Otmoor Thursday 16 September a.m.

First screen:

 

Black Tailed Godwit        1

Snipe                                30

Lapwing                           150

Garganey                          4

Little Grebe                      1

Great White Egret            2

Cattle Egret                      3

Little Egret                       3

Golden Plover                  1

Jay                                    1

Sparrowhawk                   1

Swallow                           30

Otmoor rspb 16th September

Cattle Egret 11 at the 1st screen 12:25

Great white Egret 2

(per RBA)

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Appleford GPs

Ruff

Greenshank

Snipe - 3

Hobby

Peregrine

Wigeon

Little Grebe - 3

Sedge warbler

Lapwing - 75+

Drayton flood

Green sandpiper - 2

Snipe

Lapwing - 50

Stock dove - 11

Bicester Wetland Reserve 16th September

 1 Dunlin

1 Green Sandpiper

10 Snipe

65 Teal

21 Gadwall

15 Shoveler

Alan Peters

Key Holder Reserve

Farmoor Reservoir 15th September

1730-1830hrs

Little Ringed Plover 1 juvenile

Turnstone 1

Dunlin 5

Common Sandpiper 1

Northern Wheatear 1

Appleford: Appleford GP: 15th September

Appleford: Appleford GP
2 Caspian Gull: 1cy and 2cy. 18:00.
2 Greenshank 18:00.
Ruff 18:00.

Thomas Miller

Sarsgrove: 15th September

Sarsgrove
3 Wheatear: Feeding in equestrian field near Sarsgrove Farm near horse jumps - two Mistle Thrushes also. SP304251. 15:30.

Steve Akers

Chipping Norton: 15th September

Chipping Norton
2 Green Sandpiper: ad. Possibly a pair - feeding and then resting, one with head tucked under wing. Very pretty birds. SP283268. 13:00.
7 Teal: SP283268. 13:00.
10 Black-headed Gull: SP283268. 13:00.
3 House Martin: SP283268. 13:00.
2 Swallow: SP283268. 13:00.
Kestrel: juv. SP283268. 13:00.
Tawny Owl: Daytime hooting - heard only. SP283268. 13:00.

Steve Akers

Marsh Baldon: 15th September

Marsh Baldon
Little Owl: Seen and heard calling loudly from the top of a telegraph pole at the side of a paddock at 19.55 this evening. SU565999. 20:02.

Paul Torevell

Chinnor: Cement Works: 15th September

Chinnor: Cement Works
Common Sandpiper: On island Lake 2b. 17:00.

David Stracey

Appleford GPs 15th September

Ruff

Common Sandpiper 

Lapwing c70

Little Egret 2

Wigeon

Reed Bunting 2

Yellowhammer 2

Farmoor Reservoir 15th September

Greenshank over

Redshank 

Ringed Plover 

Common Sandpiper 2

Dunlin 2

Egyptian Goose 2

Reed Warbler 3

White Wagtail 

Yellow Wagtail 

Wheatear

No sign of the Roseate Terns this morning.

(per Ewan Urquhart)

Farmoor 14th September

Looks like an "A" with a "J " below on this Roseate Terns ring.

Farmoor: 14th September

Unable to read the rings (left leg only) - the ring type used on Roseates often shows a 4-digit code usually repeated twice, so top two numbers/letters and then the bottom two numbers/letters. Hopefully someone with better images can provide the details.

Farmoor Reservoir 14th September

ROSEATE TERN 2 still over F1 off of the causeway 18:40 (per Andy Last) and showing well. Found by Jeremy Dexter.

Courtesy of Geoffrey Comet

 

Courtesy of Geoffrey Comet

Courtesy of Steve Liptrot Photography 

Chipping Norton: 14th September

Chipping Norton
Green Sandpiper: At small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 15:00.
Snipe: Heard only. SP283268. 15:00.
9 Teal: SP283268. 15:00.
12 Black-headed Gull: SP283268. 15:00.
Lesser Black-backed Gull: 1st Winter. SP283268. 15:00.
2 Chiffchaff: SP283268. 15:00.

Steve Akers

Sarsgrove: 14th September

Sarsgrove
3 Wheatear: In the equestrian field on the left of private road leading down to Sarsgrove Farm - one strategically perched on a pile of horse dung. SP304251. 14:00.

Steve Akers

Otmoor rspb 13th September

 

Short-eared Owl over Greenaways at approximately 19:40 both photos courtesy of Paul Wyeth.

Chipping Norton: 13th September

Chipping Norton
Green Sandpiper: Rose up from the lake calling and flew all along the marsh to the scrapes at opposite end - white rump very clear. SP283268. 15:00.
Grey Heron: SP283268. 15:00.
7 Teal: SP283268. 15:00.
Chiffchaff: SP283268. 15:00.

Steve Akers

Chinnor: Cement Works: 13th September

Chinnor: Cement Works
Common Sandpiper: On island Lake 2b. 17:30.

David Stracey