Chipping Norton: 30th November

Chipping Norton
Raven: In Peasewell Wood nr Chastleton House. SP250287. 13:00.

Steve Akers

Redwing Otmoor rspb courtesy of Paul Wyeth.

 

Cote 30th November

On floods north of the crossroads this afternoon:

Golden Plover 300+ 
Lapwing 300+
Lesser Black-backed Gull 200+

David Hastings

Cassington: A40: 30th November

Cassington: A40
Marsh Harrier: imm./f. Present on my arrival, departed NW at 15:05. SP460112. 14:28.

Terry Godfrey

Letcombe Regis: 29th November

 

Brambling in a mixed finch flock at the edge of the deer enclosure, predominantly linnet and chaffinch.

Great Tew 30th November

Hawfinch 10 in tree behind St Michael's Church 14:06 (per Nick Truby).

Dix Pit Stanton Harcourt 30th November

Goldeneye 8

Great white Egret 2

Pintail 

Stonechat 

(SB)

New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 30th November

New Marston: New Marston Meadows
Woodcock: Marston Hamms. From course vegetation in a field. 10:25.
2 Stonechat: Marston Hamms. M&f. 10:25.
3 Yellowhammer: Seed field N of Marston Ferry Road. 10:25.

Steve Jennings

Christ Church Meadow: 30th November

Black Redstart (1w male)

+ Redpoll over

Radley GPs: 30th November

Radley GPs
2 Bearded Tit: pair. In reeds by SE corner of Lake H (W of old railway), but mobile. SU5297. 09:19.
2 Egyptian Goose: SU5297. 09:19.
Water Rail: Heard. SU5297. 09:19.
Cetti's Warbler: Heard in song. SU5297. 09:19.
Lesser Redpoll: SU5297. 09:19.

Ian Elkins

Chipping Norton: 29th November

Chipping Norton
Stonechat: fem. At small lake nr Cornwell. SP283268. 12:30.
Snipe: SP283268. 12:30.
2 Little Egret: Feeding among the watercress. SP283268. 12:30.
2 Grey Heron: SP283268. 12:30.
Green Woodpecker: SP283268. 12:30.
Kestrel: SP283268. 12:30.
Meadow Pipit: SP283268. 12:30.
11 Fieldfare: SP283268. 12:30.

Steve Akers

Great Tew 29th November

Hawfinch 11 at St Michael's churchyard (per RBA)

Fyfield Wick: 29th November

Fyfield Wick
Merlin: male. Attacked the Greenfinch roost by flying straight over the top as the birds were circling then disappeared SW in the chase. 15:31.
200 Greenfinch: Roost has grown again during the week. 15:31.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor Reservoir: 29th November

Farmoor Reservoir
Common Sandpiper: Far side from F2. 14:56.
3 Grey Wagtail 14:56.

Richard Parsons

Oxford 29th November

No sign of the Black Redstart at Christchurch Meadow in a brief lunchtime search (per Ben Sheldon).

Oxon Downs 29th November

Ring Ouzel Oxon Downs
Courtesy of Geoff Dymott.

 

Hempton: 28th November

Hempton
Barn Owl: Flew over B4031 at Steepness Hill. 21:30.

Steve Akers

Devil's Punchbowl: 28th November

Devil's Punchbowl
Probable Woodcock: Flushed near fence line at the top of Hackpen Hill. SU351852. 22:08.

Geoff Dymott

Piddington: 28th November

Piddington
Woodcock: First of the winter flighting over my house. 16:45.

Colin Oram

Ardley ERF 28th November

Green sandpiper - 2

Snipe - 2

Golden plover and Lapwing - c100 of each in field opposite the facility.

West Ginge Down 28th November

Black Redstart f/1stw m S/W of Harwell at West Ginge Down on farm building by path 11:30 

(per RBA).

Childrey Field: 28th November

 

Great bustard has reappeared hanging out with roe deer near the Childrey to Lambourn road.

