Grimsbury Reservoir: 11th August

Grimsbury Reservoir
3 Little Ringed Plover: 2 Adult 1 Juv.

Mark Ribbons

Otmoor. am.

Bullfinch.  Greenaways.

Little Grebe.  1st screen.

Greenaways;
Little Ringed Plover.  2  (juv.)
Green Sandpiper.
Greenshank.
Snipe.  (flying.)
Bullfinch.

Ashgrave:
Green Sandpiper. 2
Bearded Tit. (in corner by bridge)

First screen;
Kingfisher.
Liittle Grebe.  6.  (3 ad. 2 juv.)

Turtle Doves, happily purring and showing well.

(Per. the Otmoor M)

Farmoor - 19:30 - 20:50

Excellent roost conditions this evening. The adult Caspian Gull again on F.1. showing well from the causeway. Also 3 juvenile Mediterranean Gulls, 2 juvenile Common Gulls and c50+ Yellow-legged Gulls.

Adult Caspian Gull

Juvenile Mediterranean Gull

Otmoor. pm.

Kestrel.

From the hide.

Otmoor.A.M. 9th August.

2 Turtle Dove
4 Kestrel (3 juv)
3 G.S. Woodpecker
1 Greenshank.

Greenshank

Kestrel

Grimsbury Reservoir: 8th August

Grimsbury Reservoir
2 Common Sandpiper
Little Ringed Plover: juv.

Mark Ribbons

7th August - Farmoor 8pm-9pm

 

The adult Caspian Gull was in the middle of FI again. Yellow-legged Gulls totally 80+ (55 on FII), 6 Common Gulls (two juvs) including one with small mirrors on p10.  Also 2 Greenshank, a Redshank and a Ringed Plover.

Pit 60. 7th August.

Common Sandpiper.

Little Ringed Plover. (juv.).

Little Ringed Plover.   2. Juv.
Kingfisher.
Common Sandpiper.   3.
Little Egret.
Lapwing.   30+.
Oystercatcher.  2.
Common Tern.  6. 3 adult, 3 juv.

Farmoor - 19:30. 20:30.

A complete contrast to last night with masses of birds this evening including a well endowed adult Caspian Gull on F.1. Also two juvenile and an adult Mediterranean Gull and c40+ Yellow-legged Gulls.

Farmoor 6th August

Mandarin River Thames Farmoor courtesey of Dai

 

Mandarin 1 (on Thames)

Common Sandpiper
Sanderling
Ringed Plover
Turnstone
Whimbrel
Raven
Peregrine (juv)

All the news from the Res at the superb Insomniac Birder

Otmoor 6th August

Green Sandpiper 7
Dunlin 2
Ringed Plover 1
Redshank 3
Snipe
Curlew
Raven 2

Horton-cum-Studley: 6th August

Horton-cum-Studley
2 Turtle Dove: On telegraph wires between Horton-cum-Studley and Boarstal . 1 adult and 1 juv.

Colin Oram

Farmoor 5th August

2 Ringed Plover
1 Sanderling
1 Turnstone
4 Common Sandpiper
3 Whimbrel

Roger Wyatt, Peter Law and Dai.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tar Lakes & Rushey 4th August

Tar Lakes: 2 Green Sandpipers.

Rushey: 2 Common Sandpipers, 4 Oystercatchers and Kingfisher.

Per Clackers

2 Red-crested Pochard
2 Little Egret

(Badger)

Sonning Eye GPs: 3rd August

Sonning Eye GPs
33 Egyptian Goose: On the new workings.

Marek Walford

Pit 60. 3rd. August.

Common Tern...Pit 60.

Common Sandpiper.   2.
Black Tailed Godwit.
Common Tern. 2 adults, 3 juveniles.
Oystercatchers.
Pintail.  (f).
Little Egret.
Crossbills. Flyover, heard only.
Per the Wickster and T.S.

Farmoor 3rd August

Whimbrel (fly over)
Turnstone
Sanderling

(per The Wickster)

Otmoor.A.M. 2nd August.

4 Stock Dove
1 Sparrowhawk (F)
3 Kestrel
2 Raven
1 Marsh Harrier (F)
1 Green Sandpiper.

Farmoor 2nd August

c100 Common Tern southern end of F2 14:30 (per Dai) Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

July Round-up

Spotted Flycatcher (c) Andy Last



In what is the quietest month in the birding calender July still held a few surprises. The Female Marsh Harrier continued its residency at Otmoor throughout with a male bird seen at Standlake on the 5th. Last months star attractions the Bearded Tits remained at Otmoor RSPB although they were frustratingly elusive at times; the two calling Quails were also still around and equally elusive. Much more cooperative were the Turtle Doves on Otmoor which have raised at least two young. 

Not all the news came from the Moor... a single Black Tern graced Farmoor Reservoir on the 11th with a second adult bird on the 22nd. A female Common Scoter,  part of a mini influx in the midlands, arrived at the res on the 14th and was still present the next morning though by early evening the female was replaced by a male Common Scoter. No less than five Sandwich Terns were at Farmoor on the 22nd together with three adult Mediterranean Gulls.

A Hawfinch at Lockinge was a nice find on the 14th.

Redstarts continued to trickle back through the county with individuals at Linky Down on the 16th Lollingdon Hill on the 23rd and Aston on the 28th. Mandarins bred in the south of the county with three young and three adult females on the new workings at Sonning Eye GPs on the 21st.

Yellow-legged Gull numbers increase in the county over the summer with 50+ also noted at the res on the 22nd. Passage wader numbers started to increase through the month with small numbers of returning Turnstones, Dunlin (numbering up to 10 at Farmoor on the 30th), Greenshank, Common and Green Sandpipers, Black-tailed Godwits and a couple of fly-through Whimbrel at Farmoor and Abingdon.

Sandwich Tern Farmoor 22nd July (c) N.Hallam