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Thursday 31 March 2022
Radley Lakes 31st March
Ring-necked duck (m) Thrupp lake
6 little egret
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Otmoor Thursday 31 March
Oystercatcher 2 (Big Otmoor)
Port Meadow 31st March
Wednesday 30 March 2022
Cassington GPs: 30th March
Goldeneye c10
Swallow 2+
Sand Martin c10
Kingfisher 2
Please keep to public rights of way.
Thame: 30th March
10 Common Scoter: 10+ sound recorded going over my house at 1am. 22:24.
Luke Marriner
Stanton St. John: 30th March
Little Egret: One in field next to Mead Lane. 15:00.
Great Spotted Woodpecker: Male on feeder. 15:00.
2 Marsh Tit: Two on feeders. 15:00.
David Brown
: 30th March
2 Little Egret: In tree on riverbank, then flew down into meadow. SP476183. 12:00.
Patrick Keiller
30th March Port Meadow
Siberian Chiffchaff still
3 Little Ringed Plover
10 Shelduck,
6 Oystercatchers
1 Redshank
5 Pintail (2m)
4 Reed Bunting
Ben Sheldon, Phil Barnett, Gnome
Bicester Wetland Reserve: 30th March
8 Green Sandpiper 13:00.
Kingfisher 13:00.
Colin Oram
Farmoor Reservoir 30th March
Tar Lakes: 29th March
Great White Egret: standing in tar lake nr. seats. SP385072. 17:00.
John Pimm
: 29th March
Probable Little Ringed Plover: flew (calling) over track going east, settled in marshy area nr. little lake. SP368084. 17:30.
John Pimm
Chipping Norton: 30th March
2 Gadwall: pair. SP283268. 12:00.
4 Teal: SP283268. 12:00.
4 Mute Swan: SP283268. 12:00.
4 Chiffchaff: SP283268. 12:00.
Mistle Thrush: SP283268. 12:00.
Kestrel: SP283268. 12:00.
Steve Akers
Tuesday 29 March 2022
Chinnor: Cement Works: 29th March
2 Little Ringed Plover: On island Lake 2b. 10:00.
David Stracey
Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 29th March
Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 29th March
Great White Egret: On Greenaways. 08:58.
(per Adam Lake, Steve Roby)
Port Meadow: 29th March
2 Little Ringed Plover
3 Swallows through
4 Oystercatcher
6 Shelduck
3 Pintail
Adam Hartley, Steve Lavington
Standlake Pit 60: 29th March
Garganey: m. In the last 2 weeks I've checked the pit regularly expecting garganey. Did so again yesterday: no sign. Today I broke routine and went to Farmoor first. Of course Roger W found a garganey at pit 60 today. I noted it was manically swimming back and forth rather than feeding or resting. Why so? 18:52.
Mick Cunningham
Enslow 29th March
David Brown
Ardley ERF 29th March
Peregrine - 1 atop the chimneys. Remains of a kill could be seen on the ledge near it.
Little ringed plover - 1 on far side of ERF pool
Green sandpiper - 1 on a large puddle near the facility building.
Farmoor Reservoir 29th March
Monday 28 March 2022
28th March Port Meadow
Siberian Chiffchaff still
2 Little Ringed Plover
Ruff
2 Oystercatchers
4 Shelduck
4 Pintail
Thomas Miller, Phil Barnett
Otmoor - 28th March
Farmoor Reservoir 28th March
Enslow 28th March
Wolvercote: Oxford Canal: 28th March
Oystercatcher: Flying over. 09:43.
Steve Roby
Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 28th March
Green Sandpiper: Feeding on pools. Also 9 snipe and 6 bramblings. 09:00.
Steve Holliday
Sunday 27 March 2022
Chipping Norton: 27th March
2 Stonechat: pair. Marvellously marked male with female in top of alder on the marsh near Cornwell. SP283268. 11:30.
Raven: Over. SP283268. 11:30.
