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Sunday, 31 August 2025

Otmoor: 31st August

2 Crane: Flew west and appeared to land in fields just north of Noke. 18:30.
Sparrowhawk: male. Targeting yellow wagtail roost in reedbed. 20:00.
Hobby 20:00.
Barn Owl: Hunting over Greenaways. 20:00.

Matthew Lloyd

Lark Hill

Wheatear - 5 
Grey Partridge - 28 

Farmoor Reservoir 31st August



0800-1030hrs

Little Stint 1 juvenile -usually near the hide on south side of causeway
Common Sandpiper 2

Common Swift 3
House Martin 100+
Sand Martin 20+
Swallow 10+

Yellow Wagtail 3
Lesser Whitethroat 5

Little Egret 7

Standlake, pit 60: 31st August

Black-tailed Godwit 2
Snipe 4
Common Sandpiper 2
Whinchat 1 juv
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Swift 1
GW Egret 1

Rush Court Care Home: 30th August

Rush Court Care Home
2 Hobby: SU604915. 11:46.

Mitchell Fraser-Jones

Chimney: Chimney Meadows: 31st August

Chimney: Chimney Meadows
3 Cattle Egret
2 Marsh Harrier
Marsh Tit
3 Spotted Flycatcher
2 Redstart
2 Yellow Wagtail

Mark Merritt

Bicester: Bicester Sewage Farm: 31st August

Bicester: Bicester Sewage Farm
Redstart: Called then flew through tree line. 10:47.

Michael Hunt

Farmoor Reservoir 31st August

Little Stint juv along causeway 09:40
Whimbrel over
Caspian Gull 2cy

(per Dave Lowe et al)



Saturday, 30 August 2025

Warburg Reserve: 30th August

30th August

Warburg Reserve
Spt.Fly. 08:54.
Hawfinch 08:53.
Honey-buzzard 08:53.

Nick Bell

Lye Valley, Oxford: 30th August

 1 Tree Pipit and 1 Yellow Wagtail over this morning. 

Farmoor Reservoir 30th August

Ruff 17:52 (I.L)
Little Stint juv along causeway midafternoon 
Ringed Plover 2 over
Dunlin 2 over
Common Sandpiper 2
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Wheatear 
Swift 8

(per Dave Lowe et al)

Courtesy of Lew


Ardley 30th August

Green Sandpiper - 5 on ERF lagoon

Common Sandpiper - 1 on ERF lagoon

Little Egret - 1

Peregrine - 1 adult bearing an orange ring.

Whinchat - 1






Shiplake: 30th August

Shiplake
Barnacle Goose: No ring on any leg feeding on river bank with one Canada and two Greylags . SU782787. 11:55.

Ralph Watts

Port Meadow: 30th August

Port Meadow
Wheatear
Whimbrel: heard-only fly-over.
20 Yellow Wagtail: in amongst the cattle. 

Spotted Flycatcher in Burgess Field by southern gate

Thomas Miller, Adam Hartley

Yarnton: 29th August

Yarnton
Ring-necked Parakeet: My first record in the village - I've lived here for 30 years. 14:00.

Nick Suckling

Pit 60 Standlake 30th August

No sign of the Marsh Sandpiper by 10:00 (et al)

Key holder reserve.

Friday, 29 August 2025

Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park: 29th August

Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park
Spotted Flycatcher
Redstart: male still today
Tree Pipit: fly-over
 

Also,
Loads of juvenile Chiffchaff this afternoon

Thomas Miller, Adam Hartley

Redstart above, Spotted Flycatcher below, both courtesy of Thomas Miller


 

Childrey: Childrey Field: 29th August

Childrey: Childrey Field
2 Whinchat
3 Wheatear
Marsh Harrier: imm.

Mark Merritt

Pit 60 Standlake 29th August

MARSH SANDPIPER still from Langley Lane hide 18:52 - present for second day after being identified from photographs late yesterday evening. 

Key holder reserve. Access arrangements are being discussed with the landowners for non key holders. 

