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Monday 30 September 2024
Kingston Stert: 30th September
Stonechat: Male on roadside hedgerow by kingston Stert farm. SP729007. 11:30.
David Stracey
Otmoor rspb Noke Sides 30th September
Sunday 29 September 2024
Wolvercote: 29th September
2 Tree Pipit: Flying eastwards, some way overhead, wheezing call was consistent with the species' call. SP489097. 08:30.
Steve Goddard
Farmoor Reservoir 29th September
Waterstock: River Thame: 29th September
41 Wigeon 09:00.
13 Gadwall 09:00.
2 Sand Martin 09:00.
4 Pintail 09:00.
7 Chiffchaff 09:00.
4 Goldcrest 09:00.
Kingfisher 09:00.
Grey Wagtail 09:00.
210 Meadow Pipit 09:00.
Treecreeper 09:00.
Nick Marriner
Waterstock: River Thame: 29th September
Hobby 09:00.
Raven 09:00.
Little Egret 09:00.
145 Swallow 09:00.
Blackcap 09:00.
25 House Martin 09:00.
9 Snipe 09:00.
9 Teal 09:00.
54 Shoveler 09:00.
4 Lapwing 09:00.
Nick Marriner
Peep-o-Day Lane
Cattle Egret - 6 feeding in closest field to Sutton Courtenay. On my circuit back a single bird flew over towards Abingdon and another lone bird was down the main cycle lane. None present in field on way back so assumed most departed.
Blenheim 29th September
Bicester Wetland Reserve: 29th September
Bicester Wetland Reserve
30 Snipe: At least. They took off in all directions from some grass near the entrance road. 09:00.
2 Redwing: Flew over the reserve across the railway line. My first of the autumn. 09:30.
Marsh Harrier: Flow around the main pool scaring the Teals before settling in a tree by the pools. 10:00.
Laurie Bryant
Flooding issues 29th September
Farmoor Reservoir 29th September
Saturday 28 September 2024
Otmoor: 28th September
Peter DRIVER
Chipping Norton: 28th September
Green Sandpiper: Put up from margins of brook. SP284265. 19:00.
Barn Owl: Quartering the hedgeline. SP284265. 19:00.
Grey Wagtail: SP284265. 19:00.
Goldcrest: SP284265. 19:00.
Steve Akers
Oxford 28th September
Curbridge: 28th September
4 Green Sandpiper: Distant on a bit of standing water. 13:46.
Yelford
Wheatear 13:46.
Asthall Leigh: Worsham turn
2 Redwing: West. First of autumn. Small numbers of hirundines south at various w oxon sites late am . 13:46.
Mick Cunningham
Woodstock 28th September
Chipping Norton: 28th September
Raven: Flying over. 10:30.
Green Woodpecker 10:30.
3 Chiffchaff 10:30.
Steve Akers
Chipping Norton: 28th September
Great White Egret: On floods and then Oak Tree joining a Grey Heron nr Swailsford Bridge nr Cornwell. 10:30.
Little Egret: With GWE then flew to wetland. 10:30.
Grey Heron 10:30.
43 Swallow: Moving through and feeding. 10:30.
2 House Martin 10:30.
Sand Martin 10:30.
60 Linnet: First big flock of Autumn. 10:30.
7 Skylark 10:30.
17 Meadow Pipit 10:30.
2 Reed Bunting 10:30.
Steve Akers
Bicester Wetland Reserve 29th September
200 Teal being scattered by the appearance of a Marsh Harrier.
11 Snipe
23 Moorhen
1 Cetti's Warbler
A Peters
Key Holder Reserve
Friday 27 September 2024
Childrey: Childrey Field: 27th September
Marsh Harrier: fem/imm. enthusiastically mobbed by corvids.
Mark Merritt
Port Meadow: 27th September
Yellow Wagtail: Associating with cattle. 14:33.
