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Sunday 31 July 2022
Otmoor: 31st July
Black-necked Grebe: Juvenile from 1st screen
Ruddy Shelduck: From 1st screen.
Hobby
22 Cattle Egret: Flying over. A few settled at the 1st screen, but later 22 were settled on the scrape from the 2nd.
Common Sandpiper: On the scape LHS from 1st screen
2 Oystercatcher: From 1st screen
Jo Orchard
Standlake Pit 60: 31st July
8 Cattle Egret: 2 juvs. 7 on island, all left WSW early evening. Presumable to roost. An adult flew in 7 30 pm. 19:40.
Hobby 19:40.
2 Yellow-legged Gull: Ad and 2nd cycle. 19:40.
Mick Cunningham
Otmoor rspb 31st July
Grimsbury Reservoir: 31st July
Whimbrel: Flew over SW c. 8:25.
Peregrine: Over.
Little Ringed Plover: Juvenile.
Gareth Blockley
Banbury: 31st July
Whimbrel: Flew over parklands, SW ish. Heard well (several times) but not seen. Sounded like more than one bird. 06:37.
Gareth Blockley
Farmoor - 30th July evening
Yellow-legged Gull 39 (including a juv which was first seen on 25/7)
Common Gull 2 juvs, 1 ad
The gull roost watch was curtailed due to the ranger's wife going into labour. It was a poor roost anyway.
Amorous 3rd summer YlGulls
Juv YlGull
Saturday 30 July 2022
Farmoor Reservoir 30th July
This colour ringed Black headed Gull seen at the reservoir today was ringed on 16th February 2022 at Thorpe River Green, Norwich, Norfolk
Standlake Pit 60: 30th July
Little Gull: ad. Flew around briefly before it flew WNW. 19:08.
Mick Cunningham
Ardley ERF 30th July
Sutton Courtenay
Green Sandpiper - two calling over the house early hours of this morning, from NocMig recordings. Presumably birds commuting from/to Appleford.
Appleford: Appleford GP: 30th July
10 Green Sandpiper: Certainly 10 maybe 14. 10:00.
William Lester
Standlake Pit 60: 30th July
Little Ringed Plover: juv. 09:26.
4 Cattle Egret 09:26.
Mick Cunningham
Farmoor Reservoir: 29th July
10 Arctic Tern: Present amongst Ca 40 common /Arctic tern flock. Also 1 Turnstone, 1 dunlin, 3 common sand and 1 green sandpiper.
Paul Hill
Otmoor rspb 30th July
Friday 29 July 2022
Otmoor rspb 29th July
Blenheim 29th July
Otmoor: 29th July
(Jeremy Dexter)
Thursday 28 July 2022
Chinnor: Cement Works: 28th July
3 Little Ringed Plover: juv. On the island in lake 2B. SU750997. 20:08.
Jez March
Aston Rowant: Aston Rowant NNR: 28th July
Spotted Flycatcher: in Beacon Hill car park. 15:10.
Peter Law
Farmoor Reservoir 28th July
Wednesday 27 July 2022
Benson: 27th July
Spotted Flycatcher: Seen on fencepost of 1st house in Church Close, then flew into St Helens Churchyard. SU614916. 20:39.
Michael Hubbard
Farmoor Reservoir 27th July
Chinnor: Cement Works: 26th July
5 Little Ringed Plover: On island Lake 2b. 10:00.
David Stracey
Letcombe Bassett: 27th July
2 Great Bustard: Flushed two individuals in ploughed field at the bottom of the valley near Warren Farm West. Last seen flying east towards The Letcombes, no photo unfortunately. SU360844. 12:11.
Geoff Dymott
Tuesday 26 July 2022
Farmoor Reservoir 26th July
Colour ringed (U21) Common Tern at Farmoor Reservoir, originally ringed at Watermead Country Park on the north edge of Leicester on 27th June 2018 subsequently seen at Standlake on 21st July 2021 and 19th May 2022
Monday 25 July 2022
Warburg Reserve, Bix 25th July2022
Marsh Tit (4) - Coal Tit (2) - Greenfinch - Chaffinch ( M & F) - Bullfinch ( 2 Juv) - Nuthatch (2)
Willow Warbler (4) Goldcrest (2) - Wren - Treecreeper.
Bullfinch - juvenile |
Blenheim 25th July
Teal - 1
Shoveler - 2
Gadwall - 2
Black-headed gull - 80
Common tern - 3
Common sandpiper - 1
At least 100 hirundines this evening, mainly sand martins, and a good number of juvenile swallows.
Farmoor Reservoir 25th July
Turnstones 3 today and 2 yesterday evening that did not hang around
Farmoor: 25/07
Otmoor: 25/07
Bicester Wetland Reserve 25th July
14 Green Sandpiper
3 Snipe
16 Lapwing
key Holder Reserve
Alan Peters
Sunday 24 July 2022
Bicester Wetland Reserve: 24th July
8 Green Sandpiper: 8-9.
Water Rail: 1 adult seen with 2 juveniles.
Gareth Blockley
Farmoor Reservoir 24th July
Otmoor rspb 24th July
Saturday 23 July 2022
Segsbury Camp 23rd July
Shipton-on-Cherwell: River Cherwell: 23rd July
2 Hobby 11:30.
Nick Suckling
Otmoor rspb 23rd July
Standlake Pit 60: 23rd July
13 Cattle Egret: Minimum count. Sev juv. 14:03.
Hobby: 2cy .. probably a male as v small. 14:03.
Yellow-legged Gull: Adult. 14:03.
Mick Cunningham
Longworth: 22nd July
Hobby: One in full hunting mode causing chaos amongst the Swallows. 11:00.
Jed Cleeter
Friday 22 July 2022
Fyfield Wick: 21st July
Fyfield Wick
45 Swift: Formation flying plus there are still some juvs calling in nests. 18:00.
Marcham
50 Swift: c50 spread out across the sky flying over village. 09:30.
Combe
4 Cattle Egret: Flew low over village. 15:50.
Jed Cleeter
Thursday 21 July 2022
Standlake Pit 60: 21st July
10 Cattle Egret: Minimum 10 , maybe more hidden in grass. Min 3 of the 10 were juvs. 18:49.
Mick Cunningham
Cholsey: 21st July
11 Swift: Low and screaming. SU585865. 10:15.
Raven: Over. SU585865. 10:15.
Ralph Watts
Farmoor Reservoir 21st July
Wednesday 20 July 2022
Chinnor: Cement Works: 20th July
Common Sandpiper: On eastern bank behind island Lake 2B. 16:00.
2 Oystercatcher: 1 adult and full grown youngster on island Lake2b. 15:30.
David Stracey
Grimsbury Reservoir: 20th July
3 Little Ringed Plover: 1 adult and 2 juveniles.
Gareth Blockley
Blenheim: Queen Pool: 20th July
Redshank: Single bird loafing in the now very shallow lake. 20:30.
Gareth Casburn