Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 2nd June

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
3 Cattle Egret: With cattle on Greenaways .
3 Ringed Plover: On Big Otmoor.

Steve Roby

Farmoor Reservoir, 2nd June

10:15 - 11:45

House Martin 100+
Sand Martin 5
Swallow 2
Swift 50+
Common Tern 1
Oystercatcher 1
Sanderling 5
Cuckoo 1

House Martin © David Hastings

Sanderling © David Hastings

Venn Mill: 2nd June

Venn Mill
Dunlin
Ringed Plover
Grey Partridge

Mark Merritt

Grimsbury Reservoir 2nd June

Sanderling still present along western bank 19:41 

Dunlin

Hobby

(JFT,Gareth Blockley, S.B).

Blenheim 2nd June

Wigeon - drake

Shoveler - 2 (m/f)

Oystercatcher - 2

Common tern - 2

Common gull - 2CY flew through.

Farmoor Reservoir 2nd June

Sanderling 5 still on the causeway (per RBA).

West Hagbourne: 1st June

West Hagbourne
2 Egyptian Goose

John Taylor

Appleford GP: 1st June

Greenshank 1
Ringed Plover 8

Farmoor Reservoir 1st June

Sanderling 7 - showing typical range of plumages

Common Sandpiper 1

Common Tern 2

Common Swift 30+

House Martin 20+

Sand Martin 1

Swallow 2

Enslow: Enslow Bridge: 1st June

Enslow: Enslow Bridge
Cattle Egret: With cattle in meadow upstream from bridge. SP478184. 12:00.

Patrick Keiller

Farmoor Reservoir: 31st May

Farmoor Reservoir
2 Cuckoo: 2 around river. 19:17.
No sign of the marsh Harrier. 19:17.

Yacky Morris

Cuckoo courtesy of Yacky Morris

 

Port Meadow: 31st May

Port Meadow
Great White Egret
2 Greenshank

Thomas Miller, Adam Hartley

Great White Egret courtesy of Gnome

 

Farmoor Reservoir: 30th May

Farmoor Reservoir
Marsh Harrier: fem. In field next to Pinkhill lock. 19:53.

Yacky Morris

Record shot courtesy of Yacky Morris

 

Port Meadow: 30th May

Port Meadow
2 Greenshank
5 Shelduck
Great White Egret
Garganey: m.
19 Little Egrets

Michael Jezierski, Adam Hartley

Farmoor Reservoir 30th May

Sanderling 2 on causeway 18:11 

(per Ben Sheldon).

Port Meadow: Aristotle Lane: 29th May

Port Meadow: Aristotle Lane
14 Little Egret: Feeding on very low flood plain. 14:30.

Terry Deadman

Cowleaze Wood 29th May

Tawny chick at Cowleaze Wood

Appleford GPs 29th May

White Stork circling for ten minutes over Appleford gp at 12.30 then drifted south 

(per Martin Latham).

Lowbury Hill: 29th May

Lowbury Hill
2 Grey Partridge: pair. 16:32.

Anthony Cheke

Trio of Cuckoos Otmoor rspb courtesy of Malcolm Bowey.