4 Teal: SP283268. 11:30.
4 Mute Swan: SP283268. 11:30.
4 Chiffchaff: SP283268. 11:30.
Steve Akers
Farmoor Reservoir: 27th March
2 Swallow: Also 3 Sand Martin over causeway and F1. 18:30.
Ben Sheldon
Appleford: Appleford GP: 27th March
Green Sandpiper 18:32.
2 Redshank 18:32.
Peter Law
Port Meadow: 27th March
Ruff: Amongst the flock of golden plover. 11:35.
Oystercatcher 4
(per Denise Harper et al)
Farmoor Reservoir: 27th March
Radley GP: 27th March
Ring-necked Duck: drk. Still on Thrupp Lake. 13:04.
3 Blackcap: Several singing. FOY for me here. 13:04.
Peregrine: Sitting in a tree. 13:19.
Ian Elkins
Standlake Pit 60: 27th March
Little Ringed Plover: female! Foy here. Not a very well marked face breast pattern or eye rings (female?). 12:25.
Snipe 12:25.
Mick Cunningham
Saturday 26 March 2022
Farmoor Reservoir: 26th March
Oystercatcher: Calling and flying over F1. 10:00.
Joe Bishop
Stonesfield: 26th March
Wheatear: male ad. In a field that was being ploughed. 21:03.
Mick Cunningham
Appleford GPs 26th March
5 Oystercatcher
Drayton 1066
Green Sandpiper 17:00.
2 Oystercatcher 17:00.
(per Ian Elkins,Badger)
Enslow 26th March
Cattle egret - 2
I've been lucky to have some great views of this pair for the past week both at Enslow and early morning before leaving their roost at Blenheim.
Surely they will breed again locally later in the year.
Port Meadow 26th March
Farmoor Reservoir: 26th March
Chipping Norton: 26th March
12 Teal: On flooded field near Swale Bridge. SP283268. 06:30.
3 Mute Swan: SP283268. 06:30.
3 Reed Bunting: SP283268. 06:30.
2 Chiffchaff: SP283268. 06:30.
2 Bullfinch: pair. SP283268. 06:30.
2 Yellowhammer: pair. SP283268. 06:30.
Kestrel: SP283268. 06:30.
Steve Akers
Radley GP: 26th March
Mediterranean Gull: 2s. At Thrupp Lake. 07:46.
Friday 25 March 2022
Chimney: Chimney Meadows: 25th March
Probable Marsh Harrier: juv or fem. Seen flying along a hedgerow about half a mile from Chimney Meadows. 07:54.
Cathy FitzHerbert
Port Meadow: 25th March
Siberian Chiffchaff still, singing by Burgess Field gate
Curlew - flew through calling
Ruff: m. The white-headed bird still.
Dunlin
4 Pintail
4 Shelduck
Grey Partridge in Southmoor Rd garden this morning!
Ben Sheldon, Thomas Miller, Joe Tobias, Adam Hartley, Steve Lavington, Zhenhuan Zhang
Farmoor - 25th March
Enslow 25th March
Thursday 24 March 2022
Chinnor: Cement Works: 24th March
7 Chiffchaff 07:30.
2 Raven 07:30.
18 Teal 07:30.
2 Little Grebe 07:30.
2 Blackcap 07:30.
2 Little Ringed Plover 07:30.
2 Great Crested Grebe 07:30.
Nick Marriner
Port Meadow: 24th March
5 Curlew - only stayed briefly
2 Oystercatcher
Dunlin
Black-tailed Godwit
2 Shelduck
2 Pintail
Phil Barnet, Adam Hartley
Chislehampton: 24th March
2 Garganey: Pair on River Thame. SP001600. 11:00.
2 Egyptian Goose: Pair by River Thame. SP003602. 11:00.
David Stracey
Chinnor: Cement Works: 24th March
2 Little Ringed Plover: On Island Lake 2B. SU750996. 19:08.
Jez March
Appleford GPs
Sonning Eye GPs: 24th March
2 Oystercatcher: On the rowing course bund. 13:24.
Marek Walford
Farmoor Reservoir 24th March
Eynsham: Oxford Road: 24th March
Little Egret: On Wharf Stream. 08:00.
