Birds
Chiffchaff 2; Pied Wagtail c250; Grey Wagtail and Meadow Pipit; Redwing c30 and Blackbird 10+; Goldcrest 6 +. Unfrozen Lake opposite: Mallard, Gadwall, Shoveler & Teal; Pochard and Tufted; Coot; GC Grebe 1 & Little Grebe 3; Grey Heron & Cormorant; BH Gull c1000, Common c20, Lesser B-backed c10, Herring c10. Good range of other passerines - a worth while quick visit. Marina largely frozen with 6 Coot and 50 BH gulls. Phil & Ellen Thompson (Delaware)
- Otmoor Webs Totals, 18/1
Bittern- 1 Black-headed gull- 245 Canada goose- 359 Coot- 72 Cormorant- 5 Gadwall- 36 Golden plover- 3129 Great crested grebe- 2 Grey heron- 3 Greylag goose- 134 Kingfisher- 2 Lapwing- 3033 Lesser black-backed gull- 3 Mallard- 186 Moorhen- 2 Mute swan-...
- Rspb Otmoor Webs Count 3rd Feb
Mute swan 55, Greylag goose 243, Canada goose 329, Wigeon 3421, Gadwall 20, Teal 2197, Mallard 154, Pintail 184, Shoveler 255, Pochard 52, Tufted duck 29, Great crested grebe 1, Cormorant 3, Grey heron 5, Moorhen 3, Coot 153, Golden plover 3740, Lapwing...
- Radley Gravel Pits/lakes March 14th
Mallard,Tufted Duck,Pochard,Gadwall,Shoveler, 3 Little Grebe 18 Cormorant 5 Grey Heron 40+ Teal 1 Goldeneye (f) 2 Red Kite 6 Buzzard 1 Sparrowhawk (m) 1 Peregrine Falcon (m) 2 Oystercatcher 1 Ringed Plover 1 Redshank 9 Snipe 3 Green Sandpiper 3 Common...
- Radley Lakes Sunday 13th March 6-7pm
6.20 1stW Iceland Gull on 'wader pit', along with some 5-6oo Herring and L B-backs the latter by far the greater majority (Intermedius, graelsii and thin long winged.... ?). Only c350 stayed to roost, with last arriving by 6.40. 28 B H Gulls included...
- Radley Lakes Mon 6th Dec 2010 2.45-4.45pm
Raw is the word but not as bad as heading towards Farmoor where increasing hawfrost precipitated an about turn. At Radley, all water bodies frozen excepting about western fifth of Thrupp Lake and some deep chanels under heavy willow growth and peaty ground...
Birds
Abingdon Sewage Works 3.30 -4.00pm
Chiffchaff 2; Pied Wagtail c250; Grey Wagtail and Meadow Pipit; Redwing c30 and Blackbird 10+; Goldcrest 6 +. Unfrozen Lake opposite: Mallard, Gadwall, Shoveler & Teal; Pochard and Tufted; Coot; GC Grebe 1 & Little Grebe 3; Grey Heron & Cormorant; BH Gull c1000, Common c20, Lesser B-backed c10, Herring c10. Good range of other passerines - a worth while quick visit. Marina largely frozen with 6 Coot and 50 BH gulls. Phil & Ellen Thompson (Delaware)
- Otmoor Webs Totals, 18/1
Bittern- 1 Black-headed gull- 245 Canada goose- 359 Coot- 72 Cormorant- 5 Gadwall- 36 Golden plover- 3129 Great crested grebe- 2 Grey heron- 3 Greylag goose- 134 Kingfisher- 2 Lapwing- 3033 Lesser black-backed gull- 3 Mallard- 186 Moorhen- 2 Mute swan-...
- Rspb Otmoor Webs Count 3rd Feb
Mute swan 55, Greylag goose 243, Canada goose 329, Wigeon 3421, Gadwall 20, Teal 2197, Mallard 154, Pintail 184, Shoveler 255, Pochard 52, Tufted duck 29, Great crested grebe 1, Cormorant 3, Grey heron 5, Moorhen 3, Coot 153, Golden plover 3740, Lapwing...
- Radley Gravel Pits/lakes March 14th
Mallard,Tufted Duck,Pochard,Gadwall,Shoveler, 3 Little Grebe 18 Cormorant 5 Grey Heron 40+ Teal 1 Goldeneye (f) 2 Red Kite 6 Buzzard 1 Sparrowhawk (m) 1 Peregrine Falcon (m) 2 Oystercatcher 1 Ringed Plover 1 Redshank 9 Snipe 3 Green Sandpiper 3 Common...
- Radley Lakes Sunday 13th March 6-7pm
6.20 1stW Iceland Gull on 'wader pit', along with some 5-6oo Herring and L B-backs the latter by far the greater majority (Intermedius, graelsii and thin long winged.... ?). Only c350 stayed to roost, with last arriving by 6.40. 28 B H Gulls included...
- Radley Lakes Mon 6th Dec 2010 2.45-4.45pm
Raw is the word but not as bad as heading towards Farmoor where increasing hawfrost precipitated an about turn. At Radley, all water bodies frozen excepting about western fifth of Thrupp Lake and some deep chanels under heavy willow growth and peaty ground...