Also,
Black-tailed Godwit 2
Common Sandpiper 3
Snipe 10+
Firecrest (DD)
Pintail
Wigeon 
Great White Egret 2 
Marsh Harrier 3 m/f
Water Rail
 
Courtesy of Thomas Miller


Courtesy of Roger Wyatt


 
Access 
Park in village on High Street (OX29 7RR) and walk down Shifford Lane then at the crossroads take the left hand track. At the end of the track turn right and follow path to hide on the right.

 
 
Follow the yellow arrows to the Langley Hide on the east shore of Pit 60 

Farmoor Reservoir 29th August

Little Stint juv along causeway 11:20 (per RBA)

Thursday, 28 August 2025

Otmoor: 28th August

Otmoor
2 Crane: SP563134. 19:30.
70 Yellow Wagtail: 70+. SP563134. 19:30.
22 Cattle Egret: SP563134. 19:30.
Hobby: SP563134. 19:30.
Woodcock: On Otmoor Lane. SP563134. 19:30.

Steven Portugal

Wether Down: 28th Aug.

 

2 Whinchat
3 Stonechat
Redstarts
7 Raven 

Chinnor: Cement Works: 28th August

Chinnor: Cement Works
Green Sandpiper: North end of Lake 2b. 12:00.

David Stracey

Buckland Warren : 28th August




 


Wood Warbler this morning in an assorted flock of crests, tits, chiffchaffs, x2 spotted flycatchers.

RSPB Otmoor Thursday 28 August

Crane 1 on Big Otmoor
Greenshank 1 at 2nd screen
Green Sandpiper 1 at 2nd screen
Common Sandpiper 1 at 2nd screen
Bittern 1 at 1st screen
Glossy Ibis 1 at 1st screen
Raven 1 over reedbed
Hobby 1 over reedbed

Courtesy of Russell Allen 




Waterstock: 28th August

Waterstock
Spotted Flycatcher: Fly catching from trees on the 4th fairway of the golf course. 14:12.

John Barnes

Port Meadow: 28th August

Port Meadow
Redstart: m. In Burgess Field 
Cattle Egret: with cattle this morning.
30 Yellow Wagtail: with the cattle.

Thomas Miller, Adam Hartley

Farmoor Reservoir 28th August

Little Stint 1+ juv along causeway 15:55
Caspian 2s (per RBA)
Greenshank 2 
Little-ringed Plover 
Common Sandpiper 3

(per Dave Lowe et al)

Wednesday, 27 August 2025



 Green Sandpipers at Bicester Wetland Reserve:  A Peters

Buckland Warren: 27th August

Buckland Warren
12 Common Crossbill: min.
3 Siskin
2 Raven

Hatford: Sandpit
2 Common Sandpiper
3 Egyptian Goose
Raven

Mark Merritt

Stratfield Brake 26th August

Great white Egret 
Little Egret 2
Common Sandpiper 
Snipe 5

Otmoor rspb 27th August

Greenshank 2nd screen
Green Sandpiper 
Snipe
Crane 2 on Big Otmoor 

(per Luke O'Byrne et al)

Blenheim Park 27th August

Crossbill 8 in trees by Fisheries Cottage 08:01 (DD)

Farmoor Reservoir 27th August

Little Stint 2 both juv still present F1 (BS)
Caspian Gull (per RBA)

Tuesday, 26 August 2025

Warburg Reserve - PM Tuesday 26th August 2025

Warburg Reserve keeps on giving. Wonderful. Pied Flycatcher (F), Hawfinch (m +juv), 
Spotted Flycatcher (x 3 adult + juv's) Blackcap x 2 (m + f), Chiffchaff x 2, Willow Warbler,
Great Spotted Woodpecker (juv), Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Chaffinch (m +f), Marsh Tit x 3, Coal Tit.

