Birds
Turtle Dove (m) Denchworth near start of bridleway to West Hanney
Early morning (per RBA).
- Otmoor: Rspb Reserve: 25th June
Otmoor: RSPB reserve Quail: Calling briefly at mid day by the cattle pens beside the bridleway. 3 Turtle Dove: Three in flight and later purring from the bridleway trees. John Edwards...
- Otmoor 27th May
Marsh Harrier (f) still over reed beds and Greenaways Turtle Dove 3+ Cattle pens and along the main bridleway Hobby 7 early afternoon (per Gareth) Sparrowhawk Golden Plover 1 Snipe (drumming) Little Egret Yellow Wagtail 3+ Cuckoo No sign of the Bearded...
- Grove 6th October
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker again at 1615; no luck with Stephen along Cow Lane, but heard calling along road that heads to Denchworth, in bushes at west end of first meadow past the cemetery....
- Waxwings 30th January
8 Waxwings near junction of Mably Way and Denchworth Road, Wantage, this morning. 15 Waxwing over my garden in Kelburne Road, Cowley, at 4pm heading towards Iffley. Finally got Waxwing on my garden list(per Colin Williams) 55 Waxwings in the trees at...
- Crane At Hanney 27th Dec
I received a call from a game keeper who gave a pretty good description of a bird feeding in his maize game strip; reddish face, dark tail, and buffy all over. It could have been a Goldfinch until he mentioned it was four feet tall! He thought it might...
Birds
Denchworth 21st June
Turtle Dove (m) Denchworth near start of bridleway to West Hanney
Early morning (per RBA).
- Otmoor: Rspb Reserve: 25th June
Otmoor: RSPB reserve Quail: Calling briefly at mid day by the cattle pens beside the bridleway. 3 Turtle Dove: Three in flight and later purring from the bridleway trees. John Edwards...
- Otmoor 27th May
Marsh Harrier (f) still over reed beds and Greenaways Turtle Dove 3+ Cattle pens and along the main bridleway Hobby 7 early afternoon (per Gareth) Sparrowhawk Golden Plover 1 Snipe (drumming) Little Egret Yellow Wagtail 3+ Cuckoo No sign of the Bearded...
- Grove 6th October
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker again at 1615; no luck with Stephen along Cow Lane, but heard calling along road that heads to Denchworth, in bushes at west end of first meadow past the cemetery....
- Waxwings 30th January
8 Waxwings near junction of Mably Way and Denchworth Road, Wantage, this morning. 15 Waxwing over my garden in Kelburne Road, Cowley, at 4pm heading towards Iffley. Finally got Waxwing on my garden list(per Colin Williams) 55 Waxwings in the trees at...
- Crane At Hanney 27th Dec
I received a call from a game keeper who gave a pretty good description of a bird feeding in his maize game strip; reddish face, dark tail, and buffy all over. It could have been a Goldfinch until he mentioned it was four feet tall! He thought it might...