Black Tern - found by CW c.17:00 and flew north 18:10
Yellow-legged Gull
Upper Cherwell Valley
2 Whinchat
Colin Wilkinson, John Friendship-Taylor, Gareth Blockley
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Wednesday 31 August 2016
Farmoor: am 31st August
Red-necked Grebe (juv) F2 18:00
Black-necked Grebe F2 18:00
Wheatear 2
(per Dai, Jim Hutchins)
Black Necked Grebe |
Red Necked Grebe |
Red Necked Grebe |
Otmoor.A.M. 31st August.
1 Kingfisher
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Greenshank
1 Marsh Harrier
2 Hobby.
Lots of Snipe.
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Greenshank
1 Marsh Harrier
2 Hobby.
Lots of Snipe.
Tuesday 30 August 2016
Otmoor.A.M. 30th August.
Purple Heron 29th Aug courtesy of Derek Latham |
PURPLE HERON (juv) c14:30 flew from Ashgrave reedbed west end, to east end
of Ashgrave and appeared to land near the copse of trees (per Fergus)
No further sign by dusk (Andy Last, Badger)
-c 9:15 A.M. over reedbeds then Big Otmoor (per Terry Jones)
Also seen flying over Greenaways c12:00 and again c12:45 yesterday 29th (per Derek Latham)
Turtle Dove courtesy of Pete Roby |
1 Greenshank
3 Marsh Harrier (m,f,juv)
3 Hobby
1 Water Rail
2 Cetti's Warbler (h)
3 Whinchat Ashgrave (per Andy Last)
Clouded Yellow Butterfly (per Paul Greenaway).
Standlake Common : am 30th August
Farmoor Reservoir 30th August
Monday 29 August 2016
Padsdown 29th August
Padsdown Bottom
5 Wheatear 19:00.
2 Redstart: SP397405. 19:00.
(per Mark Ribbons)
5 Wheatear 19:00.
2 Redstart: SP397405. 19:00.
(per Mark Ribbons)
Standlake Common, 29th Aug
Great white Egret please view at 720p HD
GREAT WHITE EGRET pit 60. (Adult in transition to non-br) Still along northern shore
at 15:35 viewable from Langley Hide. Access to the hides requires a key.
Greenshank 2, pit 60
Common Sand, 1
Green Sand 1 (per Badger)
Snipe, 1
Kingfisher, 2 at each of pits 27 & 38 pos same
Kingfisher photo courtesy of Paul Brennan.
Farmoor Reservoir 29th August
Black-necked Grebe please view at 1080p HD
Black-necked Grebe courtesy of Mark Chivers The Early Birder |
Black-necked Grebe on F2 N/E corner 17:09
Red-necked Grebe on F2 in S/W corner 12:00
Red-necked Grebe courtesy of Mark Chivers The Early Birder |
Common Scoter F1 12:31
Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Redstart
Spotted Flycatcher 2
Wheatear 3
(per Dave Lowe, Dai et al)
Common Scoter courtesy of Badger |
Otmoor.A.M. 29th August.
Grimsbury Reservoir: 29th August
Whinchat and Wheatear - ditch through cattle field
Upper Cherwell Valley
4 Whinchat (3 yesterday per Mark Ribbons)
2 Hobby (Colin Wilkinson)
Upper Cherwell Valley
4 Whinchat (3 yesterday per Mark Ribbons)
2 Hobby (Colin Wilkinson)
Sunday 28 August 2016
Stonesfield: Stonesfield Common: 28th August
Stonesfield: Stonesfield Common
Hobby
Grey Wagtail
Paul Wren
Hobby
Grey Wagtail
Paul Wren
Lark Hill 28th August
2 Redstart (m, f)
3 Wheatear
5 Willow Warbler (one of presumably Scandinavian origin, grey above with bluish cap and sulphur yellow shoulder patch)
Lesser Whitethroat
Yellow-legged Gull (juv) with c300 LBBs
3 Wheatear
5 Willow Warbler (one of presumably Scandinavian origin, grey above with bluish cap and sulphur yellow shoulder patch)
Lesser Whitethroat
Yellow-legged Gull (juv) with c300 LBBs
Port Meadow: 28th August
Otmoor RSPB 28th August
Farmoor Reservoir 28th August
Red-necked Grebe (juv) still present on F2 14:18 (per Mark Chivers)
Common Scoter (f) F2 08:57
Turnstone 2
Dunlin
Common Tern 4 (1 juv)
(per Andy Last)
Common Scoter (f) F2 08:57
Turnstone 2
Dunlin
Common Tern 4 (1 juv)
(per Andy Last)
Saturday 27 August 2016
Farmoor Reservoir 27th August
White-winged Black Tern please view at 1080p HD
WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN (juv) on F2 16:00 until 19:00 then flew off
high west with 13 Black Terns.