18 Barnacle Goose 14:33.
Will Scarratt
Sarsgrove: 27th September
2 Raven: ad pair. Flying over. 14:00.
Kestrel: fem. 14:00.
43 Meadow Pipit 14:00.
15 Goldfinch 14:00.
Green Woodpecker 14:00.
Swallow 14:00.
Steve Akers
Thursday 26 September 2024
Chipping Norton: 26th September
3 Green Sandpiper: On the marsh at the small lake nr Cornwell. 17:30.
6 Mute Swan 17:30.
6 House Martin 17:30.
3 Meadow Pipit 17:30.
Jay 17:30.
Steve Akers
Standlake Pit 60: 26th September
2 Marsh Harrier: 1 cream crown ... prob 2cy 1 imm male. 3cy (?). Water is rapidly rising, wellingtons strongly advised. 22:18.
Cattle Egret: 4. Inc 1 still in juv plumage. 22:18.
6 Shoveler: Big clear out of water birds. 9 wigeon too. 22:18.
Mick Cunningham
Mapledurham - 26th September 2024
House Martin x 50+, Stonechat (m), Chiffchaff x 3, Long-tailed Tit x 7, Buzzard x 2.
Chiffchaff, |
Stonechat -male |
Farmoor: 26th September
Rock Pipit: 1 along the east end of the causeway and feeding on edge of F2 mid afternoon.
Cassington GPs: 26th September
Hobby: Passing through. SP460112. 17:07.
Terry Godfrey
Curbridge: 26th September
3 Green Sandpiper: Flushed. Accidentally. 16:07.
Mick Cunningham
Woodstock 26th September
Wednesday 25 September 2024
Woodstock 25th September
Chipping Norton: 25th September
23 House Martin: Over marsh and small lake nr Cornwell. 10:30.
5 Swallow 10:30.
Little Egret: On Swailsford Bridge wetland. 10:30.
2 Grey Heron 10:30.
3 Mute Swan 10:30.
Kestrel: Hunting over the marsh. 10:30.
Steve Akers
Lye Valley area, Oxford: 25th September
Another long-awaited patch tick falls. European Stonechat on Churchill Meadow, Headington, Oxford this morning. About 100m south of where the Northern Wheatear was in the hospital last month!
Tuesday 24 September 2024
Port Meadow: 24th September
21 Barnacle Goose 15:49.
3 Egyptian Goose 15:49.
OTHER SPECIES: ROSS'S GOOSE. Present in large flock of Canada geese North of flood. 15:49.
Will Scarratt
Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 24th September
Spotted Redshank: Flew in to usual spot in front of the second screen at 17.05. Spent some time preening and sleeping before flying off again in westerly direction around 18.00.
Hobby
80 Yellow Wagtail: Groups flying in to roost in the reedbed.
Great White Egret
30 Cattle Egret
Steve Roby
Chipping Norton: 24th September
Raven: Over small lake and wetland nr Cornwell. 11:00.
Little Egret: On Swailsford Bridge wetland. 11:00.
3 Grey Heron 11:00.
21 Lapwing: Settled in field nr D'Arcy Dalton Way. 11:00.
6 Mute Swan: On the floods. 11:00.
2 Stonechat: ad male. On the marsh (possibly more). 11:00.
3 Meadow Pipit 11:00.
Jay 11:00.
Steve Akers
Farmoor Reservoir 24th September
Monday 23 September 2024
Port Meadow: 23rd September
Redshank: Flying around flood, calling. 15:47.
Snipe: Feeding in ditch near reserve side. 15:47.
14 Egyptian Goose: 2 family parties, both containing 4 goslings, and 2 adults without goslings. 15:47.
23 Barnacle Goose: Feeding in Canada Goose flock. 15:47.
Hobby: Over West. 15:47.
Will Scarratt
Abingdon: River Thames: 23rd September
Gadwall: Drake with Mallards on river by Abbey Gardens outdoor pool. Unusual record in this location. SU501970. 12:51.
