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Monday 31 August 2020

Waterstock: River Thame: 31st August

5 Little Grebe 07:30.
Willow Warbler 07:30.
6 Chiffchaff 07:30.
3 Whitethroat 07:30.
3 Blackcap 07:30.
2 Reed Bunting 07:30.
Nuthatch 07:30.
3 Lesser Whitethroat 07:30.
7 Yellow Wagtail 07:30.
9 Snipe 07:30.
Mandarin Duck 07:30.
Hobby 07:30.
2 Raven 07:30.
8 Linnet 07:30.
Reed Warbler 07:30.
Kingfisher 07:30.
3 Lesser Whitethroat 07:30.
Redstart: Fem/imm. 07:30.

Nick Marriner

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 31st August

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course
Cuckoo: Juv. 22:11.
10 Yellow Wagtail: Incl one ringed. 22:11.

Luke Marriner

Otmoor rspb 31st August

Whinchat 16

Chimney: Chimney Meadows: 30th August

30th August

Chimney: Chimney Meadows
Redstart: fem. SP367006. 13:05.
Peregrine: SP356012. 12:15.

Suzanne Parrott

Farmoor Reservoir 30th August

Courtesy of Bryan Manston.


PECTORAL SANDPIPER yesterday (30/8) flew over the reservoir c14:00 (per Bryan Manston).
Identified from photos.

Farmoor Reservoir: 31st August

Redstart courtesy of David Hastings.


















Dunlin 17:30.
Ringed Plover 17:30.
Green Sandpiper 17:30.
3 Common Sandpiper 17:30.
4 Yellow Wagtail 17:30.
2 Redstart 17:30.
3 Wheatear 17:30.
7 Grey Wagtail 17:30.
2 Siskin 17:30.
2 Yellow-legged Gull: Adult + juv. 17:30.

Isaac West

Courtesy of David Hastings

Farmoor 31st Aug

9-11am

Arctic tern 1 (juv)
3+ Ringed Plover
Hundreds of Hirundines early morning.



Northmoor: 31st August

Northmoor
Yellow Wagtail: flew north calling. 17:26.
Little Owl 17:26.

Mick Cunningham

Aston Upthorpe: Juniper Valley: 31st August

Aston Upthorpe: Juniper Valley
Redstart: m. In same place amongst stunted trees in Oven bottom as last year. 16:55.

John Taylor

Boars Hill: 31st August

Boars Hill
35 Siskin 17:01.

D Moden

Muswell Hill, 31st August

08:30-12:00

Spotted Flycatcher 5+



Common Redstart
Wheatear



Meadow Pipit 10+



Green Woodpecker
Raven
Sparrowhawk
Blackcap m+3f
Lesser Whitethroat
Willow Warbler 5+
Chiffchaff 10+

Old Caley's Diary

Shirburn Hill: 31st August

Shirburn Hill
8 Raven: SU719961. 10:00.

Jez March

Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park: 31st August

Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park
Redstart: female-type. Still in Burgess Field this afternoon (present for 2 weeks now).

Adam Hartley

Oxford: Five Mile Drive: 31st August

31st August

Oxford: Five Mile Drive
Yellow Wagtail: Flyover, heading south. SP496109. 11:30.
2 Raven: Circling high. SP496109. 15:00.

Headington: South Park
4 Spotted Flycatcher: per Anna Mackellar. 14:05.

Nicholas Boyd

Fyfield Wick: 31st August

31st August

Fyfield Wick
2 Common Crossbill: Landed briefly in tree at bottom of gardening, calling constantly then flew west. 13:05.
Siskin: Flew West calling. 09:05.
3 Hobby: Chasing insects and each other. 13:00.
Peregrine: fem. Circled up then drifted East. 13:40.

Jed Cleeter

Sonning Eye GPs: 31st August

Sonning Eye GPs
Common Sandpiper 12:10.

Marek Walford

Appleford GPs 31st August

Green Sandpiper 2
Common Sandpiper c4
Lapwing c200
Snipe 2
Little Egret 
Kingfisher
Stock Dove 3
Raven 2

(per Mark Pidgeon, Badger).

Shotover: 31st August

Shotover
7 Siskin: 5 flew low S, calling, at 0730. Then 2 more low SW, calling, at 0805. 07:30.
2 Raven 07:30.
Lesser Whitethroat 07:30.
2 Whitethroat 07:30.

Isaac West

Gramp's Hill & Mere End Down: 31st Aug.

