Sutton Courtenay

Sutton Courtenay village

Little-Ringed Plover - Pair with at least two chicks on land just north of power station.

Corn Bunting - 3 singing males

Appleford GPs

Hobby - 2 birds putting on a show at dusk. Hawking over lakes. 

Little-Ringed Plover - calling bird

Oystercatcher - Pair

Wigeon - lone male on back lake. 

Lower Heyford, 31st May

 08:30-12:00

Marsh Harrier female (through N)

Hobby 2

Cuckoo

Yellow Wagtail male

Little Owl (calling by canal S of village)

Corn Bunting 5

Yellowhammer 10+

Skylark 20+

: 31st May

Rotherfield Greys
2 Raven: SU729825. 14:40.

Ralph Watts

: 31st May

Bletchingdon
Cuckoo: male. SP505175. 11:00.

David Watkinson

Standlake Pit 60: 30th May

Standlake Pit 60
Marsh Harrier: Spooked 1 snipe :). 17:30.

Yacky Morris

Otmoor, 30th May

 

07:30-11:30

Bittern (Greenaways)

Glossy Ibis (Closes)

Hobby 2 (2nd screen & Greenaways)

Little Egret 14

Common Snipe 4 (drumming-Big Otmoor)

Common Swift 100+

Common Crane (Greenaways)

Common Tern 20 (2nd screen)

Pintail (male-2nd screen)

Garganey reported (per RBA)

Old Caley's Diary

Standlake: 30th May

Osprey 1, low to N over pits 38 & 27 (3Ts) at 11.02

Bodicote: 29th May

Bodicote
Grasshopper Warbler: Heard by two of us. SP475379. 17:00.

Rob Douglas

University Parks: 29th May

University Parks
Stock Dove 18:58.

Drake Slaikeu Lawhead

Standlake: 29th May

Standlake
Cuckoo: Hunts corner ponds. Probably the bird that I hear from home at other end of village. 16:54.
Willow Warbler: Hunts corner ponds. I find this uncommon as a breeder locally. 16:54.

Mick Cunningham

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 29th May

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course
Cuckoo 15:53.
2 Common Tern 15:53.

Luke Marriner

Balscote Quarry 29th May

Ringed Plover 

Little-ringed Plover 

(M.P)

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Sonning Eye GPs: 29th May

Sonning Eye GPs
Hobby 12:14.

Marek Walford

Port Meadow 29th May

Crane 2 S/W over Burgess Field 11:25 (per Thomas Miller).

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Otmoor rspb 29th May

CATTLE EGRET still on The Closes 10:37.

GREAT WHITE EGRET 

GLOSSY IBIS 

Bittern

Pintail (m) 2nd screen 

(per Bark et al).

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Appleford: Appleford GP: 28th May

Appleford: Appleford GP
Caspian Gull: 1s. Same individual as yesterday. 17:45.

Thomas Miller

Wantage: Lattin Down: 28th May

Wantage: Lattin Down
Spotted Flycatcher: m.

Mark Merritt

Standlake Pit 60: 28th May

Standlake Pit 60
Great White Egret: In breeding plumage. 14:21.
Hobby 14:21.
4 Egyptian Goose: Lost one Gosling. 14:21.

Mick Cunningham

: 28th May

Garsington/Denton
Cuckoo: First hearing this year in usual location. SP590028. 09:00.

Stephen Lockey

Otmoor rspb reserve

The Wetland Watch Hide is now open.

Please observe the Covid protection measures that are in place that include limited numbers, social distancing, hand sanitising and the wearing of facemasks.

Many thanks, 

the Otmoor Team.

Appleford GP: 27th May

First summer Caspian gull

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 27th May

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
8 Hobby 10:30.
2 Marsh Harrier: male and fem. 10:30.
3 Cuckoo: Two in flight and one heard only. 10:30.
4 Redshank 10:30.
3 Oystercatcher 10:30. 

2 Common Tern 

Steve Akers

Appleford: Appleford GP: 27th May

Appleford: Appleford GP
Caspian Gull: 1s. 18:00.

Thomas Miller

: 27th May

Chiselhampton
Goosander: Fem by River Thame seen on WeBS survey. SU594982. 12:00.

Chiselhampton
2 Garganey: On River Thame seen on WeBS survey. SU596994. 12:00.

