Port Meadow: 4th September

Port Meadow
Wheatear
2 Egyptian Goose

Adam Hartley

Otmoor RSPB 3rd September

First Screen - 1630-1930hrs

Wood Sandpiper 3

Lapwing 80+

Common Snipe 5

Water Rail 2

Cattle Egret 1

Yellow Wagtail 500 into reedbed roost 

Marsh Harrier 2

Hobby 2

Sparrowhawk 4

the above raptors hunting the Yellow Wagtails coming into their roost

Chipping Norton: 3rd September

Chipping Norton
Great White Egret: On Cornwell Marsh at end nearest Salford. SP283268. 18:00.
3 Grey Heron: SP283268. 18:00.
Little Egret: On Swailsford Bridge wetland. SP283268. 18:00.
3 Reed Bunting: SP283268. 18:00.
2 Swift: Hunting along and over trees by Swailsford Bridge - perhaps the last we shall see this year. SP283268. 18:00.

Steve Akers

Chipping Norton: 3rd September

Chipping Norton
5 Spotted Flycatcher: Very active perched on the gates and shrubs surrounding the horse paddock at Chastleton Barrow - Adult and Juv birds. SP257284. 14:00.
Blackcap: fem. Lots of Passerine migrant activity here. SP257284. 14:00.
4 Chiffchaff: SP257284. 14:00.
34 Swallow: SP257284. 14:00.
29 House Martin: SP257284. 14:00.
Bullfinch: fem. SP257284. 14:00.
2 Raven: SP257284. 14:00.
Kestrel: juv fem. SP257284. 14:00.
2 Lesser Black-backed Gull: Over. SP257284. 14:00.

Steve Akers

Farmoor Reservoir 3rd September

Black Tern 14:59 F2 off S/E bank

Sandwich Tern 

Little Gull 10:30 F2 

(CM JD JT et al)

Otmoor rspb 3rd September

Wood Sandpiper 3 juv at the 1st screen 11:18

Greenshank s2

Common Sandpiper 

Crane 2 over

Hobby

(per Luke O'Byrne, Ben Sheldon et al)

Courtesy of Luke O'Byrne 

Farmoor Reservoir 2nd September

1430-1600hrs

Little Gull 1 Ad winter

Garganey 1 juvenile male

Ringed Plover 1 juvenile

House Martin 50+

Chipping Norton: 2nd September

Chipping Norton
Spotted Flycatcher: Nr Chastleton Barrow. SP257284. 13:45.
64 Swallow: Over Addlestrop Hill and nearby Beech Woods - a high migration point. SP257284. 13:45.
14 House Martin: SP257284. 13:45.
4 Chiffchaff: SP257284. 13:45.

Steve Akers

Farmoor Reservoir 2nd September

Garganey still off of the west end of causeway on F1 14:22 

Caspian Gull 2cy 14:07

Little Gull F2 16:07 (T.M)

Redstart in hedgerow south of F2

(per Dave Lowe et al)

Courtesy of Debbie Cummins 

Courtsey of Debbie Cummins 

Courtesy of Debbie Cummins 

Sonning Eye GPs: 2nd September

Sonning Eye GPs
Yellow-legged Gull: ad. 14:07.

Marek Walford

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 1st September

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
Greenshank: 2nd screen.
Common Sandpiper: 2nd screen.
Green Sandpiper: 1st screen.
Hobby: Hunting the yellow wagtail roost.
400 Yellow Wagtail: Another large gathering of many hundred at the reedbed. At times there seemed to be yellow wagtails everywhere you looked. Also hundreds of hirundines present.

Steve Roby

Chipping Norton: 1st September

Chipping Norton
Spotted Flycatcher: Perched and catching flies from Elder bushes on rhs of track leading to Barrow House nr Chastleton Barrow. SP257284. 14:30.
Raven: Over the Beech wood. SP257284. 14:30.
40 Goldfinch: Flock feeding on thistle heads. SP257284. 14:30.
10 Swallow: SP257284. 14:30.

Steve Akers

Wantage: Lark Hill: 1st September

1st September

Wantage: Lark Hill
45 Grey Partridge: Roughly 45. 15:00.
Sparrowhawk 15:00.
2 Whinchat 14:00.
3 Wheatear: At least 3. 14:00.

Yacky Morris

Farmoor Reservoir 1st September

Little Stint juv along the causeway 11:12 

Hobby

Ringed Plov - 1 Juv

LRP - 1 Juv

Swift - 1 

Yellow Wag - 1 

Wheatear - (I.R.) 

