Port Meadow 31st January

The Meadow is presently extremely flooded and best viewed from Wolvercote or from the river north of the Perch Inn

1w Caspian Gull

per Giles Moon

Otmoor: 31st January

Otmoor
122 White-fronted Goose: Ashgrave. 16:00.
3 Peregrine: Possibly 4. 16:00.
3 Raven 16:00.
Hen Harrier: Ringtail. 16:00.
3 Marsh Harrier 16:00.
5 Dunlin 16:00.

Isaac West

Chipping Norton: 31st January

Chipping Norton
Lesser Redpoll: Back garden - The Leys. 10:25.
Blackcap: ad fem. 10:25.

Steve Akers

Otmoor rspb 31st January

White-fronted Goose 40+ still on Ashgrave (per RBA)

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Farmoor Reservoir 31st January

Courtesy of Dave Lowe

Caspian Gull 1stw in flooded fields 09:45 

Yellow-legged Gull 

Common Sandpiper 

Scaup 1 f + Aythya hybrid 

Stonechat 

(per Dave Lowe)

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Radley GP: 31st January

Radley GP
2 Ring-necked Duck: pair.
2 Pintail: pair.
Peregrine
150 Lapwing

Ian Elkins

 

Sparrowhawk Otmoor courtesy of Steve Liptrot.

Moulsford 31st January

Moulsford Downs, Wellbarn Estate
2 Raven: Flying W up valley, kronking. SU5782. 10:50.

Mike Amphlett

Bagley Wood: 31st January

Bagley Wood
10+ Common Crossbill

Adam Hartley

Cotisford Lake 31st January

Cotisford Lake
2 Goosander: male /female. First time seen on this lake. SP593312. 13:00.

John Gough

: 31st January

Toot Baldon
Blackcap: m. Brief snatches of liquid song, so welcome at the end of this wretched month! SP564003. 10:00.

D Moden

New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 31st January

New Marston: New Marston Meadows
450 Black-headed Gull
38 Pied Wagtail: Foraging on ice on flooded meadows.
170 Redwing

Tom Evans

Blenheim Park 31st January

Great white Egret this morning (per D Parr).

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Male Kestrel at Farmoor courtesy of Peter Milligan.

30th January, Port Meadow

2w Caspian Gull: the usual bird, now christened "Eric"
ad + 1w Yellow-legged Gull

Also
180 Barnacle Geese

Gnome & Giles Moon

Oxey Mead 30th January

Possible Common Crane reported near Kings Lock Oxey Mead.

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Chipping Norton: 29th January

Chipping Norton
2 Stonechat: ad pair. At the marsh near Cornwell. I have seen two pairs here resident for most of the winter. 10:30.
8 Mute Swan: ad pair and six juv ad birds. On the small lake near Cornwell. 10:30.
2 Grey Heron 10:30.

Steve Akers

Port Meadow: 29th January

Port Meadow
Mediterranean Gull: 1w.

Also
3 Pintail
180 Barnacle Geese
1 Shelduck

Other gulls this week on the Meadow:
2w Caspian Gull (visited regularly at the start of the week)
2w Caspian x Yellow-legged Gull hybrid
1w Caspian x ? (ringed as a Caspian at Braunsdebra, Germany)
adult Yellow-legged Gull

Gnome & Giles Moon

2w Caspian Gull courtesy of Giles Moon

 

 

Bicester Wetland Reserve: 29th January

Bicester Wetland Reserve
4 Green Sandpiper 13:00.

Colin Oram

Oxford: Christchurch Meadow: 29th January

Oxford: Christchurch Meadow
3 Stonechat: 2m 1f. On the meadow closest to the river. One lone pristine male and a pair.

Bob Pomfret

Water Eaton: Water Eaton/Sparsey: 29th January

Water Eaton: Water Eaton/Sparsey
2 Pintail: 1m/1f. Cherwell has flooded fields on both sides of river below Water Eaton Manor. At least 2 pintails amongst many ducks on widespread floods. 14:30.
Barnacle Goose: With a group of Canada Geese on Cherwell floods. 14:30.
30 Wigeon: Many wigeon spread over the extensive flooded fields either side of Cherwell below Water eaton Manor. 14:30.

