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

Farmoor Reservoir 23rd August

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

Shoveler 3

Gadwall

Grey Partridge

Common Swift 1

Sand Martin 10+

Swallow 2

Little Egret 8

Lesser Whitethroat 7

Common Whitethroat 4

Garden Warbler 2

Blackcap 3

Willow Warbler 1

Common Chiffchaff 30+

(per Ewan Urquhart, Dave Lowe et al) 

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

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 

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

Farmoor Reservoir 20th August

Juvenile Little Stint

Standlake, pit 60: 20th August

Ruff 1 juv
Black-tailed Godwit 1
Common Sandpiper 2
Snipe 1
Water Rail 1
Yellow Wagtail 8

Farmoor

Little Stint

Farmoor Reservoir: 20th August

Little Stint: F2 still present along the causeway 

near hide 17:00 (per Dave Murphy et al)

Ringed Plover 2 along the causeway 16:03 (CM)

Courtesy of Dave Murphy 

Otmoor - 19th August

Wood Sandpiper

Greenshank

Green Sandpiper

Great White Egret - red-ringed bird

Redstart

Cattle Egret - 25+

Otmoor: 19th August

Otmoor
Wood Sandpiper: Screen 1 to left hand side with Greenshank. Still present midafternoon.

Jeremy Dexter

Kingston Lisle: 19th August

Kingston Lisle
2 Spotted Flycatcher: At least near village hall. 11:30.

Jed Cleeter

Redstart Stonesfield 19/8 courtesy of Paul Wren

 

Farmoor Reservoir 19rh August

Ringed Plover along causeway 

Sanderling over

Dunlin over

(CM)

Sparsholt: Ridgeway: 19th August

Sparsholt: Ridgeway
2 Raven: Pair flying from the Firs over toward the sheep folds. 15:00.
50 House Martin: At least 50 in flock very high seen as I was tracking a Buzzard riding a thermal. 15:00.
2 Corn Bunting 15:00.

Steve Akers

Devil's Punchbowl: 19th August

Devil's Punchbowl
4 Kestrel 14:30.

Steve Akers

Letcombe Bassett: 19th August

Letcombe Bassett
Kingfisher: Very active over the old watercress beds. SP380852. 13:40.
3 Spotted Flycatcher: In trees beside the brook. SP380852. 13:40.

Steve Akers

Heythrop Park18th August

Unconfirmed report of a Black Kite flying over Kite Grove at Heythrop Park in the afternoon.

(per Birdguides)

Warburg Reserve 18th August

Hawfinch 2

Spotted Flycatcher 6

Otmoor: 18th August

First screen 7.15-8.45pm

3 Green Sandpiper
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Greenshank
c70 Cattle Egret
c160 Yellow Wagtails going into roost.
Could have been more.
1 Great White Egret
c50 Swallows
3 Swift
3 Water Rail
1 Kingfisher
Marsh Harrier

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 18th August

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
3 Green Sandpiper: SP561134. 15:22.

Adrian Johnstone

Common Sandpiper Pinkhill Reserve courtesy of Debbie Cummins 

 

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 18th August

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake
3 Pochard
14 Tufted Duck
2 Little Grebe
49 Great Crested Grebe: A very good breeding season for them at Blenheim.
2 Kingfisher
5 Little Egret: Young birds on the island. Not impossible that a couple of them were cattle egrets. Tricky to tell.
7 Egyptian Goose
98 Coot
6 Grey Heron
25 Cormorant

Bob Pomfret

Pit 60 Standlake 17th August

Black-tailed Godwit c18:00 

Ringed Plover 

Common Sandpiper 2

Great white Egret 3

(AL)

Key holder reserve.

Chinnor: Chinnor Hill: 17th August

Chinnor: Chinnor Hill
Spotted Flycatcher: At least 1 still present, possibly 2. 13:00.

Joe Dixon

Middle Barton: 17th August

Middle Barton
Redstart: male. 11:00.
2 Raven 11:00.

