Farmoor Reservoir 26th July

Turnstone

Knot

Dunlin

Goosander 

(per Bryan Manston).

Knot courtesy of Bryan Manston.

Turnstone & Dunlin courtesy of Bryan Manston

Hempton: 25th July

Hempton
Hobby

Gareth Blockley

Bicester Wetland Reserve 26th July

 1 Little Ringed Plover
12 Green Sandpiper
1 Water Rail juv.
42 Lapwing
1 Grey Wagtail
2 Little Egret

Alan Peters   Colin Oram
Key Holder Reserve

Juvenile Grey Wagtail courtesy of Paul Wyeth.

 

Fyfield Wick: 25th July

Fyfield Wick
Spotted Flycatcher 17:00.
Hobby 17:00.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor Reservoir 25th July

Knot

Redshank

Goosander 

(Per Steve Liptrot)

Knot courtesy of Steve Liptrot.

Chinnor: Cement Works: 25th July

Chinnor: Cement Works
3 Oystercatcher: On island Lake 2b. 10:30.
2 Little Ringed Plover: 1 adult + 1 juvenile on island Lake 2b. 10:30.
2 Green Sandpiper: On the eastern side of Lake 2b. 10:30.

David Stracey

Otmoor: 25th July

5 Great White Egret 1st screen early a.m

2 Cattle Egret 

2 Little Egrets second screen

(Per William Lester, Anna Marlow)

4 of the 5 GWE courtesy of Anna Marlow. 

Peep-o-day Lane

Ruddy Shelduck - female on Tuckwells pit 

Redshank 

Common Sand - 2

Little Ringed Plover 

Standlake Pit 60: 24th July

Standlake Pit 60
Marsh Harrier: juv. Juv in pretty fresh juvenile plumage. Not seen this individual here before. 22:10.
3 Great White Egret 22:10.

Mick Cunningham

Tayton 22nd July

Belated report of a Quail on Saturday (per RBA).

Farmoor Reservoir 24th July

Turnstone 1

Dunlin 2

Curlew 1 

Common Tern 2

Little Egret 4

Sand Martin 10+

Sparrowhawk 1

Ardley ERF Lagoon: 23rd July

Ardley ERF Lagoon
9 Grey Partridge: Family party with 1 adult, and 8 young seen. Possibly more young and another adult but obscured by vegetation. 16:30.

Gareth Casburn

Standlake pit 60: 23rd July

Med Gull 1ad
Great Egret 3

Otmoor rspb 23rd July

Cattle Egret 4+ at 1st screen

Great Egret

(L.D).

Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane: 23rd July

Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane
Kingfisher 11:52.
2 Common Sandpiper: Stonehill Lane GP. 11:52.
Common Tern 11:52.
6 Green Woodpecker 11:52.
Great White Egret: SU487945. 11:52.
5 Little Egret: SU487945. 11:52.

J Blunt

Bicester Wetland Reserve 22nd July

Wet and Windy

8 Green Sandpiper
53 Lapwing
5 Little Egret
60 House Martin
1 Sand Martin

6 plus Reed Warbler

Alan Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Chilton: Chilton Downs: 21st July

21st July

Chilton: Chilton Downs
Redstart: juv. Probable juvenile/possible adult female. Actually seen just on West Berks side of county boundary - Sheep Down. 20:30.
10 Yellowhammer: Loads singing. 20:30.
10 Linnet 20:30.
10 Corn Bunting 20:30.
2 Tawny Owl: 2 heard and seen flying low in plantation adj Rutherford Lab. 21:40.

J Blunt

Blenheim 21st July

Gadwall - 8 (2 females, each with 3 young)

Tufted duck - 15 approx including a female with 4 duckings

Cattle egret - at least 8 including 2 juveniles

Common tern - 7 including the breeding pair and 2 young

Hobby - 2 birds, present on and off for about 3 weeks now.

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 21st July

Green Sandpiper 16 (per JFT).

Key holder reserve.

Ashdown House: 21st July

Ashdown House
3 Marsh Tit: SU282821. 11:30.
3 Nuthatch: SU282821. 11:30.
2 Grasshopper Warbler: Reeling in the long grass on the way down Weathercock Hill to the house, quite a surprise. SU288819. 11:30.

Geoff Dymott

Sparrowhawk

All photos courtesy of Andy Pullen.