Andrew Siantonas

Letcombe Regis, Friday 29th January 2021

Warborough Lane Pond. 10:00

Cattle Egret

Little Egret 3

Old Caley's Diary

Otmoor Lane Closure

Otmoor Lane, Beckley will be closed from 26^th-29^th January. The road is due to open again on the 30^th January.

During this time, there will be no access down Otmoor Lane to the reserve for daily, local exercise.

This is due to water mains work that is being undertaken in the village.

 

The Otmoor Team.

Letcombe Regis - 28 January

 

Cattle Egret (c) Stephen Burch

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East Hendred: East Hendred Downs: 28th January

East Hendred: East Hendred Downs
2 Raven 11:00.
Stonechat 11:00.

Anthony Cheke

 

Stock Dove Stonesfield courtesy of Wreny.

Yarnton: 28th January

Yarnton
Raven 15:00.

Oxford Canal - Yarnton
Cetti's Warbler: Heard between Dukes Lock and Kings Bridge, Yarnton. SP487111. 15:00.

Pixey Mead
OTHER SPECIES: Brimstone butterfly. In flight over Pixey Mead. 15:00.

Nick Suckling

 

Fieldfare above and Redwing below courtesy of John Reynolds.

Mapledurham: 28th January

Mapledurham
4 Egyptian Goose: Two in one field and two others across the lane in a second field. 10:45.
2 Stonechat m&f

John Kearns

Letcombe Regis 28th January

Cattle Egret still 13:20 with sheep W of allotments

Great Bustard still 13:00

 

Cormorants Farmoor Reservoir courtesy of John Workman.

Sonning Eye GPs: 28th January

Sonning Eye GPs
5 Long-tailed Tit: 5. 11:55.
3 Jay 11:55.

Ralph Watts

Dunsden Green: 28th January

Dunsden Green
2 Nuthatch: SU741776. 10:25.

Sonning Eye GPs
27 Tufted Duck 10:25.
4 Great Crested Grebe 10:25.

Ralph Watts

Lower Heyford: 28th January

Lower Heyford
7 Grey Partridge 10:00.

Laurie Bryant

Standlake: 27th January

Standlake
8 Redwing: In my garden, 7 on cotoneaster, 1 eating apple peal on lawn. SP390028. 17:50.
8 Reed Bunting: 5 m 3 f. In my garden . SP390028. 17:50.

Antony Collieu

Dix Pit Stanton Harcourt 27th January

Goldeneye 2

Red-crested Pochard 4

Siskin c20

(per P.Forest)

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Pishill: Pishill Bank: 26th January

Pishill: Pishill Bank
Probable 4 Raven: Two, probably more , pairs of over Pishill Bank and Greenfield Wood, south Oxfordshire Chilterns. Seen frequently over Pishill valley. SU716901. 16:46.

Nicholas Verge

Farmoor Reservoir 27th January

Scaup 3

Snow Geese 100 (inc 7 blue morph)

Barnacle Geese 39

Yellow-legged Gull 

(per D. Barr)

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Yarnton Mead: 27th January

Yarnton Mead
2 Stonechat: 1m/1f. In the regular place I have seen them in shrubs and reeds by river bank a few hundred yards upstream from King's Lock. 10:00.

Andrew Siantonas

Bicester Wetland Reserve: 27th January

Bicester Wetland Reserve
2 Stonechat: 1m 1f. Resident pair showing well on fence to second hide. 11:22.

Laurie Bryant

: 26th January

Towersey
Stonechat: Female by footpath south-east of Penn Farm. SP750042. 11:00.

David Stracey

Vicarage Pit: 25th January

Vicarage Pit
5 Red-crested Pochard: 4m, 1f. SP399056. 14:00.

Steve Goddard

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 25th January

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake
3 Great White Egret: SU441168. 21:53.
Stonechat: fem. SU441168. 21:53.

