Otmoor 8th May PM

Grey Plover on Big Otmoor 20:30
(Different bird then this mornings, much darker plumage)

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 8th May

1 Knot (a.m)
1 Grey Plover (am)
9 Dunlin: Big Otmoor. 15:30.
7 Ringed Plover 15:30.
Oystercatcher
Redshank
8 Hobby: Minimum count between showers. 15:30.
3 Cuckoo 15:30.

(per Pete Roby, Colin Oram)

Chinnor Cement Works: 8th May

Ringed Plover: 1 Lake 2b. 17:23.
3 Hobby: Lake 3. 17:23.

David Stracey

Ringed Plover courtesy of David Stracey. 

LWV Pit 10: 8th May

LWV Pit 10
Black Tern: Increased to 9. 17:19.
3 Arctic Tern: Minimum. Appeared with tight flock of 6 black terns from north. 17:19.

Mick Cunningham

Farmoor, 8th May

From west bank hide 1.30 - 4.00pm
Turnstone
8 Dunlin
2 Sanderling
Oystercatcher
3 Redshank
2 Black Tern
2 Common Sandpiper
Cuckoo
large numbers of Swifts and House Martins + a few Sand Martins and Swallows coming and going with strong weather fronts
20+ Common Terns

Hobby over Toll Bridge heading towards Farmoor

Clackers & Mrs Clackers

Grimsbury Reservoir 8th May

RED-RUMPED SWALLOW 18:03 (per RBA, Ewan, Mark Ribbons, Gareth)

Arctic Tern 2 (per RBA)

Courtesy of Jonathan Mercer.

Sonning Eye GPs: 8th May

7 Black Tern 15:00. 
Knot: S.P. flew around pit for approx 3 mins before departing east. 06:20.
Common Sandpiper
4 Hobby 15:00. 

(per Hugh Netley)

Devils Quoits: am 8th May

Wheatear

Farmoor. 8th May.

7 Black tern.
51 Common Tern
2. Yellow wagtail.
Ringed plover.
2 Turnstone.
Grey Plover.
Knot.
Black Tailed Godwit.
4 Redshank.
5. Common Sandpiper.
Oystercatcher.
9 Dunlin.
2 Sanderling.

Per.  P.A.  D.J.  T.S. Johnny Eclipse. 

Grey Plover, Knot and Turnstone.

LWV Pit 10: 8th May

LWV Pit 10
Black Tern: Only 1 at west oxon sailing club/pit 10 today. 11:50.

Second and last look at pit 10/ oxon sailing club c17:15
3 Black Terns on my arrival then 6 flew in from north in tight pack with at least 3 Arctic Terns.
Increase in Common Tern from usual 4- 6 to at least a dozen

Mick Cunningham

Henley Road GPs: 8th May

Henley Road GPs
Black Tern: s/p. On the water-ski pit. 07:40.
Cuckoo 07:40.

Marek Walford

Grimsbury Res 7th May

Grey Wagtail-female

Farmoor: 7th May

Large influx of Black Terns in S England today with 30-40 at Farmoor.

Baulking Pit: 7th May

10 Black Tern

3 Common Sandpiper

5 Yellow Wagtail

2 Grey Partridge

Otmoor: May 7th

Hobby courtesy of Norman Smith.

7 Hobby
1 Little Ringed Plover
1 Grey Plover
2 Cuckoo
All the usual warblers singing this morning including Grasshopper Warbler on the track to 1st screen.

No sign of GWE

LWV Pit 10: 7th May

LWV Pit 10
6 Black Tern: Minimum 6 black terns. Actually on adjacent sailing lake. 17:04.

Mick Cunningham

Farmoor Reservoir: 7th May

Whimbrel courtesy of David Hastings.

Black Tern c35 over F2 17:00 

Arctic Terns

Whimbrel 2
Sanderling 2

(per Dai, Tezzer, Ewan, Nick Truby, David Hastings)

Sanderling courtesy of David Hastings.

Cuckoo: Male calling on eastern side of F2. SP444054. 14:03.

4 Common Sandpiper: On f2 rafts at the end of the causeway

( per Conor MacKenzie)

Cuckoo at Farmoor courtesy of Brian Walker.

Stanton St. John: Stanton Great Wood: 7th May

Stanton St. John: Stanton Great Wood
Cuckoo 13:56.

David Brown

Standlake Pit 60: am 7th May

3 Hobby
Curlew
2 Little ringed plover
2 Oystercatcher

Radley GP: 7th May

Radley GP
Cuckoo: m. 10:20.

Peter Law