David Stracey

Yarnton: 27th May

Yarnton
Cuckoo: Heard calling east of the village (towards Oxford canal). 06:45.

Nick Suckling

Farmoor 28th

Late afternoon:
3 Oystercatcher
Cuckoo


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Headington: John Radcliffe Hospital (JR): 27th May

Headington: John Radcliffe Hospital (JR)
2 Cuckoo: Flying high over, at least one of them calling, residential area near JR hospital. Unexpected garden tick! 09:00.

Tom Evans

Appleford GPs 26th May

Avocet found by Gerry Quinn & Thomas Miller and still present 18:48 on the main pit viewable from the last pull-in off of the pylon Road.

Cuckoo

Oystercatcher

Thame: 26th May

Thame
4 Oystercatcher: On flood, my first here probably because this field shouldn't be flooded this time of year ! 15:30.
Yellow Wagtail: On the same field. 15:30.
Spotted Flycatcher: Male back on territory at St Mary's Church. 15:30.

Luke Marriner

Thame: 26th May

Thame
2 Oystercatcher: On River Thame floodplain, seen from the bypass. SP695065. 17:00.

David Stracey

Otmoor: 26th May

Otmoor
Glossy Ibis: From hide. 11:05.
4 Hobby 11:05. 

2 Buzzard 
Cuckoo: Heard only all birds seen with Bert May. 10:30 till 13:00. 11:05.

Ralph Watts

Kings Lock: 26th May

Kings Lock
Oystercatcher 10:00.

Andrew Siantonas

Farmoor Reservoir

 

Swift at Farmoor Reservoir recently courtesy of Steve Liptrot Photography.

Milcombe: 25th May

Milcombe
40 Swift: Flying north over village, very low. 18:32.

Mary Clifton

Farmoor Reservoir 25th May

 

Courtesy of Roger Short.

Common Crane 2 flew over the reservoirs this morning (per Roger Short).

Bicester M.O.D 25th May

Nightingale (P.W)

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Otmoor: 25th May

Glossy Ibis courtesy of John Reynolds

Great White Egret 09:18.

Glossy Ibis 09:18. 

Crane 2
Marsh Harrier 09:18.
2 Bullfinch 09:18.
14 Common Tern 09:18.
2 Cuckoo 09:18.
2 Lesser Whitethroat 09:18.
4 Redshank 09:18. 

Reed Warbler 09:29. 
Whitethroat 09:29. 
60 Swift 09:29. 
Snipe 09:29. 

(per Mark Pidgeon)

Otmoor rspb 25th May

GLOSSY IBIS 

Great White Egret 

On The Closes (per Matk Chivers).

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Port Meadow: 24th May

Port Meadow
2 Egyptian Goose: Two birds by river bank a little way upstream of the Perch. Later saw another 2 birds on the floods. I believe they are different birds to those on the banl but cannot be sure. 16:00.

Andrew Siantonas

Otmoor 24th May

10:30-13:00

Glossy ibis on closes showing well
Green sandpiper heard from second screen
Hobby
3 Cuckoo
Common Shelduck
8 Common Tern
Pintail
3 Crane
2 Marsh harrier
Bittern
Curlew


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Lye Valley, Headington, Oxford: 24th May

Above, a Red Kite, drying off after last night's rain; below, one Peregrine over. 

Radford Bridge 23rd May

Radford Bridge
2 Mandarin Duck: Pair by the Glyme. SP400236. 18:11.

David Watkinson

Otmoor rspb

 

Glossy Ibis Otmoor rspb 23rd May on The Closes courtesy of Mark Chivers.

Yarnton Mead: 23rd May

Yarnton Mead
Oystercatcher: Regularly saw (presumably) the same bird flying across the mead from the Thames Path side of the river to the other side of the A40 and later back again. 15:30.

Andrew Siantonas

Chipping Norton: 23rd May

Chipping Norton
Raven: SP283268. 11:30.
8 Mute Swan: ad pair with cygnets. Newly hatched cygnets out on the lake for the first time with adult pair - there appeared to be six. SP283268. 11:30.
10 Swift: Hunting for insects over the tree line. SP283268. 11:30.
6 House Martin: SP283268. 11:30.