Colin Oram

Ardley 17th August

Shelduck - 2 juveniles on ERF lagoon

Green sandpiper - 4

Grey partridge - 15

Mistle thrush - 14

Redstart - 1

Appleford GPs 17th August

Great white Egret 

Little Egret 

Curlew h

Egyptian Goose 4

Clouded Yellow 

Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm: 17th August

Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm
2 Marsh Harrier: imm.
4 Yellow Wagtail
10 Grey Partridge
Raven
35 Corn Bunting

Mark Merritt

Farmoor Reservoir 17th August

Ringed Plover 4 along causeway 08:46

Shag unfortunately found deceased 

(A&H)

Sonning Eye GPs: 17th August

Sonning Eye GPs
Greenshank: Heard. 08:38.
14 Mandarin Duck 08:38.
Common Sandpiper 08:38.

Henley Road GPs
Green Sandpiper 08:38.
Mandarin Duck 08:38.

Hugh Netley

Hawfinches! 16th August 2025

Full set of Hawfinches at the well known Oxfordshire hotspot this afternoon.

Swailsford bridge: 16th August

Swailsford bridge
Great White Egret: SP2826. 17:50.

Frances Buckel

Farmoor Reservoir 16th August

Shag juv along northern bank of F1 08:55

Turnstone 

Ringed Plover 

Dunlin 2

Common Sandpiper 

(EU, NT)

Courtesy of Nick Truby

Courtesy of Nick Truby

Appleford GPs 16th August

Green Sandpiper 

Lapwing c70

Little Egret 

Yellow Wagtail 2

Port Meadow: 15th August

Port Meadow
30 Yellow Wagtail: In amongst livestock per Matthew Lloyd.

Adam Hartley

Farmoor Reservoir: 15th August

Farmoor Reservoir
Shag: juv. firstly in nw corner f1, then later in sw corner f1.
4 Yellow-legged Gull
Yellow Wagtail: juv. valve tower.
2 Grey Wagtail: adult and juv f1.
2 Ringed Plover: adult and juv causeway.
Dunlin: causeway.

Alan Horsley

Farmoor Reservoir 15th August

Adult Ringed Plover

Juvenile Ringed Plover

Juvenile Little Ringed Plover 

Shag 1 juvenile.  Appears healthy and seen feeding on fish fry along western edge of  F1

Ringed Plover 2

Little Ringed Plover 1

Dunlin 1

Common Sandpiper 1

Little Egret 7

Snow Goose 90+

Little Grebe 6

Pinkhill

Common Whitethroat 16

Lesser Whitethroat 9

Garden Warbler 3

Blackcap 1m

Reed Warbler 3

Sedge Warbler 1

Common Chiffchaff  10

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 15th August

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
Wheatear: fem. On Ashgrave. 11:30.

Alex Edgar

Farmoor Reservoir 15th August

Shag juv F1

Ringed Plover 2

Little-ringed Plover juv

Dunlin 

Yellow Wagtail 

(ML)

Radley GPs 15th August

Great white Egret on Thrupp Lake 08:59 (WB)

Ardington 10th August

Unconfirmed report of a Wryneck in a garden on Sunday.

Days Lock Dorchester 14th August

Marsh Harrier 

Cattle Egret 10

(BW)

Harwell Laboratory: Rutherford Laboratory: 14th August

Harwell Laboratory: Rutherford Laboratory
Firecrest: m/imm. Young male learning to sing, dispersed from somewhere unknown.

Mark Merritt

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 14th August

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
150 Yellow Wagtail: Fairly chaotic with birds flying in and out of the reedbed roost site over a 20 minute period. Conservative estimate of 150.