David Doherty

Chipping Norton: 25th January

Chipping Norton
Raven: Over Applegarth Nurseries Garden Centre as I was walking home with bird food supplies - perhaps one of the resident birds of Over Norton Park. 14:15.

Steve Akers

Otmoor: 25th January

Otmoor
Crane: On Greenaways. 13:30.
75 White-fronted Goose: On Ashgrave. 13:30.
Hen Harrier: Over Greenaways. 13:30.
90 Pintail 13:30.

Peter Alfrey

Standlake: 25th January

Standlake
Great White Egret: In flooded field. 18:14.

Mick Cunningham

Standlake: 25th January

Standlake
Shelduck: Circular walk to Hunts Ponds, Downs Rd, Thames fields via shifford lane and back. Winter thrushes numerous. Thames fields are very flooded, 100s pintail, wigeon, fewer teal, 10s shoveler, large goose flock hard to b see owing to impassable flood but no white fronts spotted. 3 chiffchaffs overall, 1 stonechat,. 17:48.

Mick Cunningham

Leafield 25th January

Fieldfare

Cornbury 25th January

Common Crossbill 3+

Golden Plover 19

Common Raven 5

Mapledurham: 25th January

Mapledurham
4 Stonechat: 2 m 2 f. 11:40.

John Kearns

Mapledurham: 25th January

Mapledurham
Egyptian Goose: Commuting between field and River Thames. 10:25.

John Kearns

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway: 25th January

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway
3 Scaup: 1m, 2f still present. SP441064. 16:51.
32 Barnacle Goose: SP441064. 16:51.

Julian Webster

Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 25th January

Balscote: Balscote Quarry
Merlin: Reported again in the 12-1330 period. Also 11 snipe and brambling under feeders. (per RS). 13:00.

Steve Holliday

Banbury 25th January

Peregrine again on St Mary's Church (I.R)

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Lye Valley, Oxford: 25th January

Male Blackcap in full song - despite the sub-zero temperatures. Also Tawny Owl, 50+ Redwing, 50+ Fieldfare, Lesser Redpoll, Siskin. 

Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill: 24th January

Snow Geese courtesy of Dave Lowe.

Barn Owl: Hunting successfully late afternoon. SP445065. 21:52.
Cetti's Warbler: SP445065. 21:52.
Snipe: SP445065. 21:52.
Snow Geese 104

(per Paul Butler, Dave Lowe)

Farmoor 24th January

Farmoor village
Blackcap: male. Bean hear before Christmas feeding on apples. SP450070. 21:33.

Paul Butler

Letcombe Regis - 24 January

 1 Great Bustard in the usual field

Great Bustard in the snow (c) Stephen Burch

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Wheatfield 24th January

Merlin: Flying very fast and low across the area behind the church, then sat in a large cedar tree. SU687993. 17:58.

Jez March

Mapledurham: 24th January

4 Stonechat: 2 f 2 m. 14:55.
Egyptian Goose: Alone in snow covered field. 14:45. 

John Kearns

Lye Valley, Oxford: 24th January

Kestrel

Standlake: 24th January

Standlake
Lesser Redpoll: Single with tits Hunts Corner. V scarce here. 16:10.
20 Meadow Pipit: On floods opposite st giles. 16:10.
2 Blackcap: m and f. Still hanging on in my Rack End garden. 16:10.
Bullfinch: f. In garden. Used to be fairly regular in garden when I moved here 2017. Not so since 2019. 16:10.
2 Nuthatch: Regular in garden. 16:10.
Chiffchaff: Ground feeding edge of flood water opposite st giles. 16:10.

Mick Cunningham

 

Starlings Lower Heyford courtesy of Norman Smith.

Witney 21st January

Common Chiffchaff

Treecreeper

 

Cornbury 24th January

Common Crossbill 6  noticeable the resident Great Spotted Woodpeckers are very intolerant of  them

Common Raven 1

 

Blackcap courtesy of Jessica Crumpton.