Steve Akers

Otmoor rspb

 

Pochards including the long staying leucistic male courtesy of John Reynolds.

Burford Flash 23rd May

Great White Egret 13:25 (per Keith Jennings) the pool and flash is on the left as you go over

the bridge and out of Burford at the bottom of the hill towards Taynton.

Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill: 22nd May

Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill
Hobby: Flew over us across the Thames. Later it re-appeared and circled hunting over Shrike Meadow and the reed beds. 16:00.
12 Reed Warbler: At least twelve heard and seen along the banks of the Thames from Pinkhill Reserve along to Shrike Meadow and from reed beds. 16:00.
Common Tern: Flew over heading to the reservoir. 16:00.

Steve Akers

Sydlings Copse: 20th May

Sydlings Copse
OTHER SPECIES: reeves's pheasant. 10:50.

Colin Teal

Standlake Pit 60: 22nd May

Standlake Pit 60
Marsh Harrier: fem cream crown. this evening. 22:15.
Redshank: 2. having lost this species as a breeder at the pit I was hoping this pair might breed. But, I'm still seeing the pair just wandering around/resting. Unfortunately, one the pair is now limping. It's the slightly less sum plum than the other so I'm assuming female. If yes, I hope the limp is temporary. 22:15.

Mick Cunningham

Eynsham 22nd May

Eynsham
Hobby: SP445087. 20:36.

Eynsham
2 Spotted Flycatcher: SP445087. 20:36.

Moth Clark

Farmoor Reservoir: 22nd May

Farmoor Reservoir
Kestrel: fem. Saw from pinkhill hide on post. 16:23.

Trudi Rowland

Standlake Pit 60: 22nd May

Standlake Pit 60
Reed Warbler: Saw one close up to north hide. 19:41.

Yacky Morris

Wantage: 22nd May

Wantage
Spotted Flycatcher: SU394891.

Mark Merritt

Bradwell Grove: 22nd May

Bradwell Grove
Spotted Flycatcher: Cotswold Wildlife Park. 1 male singing.

Gareth Blockley

Grove: 22nd May

Grove
Mandarin Duck: male. On Grove Meadows Storm Pond at bottom of Rook End. Single male squabbling with Mallard. 16:23.

Dave Jackson

Farmoor Reservoir 22nd May

 The 4 Sanderlings at Farmoor this morning

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway: 22nd May

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway
Dunlin: Feeding on the waters edge of Farmoor 2 - very active. 17:00.
2 Yellow Wagtail: ad pair. 17:00.
50 Swift: At least fifty feeding all around us over the causeway often at head height. 17:00.
10 House Martin 17:00.

Steve Akers

Standlake Pit 60: 22nd May

Standlake Pit 60
Marsh Harrier: imm male. 11:08.
Hobby: Only seen 1 last 3 days. The feeding group has gone. Very quiet at pit. No passage waders. 1 redshank. 11:08.

Mick Cunningham

Otmoor rspb 21st May

GLOSSY IBIS on the Closes

Great White Egret 2 on Greenaways 12:35

Garganey 2nd screen 

(per Mark Chivers et al)

Farmoor Reservoir 22nd May

Sanderling 4

Dunlin

Ringed Plover 8 over

Swift c1000

(per Ewan Urquhart, Richard Tyler)

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway: 22nd May

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway
Dunlin 17:00.
4 Yellow Wagtail 17:00.

Colin Teal

: 21st May

Broughton/North Newington
2 Hobby: Skimming oil seed rape field. SP427391. 01:20.

Mary Clifton

Farmoor Reservoir 21st May 2021

0830-1430hrs

Sanderling 10

Dunlin 7

Ringed Plover 1

Turnstone 2

Cuckoo 2 incl.hepatic female at Pinkhill Reserve

Yellow Wagtail 1

Common Swift 150+

House Martin 50+

Swallow 10+

 The 9 Farmoor Sanderling

+ 1 extra Sanderling with Ringed Plover on F1 side of causeway 12:40

Farmoor Reservoir 21st May

Sanderling 9

Turnstone 2

Dunlin 7

Cuckoo (hepatic) Pinkhill

09:29 (per Ewan Urquhart)

Bicester Wetland Reserve 20th May

 Hirundines feeding over works in the poor weather

200 plus House Martin

25 Swift

10 Swallow

Alan Peters

 Key Holder Reserve

Water Eaton: Water Eaton/Sparsey: 20th May

Water Eaton: Water Eaton/Sparsey
Cuckoo: Heard calling from trees a little downstream from Sparsey bridge. 10:00.