Allen Stevens
Eynsham: Oxford Road: 24th March
Grey Wagtail: male. On Eynsham weir. SP444089. 07:45.
Allen Stevens
Wednesday 23 March 2022
Port Meadow: 23rd March
Black-tailed Godwit
2 Ruff: m & f.
3 Dunlin
5 Shelduck
Pintail: m.
Adam Hartley
Otmoor - 23rd March
Radley GPs 23rd March
Kirtlington: Kirtlington Park: 23rd March
Woodcock: flushed from edge of copse in daylight; very clear sighting. SP515194. 10:00.
Sue Brown
Farmoor Reservoir 23rd March
Blenheim: 23rd March
2 Pochard: Males. 07:15.
2 Goosander: m/f. 07:15.
2 Mandarin Duck: (m/f). 07:15.
2 Cattle Egret: Roosted on the Queen Pool island before flying east. 07:15.
Great White Egret 07:15.
Little Egret 07:15.
Snipe 07:15.
4 Sand Martin 07:15.
Gareth Casburn
Tuesday 22 March 2022
Chinnor: Cement Works: 22nd March
Little Ringed Plover: 1 on island Lake2b. 10:00.
David Stracey
Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course: 22nd March
Port Meadow 22nd March
No sign of the Garganey
Mediterranean Gull, 1w (so not the usual 2s bird)
2 Ruff early evening
1 Blackwit,
2 Dunlin,
1 Redshank,
5 Pintail,
4 Shelduck
2 Oystercatcher
5 Brambling in Burgess Field
(per Andrew Siantonas, Ben Sheldon, Thomas Miller, Gnome, Ollie Padget)
Farmoor Reservoir Pinkhill Reserve 22nd March
Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane: 22nd March
Garganey: male. only one seen, with teal, shoveler & gadwall on flooded meadow beyond fortified pits of the local Paranoid Fishing Club. 16:26.
Anthony Cheke
Enslow 22nd March
Cattle Egret 2 still present in sheep field near to the bridge 11:47 (per Justin Taylor).
Standlake Pit 60: 22nd March
Little Gull: ad. With influx of bhg. 12:19.
2 Pintail: Pair still here. 12:19.
Mick Cunningham
Chipping Norton: 22nd March
2 Gadwall: pair. Third sighting in as many days on small lake near Cornwell - will they stay and breed? SP283268. 12:30.
2 Mute Swan: pair. SP283268. 12:30.
11 Teal: SP283268. 12:30.
2 Reed Bunting: SP283268. 12:30.
2 Kestrel: pair. SP283268. 12:30.
Chiffchaff: SP283268. 12:30.
Steve Akers
Blenheim 22nd March
Cattle egret - 2 roosting on Queen Pool island before flying east. Presumably the two birds that have been seen at Enslow during the day.
Sand martin - at least 4 around the Grand Bridge.
Monday 21 March 2022
Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane: 21st March
3 Garganey: 2 male/1female. 2 male/1female resting together in reeds in floodwater Abingdon end of peep-o-day lane as reported earlier. 16:00.
Gary Stafford
Port Meadow 21st March
2 Shelduck
2+ Pintail
Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane: 21st March
Garganey: drk. Could only locate 1, a drake. Same spot as was posted this morning. 13:00.
Peregrine 13:00.
2 Oystercatcher 13:00.
Michael Violette
Standlake Pit 60: 21st March
2 Pintail: Male and female still present. 18:02.
Mick Cunningham
: 21st March
2 Mandarin Duck: 1 male, 1 fem. SU711806. 16:09.
Denise Harper
Farmoor Reservoir 21st March
Standlake: 21st March
9 Cattle Egret: On island pit 27. Spooked by oystercatcher! 15:23.
Mick Cunningham
Farmoor Reservoir: 21st March
(per Ben Sheldon) and still present 14:51 (per Colin Williams).
Enslow 21st March
Abingdon 21st March
Sunday 20 March 2022
Otmoor: The Pill: 20th March
Short-eared Owl: Quartering the field. SP577138. 17:07.