Waterstock: River Thame: 24th January

Waterstock: River Thame
16 Snipe 10:00.
2 Lesser Redpoll 10:00.
Peregrine 10:00.
Sparrowhawk 10:00.
Kestrel 10:00.
2 Raven 10:00.
52 Pintail 10:00. 
83 Shoveler 10:00. 
38 Golden Plover 10:00. 
Barn Owl 10:00. 
45 Lapwing 10:00. 
450 Teal 10:00. 
1050 Wigeon 10:00. 
4 Reed Bunting 10:00. 
9 Meadow Pipit 10:00. 
6 Stonechat 10:00. 

Nick Marriner

Radley GP: 24th January

Radley GP
2 Ring-necked Duck: pair. On Thrupp Lake.
4 Red-crested Pochard: 3 drakes; 1 duck. On Thrupp Lake.
Pintail: drk. On Thrupp Lake.

Ian Elkins

Ardington 24th January

Hawfinch briefly in trees with Redwing flock, edge of Millennium Stones clearing W of village 13:00 

Moulsford 24th January

Halfpenny Lane
25 Grey Partridge: A large covey 25, (poss 30) exploded from the rough-vegetated strip S of the pylon, flying N to the road and over the fence. A couple of singles had flown a few minutes earlier, but we must have walked right past the main covey! SU585846. 12:10.
4 Stonechat: At least 4 x birds on the (electric!) fence, posts, and the immedaite vegetation around the sheep 'paddock', just N of Halfpenny Lane. A few hundred yards from the house, we now seem to encounter them almost everywhere! SU588850. 11:45. 

Mike Amphlett

: 23rd January

farmoor shrik meadow
Barn Owl: Late afternoon. SP445065. 23:30.

Paul Butler

Oxford: 23rd January

Christ Church meadows

Stonechats: at least 1 male and 1 female, excellent views.  

Common gull: 1 adult with several hundreds black-headed gulls, a few herring and black-backed gulls

Tom Pizzari

Letcombe Regis 23rd January

Cattle Egret

Great Bustard

Peregrine (1w f)

45 Golden Plover

2 Stonechat

2 Little Egret

Marsh Tit 

Otmoor: 23rd January

c140 White-fronted Geese - Ashgrave

3 Crane - heard + seen in flight from 2nd screen

Grey Plover - on Big Otmoor with Golden Plover

Hen Harrier (ringtail) - over reedbed

3 Ruff - Big Otmoor

9 Dunlin - Big Otmoor

Jack Snipe - dropped into middle of reedbed at dusk

Goldeneye (female) - 1st screen

Raven - over Ashgrave

Brambling - by hide

6 Red-legged Partridge

80 Skylark - single flock flew W!

2 Stonechat

2 Sparrowhawk

Chiffchaff

Quite possibly my best ever day at Otmoor!

One of the Cranes

Ruff in with Golden Plover

Sandford-on-Thames: 23rd January

Sandford-on-Thames
Water Rail 19:00.
2 Kingfisher 19:00.
Chiffchaff 19:00.

D Moden

Oxford: Christchurch Meadow: 23rd January

Oxford: Christchurch Meadow
Kingfisher: fishing the small stream/ditch alongside the Cherwell.
Goosander: male.

Bob Pomfret

Radley GP: 23rd January

Radley GP
2 Ring-necked Duck: pair. Again on pit south of old railway (a.m.).

Ian Elkins

Chadlington: 23rd January

Chadlington
Barn Owl: Quartering hedge line at Curdle Hill. SP325227. 16:30.

Steve Akers

Port Meadow: 23rd January

Port Meadow
136 Barnacle Goose: One hybrid bird - perhaps Greylag cross? SP496081. 16:27.
Peregrine: SP496081. 16:27.
6 Pintail: SP496081. 16:27.

Julian Webster

Sarsgrove: 23rd January

Sarsgrove
120 Golden Plover: Circling overhead. SP304251. 11:30.
101 Fieldfare: SP304251. 11:30.
Great Spotted Woodpecker: ad male. At edge of Sarsgrove Wood - plus four Roe Deer in adjacent field. SP304251. 11:30.
Nuthatch: Bashing open a nut high up in branches. SP304251. 11:30.

