Standlake Pit 60:am 20th April

4 Redshank
4 Little Ringed Plover
3 Common Sandpiper
5 Snipe
2 Common Tern
Oystercatcher
Large mixed flock of Sand Martin, House Martin & Swallow

JDH & JD

Common Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Otmoor Thursday 20 April, a.m.

2 Marsh Harrier
1 Hen Harrier (reed bed)
4 Black Tailed Godwit (over reed bed)
3 Cuckoo
4 Grasshopper Warbler
2 Snipe (drumming over Greenaways)
3 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Common Tern (reed bed)
3 Oystercatcher
1 Shelduck (reed bed)
1 Stonechat (cattle pens)
2 Wheatear (Noke Sides)
2 Kestrel (Greenaways)
50+ Swallows/House Martins over the reed bed

Cetti's Warbler along the path to the 2nd screen

Stonechat at the cattle pens

Common Tern at the first screen

Grasshopper Warbler in Car Park Field

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 20th April

20th April

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
Greenshank: mobile around reserve.
Whinchat: at Noke End. 08:30.

Peter Law

Otmoor Noke end 19th April evening

Blackcap (c) Bark

Cetti's Warbler (c) Malcolm Barnicoat

Big Otmoor
11 Golden Plover    
2 Little Ringed Plover

Sheep Fields:
3 Wheatear
1 Mistle Thrush

Farmoor 19th April

Farmoor early evening:

Bonaparte's Gull still at the north end of F2
14 Yellow Wagtails
1 Channel Wagtail
1 Whimbrel
Osprey soaring before heading north.


per Will Langdon & Mike Kosniowski

Channel Wagtail courtesy of John Mercer

 

Grimsbury Reservoir: 19th April

Grimsbury Reservoir
4 Yellow Wagtail: Observed on Borrow Pit Pool:- 4 Yellow Wagtail and 1 Channel Wagtail.

Mark Ribbons

Standlake Pit 60: 19th April

10:00-11:45
2 Common Tern
3 Little Ringed Plover
Redshank
Oystercatcher
Common Sandpiper

Otmoor.A.M. 19th April.

2 Cuckoo
3 Oystercatcher
3 Marsh Harrier
1 Ringtail
4 Grasshopper Warbler
1 Curlew (H)
1 Sparrowhawk
3 Raven
1 Peregrine
1 Bittern
2 Snipe (drumming).

Port Meadow: 19th April

Port Meadow
Yellow Wagtail: over (heard-only).
White Wagtail
2 Common Tern

Adam Hartley

Chiffchaf in blossom

courtesy of Norman Smith

Farmoor: Weds 19th

1st/s Bonaparte's Gull, F1, 8.15
Little Gull, 3 ads,
Whimbrel,
Curlew,
LRP.

Rushy Common: 17th April

Rushy Common
Yellow-legged Gull: 2cy. On islands. Harried by LBBS nb will be posting catch ups from last couple of weeks.

Mick Cunningham

Dix Pit: 17th April

Dix Pit
Little Gull: 2cy. 1 with BHGs. It flew into Rushy Common a while later. 15:00.

Mick Cunningham

Port Meadow: 18th April

Port Meadow
7 Oystercatcher
Common Tern
2 House Martin

Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park
Whitethroat: male.

Adam Hartley

: 18th April

Farmoor Reservoir 1
12 Yellow Wagtail: At least 12. Some preening and bathing in shallow water. Some catching insects along water's edge. Disturbed by approaching walkers. Relocated further round reservoir. SP448066. 16:00.

Suzanne Parrott

Cholsey

8 Wheatear: Lollingdon Hill.
1 Whinchat: Lollingdon.
2 House Martin: Cholsey.

Farmoor 17th april am

Bonaparte's Gull (c) Mark Chivers

Otmoor April 17th

Whinchat   1

Wheatear   5

In sheep fields between Noke and Oddington.

Otmoor Blackcap courtesy of Eddie McLaughlin

Otmoor 17th April

 Grasshopper warbler 2 (Carpark field viewed from feeders)

 Common redstart 2 males
 Yellowhammer pair (Long Meadow)

Farmoor: Mon 17th

Additions to earlier posting:
Grey Plover, over N, 12.00
2 Curlew.