Quail
Whinchat
2 Yellow Wagtail
3 Wheatear
2 Raven
51 Corn Bunting
c.75 Swallow

Otmoor rspb 31st August

No sign of the Cattle Egret by 09:50.

: 31st August

farmoor
2 Siskin: feeding in birch tree. SP450070. 08:20.

Paul Butler

Sunday 30 August 2020

Farmoor Res: 30th August

Sandwich Tern - 2 flew through late evening

Appleford: Appleford GP: 29th August

Appleford: Appleford GP
Green Sandpiper 10:00.
Common Sandpiper 10:00.
8 Egyptian Goose 10:00.

Anthony Cheke

Farmoor Reservoir: 30th August

30th August

Farmoor Reservoir
2 Common Sandpiper 09:30.
Yellow-legged Gull: on pontoon by 'marina' area, Farmoor 2. 09:30.

Port Meadow: Wolvercote Common
7 Yellow Wagtail: at least 7 feeding with cattle. 12:00.

Anthony Cheke

Farmoor 30th August

 Osprey over F2 16:00-16:20 before flying high to south.

Arctic Tern (juv)

Yellow Wagtail (juv)

2 Ringed Plover

Peregrine

Common Sandpiper





Over Worton: 30th August

Over Worton
Raven 14:00.

Graeme Porter

Farmoor Reservoir 30th August

Osprey over F2 16:02-16:25 then flew south ( per Andy Last).

Courtesy of Steve Liptrot.

: 30th August

Bernwood Meadows
Spotted Flycatcher: SP605110. 13:29.

Mike Prentice

Otmoor rspb 30th August

Courtesy of John Reynolds taken 29/8




















Cattle Egret still on Greenaways 13:19 (per Steve Goddard, Mark Chivers).


Water Eaton: 30th August



2 Whinchat, 1 Redstart, 1 Peregrine, 2 Sedge Warbler (patch tick), 11 Common Whitethroat

2 Yellow Wagtail (per Steve Goddard)

Chipping Norton: 30th August

Chipping Norton
2 Spotted Flycatcher: At least two in trees where brook crosses footpath in valley up from Salford Church. SP283284. 10:30.
Grey Wagtail: SP283284. 10:30.
2 Swallow: SP283284. 10:30.
Chiffchaff: SP283284. 10:30.

Steve Akers

: 30th August

Ardley
Redstart: male. Hedge near iron gates. SP537252. 11:09.

Justin Taylor

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 30th August

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course
Garden Warbler 07:30.
32 Lapwing 07:30.
2 Willow Warbler 07:30.
2 Lesser Whitethroat 07:30.
11 Chiffchaff 07:30.
3 Whitethroat 07:30.
80 Sand Martin 07:30.
5 Yellow Wagtail 07:30.
5 Gadwall 07:30.
Raven 07:30.

Nick Marriner

Saturday 29 August 2020

Otmoor rspb 29th August

Cattle Egret courtesy of Bark.























Cattle Egret 16:40 still at the back of Greenaways amongst the cattle
(per Pete Roby,Pete Barker,Justin Taylor et al)

Redstart
Whinchat 2

Otmoor Birding

Redstart courtesy of John Reynolds.

Courtesy of John Reynolds.

Courtesy of John Reynolds.

Balscote Quarry Reserve 29th August

Dunlin 

Otmoor 29th August

09-15:00

Common Redstart




Peregrine
Marsh Harrier
Cetti's Warbler
Common Swift 6
Sand Martin 10+
Chiffchaff 5+
Common Whitethroat 2
Cattle Egret




South Leigh: 29th August

South Leigh
Spotted Flycatcher: On Bonds Lane . 16:43.

Mick Cunningham

Lark Hill 29th August

4 Whinchat
Redstart
4 Wheatear
Hobby (numerous flypasts, perhaps more than one bird)
c400 Linnet
c400 Starling

Stanton Harcourt 29th August

5 Yellow Wagtail: With several pied. Feeding on muck pile west of blue barn farm. SP402065. 16:43.

Mick Cunningham

Great Milton 29th August

Hobby: Hunting Insects adjacent to the M40. 10:15.

26th August Leafield:
Hobby: Hunting. 12:35.