(A special mention to Ashley - a local birder who helped with the ID of Pied Flycatcher)
 
Pied Flycatcher (f)
Pied Flycatcher (f)

Otmoor RSPB 26th August


1400-1600hrs

Common Greenshank 3
Green Sandpiper 2
Common Sandpiper 1
Common Snipe 11
Lapwing 100+

Hobby 1
Marsh Harrier 1f

Common Crane 2
Cattle Egret 17
Little Egret 1

Otmoor: 26th August

Otmoor
Peregrine 20:23.
2 Marsh Harrier 20:23.
2 Green Sandpiper 20:23.
110 Lapwing 20:23.
200 Yellow Wagtail: A very conservative estimate of numbers. 20:23.
Swift 20:23.

Matthew Lloyd

Farmoor Reservoir: 26th August

Farmoor Reservoir
Little Stint: At least one still west side of F1. 19:31.
Ringed Plover: On causeway. 19:31.

Yacky Morris

Farmoor Reservoir 26th August

Little Stint 2 both juv along causeway 15:34
Ringed Plover 
Little-ringed Plover 
Greenshank over
Caspian Gull
Spotted Flycatcher west side of F1

(Conor MacKenzie, Ewan Urquhart, Roger Wyatt)

Radcot Lock: 26th August

2 Whinchat 14:53.

25th August
2 Whinchat: SU282991. 11:30.

Joanna Harding

Leucistic Pied Wagtail Farmoor Reservoir 
Courtesy of Nick Truby.

 

Brize Norton: 23rd August

Brize Norton
Wheatear: male. SP294076. 09:00.

Joanna Harding

Lower Heyford 26th August

2 Cattle Egrets in field next to road near Lower Heyford, Steeple Aston crossroads from the single carriageway section by river at 2.20pm

(JT)

Standlake Pit 60: 26th August

Standlake Pit 60
Ruff 11:00.
Black-tailed Godwit 11:00.
2 Common Sandpiper 11:00.
Great White Egret 11:00.

Anthony Roberts

Sonning Eye GPs: 26th August

Sonning Eye GPs
Yellow-legged Gull: ad. Regular bird on its favourite post. 13:25.

Marek Walford

Otmoor rspb 26th August

Greenshank 3 1st screen 10:48 
Crane 2 Big Otmoor 

(PW et al)

Courtesy of Paul Willis 


Bicester Wetland Reserve 26th August

10 Green Sandpiper (5 at the newly dug out Cattle Bridge Pool)
2 Lapwing
1 Snipe
30 Teal
2 Little Egret
1 Water Rail

A Peters C Oram
Key Holder Reserve

Stratfield Brake 26th August

Greenshank 2 
Little Egret 
Cetti's Warbler 

Monday, 25 August 2025

Farmoor Reservoir 25th August


1600-1800hrs

Little Ringed Plover 1 juvenile
Ringed Plover 1 adult
Common Sandpiper 3

Yellow Wagtail 1
Pied Wagtail 1 leucistic individual

Common Tern 2
Great Black backed Gull 1

Egyptian Geese 7
Barnacle Geese 37
Snow Geese 80+

Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park: 24th August

24th August 
Tree Pipit: Trapped & ringed 

25th August 

2 Tree Pipit: one over Walton St & one over Burgess Field gate

No sign of any of the reported White-tailed Eagles this morning

Thomas Miller, Adam Hartley

Burgess Field Tree Pipit in the hand courtesy of Thomas Miller

 

Fyfield Wick: 25th August

Fyfield Wick
2 Yellow Wagtail: Flew up from 2nd lake calling. 11:05.

Jed Cleeter

North Cross Valley Way 25th August

Green Sandpiper 
Common Sandpiper 
Great white Egret
Whinchat
Stonechat 

(DD)

Otmoor rspb 25th August

Greenshank 2nd screen
Wood Sandpiper reported 2nd screen 13:30 (RBA)
Green Sandpiper 2nd screen
Common Sandpiper 2nd screen
Snipe 7+
Cattle Egret 17+
Hobby 2
Peregrine 
Lesser Whitethroat 
Bullfinch 4

No sign of reported Wryneck in Morleys (et al)

Lye Valley, Oxford: 25th August

Spotted Flycatcher (the third this month), plus a Yellow Wagtail over. 

