Birds
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 Gull - Immatures including 1st and 2nd Summer
Lesser B-b Gull - Birds passing west and SW; totaling at least 20
Common Sand - 1 north side of F1 and later 1 on east of F2
Dunlin - 1 adult on Causeway
Little Egret - 3 south over Pinkhill at 19.25
Yellow Wagtail - at least 16 in three groups around east of F1 and causeway. Flying off east along Causeway towards sundown.
Raptors totaled 1 Buzzard
GC Grebes. Lots of pairs flying around, between basins and some aggression. 16 on F1 plus F2 birds... total of 30?
Tufted Duck 2 pairs flew in late from North.
Microlight, Paraglider and 5 Hot air balloons all unexpected.
- Farmoor - Sunday Roost
4.50-6.30pm. Light not good for distinguishing gulls (sharp light plus some initial air shimmer over water). Very noticeable increase in large gull numbers, since last few visits and large gulls still arriving at 6.25. Med Gull 1 adult seen when it flew...
- Farmoor Reservoir 1st September
Ringed Plover: juv (causeway) Common Sandpiper (causeway) 6 Yellow Wagtail (F1) 3 Yellow-legged Gull (F2) (Gareth Blockley) Greenshank over Lots of warblers at Farmoor this morning inc Lesser Whitethroat 4 Garden Warbler (per Dave Lowe)...
- Farmoor F1 Circuit C13:20 - 15:40
5 Rock Pipit groups of 3 & 2 causeway 5 Meadow Pipit east grass bank 1 Dunlin causeway 1 Ringed Plover heard over F1 "Peep" call heard trice flying around F1 (not seen) 1 Common Sandpiper around area of F2 vegetation filter - east side. No passerines...
- Farmoor F1 C14:00 - 17:15 Saturday
Sun, downpours, windy and calm weather made for an interesting visit. The Curlew Sand was joined by at least 4 Dunlin and 4 Common Sands, mainly along the north shore and NW corner of F1 (northerly basin). The same corner around 15:10 saw a Hobby catching...
- Farmoor Reservoir Wed 1st December 2010
A bitterly cold day with north-east breezes under sunshine/light cloud Waders sheltering below South basin Res wall in the main. Jack Snipe 1 Knot 1 Redshank 3 Sanderling 4 Dunlin total of 19 in main groups of 13, 2, 2, 1 & 1 Linnet flock of c50 at...
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 Gull - Immatures including 1st and 2nd Summer
Lesser B-b Gull - Birds passing west and SW; totaling at least 20
Common Sand - 1 north side of F1 and later 1 on east of F2
Dunlin - 1 adult on Causeway
Little Egret - 3 south over Pinkhill at 19.25
Yellow Wagtail - at least 16 in three groups around east of F1 and causeway. Flying off east along Causeway towards sundown.
Raptors totaled 1 Buzzard
GC Grebes. Lots of pairs flying around, between basins and some aggression. 16 on F1 plus F2 birds... total of 30?
Tufted Duck 2 pairs flew in late from North.
Microlight, Paraglider and 5 Hot air balloons all unexpected.
- Farmoor - Sunday Roost
4.50-6.30pm. Light not good for distinguishing gulls (sharp light plus some initial air shimmer over water). Very noticeable increase in large gull numbers, since last few visits and large gulls still arriving at 6.25. Med Gull 1 adult seen when it flew...
- Farmoor Reservoir 1st September
Ringed Plover: juv (causeway) Common Sandpiper (causeway) 6 Yellow Wagtail (F1) 3 Yellow-legged Gull (F2) (Gareth Blockley) Greenshank over Lots of warblers at Farmoor this morning inc Lesser Whitethroat 4 Garden Warbler (per Dave Lowe)...
- Farmoor F1 Circuit C13:20 - 15:40
5 Rock Pipit groups of 3 & 2 causeway 5 Meadow Pipit east grass bank 1 Dunlin causeway 1 Ringed Plover heard over F1 "Peep" call heard trice flying around F1 (not seen) 1 Common Sandpiper around area of F2 vegetation filter - east side. No passerines...
- Farmoor F1 C14:00 - 17:15 Saturday
Sun, downpours, windy and calm weather made for an interesting visit. The Curlew Sand was joined by at least 4 Dunlin and 4 Common Sands, mainly along the north shore and NW corner of F1 (northerly basin). The same corner around 15:10 saw a Hobby catching...
- Farmoor Reservoir Wed 1st December 2010
A bitterly cold day with north-east breezes under sunshine/light cloud Waders sheltering below South basin Res wall in the main. Jack Snipe 1 Knot 1 Redshank 3 Sanderling 4 Dunlin total of 19 in main groups of 13, 2, 2, 1 & 1 Linnet flock of c50 at...