Otmoor rspb 30th April

Whimbrel on Noke Sides viewable from the bench between screen 1 and 2 (per Steve Sansom).

Venn Mill: 30th April

Venn Mill
Great White Egret

Mark Merritt

Blenheim 30th April

Common Sandpiper - at least 7 this morning.

Farmoor - F1 29th April

Female Osprey - (blue ringed). Flying north over F1 before soaring over Wytham Woods.

Didcot Lydalls Road: 29th April

Didcot Lydalls Road
2 Swift: F.O.Y. SU522903. 20:09.

William Lester

Standlake Pit 60, 29 April am

1+ Hobby - distant along S shore reedbed
2 Common Tern
2 Shelduck
1-2 Oystercatcher
Lapwing still
1 Cuckoo
Kingfisher
1 Garden Warbler - singing by LL gate

Stephen Burch

Abingdon: Abingdon Marina: 29th April

Abingdon: Abingdon Marina
Common Tern: One circling over the Thames by the sailing club early evening. SU497961. 17:50.

Phil Chapman

Otmoor rspb 29th April

13 Hobbies late morning - 10 from 1st screen, also 3 over Greenaways/ bridlepath.

(per Jonathan Mercer)

Farmoor Reservoir 29th April

Osprey over F1 then over Wytham Woods c16:38

Has a blue ring with white letters and presumably one of the Rutland Water birds.

(per Jeremy Dexter)

Otmoor rspb

Otmoor April songsters.

Sedge Warbler courtesy of Paul Torevell 

 

Cetti's Warbler courtesy of Brian Walker 

Shillingford: Shillingford Bridge: 29th April

29th April

Shillingford: Shillingford Bridge
Garden Warbler 09:15.
2 Kingfisher 09:40.
2 Common Tern: Flying downstream. 09:45.
2 Cuckoo: Heard. 09:45.
5 Sedge Warbler: Numerous individuals singing alongside the Thames Path on the northern bank. 09:45.

Oliver Hedley

River Thame, south from Cuddesdon Mill: 29th April

Waterways Breeding Bird Survey for BTO

2 Goosander, Cuckoo, 3 Sedge and 4 Reed Warblers along the river. 

Checklist here. 

New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 29th April

New Marston: New Marston Meadows
Garden Warbler: Marston Hamms. One lesser whitethroat still. 09:23.

Steve Jennings

Farmoor Reservoir: 28th April

Farmoor Reservoir
3 Red-crested Pochard: 2m, 1w. 09:33.
4 Common Tern 09:33.

6 Common Sandpiper 09:33.  
Cuckoo 09:33.

Allen Luedtke

Cuckoo Otmoor rspb 
Courtesy of Lee Willcocks

 

Shipton-on-Cherwell: 28th April

Shipton-on-Cherwell
3 Cetti's Warbler: calling on the canal between Shipton and Enslow.
12 Cattle Egret: on a field alongside the canal.
5 Little Grebe: Pair with three young on Shipton Manor lake.

Woodstock: Shipton Slade Farm
Yellow Wagtail

Bob Pomfret

Garden Warbler courtesy of Stephen Locky

 

North Cross Valley Way 28th April

Great white Egret 

Shelduck 8

Egyptian Goose 10

Oystercatcher 

Rushy Common

Cuckoo 1+

Red-crested Pochard m

Shelduck

Curlew h

Oystercatcher 

Farmoor Reservoir 28th April

Black Tern 3 F1 09:37 but no further sign by 10:07 (per Dave Lowe, Paul Butler) et al

Warburg Reserve - 27th April 2025

 Raven, Buzzard x 2, Nuthatch x 2, Garden Warbler, Bullfinch (m & f ), Coal Tit, Marsh Tit x 3,

Long-tailed Tit,  Chiffchaff, Blackcap (m)

Bullfinch - male

Garden Warbler

Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill: 27th April

Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill
2 Cuckoo: One seen and heard and one heard only. 18:52.

Richard Parsons

marsh lane, Canfield: 27th April

marsh lane, Canfield
Cuckoo: SP320005. 13:07.

