Bicester Wetland Reserve: 17th August

Bicester Wetland Reserve
8 Green Sandpiper 12:00.
Common Sandpiper 12:00.

Colin Oram

: 17th August

North cross valley way
Wheatear: sub adult? Quite a dark bird. SP368984. 12:34.

John Pimm

Farmoor - 17th August

Juvenile Caspian Gull on causeway

Black-necked Grebe - F1

Little Ringed Plover

Farmoor Reservoir 16th August

Caspian Gull juv F2 late afternoon (per Lew).

Above & below courtesy of Lew.

Standlake Pit 60: 16th August

Standlake Pit 60
Little Ringed Plover: Juv brought in by the rain.

Snipe
Caspian Gull: 3rd cycle. Not a Caspian actually but I can't find a way to input hybrid... this bird has very long bill with no gonys. But bill v deep. Lumpen jizz had me suspecting not a pure casp but hybrid. Lew agreed impure. Casp. That'll do me. 

Mick Cunningham

Leafield: 16th August

Leafield
Hobby: Causing panic among c50 House Martin. 12:30.

Jed Cleeter

Waterstock: 16th August

Waterstock
Osprey: Flying south over the first hole at 12.50. 17:17.

John Barnes

Gallowstree Common: 16th August

Gallowstree Common
3 Redstart
Hobby
3 Marsh Tit

Mark Merritt

Appleford: Appleford GP: 16th August

Appleford: Appleford GP
2 Common Sandpiper 15:00.
2 Green Sandpiper 15:00.

William Lester

Farmoor Reservoir 16th August

Black tailed Godwit 9 -  a single bird then a flock of eight which circled F2 and then departed south

Ringed Plover 1

Common Sandpiper 1

Lapwing 2

Black necked Grebe -middle of  F1

Little Egret 6

Yellow legged Gull 25+

Distant BNG 15/8 courtesy of Badger.

Black-necked Grebe courtesy of Bryan Manston.

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 16th August

16th August

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
30 Cattle Egret: Approx flying over Greenways, split and 12 from 1st screen. 08:55.
3 Crane: 2A with juv flying onto Greenways. 08:15.
2 Greenshank: 1st screen. 08:15.
Green Sandpiper: 1st screen. 08:15.
Ruddy Shelduck: Still present. 08:15.
Marsh Harrier 08:15.
2 Hobby: From 1st screen. 09:40.

Paul Woodham

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 15th August

15th August

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
2 Ruddy Shelduck: From Screen 1. 11:43.
2 Hobby: Screen 1. 13:48.
3 Common Sandpiper: Screen 1. Possibly 4. 13:48.
27 Cattle Egret: Screen 2. At least. 13:48.

Jo Orchard

Wantage: Lark Hill: 15th August

15th August

Wantage: Lark Hill
2 Spotted Flycatcher 14:16.
5 Stonechat 14:00.
3 Grey Partridge: 1 adult 3 juveniles. 13:37.
4 Red-legged Partridge 13:37.
20 Corn Bunting 13:37.
7 Yellowhammer 13:37.
Sparrowhawk 13:37.

Yacky Morris

Spotted Flycatcher courtesy of Yacky Morris

Grey Partridge courtesy of Yacky Morris

Blenheim 15th August

Great white egret - 1

Spotted flycatcher - 5+

 

Appleford GPs 15th August

Green Sandpiper 4

Common Sandpiper 2

Wigeon m

Yellow Wagtail 

Clouded Yellow Butterfly 

Cassington GPs 15th August

Wood Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper 2

Great white Egret 1+

Viewable only from the northern footpath (red arrow) as the land owner has blocked all other view points.

Glossy Ibis 2 yesterday but no sign today.

Farmoor

Black-necked grebe - Juv on F1 (still present 12:37 Ewan Urquhart, Badger)

Little ringed plover 

Ringed plover

Common sandpiper - at least 10

Little grebe - 3 

Little egret - 4

Bicester Wetland Reserve 15th August

 11 Green Sandpiper
2 Common Sandpiper
14 Teal
3 Cormorants
2 Raven
14 Teal

Key Holder Reserve

Alan Peters Colin Oram

Cumnor: 15th August

Cumnor
3 Peregrine: Circling and drifting NE. 09:15.

Anthony Roberts

Farmoor Reservoir 15th August

Black-necked Grebe on F1 08:44 

(per Conor MacKenzie).