Steve Akers

Mapledurham: 23rd January

Mapledurham
2 Stonechat: In same field as Egyptian Gosse. Wonderful. 11:15.

John Kearns

Garsington: 23rd January

Garsington
Stonechat 12:30.

Stephen Lockey

Sonning Eye GPs: 23rd January

Sonning Eye GPs
Jack Snipe: Flushed from floods at the triangle. SU745766. 13:10.

Marek Walford

Sonning Eye GPs: 23rd January

Sonning Eye GPs
2 Brambling: At least 2 in the finch flock at Spring Lane allotments. 12:42.

Marek Walford

Farmoor Reservoir 23rd January

Scaup 3 +Aythya hybrid 

Wigeon 4

Goldeneye 1

Snow Goose 99

Barnacle Goose 39

Common Sandpiper 

Water Rail

Treecreeper

Stonechat 2

(per Don Parr)

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Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 23rd January

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course
2 Goosander: male and fem. Flying west over the course. 11:18.
Woodcock 11:18.

Luke Marriner

Henley Road GPs: 23rd January

Henley Road GPs
Raven: Calling over the water-ski lake. 10:45.

Marek Walford

Cornbury 22nd January

Common Crossbill 4

Raven 2

Black Bushes 22nd January

Black bushes/North Farm
Raven: 2 overhead. SU400831. 
Peregrine: Overhead. SU400831. 
2 Stonechat: SU400831. 14:15.

Mark Bradfield

Otmoor rspb 22nd January

Goldeneye f 1st screen

Kingfisher 

Sparrowhawk 

Golden Plover c5000

(per Graham Coleman)

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Farmoor Reservoir 22nd January

Scaup 3 still present (per RBA)

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Letcombe Regis 22nd January

Cattle Egret still - in sheep field 

Great Bustard still - on one occasion partaking in a bizarre “dance”

2 Little Egret

Sparrowhawk (f)

c100 Linnet

2 Reed Bunting 

Chipping Norton: 22nd January

Chipping Norton
Blackcap: ad male. Feeding on holly berries in The Leys. 10:30.
3 Raven: A lot of Raven activity this morning over Bliss Common - a pair flew over heading N and then returned with another bird, dipping, tumbling and calling as they flew over Bliss Mill; then moments later a pair, no doubt the same birds, flew back N over the Common. 10:30.
Grey Wagtail: ad fem. On the balustrade ramparts above the Mill. Yesterday seen by the mill pond. 10:30.
Sparrowhawk: Circling over to the W of the Common. 10:30.
Redwing 10:30.

Steve Akers

Bagley Wood: 22nd January

Bagley Wood
10 Common Crossbill: SP508022. 10:44.

Colm O Caomhanaigh

Radley GP: 22nd January

Radley GP
2 Ring-necked Duck: 1m,1f. On small pond were originally seen. 09:05.
Raven 09:05.

Colm O Caomhanaigh

Wolvercote: 21st January

5 Goosander - (including a pair displaying and mating) 

Rushy Lock 21st January

Rushy Lock Thames Path
Peregrine: SP323001. 12:30.

Sam Prior

Letcombe Regis: 21 January

 1 Cattle Egret - commuting between the sheep field by the allotments and the Warborough road lake
3+ Little Egret
1 Great Bustard - in usual field but distant

Cattle Egret (c) Stephen Burch

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Sonning Eye GPs: 21st January

Sonning Eye GPs
Egyptian Goose 15:15.
30 Wigeon: Plus. 15:15.
Great Crested Grebe 15:15.
40 Tufted Duck: Plus lost count. 15:15.
15 Canada Goose 15:15.

Ralph Watts

: 21st January

21st January

Wellbarn Estate, Moulsford Downs
5 Grey Partridge: Exploded E across road from hillside. SU5882. 10:45.

