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Sunday, 9 October 2016

Standlake, pit 60, 9th October


Distant Jack Snipe this afternoon please view at 1080.

Jack Snipe 2 still present along southern shore although distant 13:20
Common Snipe 8+
GREAT WHITE EGRET

(Clackers, Badger, SNT, Jim Hitchins)

Farmoor 9 Oct pm

1 Grey Wagtail
2 Little Stint
2 Dunlin
2 Meadow Pipit
Littel Stint
Meadow Pipit

Aston: October 9th


                                                          Male Stonechat near Aston


Farmoor 9th October

Little Stints along the causeway.

Dave Doherty and Dai.

Radley village: 9th October

Radley village
4 House Martin 09:10.

Ian Elkins

Saturday, 8 October 2016

Hitchcopse Pit / Cothill Fen: 8th Oct

2 Marsh Tit
8 Siskin
9 Redpoll
60+ Redwing
2 Grey Wagtail
Water Rail (h)

Standlake pit 60: 8th October

1+ Jack Snipe, 5.15pm, S shore
1 Marsh Harrier
1 Great White Egret
1 Water Rail
2 Pintail

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Otmoor 8th October

Bittern, second screen
Marsh Harrier (1st w)
2 Cetti's Warbler
Water Rail (h)
18 Golden Plover
2 Treecreeper
Raven

Hinksey Park 8th October

No sign of recent blackcap but 2 chiffchaff and song thrush still present

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Standlake Pit 60 : 8th October (morning)

2 Jack Snipe
On the central section of the southern shore - scope needed

9 Common Snipe
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Peregrine

No sign so far of GWE

Farmoor Reservoir: 8th October

Farmoor Reservoir
Dunlin
Little Stint: juv.
Ringed Plover
2 Yellow-legged Gull: ad.
2 Great Black-backed Gull: ad.
Common Gull: ad.
5 Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit: on causeway.

Ian Elkins

Friday, 7 October 2016

Lollingdon Hill nr Cholsey 7th October

Woodlark flew south over Lollingdon Hill c13:06
Wheatear
Redstart between Cholsey village and Lollingdon Hill

(per Paul Chandler).

Standlake Pit 60 : 7th October

10:00- 12:00

GREAT WHITE EGRET
Little Egret
Kingfisher
72 Mute Swan

Kingfisher from (inside!) LL hide

Otmoor.A.M. 7th October.

1 Short-eared Owl (Jackie Newcombe)
1 Bittern (Jackie Newcombe)
3 Marsh Harrier
3 Cettis Warbler (one seen)
3 Water Rail (one seen)
2 Stonechat

A possible Lesser-spotted Woodpecker landed  briefly on the wires
by the feeding station (per Geoff Edwards).

Thursday, 6 October 2016

Chipping Norton: 6th October

Chipping Norton
Peregrine: ad. flying low at speed East - large adult bird. SP303252. 09:30.

Steve Akers

Farmoor: am 6th October

Knot

Little Stint

Little Stint

Knot

Sparsholt: Sparsholt Firs/Tower: 6th October

Sparsholt: Sparsholt Firs/Tower
Whinchat
4 Stonechat

Colin Vickers

Farmoor Reservoir 6th October

Little Stint
Knot
Rock Pipit 6

All along the causeway 08:45 (per Dai)
One of two Bitterns on Otmoor RSPB courtesy of Eddie McLaughlin

Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Farmoor Reservoir 5th October

Little Stint along causeway
Knot along the causeway

(per Dai).


Knot courtesy of John Reynolds

Little Stint courtesy of John Reynolds