 

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 20th July

20th July

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
2 Quail: Heard only - One somewhere beyond cattle pen near gate onto Greenaways. The other from Moorleys. 21:50.
2 Grasshopper Warbler: Heard only reeling from Greenaways and Moorleys. 21:50.
Cattle Egret: Roosting in tree from Screen 1. 20:30.

J Blunt

Cattle Egret catching frogs courtesy of Steve Liptrot.

Lollingdon Hill Cholsey 20th July

Redstart (per Paul Chandler).

Oxford University Press, Walton Street: 20th July

Oxford University Press, Walton Street
Hobby: SP507069. 13:30.

Steve Goddard

Otmoor 20 July 2023

Grasshopper Warbler 1
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Great White Egret 2

Little Egret 4
Green Woodpecker 1

 

Grimsbury Reservoir 20th July

Spotted Flycatcher 

Common Sandpiper juv

(et al).

Chinnor: Cement Works: 19th July

Chinnor: Cement Works
Common Sandpiper: Hard to see in east corner. 20:50.

Mark Mckeown

Juvenile Swallow Letcombe Regis courtesy of Geoff Dymott.

 

Wainhill: 19th July

Wainhill
Hobby: 1 chasing Swallows over Wainhill Farm. SP766013. 20:15.

David Stracey

Bald Hill: 19th July

Bald Hill
Peregrine: SU718962. 21:12.
20 Raven: 20 plus including juveniles. SU718962. 21:12.

Jez March

Bicester Wetland Reserve 19th July

1 Grasshopper Warbler:  was a surprise, reeling from usual area

4 Little Egret
2 Heron
2 Cormorant
44 Lapwing
9 Green Sandpiper
1 Cetti's Warbler

1 good record from yesterday: 2 Water Rail downy young chicks, distant view from car park hide

Alan Peters
Key holder reserve

Hampton Poyle 18th July

Cattle Egret 4 NW over A34 towards Hampton Poyle this lunchtime 

Drayton Flood 17th July

Great white Egret 19:49 (per Ben Carpenter).

Spotted Flycatcher family.

Courtesy of Alan Dawson.

 

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 17th July

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake
3 Common Sandpiper: on the lakeside between the 7 Arches and The Fisheries.
2 Oystercatcher: On the island.
5 Cattle Egret
7 Little Egret
7 Common Tern: 2 adults with 2 juv on the island jetty and 3 more over the lake.
12 Tufted Duck: 8 adults inc 1 female with 4 very young chicks.
30 Sand Martin: Busy round the nesting holes in the bridge.
Egyptian Goose
32 Great Crested Grebe

Bob Pomfret

Grimsbury Reservoir 17th July

Dunlin

Common Sandpiper 

Redstart juv still in s/w corner of cattle field

(M.P, Edwin Barson)

Courtesy of Bruce Hendrie.

Venn Mill: 17th July

Venn Mill
Dunlin: Summer plumage. 10:43.

J Blunt

Stoke Row: 16th July

Stoke Row
4 Woodcock

John Taylor

Great Egret Pinkhill Nature Reserve.
Courtesy of Steve Liptrot.

 

Chinnor: Cement Works: 16th July

Chinnor: Cement Works
3 Oystercatcher: Appeared from nowhere, presumably the local birds. 21:15.
Hobby: Chased hirundines then a bat. 21:15.

Mark Mckeown

Port Meadow: 16th July

10 Egyptian Goose: In 3 groups along river Bank. At least 3 seemed to be juveniles. 17:52.

(Per Andrew Siantonas)

Goosander (per John Workman)

Courtesy of John Workman.

Standlake Pit 60: 15th July

Standlake Pit 60
Cattle Egret: juv. Very quiet. No shorelines so no passage waders or loafing wildfowl. 18:59.

Mick Cunningham

Venn Mill: 15th July

Venn Mill
2 Little Ringed Plover: juvs.

Mark Merritt

Abingdon/Sutton Courtenay 15th July

Adult NIGHT HERON again at southern end of Peep-o-Day Lane at 05:33, but no sign between 10:20-10:50 just north of Drayton Road junction. Park near Abingdon Rugby Club OX14 5TJ and walk south along Peep-O-Day Lane to view the Willows adjacent to the flooded fields. 

Little Egret 33

(Per Ben Carpenter, Tom Wickens).