Andrew Siantonas

Letcombe Regis: 15th May

Letcombe Regis
2 Reed Warbler: Two different birds singing around reed bed - can't remember the last time there was a multiple count here. 11:00.

Leo Bateman

Farmoor Reservoir 20th May

Sanderling
Common Sandpiper
Hobby
Swift 50+
Yellow Wagtail 7

(per Ewan Urquhart)

Nether Worton: 19th May

Nether Worton
Spotted Flycatcher 13:44.

Mary Clifton

Cassington GPs 14th May

Courtesy of Colin Teal

Long-tailed Duck m. In breeding plumage. 19:00.

Colin Teal

Aston Rowant: Aston Rowant NNR: 19th May

Aston Rowant: Aston Rowant NNR
Spotted Flycatcher: Singing pretty much constantly in the compound area. 20:02.

Luke Marriner

Farmoor Reservoir 19th May

Turnstone 10

Dunlin 13

Sanderling 1

Ringed Plover 1

Oystercatcher 1

Fyfield Wick: 19th May

Fyfield Wick
Cuckoo: male. Calling. 06:25.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor Reservoir 19th May

Sanderling 1

Turnstone 10 10:42

Dunlin 14

Ringed Plover 

Oystercatcher 

09:17 (per Ewan Urquhart).

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Chipping Norton: 18th May

Chipping Norton
5 Swift: Swifts are back over Chippy!!! Great to see them. Watched them flying in to their traditional nesting sites in The Leys. 19:30.

Steve Akers

Radley GP 18th May

Garganey male (per Brian Walker) On pool near railway after turning left at end of road by Thrupp Lake. In vegetation on the right hand side pit. SU524974. Still present 19:26 (Badger et al).

Cuckoo

Willow Warbler 

Emmington: 18th May

Emmington
3 Grey Partridge: SP749006. 21:05.

Jez March

Bicester, 18th May

 After a six month absence, this partially leucistic House Sparrow returned to our garden today.

Nether Worton, 18th May

15:00-30

Spotted Flycatcher

Old Caley's Diary

Farmoor Reservoir 18th May

Sanderling 1

Yellow Wagtail 1

Grey Wagtail 2

Common Swift 20+

Swallow 10+

Port Meadow: 18th May

Port Meadow
Oystercatcher
2 Egyptian Goose: juv. Seem to have some leucistic genes so perhaps the offspring of the leucistic bird that now hangs out by Oxpens Meadow.

Adam Hartley

Kings Lock: 18th May

Kings Lock
Oystercatcher 09:00.

Andrew Siantonas

Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 18th May

Balscote: Balscote Quarry
3 Ringed Plover: Feeding around pools. 10:01.

Steve Holliday

Chinnor: Cement Works: 18th May

Chinnor: Cement Works
Ring Ouzel: SU752998. 05:30.

Jez March

Rushy Common: 18th May

Rushy Common
OTHER SPECIES: black swan. 14:15.

Colin Teal

Port Meadow: Godstow: 17th May

Port Meadow: Godstow
Common Sandpiper: Feeding at waters edge. 14:50.

John Barnes

 

Linnet Kennington Meadows courtesy of Mark Chivers

Chinnor: Cement Works: 17th May

Chinnor: Cement Works
Ring Ouzel: Still north side of Lake 2b. 09:00.
Little Ringed Plover: Lake 2b. 09:00.

David Stracey

Pit 60 Standlake 17th May

Hobby 6

Dunlin 1

Ringed Plover 1

Oystercatcher 3

Curlew 1

Common Redshank 2

Common Tern 3

Little Egret 3

Otmoor rspb 17th-21st May

We would like to remind everyone that from Monday 17^th May up to and including Friday 21^st May, Otmoor Lane will be closed due to some water works being undertaken in the village.

Access to the reserve will not be possible so we therefore ask that you do not visit during this time and we encourage you not to park elsewhere across the moor.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and we will update you when the road re-opens.

Thank you for your understanding, 

The Otmoor Team.

