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Friday 19 April 2024
Farmoor Reservoir 19th April
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Sanderling 2 along the causeway 13:47 Dunlin (per Paul Butler)
Rushy Common 19th April
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Seventeen Black-tailed Godwit still present on the island this morning. Viewable from the car park. David Hastings Black-tailed Godwit © D...
Woodstock 19th April
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No sign of any Waxwings by 09:14 (per Dave Doherty).
Bicester Wetlands Reserve 19th April
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Grasshopper Warbler singing from the back of the main pool 08:41 (JFT). Key holder reserve.
Otmoor Lesser Whitethroat
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Singing Lesser Whitethroat (c) Bark
Thursday 18 April 2024
Cholsey 18th April
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Tree Pipit heard flying north over Cholsey Station ( per Richard Broughton ). Cholsey Wildlife
Port Meadow: 18th April
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Port Meadow 2 Grasshopper Warbler: In Burgess Field this morning. 2 Snow Goose Thomas Miller
Appleford GP: 18th April
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Green Sandpiper 1 Yellow Wagtail 1
Woodstock 18th April
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Waxwing 21 still present 17:50 SE of Woodstock and just west of Bladon by river Glyme viewed from path just east of Lince Bridge ( per RBA...
Otmoor rspb 18th April
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Grasshopper Warbler in Morleys Sedge Warbler Cetti's Warbler Swallow Cuckoo Bittern 2 (et al)
Farmoor Reservoir 18th April 2024
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White Wagtail 3 Oystercatcher 2 Common Shelduck 3 Grasshopper Warbler 1 Lesser Whitethroat 1 Sand Martin 50+ Cuckoo 1 poss 2 Peregrine 1
Blenheim 18th April
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Egyptian goose - 2 pairs, and a lone male possibly with a mate on a nest somewhere. 1 pair has three young having started with 6. Goosander ...
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Rushy Common 18th April
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Black-tailed Godwit 17 at 12:41 viewable from the carpark (per Ewan Urquhart).
Cutteslowe: Cutteslowe Park: 18th April
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Cutteslowe: Cutteslowe Park 2 Oystercatcher: flying west. 08:22. Nicholas Boyd
Wednesday 17 April 2024
Rushy Common: 17th April
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Rushy Common 3 Black-tailed Godwit: Probing in mud on island in lake in front of NR car park. SP382073. 02:10. John Pimm
Childrey: Childrey Field: 17th April
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Childrey: Childrey Field 6 Wheatear 6 Grey Partridge 2 Yellow Wagtail Mark Merritt
Chipping Norton: 17th April
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Chipping Norton 12 Sand Martin: A mixed flock of Sand Martin and Swallow hawking for insects over the fast flowing waters at Swailford Brid...
Otmoor: 17th April
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Otmoor 2 Crane: On Greenaways. 09:30. 6 Redshank: At least. 09:30. Cuckoo: Heard along Greenaways path. 09:30. 2 Marsh Harrier: At least...
Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm: 17th April
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Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm 2 Yellow Wagtail: Two birds on the ground by the flooded area next to the pond. SU374865. 11:00. Devil's P...
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Farmoor Reservoir 17th April
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Arctic Tern 2 over F1 10:48 (per RBA).
Rushy Common: 17th April
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Rushy Common Black-tailed Godwit: On island in lake in front of car park-walking around probing into ground. SP382073. 11:08. John Pimm
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Tackley 16th April
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Cattle Egret 5 Little Egret On flooded water meadows at Northbrook Bridge Wheatear Creasy Hill (per John Reynolds).
Port Meadow: 16th April
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Port Meadow 10 Yellow Wagtail 2 Great White Egret 2 Sand Martin Steve Lavington, Katie Wright
Standlake Pit 60 - 16 April
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Record shots of the super distant female Garganey found by Mick Cunningham: Female Garganey on the north shore from the Langley Lane hide ©...
Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 16th April
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Otmoor: RSPB reserve 2 Hobby: 2 over the lagoons. SP558137. 15:00. Adrian Johnstone
Farmoor Reservoir 16th April
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Arctic Tern 4 still present 11:30 Common Tern 2 Osprey went through Cattle Egret 10 Red-crested Pochard 2 Common Sandpiper 7 Lesser Whiteth...
Aston Upthorpe: 16th April
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Aston Upthorpe 6 Wheatear: SU834546. 15:53. Frances Buckel
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Chinnor: Cement Works: 16th April
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Chinnor: Cement Works 2 Oystercatcher: Lake 2b. 11:00. 5 Little Ringed Plover: Lake 2b. 11:00. Common Sandpiper: North end of Lake 2b. 11...