Wylie Horn

Appleford Gravel Pit: 26th April

Black Tern

Holton: Holton Wood: 27th April

Holton: Holton Wood
Cuckoo: Calling in plantation to the east of Holton Wood. 12:30.

Cara Atkinson

Wantage: Lark Hill: 26th April

Wantage: Lark Hill
Wheatear: m. SU409871. 12:30.

Stephen Burch

Port Meadow: 27th April

Port Meadow
Lesser Whitethroat: m. singing in the allotments.
2 Common Tern
2 Swift: Over Kingston Rd.
3 Egyptian Goose
Reed Warbler: m. singing in the allotment hedge.

Adam Hartley

Rushy Common: 26th April

Rushy Common
Negative newsProbable Eleonora's Falcon: SP384076. 15:13.

John Pimm

Weston-on-the-Green: 26th April

Weston-on-the-Green
5 Swift: Birds feeding above Weston Manor and its Oak trees. Plenty of insects buzzing around. 10 days earlier than last year. 20:03.

David Williams

Appleford: Appleford GP: 26th April

Appleford: Appleford GP
Black Tern: Still present over south pond at 17:45, viewable from raised footpath by B4016. 17:48.

Ian Elkins

Witney: 26th April

Witney
2 Avocet: Two still on quarry pit north of Rushy Common at 15:40, viewable from North Cross Valley Way. 15:35.
7 Shelduck 15:35.
Great White Egret: North of Rushy Common. 15:35.
Yellow Wagtail: North of Rushy Common. 15:35.
2 Little Ringed Plover: In quarry north of Rushy Common. 15:35.
2 Oystercatcher: In quarry north of Rushy Common. 15:35.
8 Egyptian Goose: pair with six well-grown young. In quarry north of Rushy Common. 15:35.
2 Teal: pair. On quarry north of Rushy Common. 15:35.
Hobby: At Rushy Common. 15:35.

Ian Elkins

Appleford: Appleford GP: 26th April

Appleford: Appleford GP
Black Tern: Viewable from footpath by B4016. Flying around pit nearest to Appleford. 15:25.
Peregrine: Harassing the Black Tern. 15:25.
Reed Warbler: Singing in reedbed next to the footpath. 15:25.

Oliver Hedley

Appleford GPs 26th April

Black Tern on pit closest to Appleford viewable frim the foorpath 13:23 (per Thomas Miller).

North Cross Valley Way: 26th April

Avocet 2
Yellow Wagtail 1
Shelduck 6
Oystercatcher 2

New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 26th April

New Marston: New Marston Meadows
2 Lesser Whitethroat: Marston Hamms. FoY. 10:39.
Sedge Warbler: Marston Hamms. FoY. 10:39.
16 Whitethroat: Marston Hamms. Unusually high count. Also 1 willow warbler, 12 chiffchaff and 10 blackcap. 10:39.

Steve Jennings

Port Meadow: 26th April

Port Meadow
2 Egyptian Goose: SP499079. 08:30.
2 Shelduck: SP499079. 08:30.

Steve Goddard

Venn Mill: 25th April

25th April

Venn Mill
Great White Egret 15:00.
2 Little Egret 15:00.
Grey Heron 15:00.

26th April
3 Egyptian Goose 08:40.
30 Sand Martin: Feeding briefly then flew off. 08:40.
House Martin: With Sand Martins. 08:40.

Jed Cleeter

Henley-on-Thames: 25th April

Henley-on-Thames
12 Egyptian Goose: m/f. Plus 10 Goslings not very old by the bank. SU764823. 15:15.

Ralph Watts

Bicester Wetland Reserve 25th April

 Visits this morning and late afternoon

1 Cuckoo
1 LRP
9 warbler species

A Peters C Oram
Key Holder Reserve

Farmoor April 25th 8-11am

Little Ringed Plover - 1 

Ringed Plover - 2 

Dunlin - 1 

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 

Garden Warbler - 1 

Cuckoo - 1 

Swift - c30

Snow Goose - 2 (over) 

--

regards 

Dave Lowe

Standlake Pit 60: 25th April

Standlake Pit 60
2 Oystercatcher 08:00.