Farmoor Reservoir 28th November

No sign of the Snow Bunting this morning (et al)

Farmoor Reservoir 27th November

Above & below courtesy of Thomas Miller

 Snow Bunting - showing well W end of Causeway from mid-afternoon (Dai John et al)

 

Courtesy of Badger

Courtesy of Ben Sheldon

Hinksey Lake 27th November

Goosander 9 present 12:54 (per Alex Figueiredo)

Oxford Christchurch Meadows 27th November

Black Redstart male still present late afternoon (per Max Buckley et al)

Sarsgrove: 27th November

Sarsgrove
41 Golden Plover: Circling over large field nr Sarsgrove and W of Chipping Norton - first record here this Winter - good to see them back. SP304256. 11:00.

Steve Akers

Bicester Wetland Reserve 27th November

350 Teal
1 Green Sandpiper
2 Heron
1 Little Egret

A Peters C Oram
Key Holder Reserve

Otmoor 26th November

Whooper Swan 2 14:30 in fields adjacent to Lower Woods Farm (per Russell O. Allen).

Short-eared Owl over Greenaways 15:15 (per RBA)

Courtesy of Russell O Allen

Chipping Norton: 26th November

Chipping Norton
Raven: Flew over the small lake nr Cornwell 'cronking'. SP283268. 11:00.
2 Stonechat: ad pair. On far end of the marsh nr the duck pool. SP283268. 11:00.
2 Snipe: Flushed from the marsh. SP283268. 11:00.
Sparrowhawk: SP283268. 11:00.
2 Kestrel: SP283268. 11:00.
Little Egret: In watercress beds beside re-directed fast flowing section of CN brook. SP283268. 11:00.
2 Grey Heron: SP283268. 11:00.
Grey Wagtail: SP283268. 11:00.
2 Reed Bunting: SP283268. 11:00.
Chiffchaff: SP283268. 11:00.

Steve Akers

Letcombe Regis: 26th November

Redwing from the deer enclosure at Letcombe Regis.

East Challow: 26th November

Goldfinch in East Challow this morning.

Port Meadow: 25th/26th November

25th November
Evening Roost
Caspian Gull: 1w.
Yellow-legged Gull: 2w.
Common Gull: 1w. candidate ssp. heinei 

26th November
This morning
2 Brambling: Flying around near Burgess Field gate
Stonechat: f. At the southern end in the thistles.
3 Tufted Duck: 2m, f. On the extended floods.

Thomas Miller, Adam Hartley

Putative Russian Common Gull (l.c. heinei) courtesy of Thomas Miller

 

 

Cassington GPs: 26th November

Cassington GPs
Marsh Harrier: imm./f. After a circuit around the lake dropped down into the reeds. SP460112. 15:00.

Terry Godfrey

Kidlington: Oxford Canal: 25th November

Kidlington: Oxford Canal
2 Chiffchaff: One singing weakly and another further on calling. 08:15.

Nick Suckling

Chipping Norton: 25th November

Chipping Norton
Little Egret: On wetland among the watercress. SP283268. 12:30.
21 Mallard: On the floodwaters. SP283268. 12:30.
Kestrel: SP283268. 12:30.

Steve Akers

Shipton Downs: 24th November

Shipton Downs
Barn Owl: Flew over A361. 23:16.

Steve Akers

Cassington GPs: 25th November

Cassington GPs
Marsh Harrier: imm./f. SP460111. 14:54.

Terry Godfrey

Sutton Courtenay

Goldeneye - female over towards Appleford GPs

Cattle Egret - Peep-o-Day Lane 

Hinksey Lake 25th November

Goosander 6 (DL).

Stratfield Brake: 25th November

Stratfield Brake
Ring-necked Parakeet 07:59.

Jason Coppock

Sonning Eye GPs: 24th November

Sonning Eye GPs
Great White Egret: On the small pit on your left as you walk down the track to the sailing club. SU748757. 15:00.