Chipping Norton: 16th April
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Chipping Norton 2 Raven: pair. One with egg in beak. SP283268. 12:30. 7 Swallow: Feeding over the small lake and marsh near Cornwell. SP28...
Standlake Pit 60: 16th April
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Standlake Pit 60 Garganey: f. On north shore. Asleep 90% of time. Otherwise quiet. 2 pintail 2 common sand. Cc Marsh Harrier. 12:40. Mick C...
Grimsbury Reservoir: 16th April
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Grimsbury Reservoir Osprey: flew through north-west just before 7am. Redstart: singing male on eastern side of the river. Gareth Blockley
Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane: 16th April
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Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane 50 Sand Martin: 50+ hawking over the lane near angling car park, seems like there has been a big arrival today. 2...
Abingdon: Abingdon Bridge: 15th April
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Abingdon: Abingdon Bridge Common Sandpiper: Flew low eastwards up the Thames during my lunchtime stroll. SU500970. 12:45. Philip Chapman
Monday 15 April 2024
Farmoor Reservoir 15th April
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Arctic Tern 20 still present on F1 12:16 Caspian Gull Dunlin 2 Common Sandpiper 5 White Wagtail (per Roger Wyatt et al).
Aston Upthorpe: 15th April
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15th April Aston Upthorpe 4 Wheatear: fem. Seen in field west of grain store. SU549845. 16:30. 2 Wheatear: fem. One seen in field south of...
Standlake: West Oxon Sailing Club Lake: 15th April
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Standlake: West Oxon Sailing Club Lake 2 Arctic Tern: Patrolling in strong wind. 19:28. 2 Reed Warbler: In song. Modest, but obvious, pas...
Grimsbury Reservoir: 15th April
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Sandwich Tern: found 06:45 by Ian Rowe and flew west 07:45. Little-ringed Plover 2 19:06 Gareth Blockley
Cholsey 15th April
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Yellow Wagtail 3 (per Alan Dawson) Courtesy of Alan Dawson.
Lower Shiplake: 15th April
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Lower Shiplake House Martin: First of the year nested near here last year. SU775788. 16:00. Ralph Watts
Rushy Common: 15th April
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Rushy Common 16 Black-tailed Godwit: Probing in shallows past island in rushy fen NR. SP382073. 13:40. Oystercatcher 2 Great White Egret:...
Stratfield Brake: 15th April
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Stratfield Brake 2 Lesser Whitethroat 13:53. Jason Coppock
Abingdon: Abingdon Bridge: 15th April
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Abingdon: Abingdon Bridge Common Sandpiper: Flew low eastwards up the Thames during my lunchtime stroll. SU500970. 12:45. Philip Chapman
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Cimmon Sandpiper Cholsey courtesy of Alan Dawson.
Marcham: Marcham Mill: 13th April
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Marcham: Marcham Mill Lesser Whitethroat: Singing bird glimpsed briefly on my Waterways BBS transect. SU446956. 12:36. Philip Chapman
Day's Lock, Little Wittenham.
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Osprey - 12.20. south over Day's Lock/Bishops Court farm scrape with a fish. Appeared to land in the eastern end of Wittenham Wood. Whin...
Sunday 14 April 2024
Rushy Common: 14th April
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14th April Rushy Common Probable Little Ringed Plover: More than one bird only heard on gravel works opposite rushy fen NR. SP382073. 16:00....
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Whimbrel Farmoor Reservoir 13/4 courtesy of Steve Sansom.
Standlake Pit 60: 14th April
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Standlake Pit 60 5 Common Sandpiper: Early am. 23:38. Carterton/Alvescot Lesser Whitethroat: For for me. 23:38. Mick Cunningham
Farmoor Reservoir: 14th April
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Caspian Gull 1w (per RBA) 2 Common Sandpiper 12:00. Grasshopper Warbler: singing. In the Nature Reserve. 12:00. 2 Peregrine 12:00. Jed Cl...
Henton: 14th April
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Henton Wheatear: Male on ploughed field south of the Emmington bridleway. SP752025. 11:00. Redstart: Male on hedgerow along the southern e...
Grimsbury Reservoir: 14th April
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Grimsbury Reservoir Grasshopper Warbler: North of Reservoir. 16:00. Mark Ribbons
Port Meadow: 14th April
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This evening 25 Black-tailed Godwits A few Yellow Wagtail Good numbers of Swallows+a few House and Sand Martins 2 Shelduck Great White Egret...
Churn: 14th April
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14th April Churn Greenshank: Bird circling flooded area adjacent to Old University Field station. SU518826. 18:30. Churn: Unhill Bottom 20...