Phil Chapman
Sonning Eye GPs: 23rd September
Yellow-legged Gull: ad. 12:09.
2 Mandarin Duck 12:09.
Marek Walford
Standlake Pit 60: 23rd September
Pintail: 6. In heavy rain. 11:43.
9 Common Tern: juvs. 11:43.
Bittern: V brief view in reeds. 11:43.
Mick Cunningham
Sunday 22 September 2024
Farmoor Sept 22nd (a.m.)
Black Tern juv F2 18:10 (per Thomas Miller)
Little Gull juv F2 18:28 (per Ben Sheldon)
Swift - 1 flew north
Swallow - 13 in small groups flying north
Sand Martin - 4
Caspian Gull - 1 moulting first winter / juv
Ringed Plover - 2 juvs
Dunlin - 1 juv
Snow Goose 79 / Barnacle Goose 29
Standlake Pit 60: 22nd September
3 Common Tern: 1 ad 2 juv. Brought in by rain this am. Left when it cleared. 14:51.
2 Marsh Harrier: Both juvenile One with yellow wing tags. One without. 14:51.
Snipe 14:51.
Mick Cunningham
Otmoor rspb 22nd September
Woodstock 22nd September
Saturday 21 September 2024
Chipping Norton: 21st September
Green Sandpiper: At the Swailsford Bridge wetland nr Cornwell. 19:20.
Little Egret 19:20.
Grey Heron 19:20.
Raven 19:20.
Barn Owl 19:20.
Steve Akers
Farmoor Reservoir 21st September
Chilswell valley: 15th September
Spotted Flycatcher: Heard calling and briefly seen in woodland area. 11:08.
Will Scarratt
Friday 20 September 2024
Standlake Pit 60: 20th September
Common Sandpiper: Late submission. 11:13.
Mick Cunningham
Farmoor Reservoir 20th September
Woodstock 20th September
Black Redstart still present at Field Barn Farm late afternoon (per RBA).
Cassington GPs: 20th September
Shelduck: SP460112. 11:45.
4 Barnacle Goose: SP460112. 11:45.
Terry Godfrey
Thursday 19 September 2024
Farmoor Reservoir - Thursday 19th September 2024
Woodstock 19th September
Chipping Norton: 18th September
Great White Egret: ad. At Swailsford Bridge wetland nr Cornwell prancing and jumping to feed on the many dragonfly here. Great to watch. 13:27.
Steve Akers
Grimsbury Reservoir: 19th September
Great White Egret: circled over low but carried on North.
Yellow-legged Gull: 3cy.
Gareth Blockley
Wednesday 18 September 2024
Cassington GPs: 18th September
Marsh Harrier: SP460112. 16:30.
2 Great White Egret: SP460112. 16:30.
Terry Godfrey
Farmoor Reservoir 18th September
Tuesday 17 September 2024
Otmoor: 17th September
2 Hobby: From 1st screen. SP561135. 19:45.
Steven Portugal
Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill: 17th September
Reed Warbler 20:17.
Jeremy Blakey
South Leigh: 17th September
Peregrine: using a pylon as a vantage point for hunting Wood Pigeons. 18:20.
Richard Catling
Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II: 17th September
Ruff 18:15.
3 Dunlin 18:15.
2 Common Sandpiper 18:15.
Matthew Lloyd
Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 17th September
Mandarin Duck: male.
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
10 Shoveler
Gadwall: male.
2 Wigeon: fem.
32 Tufted Duck
6 Teal
4 Little Grebe
4 Raven
Bob Pomfret
Woodstock 17th September
Black Redstart still present at Field Barn Farm Old Woodstock 11:30 (P.B).
Please stick to public footpath.
Just for info: Yesterday evening I had a conversation with a security guy at the Barn (it's a roofing business), he was friendly but not too happy with all the visitors. He suggested that we should stick to the public footpath, or knock and ask if it is okay to be there.
