Blog Header Text
For questions you can contact Adam at: adamchartley "at" gmail "dot" com or Jason at: jasoncppk "at" yahoo "dot" co "dot" uk
Thursday 30 September 2021
Port Meadow: 30th September
6 Cattle Egret: with the cattle on the meadow!
Little Egret
180 Barnacle Goose
110 Linnet
10 Sand Martin: with tens of swallows and house martins.
Port Meadow: Godstow
2 Kingfisher
Bob Pomfret
Farmoor Reservoir 30th September
Wytham 30th September
Wednesday 29 September 2021
Otmoor rspb 29th September
Chipping Norton: 29th September
2 Snipe: Over the marsh near small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 17:00.
22 Teal: SP283268. 17:00.
2 Chiffchaff: SP283268. 17:00.
Steve Akers
Port Meadow: Wolvercote Common: 29th September
2 Kingfisher: One flew north along the river, and one flew south. 16:04.
Matthew Southwell
Wytham 29th September
Aston Upthorpe: 29th September
8 Stonechat: m&f. Two pairs one with four young in tow on path to Lowbury Hill. 12:21.
Raven 12:21.
John Taylor
Tuesday 28 September 2021
Port Meadow: Medley: 28th September
Chipping Norton: 27th September
2 Green Sandpiper: Pair still present feeding in shallows of small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 18:00.
6 Teal: SP283268. 18:00.
Grey Heron: SP283268. 18:00.
6 Meadow Pipit: SP283268. 18:00.
Chiffchaff: SP283268. 18:00.
Steve Akers
Great Tew: 28th September
150 Pied Wagtail: ad and juv. Feeding over cricket pitch. Count could be higher. 14:16.
Mary Clifton
Chipping Norton: 28th September
Stonechat: male. Near reed beds at small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 13:00.
Raven: SP283268. 13:00.
5 Swallow: Flying through heading SSE. SP283268. 13:00.
6 House Martin: Feeding over the tree line - late sighting here for these hirundines (separate group from Swallows). SP283268. 13:00.
2 Grey Heron: In flight over the marsh - flew in to feed. SP283268. 13:00.
Steve Akers
Otmoor: 28th September
Great White Egret: Still showing well from first screen. 09:00.
2 Garganey 09:00.
Marsh Harrier 09:00.
4 Pintail 09:00.
Yellow Wagtail 09:00.
Peter Alfrey
Farmoor - 28th September
Port Meadow 28th September
20 Cattle Egrets with livestock by Medley boat station on Port Meadow early afternoon.
per Matthew Lloyd
Monday 27 September 2021
Chipping Norton: 27th September
2 Green Sandpiper: Pair still present feeding in shallows of small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 18:00.
6 Teal: SP283268. 18:00.
Grey Heron: SP283268. 18:00.
6 Meadow Pipit: SP283268. 18:00.
Chiffchaff: SP283268. 18:00.
Steve Akers
Waterstock: River Thame: 27th September
2 Little Egret 10:30.
8 Little Grebe 10:30.
3 Chiffchaff 10:30.
185 Meadow Pipit: Approx. 10:30.
10 Swallow 10:30.
Reed Bunting 10:30.
2 Snipe 10:30.
40 Linnet 10:30.
5 Yellow Wagtail 10:30.
Nick Marriner
Appleford GPs
Port Meadow: 27th September
7 Cattle Egret: By horses in middle of meadow at level of the Perch landing stage. 10:15.
Andrew Siantonas
Sunday 26 September 2021
Chipping Norton: 26th September
2 Green Sandpiper: A pair still present in the shallows of the small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 18:15.
Steve Akers
Appleford GPs
Otmoor rspb 26th September
Wantage: Lark Hill: 26th September
Stonechat: On fence post in 3rd field? 12:35.
Yacky Morris
Saturday 25 September 2021
Otmoor rspb 25th September
Great white Egret on Otmoor from the first screen courtesy of Jo Orchard.
Chipping Norton: 25th September
2 Green Sandpiper: Feeding in margins of small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 18:00.
Stonechat: male. SP283268. 18:00.
