Birds
Osprey N to F2, then dropped out of sight before overflying (1.30pm)
Swift 1 present for c 2 hrs; plus all 3 Hirundine species
White Wag 3 causeway
Yellow Wag 3+1 causeway
Pied Wag Juvenile on Pumping Station roof plus adults carrying food
Turnstone 1
Dunlin 1
Common Sand 1 seen by Dai
Ringed Plover heard twice
Commic Terns 7, at least 2 of which were Arctic
Little Gull 1st S seen by Dai in AM
Common Gull 1st S; plus 2 Lesser's, few Herring and couple of Great's
Shelduck 7
Lesser Whitethroat song
Garden Warbler, Reed and Sedge seen by Dai
- Farmoor: 30th April
Little Gull, 1st summer - Farmoor 2 (ad. also reported, Graham Soden) 2-4 Arctic Tern - Farmoor 2 40+ Swifts (60+ reported earlier, Graham Soden) White Wagtail - Water Treatment Works Ringed Plover - Causeway (Graham Soden) 5 Dunlin - 2 Causeway &...
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Red-necked & Slav Farmoor (c) Alex Berryman After Skua departure and before Gull Roost. F1: Redshank 2; Dunlin 1 heard; Goldeneye 4; Gadwall 1; Common Gull 4 adults Meadow Pipit 1 'resident' on causeway 2 'resident' by F1 car park...
- 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 7.10 - 10.50
Easterly blowing throughout. 1 Scaup: F1 very probable f/imm flew to NW but not relocated. 2 Med Gull: 2y (IDS) and juv on causeway (Terry Sherlock). 4 Common San 1+ Ringed Plover: (heard only) 2 Yellow Wagtail: F2 2 Grey Wagtail 8 Sandwich Tern: sighted...
- Otmoor And Farmoor
Otmoor 9 Warbler species this morningLesser WhitethroatCommon WhitethroatGarden WarblerWillow WarblerChiffchaffBlackcapGrasshopper WarblerSedge WarblerReed Warbler Farmoor9 Little Gulls on F1 until 0845 (when they flew off high to the east)...
Birds
Farmoor 12.30 - 4pm mainly Causeway
Osprey N to F2, then dropped out of sight before overflying (1.30pm)
Swift 1 present for c 2 hrs; plus all 3 Hirundine species
White Wag 3 causeway
Yellow Wag 3+1 causeway
Pied Wag Juvenile on Pumping Station roof plus adults carrying food
Turnstone 1
Dunlin 1
Common Sand 1 seen by Dai
Ringed Plover heard twice
Commic Terns 7, at least 2 of which were Arctic
Little Gull 1st S seen by Dai in AM
Common Gull 1st S; plus 2 Lesser's, few Herring and couple of Great's
Shelduck 7
Lesser Whitethroat song
Garden Warbler, Reed and Sedge seen by Dai
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| Photo (c) Mark Chivers |
- Farmoor: 30th April
Little Gull, 1st summer - Farmoor 2 (ad. also reported, Graham Soden) 2-4 Arctic Tern - Farmoor 2 40+ Swifts (60+ reported earlier, Graham Soden) White Wagtail - Water Treatment Works Ringed Plover - Causeway (Graham Soden) 5 Dunlin - 2 Causeway &...
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Red-necked & Slav Farmoor (c) Alex Berryman After Skua departure and before Gull Roost. F1: Redshank 2; Dunlin 1 heard; Goldeneye 4; Gadwall 1; Common Gull 4 adults Meadow Pipit 1 'resident' on causeway 2 'resident' by F1 car park...
- 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 7.10 - 10.50
Easterly blowing throughout. 1 Scaup: F1 very probable f/imm flew to NW but not relocated. 2 Med Gull: 2y (IDS) and juv on causeway (Terry Sherlock). 4 Common San 1+ Ringed Plover: (heard only) 2 Yellow Wagtail: F2 2 Grey Wagtail 8 Sandwich Tern: sighted...
- Otmoor And Farmoor
Otmoor 9 Warbler species this morningLesser WhitethroatCommon WhitethroatGarden WarblerWillow WarblerChiffchaffBlackcapGrasshopper WarblerSedge WarblerReed Warbler Farmoor9 Little Gulls on F1 until 0845 (when they flew off high to the east)...