Wellbarn Estate, Moulsford Downs
Raven: Kronking heard beyond valley end. SU5581. 11:35.

Mike Amphlett

Letcombe Regis 21st January

Little & Cattle Egret taken recently courtesy of Mark Bradfield.

Cattle Egret still in sheep field to W of allotments 12:45 - then flew to lake

Great Bustard still in usual field E of village 12:20, but no sign later on

3 Little Egret

Siskin

Radley GPs 21st January

Ring-necked Duck 2 (m/f) on the small lake they were originally on.

Common Gull

(per David Hastings).

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Play Hatch: 21st January

Play Hatch
Little Egret: Seen from road driving past. SU744765. 12:25.

Ralph Watts

Standlake: 21st January

Standlake
Treecreeper: Working the trees in my Rack End garden. A garden tick! 12:37.

Mick Cunningham

Witney Lake: 21st January

2 Chiffchaff: Not Siberian. SP354086. 12:19. 
Grey Wagtail

Siskin: SP359083. 10:52. 
2 Stonechat 

Mark Pidgeon

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Sarsgrove: 19th January

Sarsgrove
46 Brambling: Today the Brambling formed a distinctive flock separate from the Chaffinch and Linnet. I was lucky enough to see them fly in and settle briefly in the top of one of the trees and was able to make a much more accurate count. SP314249. 12:45.
30 Chaffinch: SP314249. 12:45.
20 Linnet: Approx 20 - much smaller numbers today. SP314249. 12:45.
Greenfinch: ad male. SP314249. 12:45.
2 Raven: ad pair. Flew over toward Sarsgrove Wood. SP314249. 12:45.
Green Woodpecker: H/O. SP314249. 12:45.

Steve Akers

Standlake Pit 60: 19th January

Standlake Pit 60
Great White Egret 11:00.

Phil Swarbrick

Port Meadow: 19th January

Port Meadow
Goosander: Red head on the river upstream of the Perch. 16:07.
2 Pintail: At least 2 on the floods. 16:07.
2 Shelduck: On the floods. 16:07.
100 Barnacle Goose: Feeding half way between northern edge of floods and Wolvercote. 16:07.

Andrew Siantonas

Lower Shiplake: 19th January

Lower Shiplake
10 Ring-necked Parakeet: Plus. SU777796. 14:20.

Ralph Watts

 

Sparrowhawk Otmoor rspb courtesy of Pete Barker.

Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 19th January

Balscote: Balscote Quarry
2 Brambling: Male and female in separate small flocks of Chaffinches. 09:30.

Mike Prentice

Letcombe Regis 19th January

Cattle Egret still 13:00 - Warborough lake 

Great Bustard still 12:30

Graven Hill Bicester 19th January

Graven Hill
2 Stonechat: Pair. SP586216. 11:00.

Colin Oram

Bicester Wetland Reserve 19th January

 97 Common Snipe

1 Jack Snipe

160 Teal

4 Gadwall

2 Heron

 Pair Stonechat

Alan Peters and Colin Oram

Key Holder Reserve

Letcombe Regis: 18th January

Letcombe Regis
Cattle Egret: Cattle Egret still in field west of Warborough Road allotments - seen feeding amongst a flock of sheep. 12:15.

Simon Cousins

Port Meadow: 18th January

Port Meadow
Black-tailed Godwit
2 Yellow-legged Gull: 1w & 3w.
3 Shelduck
8 Pintail
Redshank
Oystercatcher

Adam Hartley, Giles Moon

Black-tailed Godwit, courtesy of Giles Moon

 

Otmoor: 18th January

69 White-fronted Geese: Ashgrave

Hen Harrier (ringtail): over back of Greenaways

10 Dunlin

Kingfisher

2 Peregrine

2 Marsh Tit

4 Lesser Redpoll

2 Stonechat

8 Pochard

7 Yellowhammer

14 Bullfinch

2 Marsh Harrier

Raven

6 Water Rail

White-fronted Geese

Ringtail Hen Harrier

Dix Pit: 18th January

LWV Dix Pit
9 Siskin: SP407049. 14:30.
Lesser Redpoll: SP407049. 14:29. 
10 Goldeneye: 4m,6f. SP407049. 14:28.

