Otmoor 17th April

3 grasshopper warblers. Mixed flock of c. 100 sand martins & swallows also contained a lone house martin. 3 reed warblers. Whitethroats and lesser whitethroats singing across the reserve

Cholsey ; 17th Apr

Lollingdon hill.

♀ Common Redstart
8 Wheatear
1 Common Whitethroat
1 Willow Warbler
4 Swallow
16 Corn Bunting flew north.

Cholsey SF.

Up to 6 Swallow
2 House Martin
1 Sand Martin.

Garden.

Willow Warbler, Blackcap & Chiffchaff all in song.  

Farmoor Res 17th April

Arctic Tern 1 (Nic Hallam)
Spotted Redshank a.m only (per Dai)
Common Tern 1
Common Sandpiper 2
Yellow Wagtail 5+ all males
Swallow 3
Sand Martin 1
Swift evening (Stephen Collier)


Swift photo courtesey of Stephen Collier

Spotted Redshank courtesey of Dai

Port Meadow: 17th April

Burgess Field
Tree Pipit: male. Singing briefly in a tree in Burgess Field
3 Whitethroat


Tree Pipit still present this afternoon (per Ewan)

Port Meadow Floods
3 Ringed Plover
4 Oystercatcher2 Shelduck
several House Martins & Swallows
1 Sand Martin

Adam Hartley

Skylark courtesey of John Reynolds

Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 17th April

Balscote: Balscote Quarry
Common Sandpiper
2 Little Ringed Plover
5 Tree Sparrow

Mark Ribbons

Radley village: Radley College: 17th April

Radley village: Radley College
Redstart: m. on bridleway, Kennington to Radley near Radley Little Wood.

John Hillsdon

Blackcap courtesey of Stephen Collier

River Thames Iffley to Lower Radley April 16th

Cuckoo 2
Kingfisher 2
Swallow

Grimsbury Reservoir: 16th April

Common Whitethroat (per Mark Ribbons). Yesterday a Common Sandpiper (per Allan Jones).

Port Meadow: 16th April

Port Meadow
Little Egret
3 Little Ringed Plover
5 Oystercatcher
2 Shelduck

Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park
Whitethroat: m.

Adam Hartley

Farmoor 16th April evening

3 yellow wagtail by water treatment works
1 common tern
1 dunlin
a few swallows

Photos Andy Last & Mark Chivers

Farmoor

Belated photo upload from the evening (5-7 pm) of 15th April. No sighting of the Red-necked Grebe (last seen 14th April pm).

Common Tern, F2

Yellow Wagtail, near the treatment works

Photos (c) Nigel Forrow

Otmoor: 16th April

Otmoor
2 Oystercatcher
Garden Warbler
Yellow Wagtail: Over.
2 Curlew
3 Lesser Whitethroat

Peter Coombes

Linkey Down 16th April

All three Rouzels courtesey of Stephen Collier

Ring Ouzel 3 (2m) 08:00 (per Ewan)

Still present 4pm (per Peter Law)

Farmoor 16th April

Little Gull 2
Common Tern 2
No sign of the Red- necked Grebe

(per Dai)

Sent from my iPhone

Radley Lakes: 16th April

Nightingale-1 singing
Blackcap- 13 singing
Willow warbler- 12 singing
Chiffchaff- 9 singing
Sedge warbler- 1 singing
Cetti's warbler- 1 singing
Tufted duck- 92
Shoveler- 11
Kingfisher- 1
Little grebe- 2

Red Kite courtesey of Stephen Collier

Courtesey of Andy Last

Linkey Down 15th April

Courtesey of Mark Chivers

Pair of Ring Ouzel present in the main hollow still this evening

(Paul Greenaway, R. Moreton & J. Edwards)

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Grimsbury Reservoir: 15th April

Grimsbury Reservoir
Common Sandpiper

Mike Pollard