Birds

Farmoor 24th May

Common Swift

Swallow

Juvenile Swallow

Vile weather all day but great conditions for watching hirundines and swifts. Most surprising was a juvenile Swallow. Hard to imagine where this individual has come from, surely too cold and too early in the year for a UK bred bird....

8 Common Tern, 3 Whimbrel, 4 Ringed Plover & 2 Turnstone.

The Channel Wagtail is visiting the reservoir regularly but is flying off over to fields adjacent to the B4044 where it is perhaps breeding......

- Farmoor 24th May
0830-0930 In the rain! Turnstone 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Common Tern 4 Yellow Wagtail 1m House Martin 200+ Common Swift 100+ European Swallow 20+ Sand Martin 5 Cuckoo 1m...

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Between 1430-1630hrs Dunlin 14 Sanderling 2 (one aberrant with mainly white head) Whimbrel 2 Ringed Plover 1 Arctic Tern 5 Common Tern 2 Little Gull 1 2 cal.year Common Swift 2000 House Martin 20+ Swallow 20+ Sand Martin 2+ Yellow Wagtail 1m Spotted...

- Farmoor 28th April
Still 5 black-neck grebes this afternoon, showing really well on F2 near the car park. WhinchatChannel Wagtail at Farmoor per Simon Bradfield Also a possible "Eastern form" yellow wagtail this morning per Tom Wickens Also (per Ewan Urquhart)...

- Farmoor 27th April
Grey plover & 9 black-necked grebes this morning (per Dai John) ...and female Montagu's Harrier over the car park at 12:55 (per Ian Lewington) Also 2 Wheatears on F1, 8 Common Sands, 100+ Swift 3 Dunlin 1 Sanderling 1 Grasshopper Warbler...

- Farmoor Am
Arctic Tern 3 Black Tern 2 Common Tern 8 Common Sandpiper 2 Ringed Plover 1 heard only Cuckoo 1 Common Swift 30+ Sand Martin 250+ Swallow 50+...

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