LWV Vicarage Pit 8
7 Red-crested Pochard: 5m, 2f. SP400056. 11:30.

Julian Webster

Witney Lake: 18th January

Witney Lake
Kingfisher 13:07.
6 Siskin 13:07.
2 Stonechat 13:07.
Chiffchaff 13:07.

Mark Pidgeon

Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 18th January

Balscote: Balscote Quarry
Brambling: fem. Close to the feeders. 09:45.

Graeme Porter

Sarsgrove: 18th January

Sarsgrove
30 Brambling: Many perched low in the thicket. SP314249. 11:30.
200 Linnet: A wonderful cacophony of song greets you immediately you arrive here - there are at least 200 Linnet present, probably more, singing from the tops of the trees and flying out in flocks of up to 100. SP314249. 11:30.
40 Chaffinch: SP314249. 11:30.
22 Fieldfare: SP314249. 11:30.
2 Kestrel: SP314249. 11:30.
Red Kite: SP314249. 11:30.
Buzzard: SP314249. 11:30.

Steve Akers

Kings Lock: 18th January

Kings Lock
100 Barnacle Goose: In field by the Thames Path a few 100 yards upstream from Kings Lock. 10:30.

Andrew Siantonas

Waterstock: River Thame: 17th January

White-fronted Goose: Juv with the geese flock. 13:05. 

Woodcock
3 Stonechat: 1m 2f. 13:05.
13 Pintail 13:05.
2 Raven 13:05.

Luke Marriner

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Luke Marriner.

New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 17th January

New Marston: New Marston Meadows
15 Ring-necked Parakeet: Flew over early morning. Largest flock yet for the site. Smaller numbers later in day.
170 Redwing: Largest flock recorded at site.
35 Teal
Water Rail
2 Sparrowhawk

Tom Evans

Bagley Wood: 17th January

Bagley Wood
Marsh Tit 21:25.

D Moden

Chimney: 17th January

Chimney
2 Crane: Heard at least two from main road through the site coming from towards the Thames. SP355010. 20:49.

Sam Prior

Oxford: Botanic Gardens: 17th January

Oxford: Botanic Gardens
Goosander: male. On the Cherwell floating gently past the gardens.

Bob Pomfret

Oxey Mead: 17th January

Oxey Mead
8 Goosander: 5m, 3f. SP480109. 15:00.
17 Pochard: 14m, 3f. SP480109. 15:00.

Steve Goddard

Appleford: Appleford GP: 17th January

Appleford: Appleford GP
Peregrine: very smart adult; on pylon, then flew off west. 12:00.
2 Stonechat: pair. 12:00.
Pintail: male. 12:00.

Anthony Cheke

: 17th January

Moulsford Downs, Wellbarn Estate
Raven: Overflew, SE. Medium height, kronking all the way across the valley and into Berk's. SU5682. 12:30.

Mike Amphlett

Elsfield: 17th January

17th January

Elsfield
Raven: Well-settled on larch, giving single "kronk" calls. SP543106. 09:40.

Sydlings Copse
7 Common Crossbill: Feeding in larch and Scots pines along the northwestern perimeter fence; all eventually flew off northwest. SP552096. 10:40.

Nicholas Boyd

Play Hatch: 17th January

Play Hatch
2 Brambling: m. With large flock of Linnets and Chaffinch. 11:15.

John Kearns

Letcombe Regis 17th January

Courtesy of Mark Bradfield

CATTLE EGRET still 11:30 with Little Egret in field by Warborough Road allotments

Great Bustard still 11:00 

Courtesy of Mark Bradfield

Foxholes BBOWT 17th January

Woodcock 4

Common Raven 2

Marsh Tit 1

Dunsden Green: 17th January

Dunsden Green
Raven 10:39. 

