Abingdon: Radley Road: 8th September

Abingdon: Radley Road
Hobby 18:05.

Jed Cleeter

Day's Lock/Bishop's Court Farm : Monday 8th

Glossy Ibis, flew from Church Farm Backwaters towards Dorchester at 2pm.

Rob Gray saw this bird Sunday evening at Church Farm. 

Hobby 2, an adult making a food pass to a juv.

Wytham: Field Station: 8th September

8th September

Wytham: Field Station
7 Cattle Egret: SP474096. 15:49.
Hobby 12:49.

Steven Portugal

Letcombe Bassett: 8th September

Two sedge warblers among a mixed group of whinchat, stonechat and meadow pipit

2 Sedge Warbler: SU367847. 09:00.
2 Whinchat: SU367847. 09:00.
10 Meadow Pipit: SU367847. 09:00.
3 Stonechat: SU367847. 09:00.

Sonning Eye GPs: 8th September

Sonning Eye GPs
Common Sandpiper 13:11.

Marek Walford

Farmoor Reservoir 8th September

Peregrine 1 juvenile female

Goosander 1 juvenile

Common Tern 1

Cattle Egret 8

Little Egret 10

Egyptian Goose 1

Common Redshank 1

Dunlin 1 juvenile

Ringed Plover 1 flyover

Common Sandpiper 9

Common Swift 2

Northern Wheatear 1

House/Sand Martin 100+

Yellow Wagtail 1

Leucistic Pied Wagtail 1

Kingfisher 1

Stratfield Brake 8th September

Great white Egret 

Little Egret

Water Rail

Snipe 2

Kingfisher 

Belated report of a Glossy Ibis present for two days but no sign this morning.

Farmoor Reservoir: 7th September

7th September

Farmoor Reservoir
5 Black Tern 13:30.
2 Common Tern 15:15.
3 Redshank: Flew low south. 14:00.
5 Common Sandpiper: 4 along Thames on exposed river bed and 1 at Pinkhill NR. 14:00.
Osprey: Briefly again beyond SW corner flew from Thames to Wood. 13:15.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor Reservoir 7th September

Juvenile Osprey

Juvenile Peregrine

Bit of a raptor bonanza at Farmoor Reservoir this morning!

Farmoor Reservoir 7th September

Osprey fishing over F1 10:03-11:00 then flew south (per Sally Taylor)

Black Tern c14 F2 (5 present 13:21)

Marsh Harrier 2 over 

Peregrine juv

Turnstone over

Ringed Plover 5 over

Dunlin 5 over

(per Sally Taylor, Dave Lowe, Ewan Urquhart)

Letcombe Regis: 6th September

Letcombe Regis
Hobby 16:31.
4 Yellow Wagtail: At least, calling in flight. 16:31.

Jed Cleeter

Sarsgrove: 6th September

Sarsgrove
41 Swallow: Lots of activity at Sarsgrove Farm this morning. Many Swallow and House Martin perched on electricity wires and other feeding over the paddocks. 10:00.
32 House Martin 10:00.
70 Starling: A mini murmuration at one point. 10:00.
65 Linnet 10:00.
67 Goldfinch 10:00.
Pied Wagtail 10:00.

Steve Akers

Oxon Downs 6th Sept

Spotted Flycatcher

3 redstarts

2 wheatear

2 Yellow wagtail

Hobby

Cowleaze Wood: 6th September

Cowleaze Wood
15 Common Crossbill: Males and females in tree tops along the central ride.
2 Firecrest

Steve Roby

Farmoor Reservoir 6th September

Glossy Ibis 2 flew over heading west 07:19 

Black Tern F1 07:50

Knot flew west over F1

Sanderling 5 F1 11:30

(per Dave Lowe)

Ringed Plover 2 along causeway 18:20 (AL)

Glossy Ibis 1 -  on the Causeway with a flock of Coots @ 0700

Caspian Gull 1  second calendar year

Great Black backed Gull 2 adults

Common Redshank 1

Dunlin 1 juvenile

Common Sandpiper 3

Sanderling 5 - all juveniles

Common Swift 2

House/Sand Martin 400 - mixed flock settling on the Causeway

Swallow 5

Egyptian Geese 6

Yellow Wagtail 1

Pied Wagtail 60+ incl. the leucistic individual still

(per Ewan Urquhart)

Courtesy of Peter Milligan 

Courtesy of Peter Milligan 

Courtesy of Peter Milligan 

Buscot Wick 6th September

24 Glossy Ibis North East over Weston Farm, Buscot Wick heading Clanfield direction 08:44

(per Ian Sherriffs)

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 5th September

Green Sandpiper 8 14:20 (JT)

Key Holder Reserve.

Stratfield Brake 5th September

Great white Egret 

Black-tailed Godwit 

Common Sandpiper 

Water Rail h

Hobby

Cetti's Warbler h

(GP, JC)

Kingfisher courtesy of Jason Hornblow 

 

Sarsgrove: 5th September

Sarsgrove
Wheatear: First of Autumn at this traditional migratory spot. 11:40.
2 Raven: Pair over Sarsgrove Wood. 11:40.
15 Swallow 11:40.
3 Chiffchaff 11:40.
2 Yellowhammer 11:40.

Steve Akers