Sunny Arncott 11th Feb

Photo's (c) W P Bull

Some nice video of Fieldfares on the Birdless Cuddesdon blog
(Badger)

Sonning Eye GPs: 11th February

Sonning Eye GPs
2 Bittern: Roosting in the reedbed at the northern end of the lake.

Marek Walford

Littlemore 11th February

(c) J.Mankelow

Ring-necked Parakeet

Feeding on Black Sunflower
seed feeder in a Littlemore
garden today.

J.Mankelow goingbirding

Otmoor 11th February

6 Short-eared Owl (per SCl oos)

Otmoor Birding

Willow Tit, Cumnor

1 willow tit at a bird feeder in Cumnor, around 4.00 p.m., yesterday for some minutes on seed tray.

reported to me (Gnome) by Martin French in Cumnor

Allen Pit Dorchester 11th February

Smew 1 (redhead)
Wigeon 1000+

Allen Pit

Cassington GP's 11th February

Smew 1 (redhead) on eastern most pit viewable from the cycle track along the A40.
Goosander 14 (9m 5 redheads)
Goldeneye 6
Pintail 4
Water Rail (H)

Cassington Sawbills

Male & Female Bullfinches

Bletchingdon (c) Elizabeth Hodgson

Henley Road GPs: 11th February

11th February

Henley Road GPs
2 Smew: 1m 1f.
4 Goosander: 2m 2f.

Churn
Merlin: f. Initially spotted in hawthorn bush 1/2 mile down track South from railway bridge. Then panoramic low flight over field, back past bridge and into railway line scrub. One further sortie (involving brief interaction with female kestrel) before disappearing behind railway line.

Mark Merritt

Great Grey Shrike at Little Stoke

I've just received a photo of a Great Grey Shrike taken on Thursday 9th Feb at Little Stoke, near Goring South Oxon. It was near an area where hedge laying was taking place.

Also, yesterday, at least 10 Chichaffs at Abingdon sewage works including one tristis/abietinus type.

Lapwing Didcot

Foxholes BBOWT February 10th

Cockawood'lldo
A couple of hours wandering round my local reserve this afternoon

14 Woodcock sheltering in snowy bracken and brambles
2 Lesser Redpoll
2 Raven
6 Great Spotted Woodpecker
20 Redwing
2 Marsh Tit
Flock of 15 Long tailed Tit

10th Feb Sonning Eye G.P.

1st Winter Glaucous gull on water ski pit Sonning Eye 16.30 per Andy Tomczynski

Hugh

Farmoor 10th February

Short-eared Owl this morning over Buckthorn Meadow.
Goosander 11
Water Rail

(per Dai)

The Insomniac Birder

Rushy Common 10th February

No sign of yesterdays Bewick's Swans this afternoon.

(per Terry Tossel)

Farmoor Closed

Thames Water manager Matt Prior has just informed me that Farmoor is closed today to the public due to weather conditions. Cheers Dai.

New Farmoor Blog

The Insomniac Birder

''Mainly a blog of my bird sightings and photographs
taken on my early morning walks around Farmoor Reservoir''

                                                                         Dai Johns.

Fieldfare at Bletchingdon (c) Elizabeth Hodgson

Rushy Common 9th February

2 Bewick's Swan (per John Melling) Oxonbirds

Sonning Eye and Henley Rd. g.p's 9thFeb

Smew 5 (1drk) H.R.pit
Goosander 3 (1 drk) H.R.pit
Peregrine 1
Gadwall 137
Tufted duck 785
Coot 789
Goldeneye 13
Eygptian goose 2
Shoveler 21
Widgeon 370

Hugh