Jed Cleeter

Otmoor 29th August

 Cattle Egret from 1st screen 





Cassington GPs 29th August

Great white Egret 2
Little Egret c6
Garganey 2
Pintail 4
Green Sandpiper
Snipe 2
Yellow Wagtail 5

Chipping Norton: 29th August

Chipping Norton
6 Whinchat: m, f, juv. On fence posts alongside the marsh and lake near Cornwell - one bird may have been taken by a Kestrel. SP283268. 10:30.
Kestrel: juv male. SP283268. 10:30.
Raven: SP283268. 10:30.
2 Buzzard: Soaring high overhead. SP283268. 10:30.
2 House Martin: SP283268. 10:30.
2 Swallow: SP283268. 10:30.
6 Linnet: SP283268. 10:30.
2 Goldfinch: SP283268. 10:30.

Steve Akers

Farmoor: 29th August

Black Tern 1
Wheatear 1
Wigeon 2
Common Sand 2
Common Tern 3

: 29th August

Ardley Lagoon
Redstart: fem / imm male. SP537251. 11:41.

Justin Taylor

Friday 28 August 2020

Farmoor Reservoir 28th August

Hobby 1
Ringed Plover 1  (juvenile, a bit dazed, with fresh wound on its neck - possibly Sparrowhawk - again!)

Juvenile Ringed Plover c Peter Law

















Green Sandpiper 1
Common Sandpiper 7+

Lesser Whitethroat 5
Garden Warbler 4
Willow Warbler 7+
Yellow Wagtail 5 (S Taylor)
Grey Wagtail 2
Common Swift 6
Sand Martin 120+

Common Tern 1
Little Egret 1
Little Grebe 5
Common Raven 1

Milcombe: 28th August

Milcombe
2 Swift 15:22.

Mary Clifton

Cassington GPs: 28th August

Cassington GPs
2 Great White Egret
3 Little Egret
Pintail
2 Garganey
3 Green Sandpiper
3 Dunlin

Ian Elkins

Stanton St. John: 28th August

Stanton St. John
2 Raven: Two over from Stanton Great Wood to Holly Wood calling. 10:41.

David Brown

Headington: Warneford Hospital: 28th August

Headington: Warneford Hospital
2 Spotted Flycatcher 07:45.
Reed Bunting: At least one high over. 07:45.
2 Swallow 07:45.
15 House Martin 07:45.

Isaac West

Thursday 27 August 2020

Cassington GPs: 27th August

Cassington GPs
Pochard: m. 19:30.
Wigeon: f. 19:30.
Great White Egret 19:30.
Pintail 19:30.

Malcolm Teal

Cholsey

2 Common Redstart: Lollingdon
1 Willow Warbler: Lollingdon
1 Yellow Wagtail: Lollingdon
1 Hobby: Lollingdon
14 Yellow Wagtail: Bunk line, Cholsey

Chipping Norton: 27th August

Chipping Norton
Raven: SP283284. 09:30.
50 House Martin: Flying through heading South. SP283284. 09:30.
5 Swallow: SP283284. 09:30.
2 Chiffchaff: SP283284. 09:30.
3 Linnet: SP283284. 09:30.

Steve Akers

Ridgeway from White Shoot

Whinchat

3 Yellow Wagtail
4 Whinchat
7 Wheatear
5 Grey Partridge
Circa 20 Corn Bunting

Yellow Wagtail

Farmoor Reservoir 27th August

Ringed Plover 9
Common Redshank 2
Turnstone 2
Common Sandpiper 3+

Yellow Wagtail 2
Grey Wagtail 2
Northern Wheatear 1
Common Swift 7
Sand Martin 100+

Common Tern 2
Little Egret 1
Little Grebe 2

Sonning Eye GPs: 27th August

Sonning Eye GPs
Common Sandpiper 11:45.

Marek Walford

Stonesfield Common 27th August

Redstart (m)
Lesser Whitethroat
Yellow Wagtail 7
Raven 

Southfield Golf Course, Headington, Oxford: 27th August


 Tree Pipit still buzzing around the golf course at 6:30am, then flew high to the east and was lost to view. 

Wednesday 26 August 2020

Otmoor: 26th August

Yellow Wagtail 18:00.
26 Teal 18:00.
4 Cetti's Warbler 18:00.
3 Raven 18:00.
3 Water Rail 18:00.
2 Reed Warbler 18:00.
2 Sedge Warbler 18:00.

Isaac West

Farmoor Reservoir 26th August

Arctic Tern (juv) over F1 (per Birdguides).