Bicester Wetland Reserve 17th September
8 Green Sandpiper
40 Lapwing
33 Teal
18 Snipe
19 Moorhen
30 Long-tailed Tit
28 Goldfinch
5 Chiffchaff
A Peters
Key Holder Reserve
Monday 16 September 2024
Churn: 16th September
Churn
Whinchat: Seen with 2 Stonechats. Also 15 + Corn Buntings and 12+ Meadow Pipits. SU509829. 17:30.
2 Whinchat: Seen with two Stonechat. 20 Linnets also in area. Area just in Berkshire. SU508818. 17:50.
Steve Violette
Field Barn Farm, Old Woodstock: 16th September
Black Redstart: Still present, flycatching from farm buildings. SP441183. 18:12.
4 Cattle Egret: In valley below. SP441183. 18:12.
Matthew Lloyd
Woodstock 16th September
Otmoor: 16th September
15 Cattle Egret: c15 with cattle on Ashgrave. 10:00.
3 Great White Egret 10:00.
2 Hobby 10:00.
Nick Suckling
Sunday 15 September 2024
Fyfield Wick: 15th September
Fyfield Wick
Yellow Wagtail: Flew SW Calling. 13:20.
Hobby 14:15.
12 Chiffchaff: At least through garden with mixed tit flocks. 14:15.
4 Blackcap: Through garden in pm. 14:15.
70 Goldfinch: First decent flock of Autumn. 14:15.
Jed Cleeter
Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill: 15th September
2 Peregrine: Male & Imm Fem. 09:00.
3 Marsh Harrier: Imm all seen at the same time, one with obvious yellow landing lights. 09:00.
100 Swallow: At least through south. 09:00.
100 Meadow Pipit: At least through south. 09:00.
30 Skylark: Through south. 09:00.
2 Whitethroat 09:00.
Jed Cleeter
Otmoor RSPB: 15th September
Hobby: ad. Flew low over edge of marsh near bridge past feeders then across marsh going northwest. SP565129. 11:00.
Martin Townsend
Standlake Pit 60: 15th September
Hobby: Possibly 2. 1 a definite juv. 13:33.
Mick Cunningham
Grimsbury Reservoir: 15th September
Wheatear: In cattle field. Seen with JFT. 08:00.
Whinchat: In cattle field. Seen with JFT. 08:00.
Laurie Bryant
Woodstock (north) 15th September
Black redstart still present this morning moving around the various buildings in the site but perching in view quite often.
Whinchat - 1
Stonechat - 3
Wheatear - 1
Saturday 14 September 2024
Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill: 14th September
Greenshank: On small pool with Little Egrets. 17:30.
Redshank: Flew through calling. 17:30.
2 Kingfisher: Chasing each other around. 17:30.
Hobby 17:30.
Jed Cleeter
Ardley ERF Lagoon: 14th September
11 Green Sandpiper: SP543252. 17:33.
Steven Portugal
Farmoor Reservoir: 14th September
4 Common Sandpiper: 3 on F2 and 1 on F1. 16:30.
2 Dunlin: On the causeway. 16:30.
2 Great Black-backed Gull: Adults. 16:30.
230 Tufted Duck: On F1. 16:30.
Ian Elkins
Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill: 14th September
Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill
Tree Pipit: Flew South Calling. 08:20.
Marsh Harrier: Juvenile. 09:10.
2 Whitethroat 11:43.
Willow Warbler 11:43.
200 Swallow: Probably an undercount flying South continuously for a couple of hours. 11:43.
100 Meadow Pipit: Again probably an undercount as moving through South constantly for a couple of hours. 11:43.
Jed Cleeter
Fyfield Wick: 13th September
Fyfield Wick
Yellow Wagtail: Flew South Calling. 07:15.
Hobby: Hawking Dragonflies. 11:25.