Steve Roby

RSPB Otmoor 14 August

Cattle Egret 25
Great White Egret 2
Little Egret 2
Kingfisher 1
Snipe 13
Common Sandpiper 1
Common Tern 5

Treecreeper 1

Jay 1

Farmoor Reservoir 14th August

Juvenile Turnstone

Shag 1 juvenile

Turnstone 4 

Dunlin 1

Little Ringed Plover 2

Common Sandpiper 1

Yellow Wagtail 4

Juvenile Yellow Wagtail

Pied Wagtail 50 on causeway incl leucistic individual

Grey Wagtail 3

Common Redstart 1f

Lesser Whitethroat 1

Common Whitethroat 3

Garden Warbler 1

Common Chiffchaff 25+

Common Swift 3+

Sand Martin 20+

House Martin 5+              

Swallow 2 

Water Rail 2

Little Egret 7

Common Raven 1

Great Black backed Gull 2

Yellow legged Gull 5+ 

Common Tern 2  

Snow Goose 90+                            

Little-ringed Plover courtesy of Steve Liptrot

Port Meadow: 14th August

Port Meadow
Tree Pipit: fly-over heard & recorded by TM
10 Yellow Wagtail: In amongst the cattle.
7 Egyptian Goose
Sand Martin

Adam Hartley, Thomas Miller

Brize Norton: 14th August

Brize Norton
Wheatear: juv. SP295076. 12:30.

Joanna Harding

New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 14th August

New Marston: New Marston Meadows
Spotted Flycatcher: Marston Hamms. Possibly a different bird to Tuesday's. 09:52.

Steve Jennings

Farmoor Reservoir 14th August

Shag juv

Turnstone 4

Dunlin

Ringed Plover over

Redstart west side of F1

(per Ewan Urquhart et al)

Farmoor Reservoir 13th August

Black Tern on F2 19:14 (5 reported this morning)

Shag juv

Caspian Gull 2 c20:18 (T.M)

Turnstone 

Dunlin

Ringed Plover 

Yellow Wagtail 

(A.L et al)

Aston Upthorpe: 12th August

Aston Upthorpe
Redstart: fem. 19:00.

Matthew Lloyd

Standlake Pit 60: 12th August

Standlake Pit 60
Green Sandpiper 11:00.
2 Cattle Egret 11:00.

Stephen Burch

Eynsham: 12th August

Eynsham
Willow Warbler: male. Single bird singing quietly in central Eynsham at 7.00am. Presumably a passage bird. 07:00.

Allen Stevens

Fyfield Wick: 12th August

Fyfield Wick
3 Swift 08:12.

Jed Cleeter

Baulking: 12th August

Baulking
Hobby 12:31.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor Reservoir 12th August

Turnstone along western side of F1 a.m (RA)

Courtesy of Russell Allen 

New Marston: New Marston Meadows: 12th August

New Marston: New Marston Meadows
Spotted Flycatcher: Marston Hamms. Also a juvenile lesser whitethroat. 10:57.

Steve Jennings

Otmoor rspb Habitat Improvements

Otmoor: 100-acre: 11th August

Otmoor: 100-acre
2 Whinchat: On bushes and fence line near the bridge. One often following male redstart.
5 Redstart: Two on the northern boundary and three around the Pill area.
Hobby

Steve Roby

Port Meadow: 11th August

Port Meadow
8 Yellow Wagtail: In amongst the cattle at the sourthern end of the Meadow.
4 Egyptian Goose

Adam Hartley

Seacourt Park + Ride: 11th August

Seacourt Park + Ride
Redstart: SP492065. 16:52.

JB Woodford

Farmoor

Shag - still on valve tower 

Mediterranean Gull - 3CY found by DL

Ringed Plover 

Little Ringed Plover

Lye Valley area, Oxford: 11th August

 1 Spotted Flycatcher on Warneford Meadow. 

Aston Upthorpe: 10th August

Aston Upthorpe
2 Redstart: SU542830. 17:00.

Sylfest Muldal

Pit 60 Standlake 10th August

Black tailed godwit

Little-ringed Plover 

Common Sandpiper 2

Great white egret

Redstart m

(AL)

Ket holder reserve 

Gramp's Hill: 10th Aug.

2+ Tree Pipit

2 Redstart 

Appleford GPs 10th August

Greenshank 

Great white Egret 

Headington, Oxford: 10th August

 

This TREE PIPIT flew SW calling, an amazing garden tick! A short blog post is here. 

Grimsbury Reservoir 10th August

Mediterranean Gull 2 juv 08:00

Mandarin 2

(JFT)

Courtesy of John Friendship-Taylor