
Meadow Pipit - 1 (s)
Common Tern - 1 juv
Barn Owl - 1
Reed Warbler / Lesser Whitethroat / Sedge Warbler
Yellow Legged Gull - 1 ad
Teal - 1
(Dave Lowe, Dai John Gough & Stephen Collier)
Upper Cherwell Valley: 31st August
Upper Cherwell Valley
Probable Tree Pipit: Heard only and only once.
Gareth Blockley
Probable Tree Pipit: Heard only and only once.
Gareth Blockley
Kingsmere Pools
Pools near the Middleton Stoney Road on the new Kingsmere Estate
Kingfisher 1
Little Egret 1
Green Sandpiper 1
Kingfisher 1
Little Egret 1
Green Sandpiper 1
Grimsbury Reservoir: 31st August
Saturday 30 August 2014
Farmoor Roost 30th August
All the waders still present at dusk plus . . .
Med Gull 3 juv/1st winter
Common Gull ad and juv
Yellow-legged Gull 26
Black Tern 1 ad
Common Tern 1 1st summer
Barn Owl
Med Gull 3 juv/1st winter
Common Gull ad and juv
Yellow-legged Gull 26
Black Tern 1 ad
Common Tern 1 1st summer
Barn Owl
Farmoor Waders by Badger
Begbroke: Spring Hill: 30th August
30th August
Begbroke: Spring Hill
3 Spotted Flycatcher
Redstart: fem.
Simon Dowell
Begbroke: Spring Hill
3 Spotted Flycatcher
Redstart: fem.
Simon Dowell
Farmoor Reservoir: 30th August
Farmoor Reservoir
Osprey: Flew in from the east + circled for about 20 mins hovering a couple of times before being mobbed by gulls and heading off south west.
Alan Petherbridge
Osprey: Flew in from the east + circled for about 20 mins hovering a couple of times before being mobbed by gulls and heading off south west.
Alan Petherbridge
Otmoor 30th August
Whinchat 10 Noke Farm
Redstart 4 Long Meadow
Spotted Flycatcher 6 100 Acre
Yellow Wagtail 6+ 100 Acre
Cuckoo
(Ot-Mass)
Grimsbury Reservoir 30th August
Black Tern still 11am (per Justin)
Greenshank 2
Little ringed Plover juv
Common Sandpiper
Kingfisher
Whinchat 2
Willow Tit 2
(per Gareth & Mike Pollard)
Sent from my iPhone
Greenshank 2
Little ringed Plover juv
Common Sandpiper
Kingfisher
Whinchat 2
Willow Tit 2
(per Gareth & Mike Pollard)
Sent from my iPhone
Farmoor 30th August
Friday 29 August 2014
Farmoor 29th August
Curlew Sandpiper 2 N/W corner of F1 19:30
Black Tern 2 09:55
Black Tern 2 09:55
Black-tailed Godwit
Ruff
Dunlin 19
Ringed Plover
Common Sandpiper
Ringed Plover
Common Sandpiper
Both pictures courtesey of Mark Chivers
Farmoor Reservoir 29th August
0930-1030
Curlew Sandpiper 2
Dunlin 16
Black tailed Godwit 1
Ringed Plover 1
Common Sandpiper 6
Yellow Wagtail 1
Otmoor.A.M. 29th August.
1 Marsh Harrier
1 Water Rail
1 Kingfisher
4 Whinchat
2 Hobby
1 Spotted Flycatcher.
1 Water Rail
1 Kingfisher
4 Whinchat
2 Hobby
1 Spotted Flycatcher.
Thursday 28 August 2014
Otmoor August 28th - evening
Marsh Harrier - male and female roosted in the reed bed
Greenshank - 1 Greenaways
Shelduck - 1 flying over Greenaways
Yellow Wagtail - good numbers following cattle around the reserve. 55 seen going to roost
Water Rail 2
Sparrowhawk 1 perched on far spit, from the first screen
Tawny Owl 1 male calling
PR SR
Greenshank - 1 Greenaways
Shelduck - 1 flying over Greenaways
Yellow Wagtail - good numbers following cattle around the reserve. 55 seen going to roost
Water Rail 2
Sparrowhawk 1 perched on far spit, from the first screen
Tawny Owl 1 male calling
PR SR
Lollingdon Hill 28th August
Spotted Flycatcher 6
Redstart
Wheatear 2
Chiffchaff 5
Willow Warbler
Whitethroat 2
Yellow Wagtail
(per Paul Chandler)
Cholsey Wildlife
Redstart
Wheatear 2
Chiffchaff 5
Willow Warbler
Whitethroat 2
Yellow Wagtail
(per Paul Chandler)