Jed Cleeter
Woodstock (north) 14th September
Black redstart - 1 on northern fence/wall of Field Barn Farm near red shipping container still present 12:55
Wheatear (PW)
Stonechat - 1
Meadow Pipit - c100 in the area around the farm. A clear dump of birds.
Yellow wagtail - 1 over
Cattle egret - 8 with cattle in field adjacent to private nature reserve.
Meadow pipits and kestrels |
Standlake Pit 60: 14th September
1200 Greylag Goose: Late submission. God awful sight and sound. 09:11.
Marsh Harrier: 2cy. Perched looks like a juvenile but in flight, has some moult gaps in flight feathers. So 2cy?? 09:11.
Mick Cunningham
Friday 13 September 2024
Blenheim 13th September
Cattle egret - 3. 1 juv yet to fully fledge. There is possibly another sibling still present. These will be the last of the breeding season. 2 adults flew out north.
Peregrine - 1 adult on monument.
Cassington GPs: 13th September
Marsh Harrier: Frequent visitor to this 23ha reedy islet lake. Spends time out of view in reeds interspersed with circuits around the lake. SP460112. 16:00.
Terry Godfrey
Grimsbury Reservoir: 13th September
Whinchat: cattle field.
Yellow-legged Gull: 2cy.
Gareth Blockley
Otmoor rspb a.m 13th September
Farmoor Reservoir 13th September
Witney Lake 13th September
Thursday 12 September 2024
RPSB Otmoor 12 September 2024
Wednesday 11 September 2024
Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 11th September
200 Yellow Wagtail: Approximately 200 in and around the reedbed.
4 Hobby
4 Marsh Harrier
6 Great White Egret
Glossy Ibis: In to roost with the egrets again.
(Steve Roby, Pete Roby, Steve Lavington).
Standlake Pit 60, 11 September
1 Marsh Harrier, with yellow wing tags both with "AB" in black letters.
I found this webpage https://www.nwnrg.co.uk/research/marsh_harrier/MH_Project_Recoveries.htm
that indicates this bird was tagged as a female nestling near Manea, Cambridgeshire on 14 June 2024. This has been confirmed by Phil Littler of the North West Norfolk Ringing Group.
Wing-tagged Marsh Harrier "AB" © Stephen Burch |
Farmoor Reservoir 11th September
Caspian Gull courtesy of Ian Lewington. |
Otmoor: 11th September
Glossy Ibis: Viewed on the willow to the left of the first screen. Flew off to Flood at 2.45pm. 17:40.
John Barnes
Fyfield Wick: 11th September
Yellow Wagtail: Flew high South calling. 17:03.
OTHER SPECIES: Hummingbird Hawk Moth briefly in garden during a rain shower. 1st UK sighting this year. 17:03.
Jed Cleeter
Wolvercote: 11th September
2 Great White Egret: One on rear of the Wolvercote lakes lake, the other seen on front lake and in channel which links the front and back lakes. SP494099. 15:59.
Port Meadow: Wolvercote Common
6 Yellow Wagtail: Amongst cattle at the northern end of the meadow near the car park. Hard to count as they flitted between the cattle so probably more. 15:59.
Andrew Siantonas
Bicester Wetlands Reserve 11th September
Fyfield Wick: 11th September
Shag: Imm flew fairly high SE. 08:55.
13 Meadow Pipit: Flocks of 10 & 3 through South on vis-mig between 07.15-09.00. 08:55.
26 Swallow: Flew South in vis-mig 07:15-09:00. 08:55.
29 Sand Martin: Flew South on vis-mig 07:15-09.00. 08:55.
3 House Martin: Flew South on vis-mig 07:15-09.00. 08:55.
2 Grey Wagtail: Singles flew high South calling in vis-mig 07.15-09.00. 08:55.
3 Stock Dove: Flew SW on vis-mig 07:15-09.00. 08:55.
2 Jay: Singles flew fairly high SE, possible continental arrivals ? 08:55.
2 Chiffchaff: In garden, 1 in brief song. 08:55.
Sparrowhawk: fem. Took an Imm Blackbird from under bird table. 08:55.