Stephen Burch

Lower Arncott: 24th April

Lower Arncott
3 Whimbrel: Low, flying northeast following the Ray. SP606183. 18:45.

Nicholas Boyd

Blenheim 24th April

Common Tern - 2

Reed Warbler - 1

Swallows collecting nest material

Dix Pit Stanton Harcourt 24th April

Ring-necked Duck f in N/E corner 16:04 (per RBA).

RSPB Otmoor Thursday 24 April a.m.

Hobby 3
Bittern 2 (booming at reedbed)
Cuckoo 1
Snipe (1 drumming)

Cattle Egret 2

Great White Egret 1

House Martin 15 (small flock over Big Otmoor)

Goldcrest 1

Curlew 

10 species of warbler

Waterstock: 24th April

Waterstock
4 Hobby: Seen over scrub land adjacent 10 tee at Waterstock golf club. 16:05.

John Barnes

Lark Hill, Wantage, 23 April

Wheatear  © Stephen Burch

Farmoor Reservoir: 24th April

Farmoor Reservoir
Lesser Whitethroat 14:10.
4 Sedge Warbler 14:10.
2 Reed Warbler 14:10.
Garden Warbler 14:10.
3 Willow Warbler 14:10.

Richard Parsons

Farmoor Reservoir: 24th April

Farmoor Reservoir
Common Tern 14:06.
3 Sand Martin 14:06.
7 House Martin 14:06.
2 Swift 14:06.
Raven 14:06.
3 Grasshopper Warbler 14:06.
2 Cetti's Warbler 14:06.

Richard Parsons

King's Lock: 24th April

King's Lock
2 Grasshopper Warbler: Heard only. SP480101. 09:00.

Steve Goddard

Farmoor Reservoir: 23rd April

Farmoor Reservoir
Arctic Tern: A single bird late pm with 3 Common Tern then flew North. 16:30.
9 Common Tern: Moved through North during the Afternoon. 16:30.
Shelduck: Flew around F1 then continued North. 16:30.
2 Peregrine: M&F over. 16:30.

Jed Cleeter

Venn Mill: 23rd April

Venn Mill
Spotted Redshank: Briefly early am then flew off North. 07:45.
Yellow Wagtail 07:45.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor: 23rd April

Farmoor Reservoir: 23rd April

23rd April

Farmoor Reservoir
3 Red-crested Pochard 19:00.
3 Yellow Wagtail 17:45.
2 Common Sandpiper 17:45.
Dunlin 17:45.

Matthew Lloyd

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 23rd April

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
Wood Sandpiper: Big Otmoor. 12:27.
2 Bar-tailed Godwit: Big Otmoor. 12:27.
Greenshank: Big Otmoor. 12:27.
13 Dunlin: Big Otmoor. 12:27.
2 Little Ringed Plover: Big Otmoor. 12:27.

Isaac West

Chipping Norton: 23rd April

Chipping Norton
Mandarin Duck: drk. On Swailsford Bridge Wetland Cornwell. SP284265. 11:16.
2 Little Egret: SP284265. 11:16.
Pied Wagtail: SP284265. 11:16.
4 Sand Martin: SP284265. 11:16.
5 House Martin: SP284265. 11:16.
30 Swallow: At least 30 hunting over the two areas of wetland and the small lake and marsh. SP284265. 11:16.
3 Reed Bunting: ad male. SP284265. 11:16.
Green Woodpecker: SP284265. 11:16.
Kestrel: ad male. SP284265. 11:16.

Steve Akers

Farmoor

Arctic Tern - 100+ across F1 &F2

Little Tern 

Whimbrel - 4

Bar-tailed Godwit - 2

Turnstone

Sanderling

Grey Plover

Rock Pipit 

Ringed Plover 

Little Ringed Plover 

Dunlin - 16

Common Sandpiper - 2

Swift

Common Tern - 5

Per Conor MacKenzie, Dave Lowe, Thomas Miller et al

Chinnor: Cement Works: 22nd April

Chinnor: Cement Works
2 Little Ringed Plover: North end of Lake 2b. 17:00.

