Cote floods 7th December

Dotterel on flood north of Cote amongst Golden Plover c13:40 then flushed and no further sign.

Park in Cote village and walk north to view floods

from minor road..

Please don't park in the gateway or block access.

Grey Plover 2

Redshank

Dunlin

Wigeon 24

Shelduck 4

Merlin juv/fem suspect fem. Waders constantly skittish on my arrival. I'd just found dotterel and was settling to digiscope when the merlin flushed everything

(per Mick Cunningham).

Above & below courtesy of Mick Cunningham.

Chipping Norton: 6th December

Chipping Norton

Stonechat: fem. On bramble bush alongside footpath at Addlestrop Hill W of CN. 11:00.
Stonechat: male. At marsh and small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. 13:00.
3 Grey Heron: SP283268. 13:00.

Steve Akers

Bicester Wetland Reserve 7th December

 450 Teal  very high count for the reserve
1 Green Sandpiper
3 Little Grebe

Key Holder Reserve

A Peters

Blenheim: 7th December

Blenheim
5 Great White Egret 10:00.

Gareth Casburn

Shiplake: 6th December

Shiplake
20 Egyptian Goose: Plus same place as yesterday A4155 seen from car . Near farm and pub. SU760781. 13:10.

Ralph Watts

Blenheim: Northern park: 6th December

Blenheim: Northern park
Brambling: 10 - 15 amongst mixed Finch flock in the Sunflower enclosure and adjacent trees. 12:00.

Peter Law

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 6th December

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
Crane: Heard calling in the fog this morning towards big Otmoor. 09:30.

Pete Roby

Henley-on-Thames: 5th December

Henley-on-Thames
Common Gull: Stood on boat by bridge. 13:48.

Jonathan Yardley

Cowley, Oxford: 5th December

A minimum of 35 Ring-necked Parakeets in an alder tree on Rose Hill at 15:30, flew to roost in conifers behind a house on the on the corner of Florence Park Road and Church Cowley Road at 16:30. 

Grimsbury Reservoir 5th December

Red-crested Pochard 5 until 08:39

Goosander

(Per JFT).

Farmoor Reservoir 5th December

Greater Scaup 1f

Common Snipe 4

Siskin 6

Fieldfare 70+

Goldcrest Abingdon Sewage Works 
Courtesy of Kyle Smith.

 

Bicester Wetland Reserve 5th December

 280 Teal
3 Gadwall
1 Kingfisher
1 Sparrowhawk
2 Little Grebe

Key Holder Reserve
A Peters

Port Meadow: 4th December

Port Meadow
Peregrine 15:00.

D Moden

Blenheim: 4th December

Blenheim
6 Red-crested Pochard: 4 males, 2 females on Queen Pool. 13:30.
5 Brambling: At least in regular spot at southern end of Queen Pool. 13:30.
16 Mandarin Duck: At least. 13:30.

Gareth Casburn

A329 near Moulsford: 4th December

A329 near Moulsford
12 Golden Plover SU5985. 13:00.

Mike Amphlett

RSPB Otmoor 4th December

Black-headed gull - 39

Canada goose - 213

Gadwall - 80

Golden plover - 4146

Grey heron - 5

Greylag goose - 78

Hen harrier (ringtail)

Lapwing - 1503

Mallard - 202

Marsh harrier - 2

Mute swan - 22

Pintail - 56

Shoveler - 268

Teal - 1630

Tufted duck - 4

Water rail - 4

Wigeon - 1084

Otmoor rspb 3rd December

Courtesy of Paul Chambers.

Bewick's Swan 2 at the 1st screen c09:00 then flew off S/E.

(Per Bark, Mark Chivers et al).

Churn: 3rd December

Churn
Merlin: Landed in field North of Dutch barn. SU523840. 15:30.
Barn Owl: Hunting in Dutch Barn area. SU523840. 15:30.

Steve Violette

Port Meadow: 3rd December

Port Meadow
Caspian Gull: 1w.
2 Yellow-legged Gull: ad & 2w.
2 Shelduck
Black-tailed Godwit
14 Dunlin
30 Pintail
500 Golden Plover
150 Snipe
4 White-fronted Geese (the usual dodgy ones)
100 Barnacle Geese (flew in at dusk)

Steve Lavington, Thomas Miller, Gnome