Blenheim Park 26th August

Green Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper 
Snipe
Egyptian Goose 5
Little Egret 2
Great black-backed Gull

(per Dave Doherty)

9 Ruddy Shelduck as seen by others; full-winged & fly well. 17:04.

(per Anthony Cheke)

Lark Hill 26th August

4 Whinchat
8 Wheatear
8 Yellow Wagtail
c300 Linnet

Over Worton: 26th August

Over Worton
8 Spotted Flycatcher: 8 seen and possibly more. Two family groups. . 16:30.

Colin Oram

: 26th August

Gallows Bridge Farm
Greenshank: SP6620. 14:50.

Andy Coates
Stonechat Cholsey recently courtesy of Alan Dawson.

Burnt Platt Wood 26th August

Burnt Platt Wood
Spotted Flycatcher: Juvenile calling loudly amongst larch ride in centre of wood. SU6882. 16:34.

Burnt Platt Wood
Raven: SU6882. 16:34.

John Taylor

Farmoor Reservoir 26th August

Ringed Plover 2
Common Sandpiper 10
Yellow Wagtail 2
Common Swift 19

Little Egret 1
House Martin 50+
Sand Martin 30+
Swallow 10+
Kingfisher 1

Water Eaton: 26th August


Redstart

Fyfield Wick: 26th August

Fyfield Wick
Hobby: Drifted through, spooking the hirundines. SU413970. 12:50.

Peter Pool

Muswell Hill nr Piddington: 26th August

Muswell Hill nr Piddington
2 Redstart 10:00.

Colin Oram

Tuesday 25 August 2020

Farmoor evening

  Juvenile Knot

Arctic Tern 6 arrived just after 7pm
Knot
Hobby
Swift
Wheatear

(per Dave Lowe).


Dix Pit: 25th August

Dix Pit
4 Red-crested Pochard: In eclipse.
Hobby: Hunting hirundines over the water.
Common Sandpiper

Ian Elkins

Cassington GPs: 25th August

Cassington GPs
Great White Egret
4 White-fronted Goose: Presumably feral.
Garganey
4 Dunlin
4 Ringed Plover
Common Sandpiper
5 Green Sandpiper

Ian Elkins

Oxford: Christchurch Meadow: 25th August

Oxford: Christchurch Meadow
Common Sandpiper: On the edge of the Thames alongside the meadow.

South Hinksey
Yellow Wagtail

Bob Pomfret

Farmoor Reservoir 25th August

Courtesy of Steve Liptrot.




















Knot (Steve Liptrot)
Ringed Plover 2
Dunlin 2
Common Sandpiper 8
Common Tern 1

Monday 24 August 2020

Stonesfield Common 24th August

Whinchat courtesy of Paul Wren.

Whinchat 2
Redstart m

(per Paul Wren)


Hinksey Park Oxford 24th August

Whinchat
Spotted Flycatcher

(per Dave Lowe)

Cassington GPs 24th August

Great white Egret 2
Green Sandpiper 4+
Common Sandpiper c4
Ringed Plover 5
Little-ringed Plover
Dunlin
Lapwing c50
Garganey
Wigeon 2
Pintail
Common Tern c4 (2 juv)

Farmoor Reservoir 24th August

Common Redstart courtesy of Ewan.

Common Redstart courtesy of Ewan.
















































Common Redstart - 2 (J.E)
Ruff - 2 (west at 10:37) (J.E) 
Ringed Plover - 5
Dunlin - 4 (J.E) 
Common Sandpiper - 6
Common Tern - 2
Swift - 3
Swallow - 20+
Yellow Wagtail - 1 (Ewan) 
Grey Wagtail - 1
Sand Martin - 50+
Willow Warbler - 6
Reed Warbler - 5
Garden Warbler - 1
Lesser Whitethroat - 3
Kingfisher -1
Little Egret -1
Yellow legged Gull - 8
GBB Gull - 2 adults
Raven 1
Snow Geese 101

(per Johnny Eclipse, Ewan Urquhart)

Reed Warbler courtesy of Ewan.




Wytham: Field Station: 24th August

Wytham: Field Station
2 Raven: Over Wytham Fieldstation heading north. SP471096. 13:01.

Keith McMahon

Otmoor rspb 24th August

No sign of the juvenile Spotted Redshank by 11:00 (per Colin Oram et al).

Marsh Harrier
Hobby 2
Redstart 2+
Whinchat several
Wheatear 2

(per Roger Wyatt, Badger)

Chipping Norton: 24th August

Chipping Norton
2 Raven: ad pair. SP283284. 09:30.
Grey Wagtail: SP283284. 09:30.
Whitethroat: SP283284. 09:30.
Chiffchaff: SP283284. 09:30.
25 House Martin: SP283284. 09:30.
Swallow: SP283284. 09:30.

