Radley GPs 7th August

Greenshank on Orchard Lake

Green Sandpiper 

(W.B)

Rushy Common 7th August

Cattle Egret 14 (inc 2 juv)

Great white Egret 2

Little Egret 2

Green Sandpiper 3

Lapwing c4

Hobby

Northern Cross Valley Way 

Dunlin 2

Lapwing c10

Little Egret 2

Peregrine 

Hobby

Sonning Eye GPs: 7th August

Yellow-legged Gull: ad. 12:21.

Marek Walford

7 Aug 2026 12:21

Eastleach Downs 7th August

LONG-TAILED SHRIKE still along the Oxon/Glos border 11:15 

Wheatear 2

Spotted Flycatcher 

Car parking field

Letcombe Bassett: 7th August

Robin at the cressbeds in Letcombe Bassett

 

Bicester Wetland Reserve 7th August

 10 Green Sandpiper at Cattle Bridge Pool
Little Grebe plus 1 juv
2 Grey Wagtail
2 Heron
2 Little Egret

A Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Henley Road GPs: 7th August

6 Mandarin Duck 07:00.

Hugh Netley

7 Aug 2026 09:06

Henley Road GPs: 7th August

Green Sandpiper 07:00.

Hugh Netley

7 Aug 2026 09:03

Grove Airfield 7th August

Green Sandpiper 08:15

No sign of the Wood Sandpiper 

(per Paul Butler)

Farmoor Reservoir: 6th August

Ringed Plover 19:20.
Dunlin 19:20.

Matthew Lloyd

6 Aug 2026 19:21

Grove Airfield: 6th August

Wood Sandpiper on pond in Southeast corner at top of Mably Way again. SU394891. 17:58
Green Sandpiper

Brian Walker et al

Above & below courtesy of Brian Walker.
Wood Sandpiper 

Green Sandpiper 

Charlbury 6th August

Quail 3 males singing close to Charlbury (per Birdguides)

Henley Road GPs: 6th August

Green Sandpiper 12:49.
Common Sandpiper 12:49.

Marek Walford

6 Aug 2026 12:50

Sonning Eye GPs: 6th August

Yellow-legged Gull: ad. 12:26.

Marek Walford

6 Aug 2026 12:27

Eastleach Downs 6th August

LONG-TAILED SHRIKE still along the Oxon/Glos border 09:45 (per Birdguides)

Car parking field

Farmoor Reservoir 5th August

Dunlin 4 farmoor causeway 18:44 (A.L, P.T)

Turnstone 19:53 (T.M)

Farmoor II
25 Barnacle Goose: 12 with Snows, 13 on their own. 10:30.
Cuckoo: juv. 10:30.
Common Sandpiper 10:30.
Redshank 10:30.

Farmoor I
Yellow-legged Gull 10:30.
7 Egyptian Goose 10:30.

Anthony Cheke

5 Aug 2026 12:51

Courtesy of Paul Torevell 

Holborne Hill Letcombe Bassett: 5th August

Marsh Harrier: Flew through and over to Childrey Field. SP362860. 14:45.
18 Corn Bunting: SP362860. 14:45.
2 Grey Partridge: SP362860. 14:45.
65 Swallow: Large number of Swallow with Swifts hunting low for insects over the fields from College farm up to the reservoirs. SP362860. 14:45.
17 Swift: SP362860. 14:45.

Steve Akers

5 Aug 2026 18:00

Grove: Airfield: 5th August

Wood Sandpiper Still present on pool at SE corner of airfield at 10:34 by junction of Mably Way and Denchworth Road. 

Whitethroat: SU393891. 10:34.

Oliver Hedley

5 Aug 2026 10:38

Eastleach Downs 5th August

LONG-TAILED SHRIKE still along the Oxon/Glos border 07:10 (per Birdguides)

Car parking field

Courtesy of Nick Truby

Cumnor 4th August

White Stork presumably from the Devon release scheme, in Norreys Road field between Cumnor & Botley (H.T)