Birds
Probable BLACK KITE flew south from the southern end of Port Meadow, roughly following the river at around 8 am this morning. About buzzard sized with small neatly notched tail, paler V mark on inner wings, no paleness to the head and none of the extra long wing with the "floppy wrist" that a Red Kite has. Immaculate bird with no moulting.
UPDATE
See again early evening near Medley Farm though ID still not confirmed. It seems to be hanging around near the southern end of the Meadow between Walton Well Road and the bridge over the river.
- Otmoor Saturday 3rd Am
Possible Black Kite seen at 10.30 this morning. Bird flew across Ashgrave the Closes and then off across Greenaways. It was pursued by corvids. Long winged, slightly notched tail and dark underneath. Seen by three observers. Bark Dunlin with Snipe Bittern...
- Port Meadow 2nd October: Yellow-browed Warbler
YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER this evening doing what looks like a feeding circuit around the trees by the Port Meadow car park at the bottom of Walton Well Road (see here). During the half an hour that I watched it, it started in the copse of mixed trees between...
- Port Meadow 15th May
Wood Sandpiper at southern end of flood on Port Meadow at 8:12pm also 5 dunlin (per Gnome) Greenshank Egyptian Goose 40 Swift Sydney Penner The wood sandpiper on the floods this evening (c) Adam Hartley. More details on Port Meadow Birding...
- Goingbirding: 30th April
Port Meadow Peregrine: Flew in from river direction above south end of floods and hassled gulls before flying back over river. Steve Goddard ...
- Goingbirding: 26th April
Oxford: Walton Manor 2 Swift Port Meadow 2 Swift 2 Oystercatcher 2 little ringed plover 2 Garganey: 1m 1f. Red Kite 9 Yellow Wagtail Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park Garden Warbler Adam Hartley...
Birds
3rd October Port Meadow
Probable BLACK KITE flew south from the southern end of Port Meadow, roughly following the river at around 8 am this morning. About buzzard sized with small neatly notched tail, paler V mark on inner wings, no paleness to the head and none of the extra long wing with the "floppy wrist" that a Red Kite has. Immaculate bird with no moulting.
UPDATE
See again early evening near Medley Farm though ID still not confirmed. It seems to be hanging around near the southern end of the Meadow between Walton Well Road and the bridge over the river.
- Otmoor Saturday 3rd Am
Possible Black Kite seen at 10.30 this morning. Bird flew across Ashgrave the Closes and then off across Greenaways. It was pursued by corvids. Long winged, slightly notched tail and dark underneath. Seen by three observers. Bark Dunlin with Snipe Bittern...
- Port Meadow 2nd October: Yellow-browed Warbler
YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER this evening doing what looks like a feeding circuit around the trees by the Port Meadow car park at the bottom of Walton Well Road (see here). During the half an hour that I watched it, it started in the copse of mixed trees between...
- Port Meadow 15th May
Wood Sandpiper at southern end of flood on Port Meadow at 8:12pm also 5 dunlin (per Gnome) Greenshank Egyptian Goose 40 Swift Sydney Penner The wood sandpiper on the floods this evening (c) Adam Hartley. More details on Port Meadow Birding...
- Goingbirding: 30th April
Port Meadow Peregrine: Flew in from river direction above south end of floods and hassled gulls before flying back over river. Steve Goddard ...
- Goingbirding: 26th April
Oxford: Walton Manor 2 Swift Port Meadow 2 Swift 2 Oystercatcher 2 little ringed plover 2 Garganey: 1m 1f. Red Kite 9 Yellow Wagtail Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park Garden Warbler Adam Hartley...