Steve Akers

Southfield Golf Course, Headington, Oxford: 24th August

Tree Pipit: the explosive, buzzing flight call was heard twice as one flew south, unseen. Patch and county tick!

24th August

River Thames, nr Four Arches Bridge
Raven: A couple of 'cronks', then seen flying 'westerly'. SU5985. 10:00.

Mike Amphlett

Sunday 23 August 2020

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 23rd August

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course
31 Yellow Wagtail: 30 plus one caught + ringed. 21:59.
2 Common Sandpiper 21:59.

Luke Marriner

Muswell Hill nr Piddington: 23rd August

Muswell Hill nr Piddington
Yellow Wagtail 09:30.

Nick Truby

Otmoor 23rd August


Spotted Redshank from 1st Screen



Otmoor rspb 23rd August

Phone-scoped Spotted Redshank courtesy of Andy Last.


Spotted Redshank (I.E) still from the 1st screen 16:08 (per Ian Elkins, Andy Last).

Devil’s Punchbowl 23rd August

Marsh Harrier (juv) - perhaps same bird as early Aug

2 Wheatear

18 Yellow Wagtail

Stonechat (f)


Cassington GPS 23rd August

Great white Egret 2
Garganey 
Ringed Plover 4
Little-ringed Plover juv
Green  Sandpiper 4+
Common Sandpiper c5
Kingfisher 
Cetti's Warbler
Yellow Wagtail 2 juv

(per Mark Pidgeon, Badger).

Farmoor Reservoir 23rd August

Green Sandpiper 1
Ringed Plover 2
Common Sandpiper 5

Yellow Wagtail 4
Grey Wagtail 2

Common Whitethroat 17
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Reed Warbler 3+
Blackcap 7+
Willow Warbler/Chiffchaff 30+

Common Swift 16
Sand Martin 60+
House Martin 30+
Swallow 2
Goldfinch 50+

Yellow legged Gull 8 (6 adults 2 juveniles)
Greater Black backed Gull 2 (adults)

Little Grebe 3
Little Egret 2
Green Woodpecker 2
Common Coot 521
Snow Geese 101

Chipping Norton: 23rd August

Chipping Norton
2 Spotted Flycatcher: juv. Feeding beside the brook halfway up valley from Salford Church - with Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler - saw lower down valley yesterday evening. SP283284. 10:45.
2 Chiffchaff: SP283284. 10:45.
Willow Warbler: SP283284. 10:45.
Grey Wagtail: SP283284. 10:45.

Steve Akers

Muswell Hill, 23rd August

08-10:00

Wheatear (still)


Red Kite 2, Common Buzzard and various Corvids (feeding on sheep carcass, someone tell the Lammergeier!)


Barn Owl
Bullfinch 2 (juvs)
Willow Warbler 2
Chiffchaff
Yellow Wagtail 2
Meadow Pipit 10+

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 23rd August

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake
9 Ruddy Shelduck
3 Egyptian Goose
2 Kingfisher
16 Great Crested Grebe
Little Grebe
2 Little Egret
7 Grey Wagtail
15 Teal

Bob Pomfret

Saturday 22 August 2020

Appleford GPs 22nd August

Wood Sandpiper still present 18:00 (per RBA).

Otmoor 22nd Aug

9 Whinchat
Sparrowhawk

Sent from my iPhone

Cassington GPs: 22nd August

22nd August

Cassington GPs
2 Great White Egret 14:00.
2 Little Egret 14:00.
7 Green Sandpiper 14:00.
Ringed Plover 14:00.
Wigeon: First one back! 14:00.

Blenheim
4 Little Egret 14:00.
3 Egyptian Goose 15:00.
Common Sandpiper 15:00.
Green Sandpiper 15:00.

Ian Elkins

Swyncombe Down - 22nd August

 


Spotted Flycatcher mid-afternoon at approx SU669915



Fyfield Wick: 22nd August

Fyfield Wick
Yellow Wagtail: SU413970. 10:45.

Peter Pool

Water Eaton 22nd August


Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill: 22nd August

Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill
Quail
Grey Partridge
4 Yellow Wagtail

Mark Merritt

Friday 21 August 2020

Chipping Norton: 21st August

Chipping Norton
Raven: SP284268. 11:00.
12 Red Kite: Unprecented - have never seen such high numbers here - gliding and soaring high on the wind over Cornwell. SP284268. 11:00.
Sparrowhawk: ad fem. SP284268. 11:00.
Corn Bunting: ad fem. SP284268. 11:00.
6 Swift: SP284268. 11:00.
20 Swallow: SP284268. 11:00.
7 House Martin: SP284268. 11:00.
6 Linnet: SP284268. 11:00.