Marek Walford

Sonning Eye GPs: 24th November

Sonning Eye GPs
Great White Egret 08:30.

Hugh Netley

Dix Pit Stanton Harcourt 24th November

Goldeneye 6

Red-crested Pochard 43

Pochard 200+

(SB)

Fyfield Wick: 23rd November

Fyfield Wick
150 Greenfinch: Approx into roost, up from c40 2 weeks ago. Male Sparrowhawk made an unsuccessful attempt on the roost. 15:40.

Jed Cleeter

Blackcap
Courtesy of Kevin Heath 

 

Port Meadow: 22nd November

Port Meadow
Great White Egret
150 Barnacle Goose

Adam Hartley

Cutteslowe: Cutteslowe Park: 22nd November

Cutteslowe: Cutteslowe Park
Woodcock: Out of woods at SW of park at dusk. 17:27.

Steve Jennings

Day's Lock, Bishop's Court Farm, Little Wittenham/Dorchester : Fri 22nd

Dunlin, Day's Lock/Bishop's Court Farm Scrape.

Cattle Egret, Bishop's Court Farm Alpaca paddocks.

Great White Egret 2,

Little Egret,

Black-tailed Godwit 2, briefly Church Farm backwaters.

Great Tew 22nd November

Courtesy of Nick Truby

Hawfinch 4 viewed distantly in tree behind St Michael's churchyard at lunchtime (per Nick Truby).

Segsbury Camp: 21st November

Female stonechat on The Ridgeway at Segsbury Camp this evening.

 

Rushy Fen: 20th November

Rushy Fen
2 Marsh Harrier: fem. Hunting over reed beds and island then over gravel works west of road. Could've been a third. SP385074. 15:26.

John Pimm

Water Rail Otmoor rspb 
Courtesy of Paul Wilkinson 

 

Cassington GPs: 20th November

Cassington GPs
2 Caspian Gull: SP460111. 15:30.
8 Pintail: SP460111. 15:19.

Terry Godfrey

Buckland Warren: 20th November

Buckland Warren
Marsh Harrier: Circled then drifted south. 13:06.

Jed Cleeter

Freeland 20th November

Marsh Harrier 2 flew over west c09:11 (GP)

Great Tew 20th November

No sign of any Hawfinch this morning (CP)

Grimsbury Reservoir 20th November

No sign of the Velvet Scoters 08:52 (JFT)

South Moreton Flooded fields: 19th November

South Moreton Flooded fields
Grey Plover: Flooded fields between N & S Moreton . Also present 300+ Golden Plover 200+ N Lapwing 10 Black-Tailed Godwit (flew W around 14:45) . Note: This site is not located as shown on & is only accessible via public footpaths . SU568894. 14:35.

Steve Violette

Chipping Norton: 19th November

Chipping Norton
3 Snipe: Flew in and settled on the marsh. SP283268. 14:00.
Teal: SP283268. 14:00.
3 Kestrel: All hunting over the marsh. SP283268. 14:00.
Sparrowhawk: SP283268. 14:00.
2 Grey Heron: SP283268. 14:00.
6 Long-tailed Tit: SP283268. 14:00.
Goldcrest: SP283268. 14:00.

Steve Akers

Grimsbury Reservoir 19th November

VELVET SCOTER 2 m&f imm still present 13:29 (per RBA)

Port Meadow 19th November

 14 Kittiwakes (11 adults, 3 first winters)

Port Meadow 19th November

Kittiwake 14 circling the floods 08:54 for a few minutes before flying off north

Thomas Miller

River Cherwell @ Magdalen College: 19th November

River Cherwell @ Magdalen College
Grey Heron: Fishing using street lights for illumination. SP521064. 02:30.

Nick Suckling

Pied Wagtail courtesy of Paul Wyeth 

 

Chipping Norton: 18th November

Chipping Norton
Stonechat: fem. On vegetation by small pond nr D'Arcy Dalton Way. SP283268. 09:30.
14 Teal: On the small lake. SP283268. 09:30.
Kestrel: SP283268. 09:30.
2 Grey Heron: SP283268. 09:30.
2 Jay: SP283268. 09:30.