Leafield old airfield: 13th April
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Leafield old airfield 3 Stonechat: male. All 3 birds perched on fence posts along the public footpath that follows Akeman street. We got go...
Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm: 14th April
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Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm 3 Wheatear: Two males and one unidentified on the stubble set aside of the field to the east of the deer enclo...
Standlake, pit 60: 14th April
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Whimbrel 1 Common Sandpiper 4 Oystercatcher 8 Goosander 1f Pintail 6 Cattle Egret 8, fields to E Great White Egret, up to 8 in area S...
Farmoor Reservoir: 14th April
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Farmoor Reservoir Probable White Wagtail: Probable on causeway. 15:15. Yacky Morris Courtesy of Yacky Morris
Devil's Punchbowl: 14th April
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Devil's Punchbowl 4 Wheatear: 1m3f. scattered; no Ring Ouzels; too many glyphosate deserts in local fields. 13:00. Anthony Cheke
Tar Lakes, Rushy Common: 12th April
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Tar Lakes, Rushy Common Probable Marsh Harrier: It was flying for a few moments into wind from west nr electric pylons then turned to go eas...
Blenheim: Northern park: 14th April
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Blenheim: Northern park Wheatear: On dry stone wall along Roman road. Also 5 singing willow warblers, lesser whitethroat nearby in Bladon w...
Chipping Norton: 14th April
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Chipping Norton Raven: SP283263. 10:00. 7 Sand Martin: Near Swailsford Bridge. SP283263. 10:00. Grey Wagtail: SP283263. 10:00. 3 Reed Bu...
Otmoor: 14th April
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33 Black Tailed Godwits on Flood field 6 Oystercatchers 1 Shelduck Great White Egret Grasshopper Warbler - Barn field Lesser Whitethroat W...
Scary Hill: 14th April
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Scary Hill Ring Ouzel: m. 3 Wheatear Woolstone Down Redstart: m. Yellow Wagtail Wheatear Mark Merritt
Carterton/Alvescot: 14th April
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Carterton/Alvescot Corn Bunting: In song on downs. 06:32. 4 Corn Bunting 06:32. Mick Cunningham
Saturday 13 April 2024
Carterton/Alvescot: 13th April
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Carterton/Alvescot 2 Grey Partridge: On downs. 21:55. Milton Common Grey Partridge: Not seen one here before. Unsure of provenance as plen...
Port Meadow: 13th April
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This evening Osprey over north This morning Ringed Plover 3 Common Tern 2 Great White Egret Lesser Whitethroat Whitethroat 20 House Ma...
Otmoor: Oddington Bridge: 13th April
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Otmoor: Oddington Bridge Whinchat: male. On mud piles off side of path to Noke. 18:00. 20 House Martin: passing through with swallows. 18:...
Chinnor: Cement Works: 13th April
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Chinnor: Cement Works 7 Little Ringed Plover: Lake 2b. 12:00. 2 Oystercatcher: Lake 2b. 12:00. David Stracey
Black-Tailed Godwits at Rushy Common
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A flock of 19 near the main island at Rushy Common this morning. They stayed until midday when a Red Kite disturbed them and they flew off W...
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Sonning Eye GPs: 13th April
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Sonning Eye GPs 4 Little Egret: Birds on flooded field. 15:00. Ralph Watts
Sonning Eye GPs: 13th April
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Sonning Eye GPs 11 Egyptian Goose: Two families one with four and one with three Goslings. 15:01. Ralph Watts
Tar Lakes, Rushy Common: 13th April
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Tar Lakes, Rushy Common Oystercatcher 11:33. 19 Black-tailed Godwit: All flew off at about 12pm, spooked by a Red Kite. 11:33. Jon Hicks
Devil's Punchbowl - 13 April
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2 Ring Ouzel (male and female) at 0830 still, at approximately: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MoWt8cGCZyH1sXGBA 1 Whinchat
Marcham: Marcham Mill: 13th April
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Marcham: Marcham Mill Lesser Whitethroat: Singing bird glimpsed briefly on my Waterways BBS transect. SU446956. 12:36. Philip Chapman
Abingdon: River Thames: 13th April
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Abingdon: River Thames Cuckoo: Calling near Barton Fields. 12:09. Jason Coppock
Bicester Wetland Reserve 13th April
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1 Lesser Whitethroat 3 Whitethroat 6 Sedge Warbler 4 Cetti's Warbler 1 Willow Warbler 3 Chiffchaff 2 Little Ringed Plover Key Holder Res...
Wether Down: 13th Apr.
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Merlin (fem/imm) 2 Raven 2 Siskin Corn Bunting
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