David Stracey

Farmoor April 22nd (6 - 10:30am)

Swift - 5

Whimbrel - 1 (north west at 10:06)

House Martin - 1 

Yellow Wagtail - 1 

Rock Pipit - 1 

Common Tern - 3 

Herring * Caspian hybrid - 1 (2CY) 

Rock Pipit on the causeway 

Dave Lowe

Chipping Norton: 21st April

Chipping Norton
Stonechat: On the marsh nr Cornwell. SP283268. 19:00.
2 Teal: pair. SP283268. 19:00.
Little Grebe: SP283268. 19:00.
Water Rail: H/O. SP283268. 19:00.
2 Reed Bunting: ad male. SP283268. 19:00.
3 Swallow: SP283268. 19:00.

Steve Akers

Northern Cross Valley Way 21st April

Whimbrel 4 between 17:00-18:15

Both photos courtesy of Russell Allen 

 

Farmoor Reservoir: 21st April

Farmoor Reservoir
Probable Whimbrel: Probable flew into F1 calling. 19:18.

Yacky Morris

Farmoor

Sanderling

Ringed Plover

Dunlin

White Wagtail

Red-crested Pochard

Waterstock: River Thame: 20th April

Waterstock: River Thame
5 Goosander: 2 pairs and lone male. Female prospecting around possible nest site. 07:30.
Grey Wagtail 07:30.
11 Blackcap 07:30.
9 Chiffchaff 07:30.
2 Kingfisher 07:30.
8 Swallow 07:30.
6 Whitethroat 07:30.
2 Reed Bunting 07:30.

Nick Marriner

Waterstock: River Thame: 20th April

Waterstock: River Thame
21 Lapwing 07:30.
2 Bullfinch 07:30.
2 Yellow Wagtail 07:30.
2 House Martin 07:30.
Oystercatcher 07:30.
2 Gadwall 07:30.
18 Linnet 07:30.
8 Sedge Warbler 07:30.
2 Garden Warbler 07:30.
2 Raven 07:30.

Nick Marriner

Venn Mill, 21 April

1 Whimbrel
2 Swallow

Stephen Burch

Whimbrel © Stephen Burch

LWV GPs: 21st April

Rushy Common
Whimbrel 1, quarry opposite car park
Oystercatcher 2
Shelduck 1

Northern Cross Valley Way
Dunlin 10
Ringed Plover 3
Yellow Wagtail 13
Swift 1
Shelduck 6

Dix Pit
Ring-necked Duck 1f
Common Tern 3

Pit 60
Hobby 4
Cuckoo 1
Oystercatcher 2

Farmoor 6am - 12pm

Swift -  1 

Arctic Tern - 4

Common Tern  - 1  

Whimbrel - 2 

Dunlin - 5 

Ringed Plover - 3 

Caspian Gull - 1 2CY (thought not to be the recent hybrid) 

RC Pochard - 3 

Grasshopper Warbler - 2 

Cuckoo - 1 

Garden Warbler - 1 

 

Aston Upthorpe: 20th April

Aston Upthorpe
12 Corn Bunting: SU550844. 16:30.

Sylfest Muldal

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 21st April

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
Greenshank: Big Otmoor. 09:34.

Isaac West

Sarsgrove: 20th April

Sarsgrove
Hobby: FOY flying through. 13:00.
Whitethroat: FOY here. 13:00.
Wheatear: male. 13:00.

Steve Akers

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 19th April

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
Shelduck: On Gt Otmoor marsh. 19:56.

Paul Woodham

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 19th April

19th April

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
2 Cuckoo: male and fem. 10:30.
2 Hobby: Viewed from cattle pens. 10:45.

Paul Woodham

Otmoor: Oddington Lane: 20th April

Otmoor: Oddington Lane
2 Great White Egret 16:00.
2 Shelduck 16:00.
2 Marsh Harrier: male and fem. 16:00.

