Farmoor 18th May

Greenshank (per Dai)

Otmoor 17th May

Near Summer plumaged Ruff Big Otmoor please view at 720p

Glossy Ibis though mobile
Garganey 2 (Big Otmoor)
Ruff nr sum plum (Big Otmoor)
Whimbrel probable (per Paul Greenaway)
Marsh Harrier
Hobby 4+
Turtle Dove 2
Cuckoo
Raven 2

Hobby courtesey of John Reynolds























Red Kite with adult Lapwing prey (c) John Reynolds
Glossy Ibis in flight (c) Andy Last

Kingham 17th May

Cuckoo calling early morning
Cuckoo heard. SP303252 Chipping Norton (per Stephen Akers)
Cuckoo Piddington (per Colin Oram)

Upton House: 16th May

16th May

Upton House
2 Spotted Flycatcher: Pair in the woods by the entrance close to the Reception hut.
2 Raven: Resident pair around the cedar trees on the back lawn.

Graeme Porter

Otmoor 16th May

Glossy Ibis again on the Oddington Flood Field at 15:15   (per Graham Coleman)

Also,
Little Egret
Wood Sandpiper
Ruff in summer plumage

Access off of Otmoor Lane from Oddington.

Otmoor.A.M. 16th May.

1 Marsh Harrier (F)
1 Oystercatcher
2 Turtle Dove
1 Curlew (calling)
2 Snipe (drumming).

Red Kite (calling).

South Leigh: 16th May

South Leigh
Cuckoo

Richard Catling

Port Meadow 16th May

No sign of Avocet this morning

Little Egret
2 Common Terns
juvenile Grey Wagtail

Farmoor Mallard ducklings...

Yarnton: 15th May

Yarnton
Cuckoo: Heard, and then seen.

Nick Suckling

Farmoor 15th May

Little Stint 2 along the causeway 08:25 (per Dai).
Whimbrel over
Common Sandpiper 6
Arctic Tern 5

More from the Res at The Insomniac Birder

Photo courtesey of Dai Johns

East Challow: 15th May

West Challow: Old Canal
Cuckoo: SU367882.

East Challow
2 Grey Partridge

Amanda Brown

Lockinge 15th May

Spotted Flycatcher (1+) singing by the old fire engine hut. Also Peregrine over earlier.

Otmoor 15th May

Glossy Ibis courtesey of Nick Truby

Glossy Ibis No sign of Ibis on the Closes at 1pm. Flew towards Oddington/flood field at 9.30am
(per Justin Taylor)

This morning on The Closes at 08:45 (per Paul Greenaway)

2 Turtle Dove: Along footpath very good view on tree stub (per Ralph Watts)

See our site guide for Otmoor field locations.

Port Meadow: 15th May

Port Meadow
Avocet
Little Egret

Adam Hartley

Little Owl North Oxon courtesey John Reynolds

Port Meadow: 14th May

Avocet still present on flood at dusk  (per Gnome)
Black-tailed Godwit
Little Egret

Adam Hartley
 

(c) Gnome

Otmoor 14th May

Glossy Ibis still on Closes 18:28 (per Andy Last)
1 Black-tailed Godwit
2 Oystercatcher
2 Curlew (per Peter Coombes)
12 Little Egret
2 Turtle Dove
7 Hobby.
Raven (per Peter Coombes)

Cuckoo courtesey of Nick Truby

Peregrine  (John Gough)

Quail Heard calling briefly on Greenaways to right of path to the first screen. Listened for again several times during my visit but not heard again. Difficult to know how close due to the breeze carrying the sound.

(per John Edwards)
 
Quail still calling near cattle pen on Greenaways this evening  (Joe Harris)

  See our site guide for Otmoor field locations.

Cholsey: Cholsey Marsh Nature Reserve: 14th May

Cholsey: Cholsey Marsh Nature Reserve
Egyptian Goose

Ralph Watts

Otmoor 13th May

Glossy Ibis on Big Otmoor this evening please view at 720p HD

Joe Harris found a Glossy Ibis at 12:00 on the Oddington Flood Field.

Now relocated to "Big Otmoor" & still present 19:30. View from the bridleway halfway between the hide
and the Noke Farm track. The Ibis would go missing for long periods when feeding in amongst the sedge
and long grass.

See our site guide for Otmoor field locations.

8 Hobby
Greenshank: On Big Otmoor.
Black-tailed Godwit Big Otmoor (Badger)
Turtle Dove
Cuckoo (Badger)
4 Little Egret
3 Dunlin: At least 3 on Ashgrave lagoon.
6 Ringed Plover: On Ashgrave lagoon.
2 Oystercatcher

(per Joe Harris)


Turtle Dove photo courtesey of Stephen Collier