Farmoor Reservoir 17th May

Mediterranean Gull 2

Oystercatcher 

Grey Partridge 2

Grasshopper Warbler 

(per Johnny Eclipse).

Pit 60 Standlake 16th May

Hobby 8

Little Egret 2

Oystercatcher 2

Egyptian Goose 2 with 5 young

Cuckoo 1

Garden Warbler 

Blackcap

Reed Warbler

Cetti's Warbler

: 16th May

Hill End Camp, Eynsham Road
Cuckoo: Male calling mid afternoon. Also heard on 15/05. FOY. SP4606.

Mike Amphlett

Radley lakes 16th

3 Yellow Wagtail
Cuckoo
2 Swift


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Spotted Flycatcher North Oxon courtesy of Kyle Smith Photography

Otmoor rspb 16th May

Spotted Flycatcher (per Bark & J.R)

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Cuckoo Otmoor rspb courtesy of Peter Milligan.

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 15th May

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
7 Hobby 16:00.
2 Marsh Harrier 16:00.
Cuckoo 16:00.
Redshank: H/O. 16:00.
2 Little Egret 16:00.
100 Swift 16:00.
3 Sedge Warbler: H/O. 16:00.

Steve Akers

Farmoor Reservoir 15th May

0800-1000hrs

Yellow Wagtail 3

Common Sandpiper 1

Common Swift 100+

Swallow 100+

House Martin 2

10 species of warbler

Garden Warbler 6

Lesser Whitethroat 2

Grasshopper Warbler 3 

Reed Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Blackcap

Common Whitethroat

Cetti's Warbler

Willow Warbler

Common Chiffchaff

Northmoor: 15th May

Northmoor
Lesser Whitethroat 17:20.
Cuckoo: m. 17:20.

Mick Cunningham

Shifford: 15th May

Shifford
Yellow Wagtail: m. Singing from muck pile. 15:36.

Mick Cunningham

Farmoor 15th pm

1 Sanderling
2 Yellow Wagtail

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Fyfield Wick: 15th May

Fyfield Wick
Osprey: Circling very high then continued north. 15:20.

Jed Cleeter

Stanton Harcourt: 15th May

Stanton Harcourt
2 Shelduck: Flew over northmoor road in direction of Dix. 15:07.

Mick Cunningham

Sonning Eye GPs: 15th May

Sonning Eye GPs
Hobby 13:52.

Marek Walford

Chinnor: Cement Works: 15th May

Chinnor: Cement Works
Ring Ouzel: Lake 2B. 12:00.

Jez March

Otmoor rspb 15th May

GLOSSY IBIS on the Closes 08:05 (per Luke O'Byrne).

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Pit 60 Bittern

My first visit of the week this evening. Wasn't expecting to see a bittern fly in; un-nerved by aggressive crows.. Male pochard. Cuckoo.

Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm: 14th May

Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm
10 Yellow Wagtail
3 Wheatear
Little Egret

East Challow
Hobby

Mark Merritt

Standlake Pit 60: 14th May

Standlake Pit 60
Pochard: m. 20:10.

Mick Cunningham

Kidlington: E: 14th May

Kidlington: E
Cuckoo: Heard from Yarnton lane, calling from direction of Stratfield Brake/canal (as last year). 15:00.

Simon Myers

Henley on Thames 14th May

SPOONBILL 5 flew N/E over Henley at 12:00 (per RBA).

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Port Meadow: 14th May

Port Meadow
Egyptian Goose: Feeding not far from river bank some hundred metres or so towards Wolvercote from the Perch. 15:00. 

2 Ringed Plover
1 Yellow Wagtail
1 Sedge Warbler: along the river north of the sailing club

Andrew Siantonas & Gnome

Sonning Eye GPs: 14th May

Sonning Eye GPs
4 Egyptian Goose 14:10.
2 Buzzard 14:10.
Ring-necked Parakeet: Over. 14:10.
15 Great Crested Grebe: At least. 14:10.

Ralph Watts

Chinnor: Cement Works: 14th May

Chinnor: Cement Works
Ring Ouzel: Still at the north end of Lake 2b. 10:30.

David Stracey

Letcombe Regis: 14th May

Letcombe Regis
Reed Warbler: Singing in reed bed along Wantage footpath. 14:00.