Ian Elkins

Rushy Common: 19th April

Rushy Common
Whimbrel 14:30.

Andrew Mann

Devil’s Punchbowl: 20th April

Three male and two female wheatear on the north facing slopes today

 

Willow warbler in the scrubby bushes in the valley leading into the Punchbowl

Farmoor Reservoir: 20th April

Farmoor Reservoir
5 Common Tern: 2 & 3 moved through between 08:00 & 09:30. 08:00.
4 Yellow Wagtail: Through early am. 08:00.
Cuckoo: Singing Male. 08:00.
Common Sandpiper: F1 Causeway. 08:00.
Peregrine: male. Flew through N. 08:00.
2 Grasshopper Warbler: Singing Males. 08:00.
Lesser Whitethroat: Singing Male. 08:00.
4 Garden Warbler: Singing Males. 08:00.
5 Shoveler: On F1 early am. 08:00.
150 Sand Martin: Through N am. 08:00.

Jed Cleeter

Hatford: Sandpit: 20th April

Hatford: Sandpit
6 Shelduck 07:10.

Jed Cleeter

Venn Mill: 19th April

Venn Mill
3 Shelduck

Mark Merritt

Chipping Norton: 20th April

Chipping Norton
Peregrine: Bathing at the wetland at Swailsford Bridge wetland Cornwell. No sign of Greenshank. SP284265. 09:00.
Mandarin Duck: Drake. SP284265. 09:00.
Sedge Warbler: In full song. SP284265. 09:00.
3 Pied Wagtail: SP284265. 09:00.
4 House Martin: SP284265. 09:00.
3 Swallow: SP284265. 09:00.

Steve Akers

Radley GP: 20th April

Radley GP
Grasshopper Warbler: Reeling. 07:15.

Ian Elkins

Chipping Norton: 19th April

Chipping Norton
Barn Owl: Hunting at dusk over the rough pasture and marsh grass next to the small lake nr Cornwell. SP283268. 19:41.
Snipe: SP283268. 19:41.

Steve Akers

Chipping Norton: 19th April

Chipping Norton
Greenshank: First ever Greenshank observed on the Swailsford Bridge wetland this evening - feeding continuously - still present when I left at 19.30. SP285265. 18:36.
Mandarin Duck: drk. Flew over with Mallards. SP285265. 18:36.
Mute Swan: juv. SP285265. 18:36.
12 Canada Goose: SP285265. 18:36.
20 Mallard: At least 10 pairs which have paired up after courtship and mating. SP285265. 18:36.
Grey Heron: SP285265. 18:36.
Grey Wagtail: SP285265. 18:36.
2 Pied Wagtail: SP285265. 18:36.
5 Swallow: SP285265. 18:36.
2 Blackcap: SP285265. 18:36.

Steve Akers

Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry: 19th April

Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry
2 Shelduck 16:31.
Ringed Plover 16:31.

John Gough

Standlake, pit 60: 19th April

Hobby 2
Common Sandpiper 1

Ardley Quarry 19th April

Greenshank - 5 on the quarry before flying north.

Common Sandpiper - 1

Beckley: Otmoor Lane: 18th April

Beckley: Otmoor Lane
4 Redshank: SP559126. 21:57.

Jo Amor

Chipping Norton: 18th April

Chipping Norton
Peregrine: Perched on tree branch on the wetland at Swailsford Bridge when I arrived - then flew off up the Swail Valley; also four Roe Deer Does out playing and grazing. 19:14.

Steve Akers

Farmoor 18th

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Farmoor Reservoir 18th April

Grasshopper Warbler 2+ Pinkhill 

Lesser Whitethroat 

Yellow Wagtail along causeway 

Oystercatcher 2

(per Andy Last & Hannah)

Lark Hill 18th April

Wheatear m (per Steve Burch)

The Sprins , Witney: 17th April

17th April

The Sprins , Witney
2 Raven: Tumbling about probable breeding display. Some conflict with crows. SP363094. 02:25.

