Birds
- Farmoor Quiet Evening 18.30 - 20.30
Massive fly hatch in hot calm weather Common Tern - 2 appeared at 19.15 on F1, then 4, then back to 2 as 2 left SW B H Gull - Building up to c 16 at sundown Yellow-legged Gull - 2 immatures but possibly more (Heat shimmer across F2) Great Black-backed...
- Farmoor F2 Basin 5.15 - 7.00pm
Med Gull 1 adult (Nick Hallam & Dai) Little Gull 2 adult keeping to south and 2 adult keeping to west (all non-hooded) Sand Martin 1 Wheatear 1 male SW corner Rock Pipit 2 (Dai). The 1 bird I checked was littoralis; again at south end Herring Gull(?)...
- Farmoor Res. F2 Basin 3.45 - 6.35pm
ENE wind and rain showers, mainly good light Black Redstart not looked for; Goldeneye 14 with just 1 in breeding male plumage; B-h Gull c200 insect catching near surface (only c2500-3000 in roost); Little Gull 1 adult non-breeding plumage, insect catching...
- Farmoor 23rd August
Great White Egret From the Pink Hill hide 10:00a.m ...
- Little Gull Joins Snow Bunt And Gg Shrike
Snow Bunting present F2 side of causeway late afternoon, with 8 female and 1 male Goldeneye on F1. Great Grey Shrike reported c 3.15pm as having been "perched in tree in middle of Shrike Meadow for a long time". "Near the split in paths by felled trees"....
Birds
Farmoor 10th March
| Great White Egret appeared from the S/W corner of F2, flew over causeway and continued N/N/E 10:30. First seen c10:12 over Pit 60 in Standlake by Ian Smith & Ben Carpenter Med Gull 1 summer plumage adult c6pm Kittiwake 1 adult NE at 5.15pm; another adult in middle of roost at 5.45 Sand Martin 11 minimium Breezy, becoming windy, very cold with light sparse hail at times. Less BH's and more LB-b's than yesterday evening which was calm (Ian Smith)   Scaup 4 F1 (2m) Little Gull F1 (per Dai) (Badger & The Wickster) More from the Res at The Insomniac Birder |
- Farmoor Quiet Evening 18.30 - 20.30
Massive fly hatch in hot calm weather Common Tern - 2 appeared at 19.15 on F1, then 4, then back to 2 as 2 left SW B H Gull - Building up to c 16 at sundown Yellow-legged Gull - 2 immatures but possibly more (Heat shimmer across F2) Great Black-backed...
- Farmoor F2 Basin 5.15 - 7.00pm
Med Gull 1 adult (Nick Hallam & Dai) Little Gull 2 adult keeping to south and 2 adult keeping to west (all non-hooded) Sand Martin 1 Wheatear 1 male SW corner Rock Pipit 2 (Dai). The 1 bird I checked was littoralis; again at south end Herring Gull(?)...
- Farmoor Res. F2 Basin 3.45 - 6.35pm
ENE wind and rain showers, mainly good light Black Redstart not looked for; Goldeneye 14 with just 1 in breeding male plumage; B-h Gull c200 insect catching near surface (only c2500-3000 in roost); Little Gull 1 adult non-breeding plumage, insect catching...
- Farmoor 23rd August
Great White Egret From the Pink Hill hide 10:00a.m ...
- Little Gull Joins Snow Bunt And Gg Shrike
Snow Bunting present F2 side of causeway late afternoon, with 8 female and 1 male Goldeneye on F1. Great Grey Shrike reported c 3.15pm as having been "perched in tree in middle of Shrike Meadow for a long time". "Near the split in paths by felled trees"....