Jed Cleeter
Tuesday 10 September 2024
Middle Assendon: 10th September
Great White Egret: Flew over Middle Assendon very low from Bucks and in to Oxon. Almost over my head continuing South West towards Bix. 15:05.
Ashley Stow
Farmoor Reservoir: 10th September
2 Greenshank 17:00.
13 Dunlin 17:00.
3 Swift 17:00.
Isaac West
Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 10th September
Otmoor: RSPB reserve
12 Yellow Wagtail: At least 12 around cattle on Greenaways 14:07.
16 Cattle Egret: 16 or more with cattle on Greenaways 14:07.
2 Whinchat: In scrub on Ashgrave.
Steve Roby
Bicester Wetland Reserve 10th September
1 Great White Egret
4 Little Egret
10 Green Sandpiper
10 Snipe
95 Teal
A Peters C Oram
Key Holder Reserve
Monday 9 September 2024
Farmoor Reservoir 9th September
The Oxfordshire Golf Course: 8th September
Black Tern: juv. SU685043. 12:00.
Mike Pennick
Port Meadow: Wolvercote Allotments: 9th September
2 Great White Egret: One on front lake one on back. Returned 2 hours later. Bird still on back lake. Other bird seen jn channel which links front and back lakes. Great whites seem to be becoming regular visitors to this site. 16:40.
Andrew Siantonas
Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 9th September
Glossy Ibis 13:00.
4 Great White Egret 13:00.
30 Cattle Egret 13:00.
Hobby 13:00.
70 Yellow Wagtail 13:00.
Isaac West
Sunday 8 September 2024
Sutton 8th September
Port Meadow: 8th September
Port Meadow
2 Great White Egret: Wolvercote Lakes: one on the front lake and one on the back.
Cattle Egret: at south end of Meadow
50+ Yellow Wagtail
Adam Hartley, Isaac West, Andrew Siantonas
Farmoor Reservoir: 8th September
Sonning Eye GPs: 8th September
Yellow-legged Gull: On bouy number 2 yellow but distance away phone scoped. 11:30.
Ralph Watts
Standlake Pit 60: 8th September
Green Sandpiper: Just one for 5 minutes first thing today. None in 3 hours after that. 12:51.
Snipe 12:51.
6 Wigeon: Pit seems a bit quiet this morning. 12:51.
Mick Cunningham
Grimsbury Reservoir 8th September
Saturday 7 September 2024
Uffington: 7th September
10 Yellow Wagtail: Flew South together over the cricket pitch calling. 16:40.
Jed Cleeter
Standlake Pit 60: 7th September
3 Green Sandpiper 19:08.
2 Snipe 19:08.
Marsh Harrier: cream crown . the one in obvious wing and tail moult. 19:08.
Mandarin Duck: m. 19:08.
Mick Cunningham
Carterton/Alvescot: 7th September
Yellow Wagtail: Sadly, no muck heap this year. Wag flew east calling. 16:15.
2 Lesser Whitethroat 16:15.
Mick Cunningham
Farmoor Reservoir 7th September
Bishop's Court Farm/John Allen Pit, Dorchester on Thames : Sat 7th
Pied Flycatcher, f/juv : In trees on western bank of John Allen Pit and venturing to riverside trees. Very elusive
Whinchat, male, along main track between Alpaca paddocks and Dyke Hills.
Hobby, juv.
Farmoor Reservoir & Shrike Meadow 7th September
Standlake Pit 60: 7th September
Sandwich Tern: ad ... presumed. obvious pale tip to bill. Site tick me. 09:37.
Pintail: ecl. New in. 12:01.
Mick Cunningham