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Friday 31 December 2021
Port Meadow: 31st December
2 Red-breasted Goose: they were at the north side of flood with barnacles. at around 1:33pm a dog flushed them away to the west river. then saw them again at around 3:30, at the west side of flood. 12:06.
Zhenhuan Zhang
Farmoor 31st Dec
Scaup (female on F1)-no sign of 1st winter male. (Adult male reported photographed yesterday)
2 Stonechat
c8 Siskin
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Sonning Eye GPs: 31st December
2 Scaup: drk + f. With a few Tufted Ducks, but all ducks flushed by water skier. Photo of pair in flight taken. 11:25.
Roger Stansfield
Oxford: Summertown: 31st December
28 Ring-necked Parakeet: Counted entering the Hernes Road roost. Are people aware of other roosts in the city? . 16:15.
Tom Evans
Ascott-under-Wychwood: 31st December
Barn Owl: Hunting at top of chippy hill. SP293199. 16:46.
Mark Pidgeon
: 31st December
2 Raven: One flew over, then perched with a second in tree to northwest of road. SP447220. 11:45.
Patrick Keiller
Otmoor: 31st December
Jeremy Dexter
Henley Road Gravel Pits, 31st December
Velvet Scoter still present on the Heronry Lake 10:10 though distant (per Mark Merritt,Conor MacKenzie et al).
Thursday 30 December 2021
Henley Road GPs: 30th December
(per Marek Walford)
Port Meadow: 30th December
Dix Pit: 30th December
Caspian Gull: ad probably a fem. 16:09.
Northmoor
25 Snipe 16:09.
Mick Cunningham
Sonning Eye GPs: 30th December
Great White Egret: Just flown in and dropped into the reedbed. 16:06.
Marek Walford
Cherwell Valley 30th December
Radley GP: 30th December
2 Ring-necked Duck: one male and one fem. On Thrupp Lake, but not consorting with each other. 14:46.
3 Pintail: drk. On Thrupp Lake. 14:46.
Ian Elkins
Otmoor, 30th December 2021
Peregrine, feasting on a Golden Plover (The Closes)
Common Snipe 20+
Lapwing 100+
Golden Plover 2000+ (-1)
Water Rail
Cetti's Warbler
Common Chiffchaff 2
Finch & Bunting flock containing Reed Bunting, Linnet, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Goldfinch etc 100+
Old Caley's Diary
Blenheim: 30th December
2 Goosander: m/f on Grand Lake. 11:00.
2 Great White Egret 11:00.
Little Egret 11:00.
Peregrine 11:00.
Gareth Casburn
Bicester Wetland Reserve 30th December
360 Teal highest count of the winter so far, ducks nervous reason below.
1 Peregrine stooped in and across the reserve hunting Teal
7 Shoveler
13 Gadwall
4 Heron
2 Green Sandpiper cattle bridge pool
Alan Peters
Key Holder Reserve
Witney: Thorney Leys: 30th December
Blackcap: SP342088. 19:27.
Stephen Wilkinson
Wednesday 29 December 2021
Farmoor Reservoir 29th December
Waterstock: River Thame: 29th December
78 Golden Plover 09:30.
9 Meadow Pipit 09:30.
Redshank 09:30.
Brent Goose 09:30.
6 Brambling 09:30.
120 Redwing 09:30.
25 Fieldfare 09:30.
3 Snipe 09:30.
3 Reed Bunting 09:30.
Stonechat 09:30.
Nick Marriner
Waterstock: River Thame: 29th December
4 Raven 09:30.
Peregrine 09:30.
Dunlin 09:30.
12 Gadwall 09:30.
Barn Owl 09:30.
2 Grey Partridge 09:30.
32 Lapwing 09:30.
19 Shoveler 09:30.
185 Wigeon 09:30.
440 Teal 09:30.
Nick Marriner
Otmoor rspb 29th December
Fyfield Wick: 29th December
Fyfield Wick
Peregrine: fem. Immature bird through low and put everything up. 15:28.
126 Reed Bunting: Possibly more. Counted in to roost at 2nd lake from 15:00-16:15. 16:15.
Brambling: male. Called and dropped in to roost near 2nd Lake. 15:45.