2 Egyptian Goose: m & f. In their favourite location ( mine as well) Loddon Brewery. 09:50. 

John Kearns

Banbury St Marys 17th January

 

Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 17th January

Balscote: Balscote Quarry
Merlin: Seen chasing finches by Dylan Parry-Davies. Also m f brambling and at least 5 snipe. 14:20.

Steve Holliday

Cornbury Park: 17th January

Cornbury Park
6 Common Crossbill: 4 ad male, 2 ad fem. Feeding in large Scots Pine right beside the footpath through Knighton's Copse just before the clearing/open area - pine cones dropping gave away their presence - this seems to be a favourite tree for them to feed in. SP325183. 12:00.
Raven: SP325183. 12:00.
Nuthatch: H/O. SP325183. 12:00.

Steve Akers

Bicester 17th January

Bicester Duxford close
Merlin: Flying low through the close I live in. SP594238. 08:00.

John Gough

East Challow: 17th January

East Challow
Raven: Kronking over West.

Mark Merritt

White-fronts Standlake Family Party.

Family party, part of the 7 in SNT's report. Along with 2 Great Egrets in same field.

Standlake: 16th January

White-fronted Goose 7, in Thames-side fields beyond pits 38 & 60
Great White Egret 2

Sarsgrove: 16th January

Sarsgrove
40 Greylag Goose: Flew over in over in V formation at dusk calling loudly. Also confirmed sighting by a friend in Salford moments later. 17:00.

Steve Akers

Sarsgrove 16th January

Brambling 40+

Chaffinch 60+

Linnet 100+

Common Crossbill 2

Fieldfare 250

Common Raven 2

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 16th January

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course
Woodcock 18:52.

Luke Marriner

Port Meadow: 16th January

Port Meadow
3 Caspian Gulls: 2w, 2x 1w - found by Giles Moon
4 Shelduck
2 Redshank
3 Pintail

Gnome et al.

Courtesy of Giles Moon

Sonning Eye GPs: 16th January

Sonning Eye GPs
Bittern: In the reedbed at the north end. 16:42.
Great White Egret: At the river end of the rowing lake. 15:45. 

Great White Egret: At the river end of the rowing lake. 15:45. 

Marek Walford

Letcombe Regis: 16 January

1 Cattle Egret
2 Little Egret
1 Stonechat - in allotments

Egrets in field by allotments on west side of Warborough Road. SU380860. Until about 14:00

Cattle Egret (c) Stephen Burch

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Port Meadow: 16th January

Port Meadow
2 Oystercatcher 14:56.

Colm O Caomhanaigh

 

Snow Geese over the Thames path at Farmoor courtesy of Jessica Crumpton.

Middleton Stoney, 16th January 2021

12:00

4 Grey Partridge

13 Red-legged Partridge 

in fields to North of B4030 by Upper Heyford turn.

Letcombe Brook 16th January

Cattle Egret courtesy of Geoff Dymott photo taken yesterday

CATTLE EGRET in field next to allotments on the west side of Warborough Road 12:50 

(per Leo Bateman).

It was originally on pond adjacent to the Warborough Road this morning with 3 Little Egret 

(per Mark Merritt).

A329 near Moulsford: 16th January

A329 near Moulsford
Brambling: Fem on sfh feeder, first of the winter! SU5985. 09:35.

Mike Amphlett

Churn 15th January

Churn Farm
6 Stonechat: At lest six individuals, in ex-sheep fields, just S of the metalled road. A couple of quite bright males. SU5182. 13:30.

Mike Amphlett

Moulsford 15th January

Moulsford, Halfpenny Lane
Stonechat: Perched atop a dead stem, poss a dock. SU5884. 15:00.

Mike Amphlett

Letcombe Brook 15th January

CATTLE EGRET seen on the Warborough Road Lake (per G.Dymott).

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Port Meadow: 15th January

Port Meadow
Caspian Gull, 1w (found by Joe Wynn)
2 Shelduck
2 Pintail
2 Redshank
2 Oystercatcher

Gnome et al.

1w Caspian Gull courtesy of Isaac West