Birds
- Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry: 1st December
Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry 2 Common Sandpiper: Lake at the back of the new incinerator + 100 Lapwings and 30+ fieldfare flying over head. 14:30. John Gough...
- Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 24th April
Balscote: Balscote Quarry Green Sandpiper 4 Little Ringed Plover 2 Curlew: Flew in, possibly disturbed by farmer spraying in adjacent field. Raven: Flew over about 1415 - possibly one of the pair that reside at nearby Upton House. Graeme Porter...
- Alkerton: 3rd January
Great Grey Shrike Still present, but elusive in very windy conditions! In disused quarry (Gareth Blockley) Alkerton Merlin: m. In field adjacent to old quarry on a kill. (Mark Ribbons)...
- Goingbirding: 3rd April
Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry Shelduck: also Green Sandpiper. Richard Hazel ...
- Iceland Gulls 25th
The regular Appleford bird still in the field. Viewed 12:00 to 12:30 mostly roosting but preening occasionally. The Ardley Field Quarry bird still this morning too (per Mike Lewis, Banburybirds). On Spit pit Appleford, 10:00 to 12:00, numbers of Large...
Birds
Ardley Field Quarry 26th Feb
Glaucous Gull (2ndw) loafing in sheep field adjacent to the Ardley Field Quarry Nature Reserve at 11a.m then flew towards the tip. Possibly the Port Meadow & Farmoor bird.
- Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry: 1st December
Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry 2 Common Sandpiper: Lake at the back of the new incinerator + 100 Lapwings and 30+ fieldfare flying over head. 14:30. John Gough...
- Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 24th April
Balscote: Balscote Quarry Green Sandpiper 4 Little Ringed Plover 2 Curlew: Flew in, possibly disturbed by farmer spraying in adjacent field. Raven: Flew over about 1415 - possibly one of the pair that reside at nearby Upton House. Graeme Porter...
- Alkerton: 3rd January
Great Grey Shrike Still present, but elusive in very windy conditions! In disused quarry (Gareth Blockley) Alkerton Merlin: m. In field adjacent to old quarry on a kill. (Mark Ribbons)...
- Goingbirding: 3rd April
Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry Shelduck: also Green Sandpiper. Richard Hazel ...
- Iceland Gulls 25th
The regular Appleford bird still in the field. Viewed 12:00 to 12:30 mostly roosting but preening occasionally. The Ardley Field Quarry bird still this morning too (per Mike Lewis, Banburybirds). On Spit pit Appleford, 10:00 to 12:00, numbers of Large...