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Monday 31 July 2023
Port Meadow: 31st July
Port Meadow
2 Curlew: flew over west
3 Egyptian Goose: On the dried up flood area.
2 Common Tern: Fishing along the river.
130 Canada Goose: Grazing on the Meadow.
2 Common Tern: hunting along the river
Adam Hartley
Sunday 30 July 2023
Carterton: 30th July
3 Yellow Wagtail: Minimum 3 on the muckpile between Carterton and alvescote. In rain with c18 pied wag and occasional juv whitethroat. 23:39.
Mick Cunningham
Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 30th July
Crane: flew over N end of reedbed / the flood.
Great White Egret: Big otmoor.
Gareth Blockley
Waterstock: River Thame: 30th July
2 Reed Bunting 09:30.
2 Treecreeper 09:30.
Lesser Whitethroat 09:30.
Redstart 09:30.
Mandarin Duck: f. 09:30.
2 Reed Warbler 09:30.
2 Kingfisher 09:30.
8 Chiffchaff 09:30.
21 Swallow 09:30.
9 Sedge Warbler 09:30.
3 Raven 09:30.
3 Willow Warbler 09:30.
5 Whitethroat 09:30.
Garden Warbler 09:30.
4 Blackcap 09:30.
2 Linnet 09:30.
Nick Marriner
Saturday 29 July 2023
Standlake Pit 60: 28th July
2 Common Sandpiper 10:00.
Redshank: juv. 10:00.
2 Great White Egret 10:00.
Stephen Burch
Friday 28 July 2023
Farmoor Reservoir: 28th July
Thursday 27 July 2023
Abingdon/Sutton Courtenay 27th July
Wednesday 26 July 2023
On Portway near Caulcott: 26th July
Corn Bunting: Singing from hedge to west of road. SP499241. 10:53.
Patrick Keiller
Farmoor Reservoir 26th July
Bicester Wetland Reserve 26th July
1 Little Ringed Plover
12 Green Sandpiper
1 Water Rail juv.
42 Lapwing
1 Grey Wagtail
2 Little Egret
Alan Peters Colin Oram
Key Holder Reserve
Tuesday 25 July 2023
Chinnor: Cement Works: 25th July
3 Oystercatcher: On island Lake 2b. 10:30.
2 Little Ringed Plover: 1 adult + 1 juvenile on island Lake 2b. 10:30.
2 Green Sandpiper: On the eastern side of Lake 2b. 10:30.
David Stracey
Peep-o-day Lane
Monday 24 July 2023
Standlake Pit 60: 24th July
Marsh Harrier: juv. Juv in pretty fresh juvenile plumage. Not seen this individual here before. 22:10.
3 Great White Egret 22:10.
Mick Cunningham
Sunday 23 July 2023
Ardley ERF Lagoon: 23rd July
9 Grey Partridge: Family party with 1 adult, and 8 young seen. Possibly more young and another adult but obscured by vegetation. 16:30.
Gareth Casburn
Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane: 23rd July
Kingfisher 11:52.
2 Common Sandpiper: Stonehill Lane GP. 11:52.
Common Tern 11:52.
6 Green Woodpecker 11:52.
Great White Egret: SU487945. 11:52.
5 Little Egret: SU487945. 11:52.
J Blunt
Saturday 22 July 2023
Bicester Wetland Reserve 22nd July
Wet and Windy
8 Green Sandpiper
53 Lapwing
5 Little Egret
60 House Martin
1 Sand Martin
6 plus Reed Warbler
Alan Peters
Key Holder Reserve
Friday 21 July 2023
Chilton: Chilton Downs: 21st July
Chilton: Chilton Downs
Redstart: juv. Probable juvenile/possible adult female. Actually seen just on West Berks side of county boundary - Sheep Down. 20:30.
10 Yellowhammer: Loads singing. 20:30.
10 Linnet 20:30.
10 Corn Bunting 20:30.
2 Tawny Owl: 2 heard and seen flying low in plantation adj Rutherford Lab. 21:40.
J Blunt
Blenheim 21st July
Gadwall - 8 (2 females, each with 3 young)
Tufted duck - 15 approx including a female with 4 duckings
Cattle egret - at least 8 including 2 juveniles
Common tern - 7 including the breeding pair and 2 young
Hobby - 2 birds, present on and off for about 3 weeks now.
Ashdown House: 21st July
3 Marsh Tit: SU282821. 11:30.
3 Nuthatch: SU282821. 11:30.
2 Grasshopper Warbler: Reeling in the long grass on the way down Weathercock Hill to the house, quite a surprise. SU288819. 11:30.