Steve Akers

Port Meadow: 18th November

Port Meadow
5 Dunlin
Great White Egret
160 Barnacle Goose
160 Golden Plover
Stonechat: f.

Adam Hartley, Thomas Miller

South Moreton 18th November

Grey Plover

Golden Plover c500

Lapwing c300

(per Alan Dawson)

Courtesy of Alan Dawson 

Great Tew 18th November

Hawfinch 9 in St Michael's churchyard (per RBA)

Marsh Harrier & Teal Otmoor rspb 
Courtesy of Paul Mallarini

 

Sonning Eye GPs: 18th November

Sonning Eye GPs
2 Great White Egret: In trees above the Bittern reedbed at the north end. SU748758. 13:02.
Raven: Over calling. 12:58.

Marek Walford

Grimsbury Reservoir 18th November

VELVET SCOTER 2 m&f imm still present 10:42 (DF)

Great Tew 17th

Sent from my iPhone

Waterstock: River Thame: 17th November

Waterstock: River Thame
Pintail 09:00.
435 Lapwing 09:00.
2 Bar-headed Goose 09:00.
100 Teal 09:00.
Water Rail 09:00.
2 Jack Snipe 09:00.
175 Wigeon 09:00.
4 Meadow Pipit 09:00.
Grey Wagtail 09:00.
7 Shoveler 09:00.
7 Egyptian Goose 09:00.
2 Gadwall 09:00.
148 Snipe 09:00.
2 Little Egret 09:00.
3 Linnet 09:00.
700 Canada Goose 09:00.
2 Goldcrest 09:00.
9 Fieldfare 09:00.
40 Redwing 09:00.
4 Cormorant 09:00.

Nick Marriner

Port Meadow 17th November

Whooper Swan 7 flew over at lunchtime (per ebird).

Ardley ERF 17th November

Caspian gull - 2 adults on the quarry workings viewed from the adjacent footpath. I only saw the one on the ground at the time and noticed the one in flight when sorting through my photos.

Yellow-legged gull - 5

Green Sandpiper - 1

Bicester; 17th November

Magpie, "leucistic type" bird still around the Kingsmeadow area of Bicester. Now much greyer than before and very assertive amongst the normally plumaged birds.

Old Caley's Diary

Sonning Eye GPs: 17th November

Sonning Eye GPs
Green Sandpiper: On the new pit viewed from the Spring Lane footpath. SU748764. 15:30.

Marek Walford

Great Tew: 17th November

Great Tew
5 Hawfinch: At least 5, mobile giving good views flying between yews and surrounding trees in and around churchyard. 14:30.

Simon Myers

Chipping Norton: 17th November

Chipping Norton
Stonechat: ad male. On the marsh. SP283268. 11:00.
50 Redwing: SP283268. 11:00.
7 Meadow Pipit: SP283268. 11:00.
11 Long-tailed Tit: SP283268. 11:00.
2 Grey Heron: SP283268. 11:00.
Little Egret: On wetland. SP283268. 11:00.

Steve Akers

Great Tew 17th November

Hawfinch in St Michael's churchyard this morning (per Steve Sansom).

Courtesy of Steve Sansom 

Dix Pit Stanton Harcourt 17th November

Cattle Egret 08:17 (DD)

Grimsbury Reservoir: 17th November

Grimsbury Reservoir
2 Velvet Scoter 10:18

Gareth Blockley et al

Courtesy of Steve Liptrot.

Grimsbury Reservoir: 16th November

Grimsbury Reservoir
2 Velvet Scoter: juv. 12:13.
Great Northern Diver: ad. Possible fly over only seen briefly all I.D say yes. 12:13.

Paul Gomersall

Otmoor rspb 16th November

Grey Plover with the Golden Plover on Big Otmoor this afternoon + Marsh Tit on the feeders (per Steve Sansom).