53 Golden Plover: Flocks of 31 & 22 flew West probably put up by the Peregrine. 15:25.
Jed Cleeter
Port Meadow: 29th December
2 Red-breasted Goose: Grazing north of the floods with all the barnacle geese. The whole group was flushed by a dog around sunset, flew south and landed on the west side of the floods. 15:45.
Shifaan Thow
Tuesday 28 December 2021
Grimsbury Reservoir: 28th December
40 Lapwing: c.40 flying over (possibly came up from cattle field).
Dunlin: with the Lapwing then flew south alone.
Upper Cherwell Valley
Jack Snipe
8 Snipe: 8+.
2 Woodcock
Water Rail
Gareth Blockley
Appleford: Appleford GP: 28th December
500 Lapwing: Amount I counted to but more dropped down out of view. 14:32.
David Eccles
Blenheim 28th December
Wigeon - 4
Red-crested pochard - 2 (m/f) on Queen Pool
Goosander - 2 (m/f) on Great Lake near boat shed
Great white egret - 2
Little egret - 2
Common gull - 1
Lesser black-backed gull - 1
Great black-backed gull - 1
Monday 27 December 2021
Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 27th December
4 Brambling 10:00.
50 Chaffinch 10:00.
Barn Owl 10:00.
24 Meadow Pipit 10:00.
10 Fieldfare 10:00.
Nick Marriner
Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 27th December
Snipe 10:00.
Woodcock 10:00.
35 Gadwall 10:00.
64 Wigeon 10:00.
3 Teal 10:00.
158 Redwing 10:00.
9 Bullfinch 10:00.
300 Lapwing 10:00.
4 Golden Plover 10:00.
4 Linnet 10:00.
Nick Marriner
Port Meadow: 27th December
Port Meadow
Redshank
7 Dunlin
10 Golden Plover
80 Lapwing
3 Snipe
Andrew Siantonas & Gnome
Farmoor 27th
Great Northern Diver (eastern end of causeway F1)
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Standlake Pit 60: 27th December
Marsh Harrier: cc. 14:39.
Peregrine 14:39.
Great White Egret 14:39.
2 Pintail: m. 14:39.
Mick Cunningham
Oxford: Summertown: 26th December
Possible 8 Ring-necked Parakeet: I am no expert but the group flew overhead yesterday making such a squawking noise unlike any native birds. The silhouettes had long thin tails and the wings had feathered edges. I am not quite sure of the time but it was dark. Would welcome confirmation. SP504096. 16:00.
Lucy Kaser
Sunday 26 December 2021
Ducklington: 26th December
2 Egyptian Goose: Flying low over fields by A415. 13:30.
Jed Cleeter
Tar Lakes: 26th December
36 Red-crested Pochard: 21 males; 15 fem. Visible on 2nd of Tar Lakes. 13:15.
Allen Stevens
Forest Hill: 26th December
2 Little Egret: Two again today on Breach Farm flash. 14:37.
David Brown
Freeland: 26th December
Great White Egret: Flyover S near Freeland House. 11:15.
Willow Tit: Single adult feeding along E edge of Broadmarsh Woods. 11:15.
Glen Pascoe
Port Meadow: 26th December
5 Shelduck: Flew around then landed after about 5 minutes. 14:29.
Yacky Morris
Dix Pit: 26th December
Goosander: Redhead. 11:00.
Egyptian Goose 11:00.
30 Red-crested Pochard: 20 drk and 10 females. 11:00.
4 Goldeneye: 2 males; 2 fem. 11:00.
15 Siskin: Approximate count. 11:00.
Lesser Redpoll 11:00.
Ian Elkins
Saturday 25 December 2021
Lower Radley: 25th December
2 Goosander: Redheads; one flew S; the other settled on the river. 14:00.
Ian Elkins
Abingdon: Radley Road: 25th December
Great White Egret: Flew over Abbey Fishponds towards Radley Pits- per Josh Cleeter. 13:15.
Jed Cleeter
Forest Hill: 25th December
2 Little Egret: Two on Breach Farm flash this morning. 11:13.
David Brown
Friday 24 December 2021
Blenheim 24th December
Wigeon - c10
Pintail - 1 male, 1 female
Pochard - 1 male
Great white egret - 2
Little egret - 2
Great black-backed gull - 1
Lesser black-backed gull - 2
Lapwing - c30 overhead
Water rail - 1
Siskin - c10
Merry Christmas!