Farmoor Reservoir 25th August

Little Stint still present along the causeway 07:38
Ringed Plover 
Common Sandpiper 
Snipe
Cattle Egret 
Great whie Egret
Spotted Flycatcher western side of F1

(per Dave Lowe)
 

Video (from yesterday) courtesy of Gnome

Sunday, 24 August 2025

Elsfield 24th August

Avocet flew over at approx 05:10 calling (TM)

Warburg Reserve: 24th August

Warburg Reserve
Hawfinch 15:15.
2 Spotted Flycatcher 15:15.

Matthew Lloyd

Watlington Hill: 24th August

Watlington Hill
2 Spotted Flycatcher 17:30.
Redstart 17:30.

Matthew Lloyd

Otmoor rspb 24th August

Wryneck reported 11:00 Morleys (car park field) 
from seasonal path (F.F)

Bittern (PB)
Greenshank 2nd screen 
Hobby

(PM)

Courtesy of Paul Mallarini


Farmoor Reservoir 24th August

Above & below courtesy of Nick Truby 




Little Stint along the causeway of F1 14:52
Little-ringed Plover 
Caspian Gull juv

(per Dave Lowe et al)

Belated news of an Osprey over F1 17:00 caught a fish then flew towards Stanton Harcourt (IS)

Courtesy of Lew


Letcombe Bassett: 24th August

Flying visit from a kingfisher at the old watercress beds in Letcombe Bassett this afternoon

 

Devil’s Punchbowl: 24th August

Male and female wheatear up and around The Ridgeway as they head back south

 

Pit 60 Standlake 24th August

Black-tailed Godwit 
Common Sandpiper 2
Snipe 4
Marsh Harrier 2
Peregrine 

(AL)

Radley GPs 24th August

Green Sandpiper 2
Little Egret 3

Saturday, 23 August 2025

Farmoor Reservoir 23rd August

Little Stint juv F1 19:11 
Little Gull juv F2 19:36

(per Dave Lowe)

No sign of the Black-necked Grebe by 09:48 

Caspian Gull juv
Little Ringed Plover 1 juvenile
Dunlin
Common Sandpiper 4 (3 on Pinkhill)
Common Redshank 1

Courtesy of Carolyn Walker 



Courtesy of Carolyn Walker 


















Shoveler 3
Gadwall
Grey Partridge

Common Swift 1
Sand Martin 10+
Swallow 2

Little Egret 8
Snow Geese 80+

Lesser Whitethroat 7
Common Whitethroat 4
Garden Warbler 2
Blackcap 3
Willow Warbler 1
Common Chiffchaff 30+
Yellow Wagtail 5


(per Ewan Urquhart, Dave Lowe, Nick Truby et al) 

Courtesy of Nick Truby


Standlake, pit 60: 23rd August

Ruff 1 juv
Black-tailed Godwit 1
Green Sandpiper 1
Common Sandpiper 2
Marsh Harrier 1
Hobby 1
Yellow Wagtail 1

Otmoor rspb 23rd August

Wood Sandpiper still present from screen 15:42 (per RBA)
Greenshank (per Jackie Newcombe)

Courtesy of Malcolm Bowey 


Cholsey: 23rd August

Cholsey
Greenshank: 1 calling and flying south over Cholsey village. Surprise garden tick! 17:10.

Michael Pocock

Sonning Eye GPs: 23rd August

Sonning Eye GPs
Yellow-legged Gull: On normal post on rowing lake. 14:10.
2 Egyptian Goose 14:10.
Raven: Over. 14:10.

Ralph Watts

Appleford GPs 23rd August

Black-tailed Godwit 2 juv
Lapwing c100
Great white Egret 
Little Egret 3
Egyptian Goose 4 
Hobby
Kingfisher 
Cetti's Warbler 
Song Thrush


















New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 23rd August

New Marston: New Marston Meadows
Whinchat: juv. Marston Hamms. 08:30.
Spotted Flycatcher: Marston Hamms. Also an passage willow warbler. 08:30.

