Birds
13th April
Cothill: Hitchcopse Pit
15 Common Crossbill: South end of pit. 2 overhead picked up by flight calls, landed in nearby (c.50M) shrub. Bins revealed 5 birds, including brick-red male. Whilst clumsily mating camera to 'scope a dog walker flushed them and I was surprised to see c.15 take to the air. Despite the odd flight call being heard an hours search could not relocate them. Wanderers from the largely coniferous (and off limits!) Tubney Woods?.
Venn Mill
2 Curlew
Mark Merritt
- Cothill Fen 1st Nov
Crossbill, flew from cothill over Hitchcopse pit 4 Nuthatch 4 Treecreeper...
- Harwell Laboratory 7th September
Rutherford Laboratory Tree Pipit: Second one of the Autumn; flew up from hawthorn scrub high to the West. Flight call heard twice. 08:15 it then returned to the same area and was present throughout the day until at least 16:30. Mark Merritt...
- Bernwood Forest: Waterperry Wood: 30th September
30th September Bernwood Forest: Waterperry Wood 2 Willow Tit: Very surprised to hear willow tits (more than one - number unknown) wheezing away in one of the many sizable tit flocks. Heard along edge of one of the cleared areas slightly to SW of centre...
- Venn Mill: 12th May
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- Banbury: 13th October
13th October Banbury Redwing: A few calls heard going over in c. 5 mins from my flat. 14th October Grimsbury Reservoir Hawfinch Over north west. Picked up on call (3 pzik calls) then seen very well from underneath as it passed overhead and could see...
Birds
Cothill: Hitchcopse Pit: 13th April
13th April
Cothill: Hitchcopse Pit
15 Common Crossbill: South end of pit. 2 overhead picked up by flight calls, landed in nearby (c.50M) shrub. Bins revealed 5 birds, including brick-red male. Whilst clumsily mating camera to 'scope a dog walker flushed them and I was surprised to see c.15 take to the air. Despite the odd flight call being heard an hours search could not relocate them. Wanderers from the largely coniferous (and off limits!) Tubney Woods?.
Venn Mill
2 Curlew
Mark Merritt
- Cothill Fen 1st Nov
Crossbill, flew from cothill over Hitchcopse pit 4 Nuthatch 4 Treecreeper...
- Harwell Laboratory 7th September
Rutherford Laboratory Tree Pipit: Second one of the Autumn; flew up from hawthorn scrub high to the West. Flight call heard twice. 08:15 it then returned to the same area and was present throughout the day until at least 16:30. Mark Merritt...
- Bernwood Forest: Waterperry Wood: 30th September
30th September Bernwood Forest: Waterperry Wood 2 Willow Tit: Very surprised to hear willow tits (more than one - number unknown) wheezing away in one of the many sizable tit flocks. Heard along edge of one of the cleared areas slightly to SW of centre...
- Venn Mill: 12th May
...
- Banbury: 13th October
13th October Banbury Redwing: A few calls heard going over in c. 5 mins from my flat. 14th October Grimsbury Reservoir Hawfinch Over north west. Picked up on call (3 pzik calls) then seen very well from underneath as it passed overhead and could see...