North Cross Valley Way
Peregrine: male. Flew in from West and perched on pylon to East. SP367084. 15:15.
Yellow Wagtail: Could've been more. On banks of 'floods' to west nr. road to tar lakes. SP367084. 15:15.

John Pimm

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway: 17th April

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway
2 Sanderling: Still present on F2 side. 19:45.

Matthew Lloyd

Peep-o-Day Lane/ Drayton 17th April

Black-tailed Godwit still on 1066

Little-ringed Plover 3

Great white Egret 

Shelduck 2

Raven 2

RSPB Otmoor Thursday 17 April

Whinchat 1
Grasshopper Warbler 4

Whitethroat 3

Cuckoo 3
Bittern 1 (booming at 1st screen)

Male Whinchat near Hide

Farmoor Reservoir 17th April

Grasshopper Warbler

Sanderling

Grasshopper Warbler 3 poss 4 reeling males

Sanderling 2

Common Sandpiper 6

Common Redshank 1

Northern Shoveler 3

Little Egret 1

Cuckoo 1

Sand Martin 60+

Swallow 2

Farmoor

 Sanderling - 2

Farmoor: 17th April

Grasshopper warbler in the scrub near Pinkhill Lock courtesy of Geoff Dymott 

2 Sanderling: Along the causeway (F2).

Grasshopper Warbler: In scrub at Pinkhill.
4 Whitethroat
5 Sedge Warbler
2 Reed Warbler
3 Cetti's Warbler
4 Willow Warbler
2 Garden Warbler
Common Sandpiper
Kingfisher

Richard Parsons

Lark Hill Wantage 17th April

Whinchat still present this afternoon 

Wheatear 4

(per Kevin Heath)

Berinsfield

Redstart - male

Wheatear - male 

Baulking: 12th April

Baulking
Cuckoo: Belated report of a singing male last Saturday. 12:35.

Jed Cleeter

Otmoor: 17th April

Otmoor
Hobby 11:30.
Grasshopper Warbler 11:30.
Cuckoo 11:30.

Nick Suckling

Northern cross valley way: 17th April

Northern cross valley way
2 Ringed Plover: SP363078. 08:30.
3 Little Ringed Plover: SP363078. 08:30.
3 Oystercatcher: SP363078. 08:30.
2 Dunlin: SP363078. 08:30.
Green Sandpiper: SP363078. 08:30.
Yellow Wagtail: SP363078. 08:30.
Cuckoo: SP363078. 08:30.
Great White Egret: SP363078. 08:30.
2 Egyptian Goose: SP363078. 08:30.

Simon Myers

Garford: 16th April

Garford
2 Swallow: Back in their normal place at the farm. 11:00.

Richard Parsons

Chipping Norton: 17th April

Chipping Norton
Green Sandpiper: On the wetland at Swailsford Bridge Cornwell then flew to the faster flowing section. SP284265. 09:15.
Mandarin Duck: Drake flying over with Mallard. SP284265. 09:15.
2 Sedge Warbler: SP284265. 09:15.
Grey Wagtail: ad male. SP284265. 09:15.
Grey Heron: SP284265. 09:15.
Green Woodpecker: SP284265. 09:15.
Kestrel: ad male. SP284265. 09:15.
2 Blackcap: SP284265. 09:15.
3 Chiffchaff: SP284265. 09:15.

Steve Akers

Grimsbury Reservoir 17th April

Common Sandpiper 2

Yellow Wagtail 1+

White Wagtail 

Sedge Warbler 3

(per JFT)

Letcombe Bassett: 17th April

Letcombe Bassett
4 Yellow Wagtail: Near track on Holborn hill. 08:01.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor Reservoir: 16th April

Farmoor Reservoir
Turnstone: Resting along the causeway F1 side. 19:05.
Grasshopper Warbler: Reeling along edge of River Thames near Pinkhill. 19:05.
46 Sand Martin: Feeding over F1. 19:05.