Steve Jennings

Childrey: Childrey Field: 23rd August

Childrey: Childrey Field
5 Wheatear

Mark Merritt

Port Meadow

Greenshank - flew up river calling, landed briefly but flushed. 
Yellow Wagtail - 10+ in with cattle 
Cattle Egret - 2 on other side of Thames with cattle 

Chinnor: Cement Works: 23rd August

Chinnor: Cement Works
2 Green Sandpiper 08:05.
3 Snipe 08:05.

Jez March

Friday, 22 August 2025

John Allen Pit, Bishop's Court Farm, Dorchester. - Fri 22nd

Greenshank juv with Yellow flag - ATJ and Red colour ring. Flew in late p.m.

Apparently a Norwegian scheme. 



Hopefully will hear back from them.


Ardley - 22nd August

Ringed plover - 1 juv

Little ringed plover - 3 juvs

Green sandpiper - 3

Caspian gull - 1 juv on quarry pool

Whinchat - 1 (found by JFT)




Warburg Reserve - Friday 22nd August 2025

Managing expectations at Warburg Reserve - Today I visited the hide overlooking the pond at 0600hrs. There were already three people in attendance. By 0700hrs it was standing room only. The hide itself is small and has only three viewing windows. At a push four can sit. People were being turned away. Photographers and Birders are travelling long distances to see the family of Hawfinches. Of course the issue arises that there is no set time for the birds arrival. Today Male adult and Juvenile late morning, female mid-afternoon. So seats were taken for many hours. The car park itself is small. The weather this Bank Holday weekend is set fair and Warburg will be expecting quite a few visitors families etc. Just a heads up - you may be disappoined and it may be to your advantage to come later in the week.

Farmoor Reservoir 22nd August


1500-1600hrs

Black necked Grebe 1 juvenile -  favouring the north side of F1 in the vicinity of the mussel cages
Little Grebe 3
Little Ringed Plover 1
Common Sandpiper1

Farmoor Reservoir 22nd August

Black-necked Grebe still present off eastern bank of F1 14:07 (per Paul Willis et al)

Courtesy of Dave Murphy 


Sonning Eye GPs: 22nd August

Sonning Eye GPs
Yellow-legged Gull: ad. Regular bird on the post off the end of the rowing course bund. 13:40.

Marek Walford

Standlake Common, Pit 60 Bird Hide Improvement Works

We will be starting on the re-roofing of both the Langley Lane and North Shore Bird Hides and clearing vegetation around the hides and the north shore in the week commencing 1st September 2025. Access to the bird hides will be closed during the works for up to 2 weeks.  

We apologise for any inconvenience and will advise when the hides re-open. 

Contact: lwvp@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Stratfield Brake 22nd August

Great white Egret
Water Rail h
Kingfisher 
Cetti's Warbler 

Thursday, 21 August 2025

Farmoor roost 21st August


 


Caspian Gull juv and 3rd cy

GB-b Gull 1 juv

Yl Gull 28

 

RSPB Otmoor 21 August

3 Green Sandpiper: 2nd screen.
Common Sandpiper: 2nd screen.
Greenshank: 1st screen.

(per Steve Roby)

At reedbed:
Great White Egret 1
Wood Sandpiper 1
Snipe 10 
Lapwing 50

Courtesy of Brian Walker 


Ardley ERF - 21st August

Wheatear - 2 in field adjacent to lagoon this evening.

Shelduck - 2

Green sandpiper - 3

Snipe - 1

Little ringed plover - 2 juvs

Little Milton: 21st August

Little Milton
4 Spotted Flycatcher: juv. SP617004. 13:20.

Andy Coates

King's Lock: 21st August

King's Lock
8 Cattle Egret: SP478096. 12:00.

Steve Goddard

Hobby Otmoor rspb 19/8
Courtesy of Russell Allen.

 

Farmoor Reservoir 21st August

Dunlin
Sanderling probable 
Ringed Plover (DC)
Great white Egret 
No sign of the Little Stint

(per Conor MacKenzie)

Courtesy of Debbie Cummins 


Water Eaton: 20th August

Water Eaton
Hobby: SP515119. 16:00.

Steve Goddard