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Monday, 31 October 2022

Balscotte Quarry B.O.S Reserve 30th October

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Bearded Tit reported at Balscote Quarry yesterday morning in the small reed bed on the back lake below the viewing screen (I.L)

Port Meadow: 31st October

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Port Meadow Water Pipit: Briefly by Burgess Field gate before being flushed by a dog. Per Steve Lavington. Adam Hartley

Kings Lock: 31st October

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Kings Lock 20 Cattle Egret: Amongst cattle in field by Thames Path between A34 viaduct and Kings Lock. 15:00. 2 Stonechat: 1 male/1 fem. B...

Appleford: Appleford GP: 31st October

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Appleford: Appleford GP 2 Green Sandpiper 15:10. Great White Egret 15:10. William Lester

Blenheim 31st October

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Wigeon - 3 Great white egret - 1 Snipe - 7 Swallow - 1 around Bridge before appearing to land on the bridge out of view.

: 31st October

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Bletchingdon 12 Grey Partridge: Covey of Partridge feeding together. SP512188. 08:23. David Watkinson
Sunday, 30 October 2022

Counting Coots

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Not a sighting, but a general observation regarding coots. The following two graphs provide numbers of Coots counted on Allen Pit (in Dorc...

Blenheim: 30th October

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Blenheim 2 Swallow: Feeding around Grand Bridge. 19:34. Trevor Young

Dix Pit: 30th October

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Dix Pit Great White Egret 16:23. 6 Goldeneye: 1 drk and 5 fem. Plus one strong candidate for a hybrid drake Hooded Merganser x Goldeneye. ...

Oxford: Aston's Eyot: 29th October

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Oxford: Aston's Eyot Firecrest: Loosely associated with Goldcrests in ivy-covered trees near Jackdaw Lane entrance. First site record h...

Wytham: Field Station: 30th October

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Wytham: Field Station 30 Cattle Egret: With cattle in the field north of the Field Station by the river. 30 Fieldfare: Flew over the Thames...

Balscote Quarry B.O.S Reserve 30th October

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No sign of the Dartford Warbler by 12:30

Yarnton 30th October

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Cattle Egret 20 at Yarnton GPs in cattle field  (per RBA). 

Farmoor Reservoir 30th October

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Scaup ad f Common Sandpiper  Curlew No sign of the Yellow-browed Warbler  No sign of the Black Redstart  (per Ewan et al)

Standlake Pit 60: 30th October

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Standlake Pit 60 Green Sandpiper 10:32. 14 Pintail 10:32. Caspian Gull: ad. Actually hybrid but don't know how to record these. Super...
Saturday, 29 October 2022

Letcombe Bassett: 29th October

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Letcombe Bassett Stonechat: f. 18:13. John Taylor

Balscote Quarry B.O.S Reserve 29th October

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Dartford Warbler still present c14:54 (N.T) Stonechat  Lesser Redpoll 4 Brambling  Merlin  ( per Ben Sheldon et al ).  Thanks to visiting b...

Farmoor Reservoir 29th October

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Yellow-browed Warbler still behind the toilet block in the main car park at 09:30 but no further by 13:30  Scaup F1 (A.L et al ).

Bicester Wetland Reserve 29th October

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 180 Teal 2 Green Sandpiper 3 Little Grebe 10 Lapwing 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Cetti's Warbler 2 Chiffchaff Alan Peters Key Holder Reserve

Marston: A40: 29th October

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Marston: A40 7 Brambling: A single then a group of 6 heading S over. 08:38. 2 Lesser Redpoll: Heard (only) around Cherwell. 08:38. Siskin...