Blenheim 14th July

Cattle egret - 4

Common sandpiper - 2

Common tern - 4 (2 ad, 2 juv)

Lesser black-backed gull - 2 adults, one of which predated two mallard ducklings in quick succession.

Reed warbler - 1

Chinnor: Cement Works: 14th July

Chinnor: Cement Works
Common Sandpiper: 1 along the northern edge of Lake 2b. 10:00.

David Stracey

Harwell Campus Perimeter: 13th July

Harwell Campus Perimeter
3 Tawny Owl: At least 3 Calling - probable family group. SU464856. 22:00.
Spotted Flycatcher: SU464856. 22:00.

J Blunt

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 13th July

13th July

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
3 Redshank flew over Screen 1, southern lagoon, then over Greenaways and Big Otmoor. 06:00.
5 Black-tailed Godwit: Flew N over screen 1, southern lagoon, then back over Big Otmoor. 07:30.

Rob Cadd

Black-tailed Godwits above & below courtesy 
of Malcolm Bowey.

King's Lock: 13th July

King's Lock
7 Common Sandpiper: SP478102. 12:15.

(Steve Goddard, Mathew Lloyd).

Standlake Pit 60: 13th July

Standlake Pit 60
2 Crane: Flew high south c5pm. 17:19.
3 Great White Egret 17:19.
Marsh Harrier: cream crown. In heavy tail and wing moult. 17:19.
Shoveler: F or juv ... mostly hidden in vegetation. 17:19.

Mick Cunningham

RSPB Otmoor 13 July 2023

Common Crane 2
Great White Egret 2
Cattle Egret 2
Green Woodpecker 4

 

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 13th July

Green Sandpiper 15+

Common Sandpiper 2

Key holder reserve.

Yellowhammer Oxon Downs courtesy of Geoff Dymott.

 

Farmoor Reservoir 13th July

Sand Martin 200+  a mixture of adults and juveniles settling on the causeway early morning

Common Sandpiper 6

Common Redshank 1

Yellow legged Gull 6

Common Tern 1

Little Egret 2

Standlake Pit 60: 12th July

Standlake Pit 60
5 Common Sandpiper 10:00.
2 Great White Egret 10:00.

Stephen Burch

Grimsbury Reservoir 12th July

Courtesy of Mike Pollard.

Redstart juv in S/W corner of cattle field

Common Sandpiper 3

(Per Mike Pollard)

Bittern Otmoor rspb courtesy of Paul Mallarini.

Ardley ERF Lagoon: 11th July

Ardley ERF Lagoon
5 Green Sandpiper: On lagoon. 11:00.
6 Little Grebe: 2 adults and 4 young on Trow Pool. 11:00.
Spotted Flycatcher: Heard only near Trow Pool. 11:00.

Gareth Casburn

Blenheim 10th July

Cattle egret - 7 (4 adults, 3 juvs)

Oystercatcher - 2

Common sandpiper - 3

Common tern - 5 (3 adults, 2 juvs)

Hobby - 2

Farmoor Reservoir: 10th July

Farmoor Reservoir
Greenshank: Flying south, calling. 09:20.
Cuckoo calling at Pinkhill 08:30

Jeremy Blakey

Abingdon/Sutton Courtenay 10th July

No sign of the adult Night Heron at the southern end of Peep-o-Day Lane by 08:30.

Kingfisher courtesy of Brian Walker. 

 

Otmoor rspb 10th July

Black-tailed Godwit from The Wetlands Watch hide

(per Luke O'Byrne).

Chipping Norton: 9th July

Chipping Norton
Peregrine 16:00.

Steve Akers

Adult Greenshank Pit 60 -

Best bird on the  WeBS count. Crumbs from the birding table.

Greenshank: Asleep on North shore. Distant. 18:13.

Mick Cunningham

Night Heron & Fox Peep-O-Day Lane.

A close encounter! Courtesy of Terry Sherlock.

 Still present and safe 21:18.

Otmoor rspb 9th July

Courtesy of Debbie Cowee.

Cattle Egret 10+

Great Egret

Common Sandpiper 3

(per Mathew O'Byrne)

Courtesy of Malcolm Bowey.

Peep-o-day lane

Black-crowned Night Heron 

Night Heron Peep-o-Day Lane, Abingdon/Sutton Courtenay

Courtesy of Badger.

