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Wednesday 31 March 2021
Otmoor - evening 31st March
Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 31st March
Appleford: Appleford GP: 31st March
2 Little Ringed Plover 18:30.
4 Oystercatcher 18:30.
2 Pintail 18:30.
Goosander: fem. 18:30.
Michael Violette
Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 31st March
Little Ringed Plover 03:25.
Brambling: Male in partial colour. 03:25.
Yellow Wagtail 03:25.
Mary Clifton
Otmoor rspb 31st March
Sedge Warbler 2
(per John Edwards)
Avocet courtesy of John Workman. |
Farmoor Reservoir 31st March
Chipping Norton: 31st March
2 Blackcap: Two male Blackcap singing from the small wood at the back of The Leys (arrived yesterday). 11:30.
Steve Akers
Bicester Wetland Reserve 31st March
1 Willow Warbler
1-2 Blackcap
3 Green Sandpiper
61 Snipe feeding out in the open, low water levels
10 Gadwall
Alan Peters
Key Holder Reserve
Standlake: 31st March
Willow Warbler: At S end Langley lane. Feeding and occasionally singing. 10:11.
Mick Cunningham
Tuesday 30 March 2021
Otmoor - 30th March
Courtesy of Peter Alfrey |
Courtesy of Peter Alfrey |
Courtesy of Peter Milligan |
Farmoor village: 30th March
Willow Warbler: as you come from meadow close to pink hill. 20:55.
Paul Butler
Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 30th March
White Horse Hill: Uffington Castle: 30th March
Redstart: fem. 08:45.
Colin Vickers
Wootton nr Woodstock: Wootton/Glympton: 30th March
Cattle Egret: Cattle Egret among small flock of geese in the Glyme valley below Jubilee Meadow. SP4411. 16:09.
Malcolm Barnicoat
Devil's Punchbowl: 30th March
Ring Ouzel: fem. unapproachable ! 12:00.
Anthony Cheke
River Thames: nr Sandford-on-Thames: 30th March
Willow Warbler: In song. 15:40.
D Moden
Witney: 30th March
26 Snipe: SD2sqm walk with AS from minster Lovell beyond Crawley and return. these in one field. 15:13.
Swallow 15:13.
Mick Cunningham
Chinnor: Cement Works: 30th March
Little Ringed Plover: 1 in front of the west screen Lake 2b. 11:00.
David Stracey
Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 30th March
Little Ringed Plover 10:30.
Graeme Porter
Radley GPs 30th March
Ring-necked Duck 2 m/f still present this morning Follow track past Thrupp Lake to T-junction, take the left hand gravel track for c100yds to view small pit on right (per RBA).
Port Meadow: 30th March
Little gull subadult found by Manoj Nair and still present at 11:00 am. Aged as an advanced 2w/possible 3w due to the presence of dark marks on the tips of the primary coverts, dark web to outer edge of P10, subterminal marks on P8 and P9 and rather grey underwing coverts.
Common tern fishing along river
Black-tailed godwit
3 Little ringed plovers
Otmoor Monday 29th March 4.30 pm
Stanton St. John: 30th March
3 Swallow: Three back at regular nest site this morning. 08:33.
David Brown
Monday 29 March 2021
Farmoor Reservoir: 29th March
White-fronted Goose 16:00.
12 Barnacle Goose 16:00.
Peter Alfrey
Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 29th March
2 Wheatear: male and fem. Stunners. 21:41.
5 Oystercatcher: Possibly six. 21:41.
Stonechat: male. On the top scrubland. 21:41.
2 Grey Partridge: On the top scrubland. 21:41.
2 Lapwing 21:41.
Luke Marriner
Port Meadow: 29th March
Osprey flew over high north at 8:00 am
Common tern fishing along river
13 Black-tailed godwit
2 Little ringed plover
Ringed plover
2 Redshank
8+ Sand martin
Thomas Miller
This afternoon:
4 Little Ringed Plover
2 Redshank still
1 Ringed Plover sitll
4 Shelduck
Gnome & Thomas Miller
Radley GP: 29th March
Ralph Watts
Otmoor - 29th March
Stanton St. John: 29th March
2 Swallow: First two back at regular nest site. 15:09.
David Brown
A329 nr Cholsey: 29th March
A329 nr Cholsey
2 Wheatear: 1 male; 1 fem. in the ploughed field viewed from Silly Bridge. SU586854. 09:51.
28th March
Cholsey: Lollingdon Hill
10 Wheatear: 3 males, 7 fem. Mobile on the south track from Lollingdon to the farm. 12:51.
Michael Pocock
Sunday 28 March 2021
: 28th March
2 Egyptian Goose: Upstream from Dukes Cut Lock. SU517130. 14:00.
Nick Suckling
Port Meadow: 28th March
Morning:
6 Black-tailed godwit
5 Little ringed plover
2 Sand martin
Evening:
7 Little ringed plover
Ringed plover
2 Redshank
20+ Sand martin
Swallow
Standlake: 28th March
720 Sand Martin: Influx into village pits this evening, combined total 720. 19:54.
3 Great White Egret: P38 this pm. 19:54.
Mick Cunningham
: 28th March
2 Wheatear: 2 males in ploughed field north-east of Lane Farm. SP755018. 17:00.
David Stracey
Radley GPs 28th March
Ring-necked Duck 2 (m/f) still present this afternoon.Follow track past Thrupp Lake to T-junction, take the left hand gravel track for c100yds to view small pit on right (per RBA).