Leo Bateman

Henley Road GPs: 14th May

Henley Road GPs
Oystercatcher 13:49.

Marek Walford

Otmoor: 14th May

Otmoor
Turnstone 10:00.
Dunlin 10:00.
5 Little Ringed Plover 10:00.

Thomas Miller

Standlake: 14th May

Standlake
2 Hobby: SP386019. 12:41.
2 Redshank: SP386019. 12:41.
Cuckoo: SP386019. 12:41.
Egyptian Goose: + 5 chicks. SP386019. 12:41.
Oystercatcher: SP386019. 12:41.
10 House Martin: SP386019. 12:41.
50 Sand Martin: SP386019. 12:41.
2 Blackcap: SP386019. 12:41.

Mark Pidgeon

Stratfield Brake: Oxford Canal nr Stratfield Brake: 14th May

Stratfield Brake: Oxford Canal nr Stratfield Brake
Cuckoo: Good view in canalside tree near bridge over canal by Stratfield Brake. Later heard calling from the same area. 09:51.

Stratfield Brake
4 Reed Warbler: Several heard only calling from reed beds by path leading to canal. 09:51.

Andrew Siantonas

Crog Hill: 13th May

Crog Hill
Raven
Redshank: Dropped into grassy field briefly before continuing North.

Mark Merritt

Chinnor: Cement Works: 13th May

Chinnor: Cement Works
Ring Ouzel: fem. SU751997. 20:00.

Jez March

Appleford: Appleford GP: 12th May

Appleford: Appleford GP
Grey Partridge: Heard and seen in field across track. 19:40.

Beryl Tillin

Wantage: 13th May

Wantage
Redshank: A surprise flyover calling loudly. SU388887. 17:10.

Nick Lowton

Otmoor rspb 13th May

Sanderling 2 Big Otmoor 

18:04 (per Phil Barnett)

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Oxon/Berks border 13th May

West Isley
Quail: Just outside Oxfordshire. SU463830. 11:09.

West Isley
3 Yellow Wagtail: SU463830. 11:09.

Peter Philp

: 13th May

Portway, ~300m south of junction with B4030
3 Corn Bunting: SP499242. 09:26.

Patrick Keiller

Appleford GPs

Little Ringed plover - 2 (paired up)

Oystercatcher

Common Sandpiper

Grasshopper Warbler - reeling from hanson land, heard from corner pull in.

Chinnor: Cement Works: 12th May

Ring Ouzel courtesy of David Stracey

Ring Ouzel: North end of Lake 2b. 17:30.
Little Ringed Plover: North end of Lake 2b. 17:30.
Common Sandpiper: North end of Lake 2b. 17:30

David Stracey

Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill: 12th May

Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill
Grasshopper Warbler: Every 4 minutes (roughly) one would fly up for about 5 seconds. 17:34.

Farmoor Reservoir: River Thames
3 Reed Warbler: Showing as soon as I got to the Reed bed. 17:34.

Yacky Morris

 

Willow Warbler Balscote Quarry Reserve Courtesy of Kyle Smith Photography 

Yarnton Mead: 12th May

Yarnton Mead
Oystercatcher: In field with kissing gate from A40. 09:30.

Andrew Siantonas

Bicester Wetland Reserve: 12th May

Bicester Wetland Reserve
Whinchat: fem. My first record at this site. 09:10.

Laurie Bryant

New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 12th May

New Marston: New Marston Meadows
3 Oystercatcher: Circling overhead, calling.

Tom Evans

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 11th May

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
8 Hobby: Three present after 11am becoming eight by mid-afternoon. Birds were constantly in view for hours over Greenaways and the reedbed.

Steve Roby

Otmoor: various: 11th May

Otmoor: various
2 Cuckoo 18:00.
Garganey 18:00.
Reed Warbler 18:00.

Peter Moore

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 11th May

Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course
Common Sandpiper 20:43.
5 Oystercatcher 20:43.
Lesser Whitethroat 20:43.

Luke Marriner

Thame: Cuttle Brook: 11th May

Thame: Cuttle Brook
Reed Warbler 20:42.
2 Sedge Warbler 20:42.
Reed Bunting 20:42.

Luke Marriner

: 11th May

Rotherfield Greys
Raven: SU728824. 16:20.

Rotherfield Greys
Buzzard: SU728824. 16:20.

