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Wednesday, 15 August 2018

Sutton Courtenay GP 15th August

Green Sandpiper 7
Common Sandpiper 1
Snipe 1

Appleford New Workings: 

Green Sandpiper 1
Lapwing c200 
Common Tern 4 (2 juv) 

Farmoor Reservoir 15th August

1330-1430hrs

Common Swift 1
Sand Martin 3
Swallow 4

Common Sandpiper 6
Common Tern 5
Yellow legged Gull 1

Bicester Wetland Reserve 14th August

10 Green Sandpiper
6 Snipe
3 Heron
2 juv Little grebe
11 Teal

1 Stoat
Most waders at Cattle Bridge Pool
Alan Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Tuesday, 14 August 2018

Worton: 14th August

Worton
Bar-headed Goose
9 White-fronted Goose (feral)
10 Barnacle Goose

SP460112. 20:30.

Malcolm Teal

Wantage: Lark Hill: 14th August

Wantage: Lark Hill
Whinchat: juv. 12:30.
Spotted Flycatcher 12:30.

Leo Bateman

Stratfield Brake 14th August

Spotted Redshank on main pool then flew and appeared to land on smaller hidden pool 10:25.No further sign by 14:00 on any of the pools.

Green Sandpiper
Little Egret 2
Teal c10
Gadwall c10

Monday, 13 August 2018

Worton: 13th August

Worton
14 White-fronted Goose: SP460112. 20:40.
16 Barnacle Goose: SP460112. 20:40.
Bar-headed Goose: SP460112. 20:40.
3 Egyptian Goose: SP460112. 20:40.

Malcolm Teal

Otmoor.A.M. 13th August.

1 Swift
1 Raven
2 Cettis (calling).

Appleford New Workings 13th August

Little-ringed Plover (juv) 
Dunlin
Green Sandpiper

Sutton Courtenay 13th August

Hanson's Gravel Pits -Sutton Courtenay

1 Common Sandpiper
5 Green Sandpiper: through large green gates south of the B4016 between Appleford and Sutton Courtenay. First pit on left. SU516940.

Gerry Quinn

Standlake Pit 60: am 13th August

Peregrine
YL Gull
Water Rail
2 Common Sandpiper
2 Snipe
(Bar-Headed Goose)

JD & JDH

Farmoor. 13th. August.

Black Tailed Godwit.
Black Tailed Godwit.
3.+ Common Sandpiper.
4.+Yellow Legged Gull.

Per.   D. J.  P.L.  T.S.

Port Meadow: 13th August

Port Meadow
3 Yellow Wagtail
8 Lapwing

Adam Hartley

Sunday, 12 August 2018

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 12th August

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
3 Hobby: One Hobby chased a House Martin over Greenaways, suddenly joined by two others and one Hobby took the martin in the air and flew off with it.

Suzanne Parrott

Farmoor 12th Aug

1 Wheatear
4 Common Sandpiper

Sent from my iPhone
Swallows north Oxon courtesy of Norman Smith.

Bicester Wetlands 12th August

11:30-12:30

Green Sandpiper (10)
Common Snipe (4)
House Martin (20+)



Old Caley’s Diary

Baulking Pit: 12th August

2 Common Sandpiper
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Hobby
1 Yellow Wagtail
1 Yellow-legged Gull
3 Reed Warbler
3 Lesser Whitethroat

Saturday, 11 August 2018

Farmoor 11th Aug am

Courtesy of Martin Swannell

















1 Sanderling
Turnstone: On causeway - 3:30pm (per Dan Fletcher)
2 Wheatear
2 Dunlin
1 Ringed Plover
2 Common Sandpiper

Per Dai, Tezzer, Andy last.

Sent from my iPhone
Ringed Plover courtesy of John Workman

Courtesy of Martin Swannell



Chinnor 11th August

Spotted Flycatcher courtesy of Jez March
























Spotted Flycatcher: Family brood of approx 6 - 8 including adults in trees at southern end of lake 2B. SU750994
Grey Heron: First year juvanile
2 Buzzard: Circling over lake 3A landing on the cliffs occasionally

Jez March