Steve Akers

Blenheim Park 21st August

Ruddy Shelduck 9
Egyptian Goose 5
Green Sandpiper 2
Common Sandpiper 
Little Egret 2
Raven
Swift

(per Dave Doherty)

Cassington GPs 21st August

Great white Egret 
Little Egret c6
Ringed Plover 8
Little-ringed Plover 
Dunlin
Snipe 2
Common Sandpiper c5
Green Sandpiper c4
Garganey 3

(per Johnny Eclipse, Badger)

Farmoor Reservoir 21st August

Dunlin 1 (juvenile)
Common Sandpiper 16

Yellow Wagtail 2
Grey Wagtail 2
Tree Sparrow 1
Sand Martin 1

Greater Black backed Gull 2 (adults)
Yellow legged Gull 10+ (various ages)
Little Grebe 3

Thursday 20 August 2020

Stanton Harcourt: Tar Farm: 20th August

Stanton Harcourt: Tar Farm
2 Hobby: ad and juv. Hunting over Tar Lakes. 21:06.

Mick Cunningham

Chipping Norton: 20th August

Chipping Norton
Peregrine: ad fem. Perched at rest - will most likely roost tonight. 18:15.
Sparrowhawk: ad fem. Circling over bottom of The Leys. 18:15.

Steve Akers

Otmoor: 20th August

Pied Flycatcher In hedge at bottom SE corner of Greenaways. 18:30.
2 Redstart 18:30.

Isaac West

Lark Hill 20th August

 Whinchat and 3 Wheatear in second field south of reservoir, west of main track 

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor I: 20th August

7 Common Sandpiper 17:05.
1 Ringed Plover

Wylie Horn

Muswell Hill, 20th August 2020

08:30-11:00

Wheatear



Hobby



Green Woodpecker 2

Old Caley’s Diary

Otmoor: 20th August

Whinchat on east side of Greenaways. At least 3 birds present

Cassington GPs 20th August

Ringed Plover 7
Common Sandpiper c3
Green Sandpiper c4
Dunlin
Spotted Flycatcher 
Yellow Wagtail 

: 20th August

Wytham Fieldstation
Peregrine: High over Fieldstation going north east @ 10.00. SP470096. 10:05.

Keith McMahon

Wednesday 19 August 2020

: 19th August

Bletchingdon
Swift: Flying with local House Martins before the rain came in. SP503175. 07:30.

David Watkinson

Cassington GPs 19th August

Great white Egret 3
Little Egret c15
Garganey 4
Pintail f
Turnstone
Ruff 3
Dunlin
Snipe 3+
Ringed Plover 16
Little-ringed Plover 2 juv
Green Sandpiper c8
Common Sandpiper c8
Sparrowhawk

(per Badger, Ewan Urquhart, Steve Akers, Isaac West)



Park on Bell Lane in Cassington OX29 4DS and follow footpath east for c 1/4 of a mile.
The footpath eventually runs adjacent to the pit and has a gate to view the site from (marked by the cross) birds are distant so a scope would be required, please keep to public rights of way.



Farmoor Reservoir 19th August

Green Sandpiper 1
Common Sandpiper 7+
Swallow 3
Yellow Wagtails Cholsey courtesy of Alan Dawson.

Tuesday 18 August 2020

Wytham Woods 18th August

Ring-necked Parakeet: juv/female. One individual of female or Juvenile type calling. Then seen briefly on tree tops. SP457079. 11:00.

Keith McMahon

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 18th August

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course
Green Sandpiper: Briefly then flew off west our first for the site ! 22:06.

Luke Marriner

Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm: 18th August

Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm
9 Yellow Wagtail
Spotted Flycatcher

Mark Merritt

Farmoor Reservoir 18th August

Black-tailed Godwit 9 this morning (per Mark Chivers)

Appleford: Appleford GP: 18th August

Wood Sandpiper courtesy of Conor Mackenzie.

Juvenile Black-tailed Godwit courtesy of Conor Mackenzie.


Wood Sandpiper 17:07.

Black-tailed Godwit
3 Green Sandpiper
6 Common Sandpiper
3 Yellow-legged Gull
10 Egyptian Goose

Conor MacKenzie