Cholsey Wildlife
Farmoor 28th Aug this evening
Otmoor 28th August
Green Sandpiper
Water Rail
Kingfisher
Spotted Flycatcher x 5
Marsh Harrier
Hobby x 3
Snipe c20
Clackers/ Phil Brown
4+ Redstart
5+ Lesser Whitethroat
1 Sparrowhawk
2 Raven (over).
(per Paul Greenaway)
Raven
Hobby
Yellow Wagtail 5
(M.Hunt)
Water Rail
Kingfisher
Spotted Flycatcher x 5
Marsh Harrier
Hobby x 3
Snipe c20
Clackers/ Phil Brown
4+ Redstart
5+ Lesser Whitethroat
1 Sparrowhawk
2 Raven (over).
(per Paul Greenaway)
Raven
Hobby
Yellow Wagtail 5
(M.Hunt)
Farmoor 28th August
Wednesday 27 August 2014
Grimsbury Reservoir: 27th August
Grimsbury Reservoir
Little Ringed Plover: juv.
Yellow Wagtail 5
Mike Pollard
Nature in the Heart of England
Little Ringed Plover: juv.
Yellow Wagtail 5
Mike Pollard
Nature in the Heart of England
Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 27th August
Balscote: Balscote Quarry
Whinchat
Green Sandpiper: 2 recorded in log book.
Common Sandpiper: Recorded in logbook.
Balscote: Balscote Mill
2 Spotted Flycatcher: By pond along the path Balscote & Wroxton Mill.
2 Redstart: m&f. In hedges along the path between Wroxton Mill & ClaydonHill Covert.
Spotted Flycatcher: In hedges along the path between Wroxton Mill & ClaydonHill Covert.
Raven: Over Balscote Priory Farm.
Mark Ribbons
Whinchat
Green Sandpiper: 2 recorded in log book.
Common Sandpiper: Recorded in logbook.
Balscote: Balscote Mill
2 Spotted Flycatcher: By pond along the path Balscote & Wroxton Mill.
2 Redstart: m&f. In hedges along the path between Wroxton Mill & ClaydonHill Covert.
Spotted Flycatcher: In hedges along the path between Wroxton Mill & ClaydonHill Covert.
Raven: Over Balscote Priory Farm.
Mark Ribbons
Otmoor A.M. 27th August.
3 Hobby
2 Kingfisher
3 Green Sandpiper
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Barn Owl (1:30 p.m.)
1 Marsh Harrier
M.o.D. Land :
5 Spotted Flycatcher
C. 30 Yellow Wagtail
4 Whinchat.
(per RW SW PR PG Greame Porter & Badger).
2 Kingfisher
3 Green Sandpiper
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Barn Owl (1:30 p.m.)
1 Marsh Harrier
M.o.D. Land :
5 Spotted Flycatcher
C. 30 Yellow Wagtail
4 Whinchat.
(per RW SW PR PG Greame Porter & Badger).
Farmoor 27th August
Adult Ringed PLover courtesey of Tezzer
Ringed Plover 2 ad + juv
Dunlin 16Black-tailed Godwit still along causeway
Bar-tailed Godwit reported
Black Tern 2 (per B.B)
(per Tezzer & John Gough)
Juvenile Ringed Plover courtesey of Tezzer
Tuesday 26 August 2014
Otmoor: 26th August
Ruff
Greenshank 1st scn
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Harrier
Hobby
(per Joe Harris & Andy Last)
Greenshank 1st scn
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Harrier
Hobby
(per Joe Harris & Andy Last)
Farmoor 26th August
Turnstone
Black-tailed Godwit
Ringed Plover
Green Sandpiper
Dunlin 15
Yellow Wagtail (per John Reynolds)
(per Phil Barnett 16:18)
Dunlin & Yellow Wag pictures
courtesey of John Reynolds.
Monday 25 August 2014
Otmoor 25th August
Sparrowhawk, eyeing the Starling roost. |
Sparrowhawk, eyeing me! |
100 Linnet (Otmoor Lane).
1 Marsh Harrier (Greenaways)
1 Redstart (F. Kissing Gate)
Dunlin (Reedbeds)
1 Kingfisher (Reedbeds)
1+ Spotted Flycatcher (Greenaways, East End)
Starling roost. 2000 plus.
(per Andy Last Paul Greenaway and Tesser)
Grey Heron. Supper time. |
Bicester Wetlands Reserve 25th August
Green Sandpiper 2
Common Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat
Black Cap
All pictures courtesey of Nick Truby
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