Stoke Row: 24th December
Brambling: m. Amongst flock of 20 odd Chaffinch. 14:30.
John Taylor
New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 24th December
Jack Snipe: First of winter.
Tom Evans
New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 24th December
8 Snipe: Numbers yet to get to normal mid-winter levels.
Tom Evans
Blenheim: Queen Pool: 24th December
Great White Egret 09:30.
Cetti's Warbler: Heard in reedbeds. 09:30.
2 Chiffchaff 09:30.
8 Wigeon 09:30.
Great Black-backed Gull: ad. 09:30.
Glen Pascoe
Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 24th December
Jack Snipe: First screen. In cut reeds. 09:48.
Rob Cadd
Waterstock: River Thame: 23rd December
Kingfisher 09:30.
67 Teal 09:30.
77 Wigeon 09:30.
3 Shoveler 09:30.
2 Raven 09:30.
Yellowhammer 09:30.
Sparrowhawk 09:30.
2 Woodcock 09:30.
Little Egret 09:30.
4 Cormorant 09:30.
Nick Marriner
Dix pit
23/12
Thursday 23 December 2021
: 23rd December
Woodcock: Flushed from the boggy area at the 2nd hole, as we teed off in the early mist. Flew into the wood adjacent to the hole. SU716824. 09:30.
Doug MACKENZIE-DODDS
Woodcock: Garden surprise
Woodcock turned up in a garden in Marston on 20th December and was present for about 2 hours, householder took this picture which was sent to me to check ID.
Alan Peters
Rushy Common: 23rd December
3 Great White Egret: Still present. NB a correction to yesterday's record; it was of course Rushey Common and NOT Tar Lakes, Rushey Common. 12:30.
Yellow-legged Gull 12:30.
2 Shelduck 12:30.
Egyptian Goose 12:30.
Anthony Roberts
Wednesday 22 December 2021
Warburg Reserve: 22nd December
Blenheim: 22nd December
2 Pintail: 1 male, 1 female. 14:00.
4 Pochard: 3 males, 1 female. 14:00.
3 Great White Egret 14:00.
4 Little Egret 14:00.
2 Water Rail: Heard and seen at North end of Queen Pool. 14:00.
Gareth Casburn
Tar Lakes: 22nd December
3 Great White Egret 13:53.
Yellow-legged Gull: Adult. 13:53.
Anthony Roberts
Bicester Wetland Reserve 22nd December
80 Snipe : best count of the winter so far
3 Jack Snipe
1 Stonechat
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Cetti's Warbler
1 Chiffchaff
3 GSW
150+ Teal
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Water Rail : Langford Brook
2 Heron
Alan Peters Mike Lewis
Key Holder Reserve
Wigginton 22nd December
Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 20th December
Water Rail: noisy and visible on the lake edge just down from the town gate. 15:00.
2 Great White Egret 15:00.
Little Egret 15:00.
70 Gadwall 15:00.
4 Shoveler 15:00.
36 Tufted Duck 15:00.
Wigeon 15:00.
5 Little Grebe 15:00.
Bob Pomfret
Tuesday 21 December 2021
Dix Pit: 21st December
Caspian Gull: ad. Possibly a female going by round head and size v LBBs. 19:58.
Rushy Common
2 Great White Egret: Seen feeding together. Sorry for late submission. 19:58.
Standlake Pit 60
Great White Egret: Sorry for late submission. Drove here straight from rushy where there were 2 GWE. So maybe 3 in area. 19:58.
Mick Cunningham
Stadhampton: Stadhampton Bridge: 21st December
11 White-fronted Goose: Seen in poor light at dusk and distant but looked good for White Fronts , in large wheat field second from the bridge on the road to Drayton. 19:17.
Mark Mckeown
Otmoor: 21st December (am)
Oxford: Christchurch Meadow: 21st December
Stonechat: SP517053. 11:45.
D Moden
Otmoor rspb 21st December
Monday 20 December 2021
Port Meadow: 20th December
Redshank
2 Yellow-legged Gull: ad.
400 Golden Plover: Came in at last light.
Adam Hartley
Otmoor: 20th December
Great White Egret: Flew over at dusk. 20:05.
Hen Harrier: Ringtail. 20:05.
Bittern 20:05.