White-winged Black Tern above and below courtesy of Tezzer |
Red-necked Grebe (juv) N/E corner of F2 17:45
Common Scoter F2
Mediterran Gull (juv) F2 in roost
Black-tailed Godwit
Yellow Wagtail c12
(per Terry Sherlock, Dai et al)
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull please view at 720p HD
Otmoor RSPB 27th August
PURPLE HERON (juv) flew from reed beds and landed in N/W corner of Greenaways
11:20 (per Mark Chivers, Aulikki)
Marsh Harrier
Greenshank 1st scn
11:20 (per Mark Chivers, Aulikki)
Marsh Harrier
Greenshank 1st scn
Pit 60: 27 August am
2 Greenshank
1 Green Sandpiper
4+ Common Terns
Little Egret
1 Kingfisher
Voluble Green Woodpecker (unseen)
1 Green Sandpiper
4+ Common Terns
Little Egret
1 Kingfisher
Voluble Green Woodpecker (unseen)
Greenshank (c) Stephen Burch
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burwell farm estate, witney,27th august
Sedge Warbler feeding in bushes, back garden.
site first !!
Clackers & Mrs Clackers
site first !!
Clackers & Mrs Clackers
Friday 26 August 2016
Farmoor Reservoir 26th August
Red-necked Grebe please view at 1080p HD
Red-necked Grebe (juv) still on F2 viewed from the southern bank at 18:50 found by Dai.
Red-necked Grebe courtesy of The Gun-slinger |
Dunlin
Redshank
Greenshank
Common Sandpiper 9
Green Sandpiper
Wheatear
Yellow Wagtail 2
(per Nick Truby)
Juvenile Common Tern courtesy of Nick Truby |
Cholsey: 26th Aug
Lollingdon:
3 Whinchat
2 Wheatear
4 Common Redstart
2 Common Whitethroat
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
9 Chiffchaff
5 Yellow Wagtail
1 Hobby
2 Willow Warbler
Cholsey:
1 Common Redstart, Cholsey Church yard (per Tony Rayner).
30+ Yellow Wagtail near Cholsey School (per Richard Broughton).
1 Sedge Warbler (per The Wickster).
Cholsey Wildlife
3 Whinchat
2 Wheatear
4 Common Redstart
2 Common Whitethroat
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
9 Chiffchaff
5 Yellow Wagtail
1 Hobby
2 Willow Warbler
Cholsey:
1 Common Redstart, Cholsey Church yard (per Tony Rayner).
30+ Yellow Wagtail near Cholsey School (per Richard Broughton).
1 Sedge Warbler (per The Wickster).
Cholsey Wildlife
Otmoor 26th. August.
PURPLE HERON (juv) Seen in flight over reedbed, seemed to come down in flood field. 18:30
(per Steve Goddard)
-flew over diagonal track on Greenaways 13:30 (per Mark Ribbons)
-flew south over reed bed and landed on west side of Greenaways at 11:30 (per RBA)
2 Yellow Wagtail. With cattle.
2 Peregrine. (juv). Over Ashgrave.
20+ Snipe.
200 Lapwing in flocks.
Wheatear. Noke.
3 Hobby.
2 Marsh Harrier.
2 Redstart. (1m. 1f.) Long Meadow. Per. P.G. Ox Utd. Paul. T.S.
(per Steve Goddard)
-flew over diagonal track on Greenaways 13:30 (per Mark Ribbons)
-flew south over reed bed and landed on west side of Greenaways at 11:30 (per RBA)
2 Yellow Wagtail. With cattle.
2 Peregrine. (juv). Over Ashgrave.
20+ Snipe.
200 Lapwing in flocks.
Wheatear. Noke.
3 Hobby.
2 Marsh Harrier.
2 Redstart. (1m. 1f.) Long Meadow. Per. P.G. Ox Utd. Paul. T.S.
Yellow Wagtail. |
Standlake Common : AM 26th August
Pit 60
3+ Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
3 Little Egret
5 Common Tern
Pit 38
2 Treecreeper
3+ Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
3 Little Egret
5 Common Tern
Pit 38
2 Treecreeper
Thursday 25 August 2016
A329 near Moulsford: 25th August
A329 near Moulsford
Yellow Wagtail: Heard over the maize field, opposite Little Willows nursery, in flight, poss 2. SU591853. 09:30.
Mike Amphlett
Yellow Wagtail: Heard over the maize field, opposite Little Willows nursery, in flight, poss 2. SU591853. 09:30.