Barn Owl: SP569130. 17:07.
Oystercatcher 17:07.
Simon Myers
Drayton 1066: 20th March
Green Sandpiper: On floods east of Gipsy Lane. 17:00.
Ian Elkins
Enslow 20th March
Cattle Egret 2 still in sheep field near the bridge late afternoon (per Terry Tossel).
Sutton Courtenay 20th March
Standlake Pit 60: 20th March
Caspian Gull 16:28.
Great White Egret 16:28.
Mick Cunningham
Farmoor Reservoir 20th March
Female Garganey courtesy of Denise Harper. |
Drake Garganey courtesy of Denise Harper. |
Great Northern Diver: On F2, N.W corner by causeway 11:20.
Courtesy of Peter Milligan. |
Appleford GPs 20th March
Standlake Pit 60: 20th March
2 Pintail: m and f. Small sign of spring movement. 11:44.
Mick Cunningham
Otmoor rspb 20th March
Port Meadow: 20th March
Redshank 3
Goosander: fem. Below Godstow lock continually diving to feed. 10:30.
Per Andrew Siantonas, Matthew Southwell, Thomas Miller, Gnome
Siberian Chiffchaff, courtesy of Gnome
Balscote Quarry Reserve 20th March
Saturday 19 March 2022
Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 19th March
Ruff: On Big Otmoor, but mobile. 15:40.
Ian Elkins
Standlake Pit 60: 19th March
2 Oystercatcher: First session of curlew/ wader survey 2022. 05 45 am ... 9 30 am These turned up right at the end. 13:45.
2 Sand Martin: Flew north. Foy actually on pit as opposed to adjacent pits. 13:45.
Mick Cunningham
Otmoor: 19th March
Otmoor
2 Marsh Harrier: fem. 1 climbed high up, calling, performing series of twists, flips, and summersaults. 09:00.
Marsh Harrier: male. Attempted food pass with female, both calling, unfortunately food was dropped slightly too wide of female for her to catch. 06:00.
Peregrine: Frightened group of ducks, before perching on favourite tree. Had a small dispute with a red kite shortly after. 08:00.
Lo Russell
Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 19th March
Redshank (found by Mike Pollard) down feeding but then flushed by an immature Peregrine.
Steve Holliday
Waterstock: River Thame: 13th March
3 Cormorant 09:00.
8 Reed Bunting 09:00.
24 Meadow Pipit 09:00.
Nick Marriner
Waterstock: River Thame: 13th March
238 Teal 09:00.
Egyptian Goose 09:00.
6 Shoveler 09:00.
2 Grey Wagtail 09:00.
4 Siskin 09:00.
Lesser Redpoll 09:00.
2 Blackcap 09:00.
4 Chiffchaff 09:00.
4 Brambling 09:00.
8 Gadwall 09:00.
Nick Marriner
Waterstock: River Thame: 13th March
Raven 09:00.
11 Linnet 09:00.
32 Wigeon 09:00.
8 Lapwing 09:00.
Jack Snipe 09:00.
Water Rail 09:00.
34 Snipe 09:00.
2 Little Egret 09:00.
Kingfisher 09:00.
Nick Marriner
Friday 18 March 2022
Port Meadow: 18th March
Mediterranean Gull: 2s. The usual bird.
4 Shelduck
1000 Golden Plover
Adam Hartley
Appleford: Appleford GP: 18th March
Ring-necked Duck: fem. Back on the pit next to the pylon. 13:28.
Michael Violette
Abingdon: Fairacres Estate: 18th March
Peregrine: Overhead being mobbed by gulls. 10:44.
Anthony Roberts
Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 18th March
13 Brambling: At least 13 present. Also 3 teal, 8 snipe, 57 linnets and 13 siskins (in alders). 08:00.
Steve Holliday
Thursday 17 March 2022
Chipping Norton: 16th March
Chiffchaff: First of the year here. SP283268. 11:00.
2 Gadwall: drk and duck. Second sighting of this pair on the small lake near Cornwell - hoping that may breed. SP283268. 11:00.