2 Grey Heron: SP283268. 18:00.
Teal: SP283268. 18:00.
2 Chiffchaff: SP283268. 18:00.
Steve Akers
Standlake Pit 60: 25th September
Bittern: Preening in reeds on west shore. Viewable at distance from LL hide. My 5th oxon heron species in 2 days. 16:54.
Mick Cunningham
: 25th September
Hobby: juv. Flying fairly low over the garden, calling, briefly landed in a tree, before being chased off by crows. SU512905. 15:20.
Michael Violette
Port Meadow: 25th September
10 Cattle Egret: Still present this time amongst cattle on dried floods close to Aristotle Lane gate. After a while they flew up the meadow towards Wolvercote. Later saw at least 8 amongst another group of cattle galf way to Wolvercote. 13:15.
Andrew Siantonas
Standlake Pit 60: 25th September
Green Sandpiper 12:52.
Probable 2 Marsh Harrier: Both cream crowns. In brief tussle. Size difference indicates one is imm Male. 12:52.
Great White Egret: 1. 12:52.
Mick Cunningham
Friday 24 September 2021
Wantage: Lark Hill: 24th September
Whinchat: ad male. 16:30.
4 Wheatear 16:30.
8 Meadow Pipit 16:30.
7 Linnet 16:30.
Kestrel: juv. 16:30.
2 Grey Partridge: Heard calling. 16:30.
Steve Akers
Lark Hill 24th September
Montagu's Harrier (male) reportedly flew west along Larkhill Ridge 17:15 (per RBA) although a description given on site pointed more towards male Hen Harrier.
Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 24th September
Great White Egret: From 1st screen. 10:55.
John Kearns
Sarsgrove: 24th September
2 Raven: ad pair. Tumbling and cronking - flying toward Cornwell/Chastleton. 11:30.
Sparrowhawk 11:30.
Chiffchaff 11:30.
Steve Akers
Blenheim Park 24th September
Thursday 23 September 2021
Chipping Norton: 23rd September
Green Sandpiper: At the small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 18:30.
26 Teal: SP283268. 18:30.
Snipe: SP283268. 18:30.
Grey Heron: SP283268. 18:30.
Chiffchaff: SP283268. 18:30.
Steve Akers
Caversfield nr Bicester 22nd September
Blenheim Park 23rd September
Otmoor, Thursday 23 September
Wednesday 22 September 2021
Lark Hill 22nd September 2021
Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 22nd September
Stonechat 20:52.
3 Yellow Wagtail 20:52.
Luke Marriner
Chipping Norton: 22nd September
2 Stonechat: ad male and fem. Perched on bull rushes in reed bed on Cornwell marsh. SP283268. 17:00.
4 Meadow Pipit: SP283268. 17:00.
5 Reed Bunting: SP283268. 17:00.
3 Snipe: SP283268. 17:00.
2 Teal: SP283268. 17:00.
30 Black-headed Gull: SP283268. 17:00.
Kestrel: juv fem. SP283268. 17:00.
2 Chiffchaff: SP283268. 17:00.
Steve Akers
Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill: 22nd September
2 Hobby
2 Grey Partridge
Raven
Mark Merritt
Lark Hill 22nd September
Farmoor Reservoir 22nd September
Tuesday 21 September 2021
Wantage: Lark Hill: 21st September
Wryneck: Emerged from the long grass to cross the chalk track. Then flew down toward the dip just beyond the rose hip bush. Further sightings up until early evening. 14:30.
Wheatear: Feeding in stubble field on left of the chalk track approx 200 yards downhill from the Wryneck's location. Very active and then perched atop dead tree and elder bushes before swooping down to feed. 14:30.
Steve Akers
Cassington GPs: 21st September
Cassington GPs 20th
Marsh Harrier 19:00.
3 Pintail 19:00.
Blenheim Park 21st September
Lark Hill 21st September
Standlake Pit 60: 21st September
Green Sandpiper: worn ad. 11:36.
Marsh Harrier: cc. 11:36.
