Birds
Both Dai John & I have seen a couple of Egrets in flight today - presumably the same birds. Dai saw a pair fly over the Farmoor car park this morning but he only had a rear-on view. This evening on Port Meadow I saw a distant couple of Egrets that looked a bit big for Littles but they took off before I could get close enough to view properly. In flight (rear-on view again) they didn't appear to have yellow feet and looked and felt too heavy for Littles.
- Port Meadow: 25th June
Port Meadow 2 Green Sandpiper: Calling pair made a couple of circuits over the floods before flying off east. 2 Oystercatcher Little Ringed Plover 6 Little Egret 6 Grey Heron 40 Lapwing Adam Hartley Evening update, Now a total of 7+ Ringed/Little Ringed...
- Hoverfly Reveals Woodcock
13:50 Trying for closer view of a hoverfly in my father's small garden in north Abingdon resulted in a Woodcock errupting from amonghst the Vebena boreinsis at my feet. Effortless County tick ! Unlike Friday evening dip with Snow Bunting. Compensation...
- Spoonbill Port Meadow
This evening on Port Meadow a spoonbill at the North end of the floods. It looked settled and like it was going to go to sleep there. Also 2 little ringed plover 5 oystercatchers Some video of the spoonbill feeding (c) Adam Hartley More to follow at...
- White Stork Port Meadow
A white stork dropped in to Port Meadow briefly at around midday today. Found by Richard Foster it was seen by perhaps half a dozen people who happened to be there. With so many walkers out and about it was never going to stay long and after a couple...
- Port Meadow 3rd September
38 teal 4 shoveler 2 little egrets c. 20 golden plover Little Egret in flight on Port Meadow (c) Adam Hartley ...
Birds
Egret Species Farmoor & Port Meadow
Both Dai John & I have seen a couple of Egrets in flight today - presumably the same birds. Dai saw a pair fly over the Farmoor car park this morning but he only had a rear-on view. This evening on Port Meadow I saw a distant couple of Egrets that looked a bit big for Littles but they took off before I could get close enough to view properly. In flight (rear-on view again) they didn't appear to have yellow feet and looked and felt too heavy for Littles.
- Port Meadow: 25th June
Port Meadow 2 Green Sandpiper: Calling pair made a couple of circuits over the floods before flying off east. 2 Oystercatcher Little Ringed Plover 6 Little Egret 6 Grey Heron 40 Lapwing Adam Hartley Evening update, Now a total of 7+ Ringed/Little Ringed...
- Hoverfly Reveals Woodcock
13:50 Trying for closer view of a hoverfly in my father's small garden in north Abingdon resulted in a Woodcock errupting from amonghst the Vebena boreinsis at my feet. Effortless County tick ! Unlike Friday evening dip with Snow Bunting. Compensation...
- Spoonbill Port Meadow
This evening on Port Meadow a spoonbill at the North end of the floods. It looked settled and like it was going to go to sleep there. Also 2 little ringed plover 5 oystercatchers Some video of the spoonbill feeding (c) Adam Hartley More to follow at...
- White Stork Port Meadow
A white stork dropped in to Port Meadow briefly at around midday today. Found by Richard Foster it was seen by perhaps half a dozen people who happened to be there. With so many walkers out and about it was never going to stay long and after a couple...
- Port Meadow 3rd September
38 teal 4 shoveler 2 little egrets c. 20 golden plover Little Egret in flight on Port Meadow (c) Adam Hartley ...