Farmoor: 20th April
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Farmoor: 20th April


1 Little Gull - adult
11 'commic' terns - mostly Common but at least 2 Arctic
9 Yellow Wagtails - causeway
2+ White Wagtails
Oystercatcher - heard but not seen (maybe flew over?)

GB and Tom Coyne


Yellow Wagtails. Both pictures (c) Tom Coyne





- Farmoor 22nd April
Osprey flew over F2 at 13:30 3 Yellow Wagtails 3 White Wagtails Little Gull Ringed Plover Ian Smith Farmoor Reservoir: Sludge pits Cuckoo Neil Hammett ...

- Grimsbury Reservoir: 20th April
Lesser Whitethroat - male along canal in scrub around canal overflow channel 4 Common Whitethroat - 3 males 3 Sedge Warbler - males 2 Wheatear - pair at new pool along canal (later 3 there Clive Payne) 2 Common Sandpipers - new pool along canal (Clive...

- Farmoor Roost
21:40 25 common Terns roosting on eastern most floating perch line on F1. Minimum of 3 Yellow-legged Gulls; 10 plus L B-b 's; 1 adult Common Gull and c1000 B H Gull's. Redshank and Oystercatcher both heard only. Pied wagtails numbers building...

- Otmoor.a.m. 22nd September.
Noke End: 1 L. Egret 60+ Meadow Pipits 2 Yellow Wagtails Greenaways: 4 Hobby 2 Stonechat m/f Hundred Acres: 8 Yellow Wagtails 1 Wheatear Long Meadow: 1 Sparrowhawk 2 Stock Dove...

- Farmoor 23rd September Little Stint
Bird Guides reported a little stint and 3 black terns at Farmoor mid afternoon. I went down and managed to locate the stint along the causeway with 5 dunlin. There were also now 4 black terns in the middle of F2. Also: 1 common sandpiper 2 yellow wagtails...



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