Rotherfield Greys
Lesser Whitethroat: Heard only same place as last year. SU728824. 16:20.

Rotherfield Greys
Great Spotted Woodpecker: SU728824. 16:20.

Ralph Watts

Milcombe: 11th May

Milcombe
Lesser Redpoll: On bird feeder, sunflower hearts. 11:00.

Mary Clifton

Rushy Common 11th May

Caspian Gull 1w reported (per RBA).

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Farmoor Reservoir 11th May

Avocet 2 along causeway then flushed by joggers (per Johnny Eclipse).

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Rushy Common: 9th May

Rushy Common
Cuckoo 17:30.
Oystercatcher 17:30.

Andrew Mann

Stanford-in-the-Vale: High Street: 10th May

Stanford-in-the-Vale: High Street
Hobby: Seen flying NW, away from 10 swifts. SU340930. 20:20.

JB Woodford

Emmington: 10th May

Emmington
2 Grey Partridge: SP739030. 22:02.

Jez March

Farmoor 10th May

19:45-20:45

Turnstone

Ringed Plover

2 Common Sandpiper

c8 Common Tern

Blenheim: 10th May

Blenheim
Goosander: fem. 20:48.
Mandarin Duck: male. 20:48.
2 Egyptian Goose: Pair resting on a ledge on the Grand Bridge. 20:48.

David Doherty

Chinnor: Cement Works: 10th May

Chinnor: Cement Works
Little Ringed Plover: North end of Lake 2b. 19:00.
Common Sandpiper: North end of Lake 2b. 19:00.

David Stracey

Kirtlington: Kirtlington Park: 10th May

Kirtlington: Kirtlington Park
Hobby: Battling against the wind over the golf course. 13:45.

Laurie Bryant

Port Meadow: 10th May

Port Meadow
7 Ringed Plover
2 Dunlin
Oystercatcher
2 Shelduck

Adam Hartley

Horley: Horley NR: 9th May

Horley: Horley NR
Spotted Flycatcher: One at SW end of the old Horley BBOWT reserve.

Prescote
Spotted Flycatcher: in small copse north of Prescote Manor Farm.

Gareth Blockley

Grimsbury Reservoir: 9th May

Grimsbury Reservoir
Yellow-legged Gull: 3CY (i think). An odd time of year for one here but large numbers of LB around too.
Wheatear: Seen by Kevin Heath.
Reed Warbler

Upper Cherwell Valley
Whinchat: 1 found by Clive Payne and 2 confirmed later by Mike Curnow.
Reed Warbler

Grimsbury Reservoir
Hobby: Two sightings of single birds hunting hirundines.

Gareth Blockley

Farmoor Reservoir 10th May

0800-1030hrs

Turnstone 1

Common Sandpiper 1

Common Tern 2

Cuckoo 1

Common Swift 300+

Fyfield Wick: 10th May

Fyfield Wick
Cuckoo: male. 1 calling to the south. 07:20.
3 Swift: 1st 2 birds announced their arrival with calling and chasing at 17:50 on the 5th May, followed by a 3rd bird on the 6th. No sign of further birds yet. 07:20.

Jed Cleeter

Great Haseley: 9th May

Great Haseley
2 Yellow Wagtail: In fields by the cricket club and using the outfield. 22:05.

Luke Marriner

Wantage: Lark Hill: 9th May

9th May

Wantage: Lark Hill
3 Whinchat: 1m, 2f. 18:00.

Ardington
Hobby: SU437882. 15:00.

Leo Bateman

Deddington 9th May

HOOPOE by Deddington Castle flew along hedge in playing field this afternoon (per RBA).

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Farmoor Reservoir 9th May

 0800-0930hrs

Sanderling 5

Dunlin 8

Common Sandpiper 9

Oystercatcher 1

Common Tern 6

Cuckoo 1

Common Swift 300

Swallow 2 - there were 1800 yesterday afternoon!

House Martin 1

Yellow Wagtail 1

Sonning Eye GPs: 9th May

Sonning Eye GPs
Oystercatcher 15:34.

Marek Walford

Farmoor 9th May

 09-12:00

Ringed Plover

Peregrine

Sanderling 5

Dunlin

Common Sandpiper 9

Cuckoo

Swift 200+