Luke Marriner
Otmoor: 20th December
3 Barnacle Goose: With 2 red breasted geese 1 of which injured. SP562124. 14:15.
Yacky Morris
Milton-under-Wychwood: 20th December
2 Stonechat
6 Brambling
2 Raven: Kronking.
Mark Merritt
Farmoor Reservoir 20th December
Bicester Wetland Reserve 20th December
Three winter sparklers brighten a dull, damp, pandemic Monday morning
1 Chiffchaff
1 Kingfisher
1 Green Sandpiper
plus
180 Teal
6 Gadwall
3 Heron
Alan Peters
Key Holder Reserve
Sunday 19 December 2021
Pishill: Pishill Bank: 19th December
40 Brambling: Minimum...large flock in tree tops around 1530, either side of B480 between Stonor Park & Pishill. SU728897. 19:17.
Michael Hubbard
Warburg Reserve: 19th December
2 Raven: Cronking together in high canopy to the south of car park. 19:05.
Michael Hubbard
New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 19th December
8 Shoveler: 4m, 4f.
6 Wigeon
56 Teal
Goosander: male. First of the winter.
Gadwall: m. The highlight of my first 6-duck day here!
Water Rail
Tom Evans
Farmoor Sunday 19th
2 Goldeneye.
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Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor I: 18th December
Great Northern Diver: still showing well near causeway. 11:30.
Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II
Barnacle Goose: with Canadas. 11:30.
Anthony Cheke
Saturday 18 December 2021
Wootton nr Woodstock: Stratford Bridge: 18th December
80 Siskin: On alders with a few goldfinches. 14:00.
Bob Pomfret
Dix Pit: 18th December
132 Red-crested Pochard
2 Mediterranean Gull: In massive evening gull roost.
4 Yellow-legged Gull: In evening roost.
670 Lesser Black-backed Gull: Conservative count in roost at dusk.
3000 Black-headed Gull: By far the dominant species in evening roost.
Ian Elkins
Sonning Eye GPs: 18th December
Bittern: In the reedbed at the north end. 16:03.
Marek Walford
Farmoor Reservoir 18th December
Drayton St Leonard 18th Dec
Sent from my iPhone
Fyfield Wick: 18th December
Raven: Visiting roadside Roe Deer corpse on and off for the past week. SU413970.
Peter Pool
Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 18th December
Hen Harrier: Hunting starlings over the reedbed early morning. 12:25.
2 Peregrine: m&f. Pair flew over 2nd screen before unsuccessfully attacking a woodpigeon over Flood. 12:25.
3 Marsh Harrier: One was seen to take a teal off the water in front of the 1st screen Per Warren Foster and Steve Beasant. 12:25.
Red-breasted Goose: One injured bird seen on Closes. 12:25.
Steve Roby
Friday 17 December 2021
Tar Lakes: 17th December
3 Great White Egret 13:30.
2 Little Egret 13:30.
Raven 13:30.
Anthony Roberts
: 17th December
Probable Raven: Calling as it flew over. SU607892. 14:55.
Julian Mole
Bicester Wetland Reserve 17th December
2 Green Sandpiper (Cattle Bridge Pool)
225 Teal
10 Gadwall
3 Shoveler
3 Heron
4 Meadow Pipit
Alan Peters
Key Holder Reserve
Thursday 16 December 2021
Farmoor Reservoir 16th December
Port Meadow: 16th December
Redshank: On floods, first on southernmost area opposite Aristotle Gate then saw the bird on other flooded area by Burgess Field Gate. 14:45.
Andrew Siantonas
Wytham - 16 December AM
Up to 9 Cattle Egrets still present in fields to east of minor public road from village to Field Station. Viewed from SP473093. But no cattle, so birds dispersed and mobile.
Stephen Burch
Blenheim 16th December 08:30-11:30
Pintail - 3 (2 males, 1 female)
Pochard - 1 female
Little grebe - 6 near Bladon Bridge
Great white egret - 3 (2 on Queen Pool/Grand Lake, 1 near Bladon Bridge)
Little egret - 2
Water rail - heard at various points
Green woodpecker - 1
Raven - 1
Blackcap - 1
Grey wagtail - 1
Brambling - good numbers in small flocks around the estate
15th December
Peregrine - 1
Great black-backed gull - 1
Chiffchaff - 1
Siskin - 5
Aston Rowant: Aston Rowant NNR: 13th December
2 Stonechat: male and fem. On Linkey Down on the eastern stock fence and surrounding scrub, frequently challenged by a territorial robin. SU725963. 11:45.