Courtesy of Steve Sansom.

Farmoor Reservoir 16th November

Marsh Harrier over Shrike Meadow

Green Sandpiper 

(AL)

Ardington 16th November

Hawfinch 2+ around entrance to Ardington House c08:50 (MM).

Grimsbury Reservoir 16th November

VELVET SCOTER 2 m&f imm still present this morning (per RBA).

Great Tew 16th November

Hawfinch c5 in church yard and village 10:25 (SB)

Port Meadow: 15th November

Port Meadow
2 Dunlin
2 Stonechat: m & f.
150 Barnacle Goose
180 Golden Plover
Egyptian Goose

Adam Hartley

Chipping Norton: 15th November

Chipping Norton
2 Green Sandpiper: On the Swailsford Bridge wetland. SP283268. 13:00.
2 Stonechat: ad pair. On the marsh by the small lake. SP283268. 13:00.
2 Raven: Pair over calling. SP283268. 13:00.
Water Rail: SP283268. 13:00.
2 Grey Heron: Heard only. SP283268. 13:00.
40 Redwing: SP283268. 13:00.
4 Goldcrest: SP283268. 13:00.

Steve Akers

Standlake Pit 60: 15th November

Standlake Pit 60
Grey Plover: Flew through wsw calling. Site tick for me! 16:38.
Marsh Harrier: juv. Handful of pintail and single goldeneye. 16:38.

Mick Cunningham

Farmoor Reservoir 15th November

Knot along western bank of F2 13:44 

Common Sandpiper 

Egyptian Goose 8

(PP et al).

Knot courtesy of Steve Liptrot 

Common Sandpiper courtesy of Steve Liptrot 

Sonning Eye GPs: 15th November

Sonning Eye GPs
2 Egyptian Goose 15:00.
Yellow-legged Gull: Still on normal first post. 15:00.
Sparrowhawk 15:00.
Little Egret 15:00.

Ralph Watts

Cassington GPs: 15th November

Cassington GPs
2 Marsh Harrier: SP460111. 15:44.

Terry Godfrey

South Moreton Flood 15th November

Grey Plover

Golden Plover c500

Dunlin 

Snipe

(per Alan Dawson)

Plovers, Grey, Golden & Green.
Courtesy of Alan Dawson.

Chipping Norton: 15th November

Chipping Norton
Blackcap: ad male. First of the winter. 11:27.
Bullfinch: ad fem. 11:27.
Goldcrest: The Leys. 11:27.

Steve Akers

Grimsbury Reservoir 15th November

VELVET SCOTER 2 m&f 1stw 09:08 (per RBA)

Ardley ERF 15th November

Teal - c100

Green Sandpiper - 2

Lapwing - c40

Little Egret - 1

Cormorant - 22 at least on quarry lake.

Great Tew 15th November

Hawfinch this morning near the car park (AG)

Fyfield Wick: 15th November

Fyfield Wick
5 Hawfinch: 4 flew NE & 1 NW. 07:50.
100 Lapwing: Flew N. 07:50.
Chiffchaff: Calling. 07:50.

Jed Cleeter

Grimsbury Reservoir; 14th November

12-13:00

The Velvet Scoters enjoying some sunshine!

Old Caley's Diary

Kingston Lisle: 14th November

Kingston Lisle
Hawfinch: Dropped in towards the Park. 15:10.

Jed Cleeter

Woolstone: 14th November

Woolstone
Brambling: Calling from tree top. 11:05.

Jed Cleeter

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 14th November

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake
Mandarin Duck: male. handsome male seen from the Grand Bridge looking south.
3 Great White Egret
Little Egret
9 Little Grebe
20 Great Crested Grebe
10 Wigeon
4 Shoveler: all male.
55 Tufted Duck
40 Gadwall
410 Mallard

Bob Pomfret

Grimsbury Reservoir 14th November

The 2 Velvet Scoters showed brilliantly this morning, in lovely light.