4 Teal: 3 drake; 1 duck. SP283268. 11:00.
2 Moorhen: SP283268. 11:00.
Mute Swan: cob. SP283268. 11:00.
2 Reed Bunting: SP283268. 11:00.
Yellowhammer: male. Male calling. SP283268. 11:00.
Steve Akers
Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park: 17th March
Brambling 16:30.
Joe Woodman
Port Meadow: 17th March
4 Black-tailed Godwit
1000 Golden Plover
4 Shelduck
5 Pintail
Yellow-legged Gull, 2w
Paul Rees, Gnome
Otmoor 17th March
A good number of chiffchaffs singing around the reserve this morning.
Chipping Norton: 17th March
2 Teal: pair. On the small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 07:15.
Grey Heron: SP283268. 07:15.
5 Reed Bunting: Possibly more. SP283268. 07:15.
Probable Stonechat: SP283268. 07:15.
2 Yellowhammer: pair. SP283268. 07:15.
Steve Akers
Wednesday 16 March 2022
Standlake Pit 60: 16th March
19 Goosander: No shoreline so no waders. So depressing. Nowt new floated in on saharan dust,but, goosander up to 19 ( 2 more arrived after I posted 17 on twitter: if anyone is counting!). 18:34.
Mick Cunningham
Port Meadow: 16th March
3 Black-tailed Godwit:
10 Shelduck
Ben Sheldon, Gnome
Chipping Norton: 16th March
Chiffchaff: First of the year here. SP283268. 11:00.
2 Gadwall: drk and duck. Second sighting of this pair on the small lake near Cornwell - hoping that may breed. SP283268. 11:00.
4 Teal: 3 drake; 1 duck. SP283268. 11:00.
2 Moorhen: SP283268. 11:00.
Mute Swan: cob. SP283268. 11:00.
2 Reed Bunting: SP283268. 11:00.
Yellowhammer: male. Male calling. SP283268. 11:00.
Steve Akers
Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 16th March
7 Brambling: At least 7 birds preseent. Also 11 snipe and 3 teal. 10:53.
Steve Holliday
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Farmoor Reservoir 15th March
Port Meadow: 15th March
Mediterranean Gull: 2s. Same bird as yesterday.
Yellow-legged Gull: 2w.
10 Shelduck
4 Oystercatcher
6 Pintail
Adam Hartley, Ben Sheldon, Matthew Lloyd, Pam Parsons
Chipping Norton: 15th March
5 Teal: SP283268. 11:00.
2 Grey Heron: SP283268. 11:00.
Reed Bunting: male. Calling from top of cut hedge next to small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 11:00.
2 Yellowhammer: pair. SP283268. 11:00.
Great Spotted Woodpecker: SP283268. 11:00.
Kestrel: fem. Hunting over the marsh. SP283268. 11:00.
Great Spotted Woodpecker: SP283268. 11:00.
2 Skylark: male. Singing over territories. SP283268. 11:00.
Steve Akers
White Horse Hill: Uffington Castle: 15th March
2 Stonechat: m+f. 13:42.
David Eccles
Monday 14 March 2022
Port Meadow: 14th March
Mediterranean Gull: 2s.
Yellow-legged Gull: 2w.
White Wagtail
Wheatear
2 Redshank
3 Oystercatcher
1 Snipe
300 Golden Plover
7 Pintail
6 Shelduck
Adam Hartley, Ben Sheldon, Joe Woodman, Matthew Lloyd, Zhenhuan Zhang
Med Gull courtesy of Gnome
Blenheim 14th March
Wigeon - 12
Mandarin duck - 3 (2m/1f)
Great white egret - 1
Little egret - 2
Snipe - 2
Lesser black-backed gull - 2 adults loafing with 50ish black-headed gulls
Monday 14 March Otmoor
Farmoor Reservoir 14th March
Appleford GPs 14th March
Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II: 14th March
Great Northern Diver: very mobile - apparently never came up after third dive ! (i.e. swam way off underwater). 16:52.
27 Barnacle Goose: on bank, SW corner. 16:52.
Anthony Cheke