Adult NIGHT HERON still at southern end of Peep-o-Day Lane at 18:35, just north of Drayton Road junction. Park near Abingdon Rugby Club OX14 5TJ and walk south along Peep-O-Day Lane to view 

the Willows adjacent to the flooded fields. 

Little Egret c20

Corn Bunting

Courtesy of Nick Truby.

Peep-o-Day Lane, Sutton Courtenay - 9th July

 Night Heron. Adult still present at 13.09. Found by Tom Wickens.

 

Video courtesy of Gnome

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 9th July

9th July

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
2 Ruddy Shelduck: m+f. Southern lagoon, first screen. 07:00.
3 Common Sandpiper: Southern lagoon. First screen. 06:00.

Rob Cadd

Standlake, pit 60: 8th July

Cattle Egret 6
Great Egret 2
Common Sand 1
Shoveler ad & 4 juvs

Ardley ERF Lagoon: 8th July

Ardley ERF Lagoon
2 Green Sandpiper 10:00.
4 Lapwing 10:00.

Gareth Casburn

Starlings Otmoor rspb courtesy of Malcolm Bowey.

 

Letcombe Regis: 8th July

Letcombe Regis
Siskin: In Goldfinch flock.
2 Spotted Flycatcher

Mark Merritt

Bicester Wetland Reserve 8th July

 1 Common Sandpiper
6 Green Sandpiper
6 Teal
1 Cormorant
4 Jay (family party?)
6 Reed Warbler lots of juvs probably double this number

Alan Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Chinnor: Cement Works: 7th July

Chinnor: Cement Works
2 Yellow Wagtail: On western side of Lake 2b. 11:00.
Common Sandpiper: 1 Lake 2b. 11:00.
Little Ringed Plover: 1 Lake 2b. 11:00.

David Stracey

Eynsham: 7th July

Eynsham
Grasshopper Warbler: male. SP441091. 07:45.

Allen Stevens

Otmoor 6 July

Grasshopper Warbler 2
Great White Egret 2
Spotted Flycatcher 1 

Juvenile Yellow Wagtail Oxon Downs courtesy of Geoff Dymott.

 

Blenheim: 6th July

Blenheim
4 Common Tern: 2 adults and 2 young. Despite believing the chicks had been predated, two are now at the opposite end of the Queen Pool island amongst the vegetation. Getting off the nest platform and making that journey seems incredible, but 2 of the 3 (assuming the third isn't hidden somewhere) managed it! 14:00.

Gareth Casburn

Fyfield Wick: 5th July

Fyfield Wick
Yellow Wagtail: Over garden calling and appeared to land close by. 1st sighting here this year. 15:00.

Jed Cleeter

Green Woodpecker Balscotte Quarry Reserve courtesy of Wally Warburton.

 

Farmoor Reservoir 4th July

Common Sandpiper 5

Common Tern 2

Common Swift3

Sand Martin 10+

Cuckoo 1m 

Blenheim 3rd July

Gadwall - female with 3 ducklings.

Common tern - 2 adults. The 3 chicks must have been predated over the weekend, sadly.

Common sandpiper - 1

Oystercatcher - 2

Farmoor Reservoir 3rd July

Common Sandpiper 4 (8 yesterday)

Common Raven 1

Little Egret 1

Kingfisher 1 (juvenile)

The Common Tern nest  in the marina appears to have failed.

Bicester Wetland Reserve 3rd July

 11 Green Sandpiper (all cattle Bridge Pool)
32 Lapwing
3 Little Egret

Alan Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Dix Pit: 1st July

Dix Pit
8 Little Egret: Decent number of herons and egret on the muddy remains of the new workings near to the recycling centre, viewed from the path towards Devil's Quoits. 09:45.
Oystercatcher 09:45.

Glen Pascoe

Port Meadow: 2nd July

Port Meadow
2 Oystercatcher
10 Egyptian Geese: 3 ad 7 juv in two family parties

Matthew Southwell, Adam Hartley

Port Meadow: 1st July

Port Meadow
2 Common Sandpiper
Barn Owl

Adam Hartley, Ben Sheldon, Matthew Lloyd

Farmoor Shrike Meadow: 1st July

Farmoor Shrike Meadow
Kingfisher: male. On the perch at the Shrike Meadow hide. SP437063. 13:15.

Gavin Sampson

Otmoor: 30th June

Otmoor
6 Cattle Egret: Seen at second screen. 15:30.
5 Cattle Egret: Seen at second screen. 15:30.

Mary MacDougall