(per Dave Lowe)

Bicester Wetland Reserve 1st September

 9 Green Sandpiper
60 Teal
40+ House Martin

A Peters
Key Holder Reserve

Otmoor: 31st August

2 Crane: Flew west and appeared to land in fields just north of Noke. 18:30.
Sparrowhawk: male. Targeting yellow wagtail roost in reedbed. 20:00.
Hobby 20:00.
Barn Owl: Hunting over Greenaways. 20:00.

Matthew Lloyd

Lark Hill

Wheatear - 5 

Grey Partridge - 28 

Farmoor Reservoir 31st August

0800-1030hrs

Little Stint 1 juvenile -usually near the hide on south side of causeway

Common Sandpiper 2

Common Swift 3

House Martin 100+

Sand Martin 20+

Swallow 10+

Yellow Wagtail 3

Lesser Whitethroat 5

Little Egret 7

Standlake, pit 60: 31st August

Black-tailed Godwit 2
Snipe 4
Common Sandpiper 2
Whinchat 1 juv
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Swift 1
GW Egret 1

Rush Court Care Home: 30th August

Rush Court Care Home
2 Hobby: SU604915. 11:46.

Mitchell Fraser-Jones

Chimney: Chimney Meadows: 31st August

Chimney: Chimney Meadows
3 Cattle Egret
2 Marsh Harrier
Marsh Tit
3 Spotted Flycatcher
2 Redstart
2 Yellow Wagtail

Mark Merritt

Bicester: Bicester Sewage Farm: 31st August

Bicester: Bicester Sewage Farm
Redstart: Called then flew through tree line. 10:47.

Michael Hunt

Farmoor Reservoir 31st August

Little Stint juv along causeway 09:40

Whimbrel over

Caspian Gull 2cy

(per Dave Lowe et al)

Warburg Reserve: 30th August

30th August

Warburg Reserve
Spt.Fly. 08:54.
Hawfinch 08:53.
Honey-buzzard 08:53.

Nick Bell

Lye Valley, Oxford: 30th August

 1 Tree Pipit and 1 Yellow Wagtail over this morning. 

Farmoor Reservoir 30th August

Ruff 17:52 (I.L)

Little Stint juv along causeway midafternoon 

Ringed Plover 2 over

Dunlin 2 over

Common Sandpiper 2

Great Black-backed Gull 3

Wheatear 

Swift 8

(per Dave Lowe et al)

Courtesy of Lew

Ardley 30th August

Green Sandpiper - 5 on ERF lagoon

Common Sandpiper - 1 on ERF lagoon

Little Egret - 1

Peregrine - 1 adult bearing an orange ring.

Whinchat - 1

Shiplake: 30th August

Shiplake
Barnacle Goose: No ring on any leg feeding on river bank with one Canada and two Greylags . SU782787. 11:55.

Ralph Watts

Port Meadow: 30th August

Port Meadow
Wheatear
Whimbrel: heard-only fly-over.
20 Yellow Wagtail: in amongst the cattle. 

Spotted Flycatcher in Burgess Field by southern gate

Thomas Miller, Adam Hartley

Yarnton: 29th August

Yarnton
Ring-necked Parakeet: My first record in the village - I've lived here for 30 years. 14:00.

Nick Suckling

Pit 60 Standlake 30th August

No sign of the Marsh Sandpiper by 10:00 (et al)

Key holder reserve.

Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park: 29th August

Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park
Spotted Flycatcher
Redstart: male still today
Tree Pipit: fly-over
 

Also,
Loads of juvenile Chiffchaff this afternoon

Thomas Miller, Adam Hartley

Redstart above, Spotted Flycatcher below, both courtesy of Thomas Miller

 

Childrey: Childrey Field: 29th August

Childrey: Childrey Field
2 Whinchat
3 Wheatear
Marsh Harrier: imm.

Mark Merritt

Pit 60 Standlake 29th August

MARSH SANDPIPER still from Langley Lane hide 18:52 - present for second day after being identified from photographs late yesterday evening. 

Key holder reserve. Access arrangements are being discussed with the landowners for non key holders. 

Also,

Black-tailed Godwit 2

Common Sandpiper 3

Snipe 10+

Firecrest (DD)

Pintail

Wigeon 

Great White Egret 2 

Marsh Harrier 3 m/f

Water Rail

 

Courtesy of Thomas Miller

Courtesy of Roger Wyatt

 

Access 

Park in village on High Street (OX29 7RR) and walk down Shifford Lane then at the crossroads take the left hand track. At the end of the track turn right and follow path to hide on the right.

 

 

Follow the yellow arrows to the Langley Hide on the east shore of Pit 60 

Farmoor Reservoir 29th August

Little Stint juv along causeway 11:20 (per RBA)