Glen Pascoe

Lark Hill 16th April

Courtesy of Russell Allen 

Whinchat along perimeter fence of reservoir

Wheatear 4 (2m)

(Per Moth)

Courtesy of Geoff Dymott 

Sonning Eye GPs: 16th April

Sonning Eye GPs
Raven 14:30.
12 Egyptian Goose: m/f. With 10 well grown goslings. 14:30.
Ring-necked Parakeet: Over the. 14:30.

Ralph Watts

Chipping Norton: 16th April

Chipping Norton
2 Green Sandpiper: On the wetland at Swailsford Bridge Cornwell. SP284265. 09:30.
8 Swallow: SP284265. 09:30.
3 Pied Wagtail: SP284265. 09:30.

Steve Akers

Chinnor: Cement Works: 15th April

Chinnor: Cement Works
2 Little Ringed Plover: By the west screen Lake 2b. 10:00.

David Stracey

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 15th April

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
5 Ringed Plover: Big Otmoor. 18:56.
2 Little Ringed Plover: Big Otmoor. 18:56.
3 Dunlin: Big Otmoor. 18:56.

Isaac West

Farmoor Reservoir 15th April

Caspian Gull 1 second calendar year

Grasshopper Warbler 1

Lesser Whitethroat 1

Reed Warbler 

Sedge Warbler

Garden Warbler

Blackcap

Common Whitethroat

Common Chiffchaff

Willow Warbler

Cetti's Warbler

Sand Martin 30+

Swallow 2

Cuckoo 1

Little Egret 1

Common Sandpiper 3

Stanton St. John: 15th April

Stanton St. John
Cuckoo: One calling on Woodperry estate. SP578102. 17:29.

David Brown

Drayton 1066: 15th April

Drayton 1066
Black-tailed Godwit: One on pit N of Drayton-Sutton Courtenay road. Also: Great White Egret 1 Shoveller 9+ Teal 2 Gadwall 11+ Sedge Warbler 2 singing. SU489942. 16:45.

Phil Chapman

Larkhill, Wantage 15 April

Wheatear © Stephen Burch

Whinchat © Stephen Burch

Larkhill 15th April

Whinchat around perimeter fence of reservoir

Wheatear 4

Corn Bunting 

(per Justin Taylor)

Chipping Norton: 15th April

Chipping Norton
Peregrine: Perched on tree which lies on the wetland at Swailsford Bridge Cornwell - it preened and cleaned for over an hour after bathing. SP284265. 09:45.
Green Sandpiper: SP284265. 09:45.
Yellow Wagtail: SP284265. 09:45.
Sedge Warbler: FOY. SP284265. 09:45.
Little Egret: SP284265. 09:45.

Steve Akers

Abingdon: 15th April

Abingdon
Willow Warbler: One singing on S bank of Thames opposite Abbey Meadows. SU504970. 13:00.

Phil Chapman

Wantage: 13th April

Wantage
Yellow Wagtail: One flew N over the market square late morning. SU398879. 18:07.

Phil Chapman

Port Meadow: 15th April

A round-up of recent sightings on Port Meadow:

Today
Common Tern on the flood
Garden Warbler in Burgess Field

Yesterday
Reed Warbler singing in the Trap Grounds
2 Shelduck

Sunday
3 Yellow Wagtail
2 Shelduck
Little Ringed Plover
Lesser Whitethroat in Burgess Field
 

Thomas Miller, Adam Hartley

Farmoor April 15th 06:00-08:45

Arctic Tern - 1 on F2 buoy, then flew south (07:02)
Common Tern - 1 F2 remained after the Arctic flew off 

10sp Warbler 

Common Sandpiper - 4 

Caspian Gull - 1 2CY

Barn Swallow - 1 

Chimney: Chimney Meadows: 14th April

Chimney: Chimney Meadows
22 Cattle Egret: SP364008. 13:05.

Sam Prior

Venn Mill: 14th April

Venn Mill
4 Little Ringed Plover
2 Shelduck

Hatford: Sandpit
4 Shelduck: 2 pairs - not very happy with each other.

Mark Merritt

Lark Hill

Whinchat

Wheatear - 2