Geoff Dymott
Thursday 20 July 2023
Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 20th July
Otmoor: RSPB reserve
2 Quail: Heard only - One somewhere beyond cattle pen near gate onto Greenaways. The other from Moorleys. 21:50.
2 Grasshopper Warbler: Heard only reeling from Greenaways and Moorleys. 21:50.
Cattle Egret: Roosting in tree from Screen 1. 20:30.
J Blunt
Cattle Egret catching frogs courtesy of Steve Liptrot. |
Oxford University Press, Walton Street: 20th July
Hobby: SP507069. 13:30.
Steve Goddard
Wednesday 19 July 2023
Chinnor: Cement Works: 19th July
Common Sandpiper: Hard to see in east corner. 20:50.
Mark Mckeown
Wainhill: 19th July
Hobby: 1 chasing Swallows over Wainhill Farm. SP766013. 20:15.
David Stracey
Bald Hill: 19th July
Peregrine: SU718962. 21:12.
20 Raven: 20 plus including juveniles. SU718962. 21:12.
Jez March
Bicester Wetland Reserve 19th July
1 Grasshopper Warbler: was a surprise, reeling from usual area
4 Little Egret
2 Heron
2 Cormorant
44 Lapwing
9 Green Sandpiper
1 Cetti's Warbler
1 good record from yesterday: 2 Water Rail downy young chicks, distant view from car park hide
Alan Peters
Key holder reserve
Tuesday 18 July 2023
Monday 17 July 2023
Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 17th July
3 Common Sandpiper: on the lakeside between the 7 Arches and The Fisheries.
2 Oystercatcher: On the island.
5 Cattle Egret
7 Little Egret
7 Common Tern: 2 adults with 2 juv on the island jetty and 3 more over the lake.
12 Tufted Duck: 8 adults inc 1 female with 4 very young chicks.
30 Sand Martin: Busy round the nesting holes in the bridge.
Egyptian Goose
32 Great Crested Grebe
Bob Pomfret
Sunday 16 July 2023
Chinnor: Cement Works: 16th July
3 Oystercatcher: Appeared from nowhere, presumably the local birds. 21:15.
Hobby: Chased hirundines then a bat. 21:15.
Mark Mckeown
Port Meadow: 16th July
(Per Andrew Siantonas)
Saturday 15 July 2023
Standlake Pit 60: 15th July
Cattle Egret: juv. Very quiet. No shorelines so no passage waders or loafing wildfowl. 18:59.
Mick Cunningham
Abingdon/Sutton Courtenay 15th July
Friday 14 July 2023
Blenheim 14th July
Cattle egret - 4
Common sandpiper - 2
Common tern - 4 (2 ad, 2 juv)
Lesser black-backed gull - 2 adults, one of which predated two mallard ducklings in quick succession.
Reed warbler - 1
Chinnor: Cement Works: 14th July
Common Sandpiper: 1 along the northern edge of Lake 2b. 10:00.
David Stracey
Thursday 13 July 2023
Harwell Campus Perimeter: 13th July
3 Tawny Owl: At least 3 Calling - probable family group. SU464856. 22:00.
Spotted Flycatcher: SU464856. 22:00.
J Blunt
Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 13th July
King's Lock: 13th July
7 Common Sandpiper: SP478102. 12:15.
(Steve Goddard, Mathew Lloyd).
Standlake Pit 60: 13th July
2 Crane: Flew high south c5pm. 17:19.
3 Great White Egret 17:19.
Marsh Harrier: cream crown. In heavy tail and wing moult. 17:19.
Shoveler: F or juv ... mostly hidden in vegetation. 17:19.
Mick Cunningham
Farmoor Reservoir 13th July
Wednesday 12 July 2023
Standlake Pit 60: 12th July
5 Common Sandpiper 10:00.
2 Great White Egret 10:00.
Stephen Burch
Grimsbury Reservoir 12th July
Tuesday 11 July 2023
Ardley ERF Lagoon: 11th July
5 Green Sandpiper: On lagoon. 11:00.
6 Little Grebe: 2 adults and 4 young on Trow Pool. 11:00.
Spotted Flycatcher: Heard only near Trow Pool. 11:00.
Gareth Casburn
Monday 10 July 2023
Blenheim 10th July
Cattle egret - 7 (4 adults, 3 juvs)
Oystercatcher - 2
Common sandpiper - 3
Common tern - 5 (3 adults, 2 juvs)
Hobby - 2
Farmoor Reservoir: 10th July
Greenshank: Flying south, calling. 09:20.
Cuckoo calling at Pinkhill 08:30
Jeremy Blakey
Abingdon/Sutton Courtenay 10th July
Sunday 9 July 2023
Adult Greenshank Pit 60 -
Best bird on the WeBS count. Crumbs from the birding table.
Greenshank: Asleep on North shore. Distant. 18:13.
Mick Cunningham