Mike Amphlett
Otmoor 25th August
1st Screen
1 Dunlin
17 Snipe
2+Water Rail
2 Marsh Harrier
8 Mandrin (Greenaways)
1 Kingfisher
15+ Yellow Wagtails over (evening)
1 Cettis - Plus 2 along bridleway
Hide
2 Whinchat
1 Redstart
1 Greenshank
2 Hobbies - Big Otmoor
2 Greenshank - Greenaways
PR & PG
Ashgrave:
Black-tailed Godwit
Ruff
Common Sandpiper
Snipe 8
Water Rail 2 h along ditches nr Noke end of bridleway
(Bark, Badger)
1 Dunlin
17 Snipe
2+Water Rail
2 Marsh Harrier
8 Mandrin (Greenaways)
1 Kingfisher
15+ Yellow Wagtails over (evening)
1 Cettis - Plus 2 along bridleway
Lesser Whitethroat courtesy of Mike Flemming |
Hide
2 Whinchat
1 Redstart
1 Greenshank
2 Hobbies - Big Otmoor
2 Greenshank - Greenaways
PR & PG
Ashgrave:
Black-tailed Godwit
Ruff
Common Sandpiper
Snipe 8
Water Rail 2 h along ditches nr Noke end of bridleway
(Bark, Badger)
Grimsbury Reservoir: 25th August
Tree Pipit. Grounded in south west corner but flushed and no further sign
Spotted Flycatcher
2 Wheatear
Yellow-legged Gull
4 Yellow Wagtails, over
John Friendship-Taylor
Spotted Flycatcher
2 Wheatear
Yellow-legged Gull
4 Yellow Wagtails, over
John Friendship-Taylor
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Farmoor 24th August.
Sandwich Tern courtesy of Tezzer |
Some of the 14 Sandwich Terns, seen resting on the Northern edge of F1 Courtesy of Tezzer.
Sandwich Tern courtesy of Ewan
|
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Otmoor RSPB 23rd August
PURPLE HERON (juv) flew over Ashgrave then dropped down in northern phase
of reed beds 14:58.
-Also seen at 13:00 when it flew from ditch by footpath to Greenaways (per RBA)
Marsh Harrier
Hobby Oddington side (Badger)
Greenshank over the reedbeds (per Tezzer)
Shelduck
Mandarin 6 1st scn
Water Rail
Little Egret
Yellow Wagtail 6 heading towards the reed bed (per Tezzer)
Whinchat 4 Oddington side (Badger)
(per Terry Tossell)
Ashgrave: 16:50
Black-tailed Godwit
Ruff
Common Sandpiper
Snipe
Lapwing 60+
(Badger)
of reed beds 14:58.
-Also seen at 13:00 when it flew from ditch by footpath to Greenaways (per RBA)
Sparrowhawk courtesy of Terry Sherlock |
Marsh Harrier
Hobby Oddington side (Badger)
Greenshank over the reedbeds (per Tezzer)
Shelduck
Mandarin 6 1st scn
Water Rail
Little Egret
Yellow Wagtail 6 heading towards the reed bed (per Tezzer)
Whinchat 4 Oddington side (Badger)
(per Terry Tossell)
Ashgrave: 16:50
Black-tailed Godwit
Ruff
Common Sandpiper
Snipe
Lapwing 60+
(Badger)
Young Starling and chum courtesy of Terry Sherlock |
Banbury: 23rd August
Banbury
Green Sandpiper: Flew south over town. 07:00.
Grimsbury Reservoir Grimsbury Birds
Common Sandpiper 2
Redstart (h)
Yellow Wagtail 3
(Gareth Blockley)
Green Sandpiper: Flew south over town. 07:00.
Grimsbury Reservoir Grimsbury Birds
Common Sandpiper 2
Redstart (h)
Yellow Wagtail 3
(Gareth Blockley)
Stonesfield: Stonesfield Common: 23rd August
Stonesfield: Stonesfield Common
2 Redstart: 1 male.
2 Whinchat
Spotted Flycatcher
Lesser Whitethroat
Kingfisher
6 Whitethroat
Paul Wren
2 Redstart: 1 male.
2 Whinchat
Spotted Flycatcher
Lesser Whitethroat
Kingfisher
6 Whitethroat
Paul Wren
Farmoor Res 23rd August
Turnstone courtesy of Mark Chivers |
Turnstone 2
Dunlin 1
Common Sandpiper 8
Common Redshank 1
Peregrine 1 juvenile
Common Tern 2
Yellow legged Gull 6+
Little Egret 3
Common Pochard 1m currently flightless
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Yellow Wagtail 4
Grey Wagtail 1
Northern Wheatear 1
Spotted Flycatcher
|
Turnstone
|
Common Redshank
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