Mick Cunningham
Blenheim Park 21st September
Monday 20 September 2021
Farmoor Reservoir 20th September
Lark Hill, Wantage - 20 September
In the evening:
Wryneck © Stephen Burch. Click here to enlarge |
Crop of the image above © Stephen Burch |
Lark Hill 20th September
Courtesy of Nick Lowton. |
WRYNECK still present this evening (per Conor Mackenzie) along main track c 400m past derelict farm buildings along the Lark Hill track in a small clump of half a dozen bushes along the main track as it starts to slope downhill (about here)
Blenheim Palace: 20th September
Purple Heron - juvenile on Queen Pool
(Also 2 juvenile Cattle Egrets and a White Fronted Goose with the Greylag flock)
Port Meadow 20th September
Blenheim: 20th September
Sunday 19 September 2021
Farmoor Reservoir 19th September
Lark Hill 19th September
Vid by Badger.
WRYNECK still present 17:51 (per Thomas Miller) along main track c 400m past derelict farm buildings along the Lark Hill track in a small clump of half a dozen trees along the main track as it starts to slope downhill (about here). Found by Steve Jennings and Paul Jepson at 9 a.m it initially showed on the path every 5 or 10 minutes. From 10am till 1pm it was showing about once per hour (Gnome & Badger).
Greenland Wheatear with 4 Wheatear (per Leo Bateman).
Courtesy of Gnome |
Courtesy of Mark Merritt. |
: 19th September
2 Egyptian Goose: Preening on opp bank from Beetle & Wedge, along with around 50 Canada's. SU594836. 17:00.
Mike Amphlett
Blenheim Park 19th September
Saturday 18 September 2021
Farmoor 18th Sept
Dunlin 1
Common sandpiper 3
Little egret 3
Sent from my iPhone
The Waterstock Goosanders
Shotover: Shotover Plain: 20th August
Spotted Flycatcher: by ruined buildings on public footpath road between grove & lake. 09:30.
17th September
Shotover: Shotover Plain
Raven: near reservoir at Wheatley end of Plain; bird(s) regularly around there and down to lake. 09:30.
Anthony Cheke
Lark Hill 18th September
Otmoor rspb 18th September
Blenheim Park 18th September
Friday 17 September 2021
Blenheim Friday Sept 17th (17:35-20:00)
PURPLE HERON - 1 juv. Seen at 19:45 as it flew low across the path by the bridge heading south towards the Grand Cascade (i.e. flying away from the island on Queens Pool).
Cattle Egret - at least 15 came in to the island to roost, mixture of adults and juvs.
Great White Egret - 1 feeding in marsh at the Woodstock end of Queens Pool, then roosted on the island.
Little Egret - 10 roosting in with the Cattle Egrets
Mandarin - 1 female on the Great Lake
Wigeon - 3
Kingfisher - 1
Grey Wagtail - 2
Dave Lowe / Wayne Paes / Tom Bedford
Blenheim Park 17th September
0730-0845hrs
Blenheim Park 17th September
Chinnor: Cement Works: 17th September
Common Sandpiper: SU750997. 15:03.
Jez March
Fyfield Wick: 17th September
Spotted Flycatcher: Briefly flycatching from top of conifer adjacent to my garden. 10:25.
Jed Cleeter
Thursday 16 September 2021
Chipping Norton: 16th September
7 Chiffchaff: At least seven in hedges around the lake near Cornwell - very active and calling constantly. SP283268. 12:30.
3 Swallow: Over heading SSW. SP283268. 12:30.
2 Blackcap: male and fem. Feeding along with Chiffchaffs. SP283268. 12:30.
Steve Akers
Blenheim Park 16th September
Appleford: Appleford GP: 16th September
6 Caspian Gull: 3 x 1cy, 2 x 2cy, 1 x 3cy. 18:00.
Thomas Miller
Farmoor Reservoir 16th September
This Black headed Gull seen at the reservoir on 4th September was ringed as a chick on 7th August at Wal Ruda: Zwirownia,GM. Radlow, Malopolskie, Poland and had travelled 1554 kms from its birthplace to Farmoor
Also today at the res from 1100-1230 hrs