Stan Kujawa
Wednesday 15 December 2021
Otmoor: 15th December
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - male - seen at 1.52pm in the hedgerow close to the first screen.
Also - ringtail Hen Harrier (Greenaways) and 1 Red-breasted Goose (Closes)
Farmoor Reservoir 15th December
0830-1230hrs
Southend: 15th December
7 Brambling: Bathing in muddy pools with Chaffinches. 10:15.
John Kearns
Stonor: Stonor Park: 15th December
2 Brambling: With Chaffinches. 09:48.
John Kearns
Tuesday 14 December 2021
Upper Cherwell Valley: 14th December
Caspian Gull: adult.
3 Yellow-legged Gull
Gareth Blockley
Chinnor: Cement Works: 14th December
Yellow-legged Gull: Adult in gull roost with 4 Herring Gull. Lake 2b. 10:00.
David Stracey
Tar Lakes: 14th December
Great White Egret: On a large island. Seen from footpath to east. 10:00.
Adrian Hickman
Fyfield Wick: 14th December
Brambling: male. Solitary Male associating with Small Chaffinch flock adjacent to my garden. 15:00.
Jed Cleeter
Farmoor - 14th December AM
Great Northern Diver showing well in south-east corner of F1 initially, then later along the causeway (F1 side)
Stephen Burch
Click on the captions below to enlarge:
Juv Great Northern Diver © Stephen Burch |
Juv Great Northern Diver - crop of photo above © Stephen Burch |
Blenheim: 14th December
2 Pintail: Male and female. 13:45.
10 Siskin: Approx number in trees at North end of Queen Pool. 13:45.
Water Rail: Heard calling near Seven Arches Bridge. 13:45.
Great White Egret 13:45.
Gareth Casburn
Farmoor Reservoir 14th December
Blenheim: 14th December
Great White Egret: SP441161. 10:13.
Lapwing: SP441161. 10:13.
2 Little Egret: SP441161. 10:13.
2 Brambling: SP441161. 10:13.
50 Goldfinch: Large flock mostly juvs. SP441161. 10:13.
Mark Pidgeon
Monday 13 December 2021
Otmoor rspb 13th December
Farmoor Reservoir 13th December
Millets farm
Sunday 12 December 2021
Adult Med Gull Pit 60 Standlake
Seen whilst doing the WeBS count. Think it's 3rd of the year here (MC=2 SNT 1). Not a bad haul for the pit I think (??). Otherwise, is it me, or have Meds been a bit thin on the ground generally in Oxon this year. And, has the increase in visitors to Farmoor led to fewer gulls there?
: 12th December
2 Stonechat: 1m, 1f. SP516095. 16:00.
Marston Hamm
Barn Owl: SP516095. 16:00.
Colm O Caomhanaigh
Henley-on-Thames: 12th December
4 Egyptian Goose: Quite a few around this morning 4 on Oxon Bank of Thames and 8 on Berkshire side. 11:05.
John Kearns
Standlake Pit 60: 12th December
Mediterranean Gull: ad. 12:51.
Great White Egret 12:51.
Mick Cunningham
Farmoor Reservoir 12th December
Courtesy of Brian Walker. |
Great Northern Diver juv F2 found by Brian Walker and still present on F2 near the west bank 14:20
Brian Walker
Grey Wagtail: On causeway. 15:30.
Kestrel: m. 15:30.
Colin Teal
Wytham: Wytham Mill: 12th December
(per Peter Law, Ewan Urquhart)
Port Meadow 12th December
Pintail: male. SP498076. 11:30.
Will Long
Wytham: A34: 12th December
2 Cattle Egret: Remaining in last reported field, viewed from Thames Path. Then flew to hillside below Wytham Wood where more were visible amongst moved cows. SP481093. 11:30.
Peter Law
Chinnor: Cement Works: 12th December
Saturday 11 December 2021
Tubney: Tubney Wood: 11th December
Brambling
Lesser Redpoll
18 Siskin
Marsh Tit
Raven
Mark Merritt