Ashdown House: 30th May

Ashdown House
10 Spotted Flycatcher: 4-6 pairs. Very abundant.
2 Stock Dove
Probable Marsh Tit: Unfortunately didn't call.
20 Coal Tit

Patrick Bryan

Otmoor. Evening.

Whitethroat,  Morleys.

Garganey.   (drake).   Viewed in right hand channel from second screen.
                               Per. Sally Taylor and Tezzer.

Farmoor 31st

Rare Tern at Farmoor!  1st Summer Arctic Tern this afternoon.

Black Stork Warkwickshire

A Black Stork was report on RBA as flying SE over Leek Wootton in Warks. at midday today. If it carried on in that direction it certainly would have flown through Oxon airspace. It's worth keeping a look out for it.

Beckley: 31st May

Beckley
Little Owl: on pole at a corner on B4027; flew off into tree in field.

Bill Trumble

Otmoor 31st May

Glossy Ibis still in N/E corner of The Closes at 16:20 tho elusive.
Little Egret c12
Turtle Dove 3+
Cuckoo 3+
Hobby 3+

M.o.D. Land
2 Curlew
1 Turtle Dove (calling)
1 Raven
1 Tawny Owl (M. calling at 11:00 a.m.)
2 Cuckoo (m&f).

(per Paul Greenaway)

Turtle Dove courtesey of Mark Chivers

Farmoor 31st May

Oystercatcher 2
Ringed Plover
Dunlin

(per Dai)

Otmoor 30/05/14

Otmoor Birds (c) Martin Chapman

Otmoor Friday 30th May: Glossy Ibis Still

Glossy Ibis still at Otmoor on the Closes 17:10 (per Andy Last)
In front of the hide at 9:20 am  (per Richard Ebbs)

Kestrel

At Blenheim

All photos courtesey of John Reynolds

Belated Hoopoe Report

Dai John has had a belated credible report of a Hoopoe c2 weeks ago on a farm near Witney.

Sent from my iPhone

Otmoor. Evening.

Reed Warbler.  Closes.

Gargany  (drake).    Greenaways.  On scrape.    Per. Luke Harmons.
Glossy Ibis.             Closes.  (north east corner.)

Farmoor 29th May: Roseate Tern

Roseate Tern (c) Tezzer

Seen from West Bank of F2 . at Mid-day.

But no further sign by 16:00.

Otmoor.A.M. 29th May.

1 Glossy Ibis ( Closes)
2 Oystercatcher
2 Turtle Dove
2 Snipe
3 Cuckoo.

Redshank Otmoor courtesey of John Reynolds

Port Meadow: 28th May

Port Meadow
Oystercatcher

Adam Hartley

Abingdon's Leucictic Starlings 28th May

The White (leucistic) Starling, which has been visiting my garden since 2008 and has bred on three previous 

occasions, has now bred to produce two white offspring. 

I first saw the three birds yesterday (27th May) and finally succeeded in getting a photo of all three 

together, this afternoon.

All photos courtesey of Mike Flemming

More of Mike's superb wildlife pictures at Mike Flemming's Natural History Photos

Horley: 28th May

Cuckoo (Michael Hunt)
Cuckoo m Shrivenham (Gareth)

Otmoor.A.M. 28th May.

2 Turtle Doves
2 Snipe (drumming)
1 Oystercatcher
Lots of House Martins.
Cuckoo Seen twice (per John Gough)

Turtle Dove courtesey of Jon Mercer

Port Meadow: 27th May

Grey Plover- along the North Shore.

Adam Hartley

More at Port Meadow Birding

Bicester: Bicester Airfield: 27th May

Bicester: Bicester Airfield
Merlin

John Gough