Port Meadow: 28th March
7 Little Ringed Plover 15:45.
Ringed Plover 15:45.
Nicholas Boyd
Blenheim - 28th March
Adult Little Gull |
Leucistic Pochard |
Sonning Eye GPs: 28th March
3 Oystercatcher: Rowing course bund. 15:22.
Marek Walford
Standlake: 28th March
Peregrine: Flew over high street. 14:40.
Caspian Gull: 1w probably male. Large individual v LBB so this and relatively heavy bill suggests Male. Though greater covs rather mealy especially inners hinting at poss herring influence But everything else in structure, moult and plumage good for Caspian. And TM and IL agree so that'll do me . 14:40.
Mick Cunningham
Appleford GPs
Balscote Quarry Reserve 28th March
Farmoor Reservoir 28th March
: 28th March
3 Siskin: 2 x male; 1 x fem. First time seen in the garden. On seed feeder. SP280239. 10:49.
Nicholas Barber
Saturday 27 March 2021
Lower Heyford 27th March
Otmoor: 27th March
Glossy Ibis: Still present on the Closes. 18:00.
8 Black-tailed Godwit: Big Otmoor. 18:00.
5 White-fronted Goose: Noke Sides. 18:00.
Raven 18:00.
5 Oystercatcher 18:00.
Isaac West
Farmoor Reservoir: Lower Whitley Farm: 27th March
Merlin: Aerial Pursuit of small bird 18.45. 19:39.
Paul Butler
Chinnor Cement Works 27th March
Chipping Norton: 27th March
2 Chiffchaff: Hunting insects in hedge beside small lake near Cornwell - first records at this site this year. SP283268. 15:00.
Steve Akers
Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 27th March
5 Oystercatcher 18:26.
3 Wheatear: 2m and 1f. 18:26.
2 Lapwing 18:26.
Luke Marriner
Chinnor: Cement Works: 27th March
2 Swallow: Over the fishing lake. 18:26.
Luke Marriner
Otmoor: various: 26th March
Glossy Ibis: Still on the closes. 17:00.
White-fronted Goose: Noke side towards far screen; single bird, vaguely associating with Greylags. 17:00.
Anthony Cheke
Otmoor rspb 27th March
Sonning Eye GPs: 27th March
Oystercatcher 15:22.
Great White Egret 15:22.
Marek Walford
Radley GP: 27th March
2 Ring-necked Duck: Pair on pit at approximately SU524973.
6 Egyptian Goose: Three pairs on Thrupp Lake this morning.
Ian Elkins
Otmoor 27th
Port Meadow: 27th March
Morning:
6 Black-tailed godwits (4m 2f islandica)
2 Oystercatcher
Dunlin
2 Sand martin
Evening:
2 Little ringed plover
Cutteslowe: North Oxford Golf Course: 27th March
Chiffchaff: Aberrant singer heard every day this week on Lakeside, Linkside Avenue, along railway (near Peartree services) and southwest corner of golf course https://www.xeno-canto.org/forum/topic/42420. SP496109. 08:00.
Chinnor: Cement Works: 27th March
Black Redstart: male. In same spot as previous recent sightings. SU754999. 08:28.
Jez March
Friday 26 March 2021
Headington - 26th March
Tawny Owl chick in near darkness |
Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 26th March
Wheatear: Stunning male. Our first for the year! 17:30.
5 Oystercatcher 17:30.
Luke Marriner
Standlake: 26th March
2 Swallow: Minimum. Came through with sand Martins displaced by driving rain. 20:21.
61 Sand Martin: Came through re orientating south having been displaced by driving rain. Accompanied by 2 swallows, latter being first of the year. 20:21.
Mick Cunningham
Appleford: Appleford GP: 26th March
3 Little Ringed Plover: Also approx 15 Sand Martin's & possible Common Sandpiper. SU521923. 18:46.
Kevin Polley
Widford: 26th March
Wheatear: m. Flushed from field where, ironically was checking floods for water birds. 13:33.
Mick Cunningham
Farmoor Reservoir 26th March
Blenhiem Park 26th March
Little Gull still present at 12:00 (per Jimmy Stardust).
Sand Martin 4
(per Dave Doherty)