Birds
BH Gulls circa 25,000; arriving till 6.20pm and continuing to call loudly throughout. Quite an experience to hear and see them sweep in and then repeatedly 'wash' back and forth over the Res.
L B-backs circa 5-600; arriving till 6.30pm
Common Gulls circa 300- 500; All ages.
Common Sandpipier 2 on causeway at 6.25pm
- Farmoor Gull Roost
Single adult winter Little Gulls in SE corner and East side. c 95% BH Gulls are now adult plumaged. c100 Common of all ages but possibly more immatures than recent days, The large gulls again looking to be mainly immatures and less of them; But lock out...
- Lower Windrush Valley - Pit 60 - Standlake
From East hide (map here) 5.30 - 7.00pm Goldeneye 7 (1m)as one flock Goosander 20 arriving through visit, often as pairs, roosting throughout Lapwing 6 on islands plus another 6 flew in at dusk Snipe 2 on islands Oystercatcher 2 (1 having metal ring on...
- 30th April, Farmoor
2 Little Tern at Farmoor till at least 15:26 (per David Lowe) Flew off high to the North West at 16:20 (per Roger Wyatt) ...And back again at 16:50 !...
- Great Views Around Appleford Pit Gulls
402 Canada Geese with 2 Greylags arriving together certainly made the gulls shift to the goose free side, but this chap and his large dog circling the lake in full view had not the slightest effect on anything ! So great views of Iceland flying around...
- Thrupp Lake, Radley 1st Jan 2011 3.00-4.40pm
Wrong side of Abingdon for Bittern (again!), but female SCAUP present throughout visit along with much reduced waterfowl numbers from recent times: c260 Coot, c30 Teal, c10 Gadwall, small numbers of Tufted, Pochard and Wigeon. NO GC Grebes, Little...
Birds
Farmoor Roost till 6.30pm
BH Gulls circa 25,000; arriving till 6.20pm and continuing to call loudly throughout. Quite an experience to hear and see them sweep in and then repeatedly 'wash' back and forth over the Res.
L B-backs circa 5-600; arriving till 6.30pm
Common Gulls circa 300- 500; All ages.
Common Sandpipier 2 on causeway at 6.25pm
- Farmoor Gull Roost
Single adult winter Little Gulls in SE corner and East side. c 95% BH Gulls are now adult plumaged. c100 Common of all ages but possibly more immatures than recent days, The large gulls again looking to be mainly immatures and less of them; But lock out...
- Lower Windrush Valley - Pit 60 - Standlake
From East hide (map here) 5.30 - 7.00pm Goldeneye 7 (1m)as one flock Goosander 20 arriving through visit, often as pairs, roosting throughout Lapwing 6 on islands plus another 6 flew in at dusk Snipe 2 on islands Oystercatcher 2 (1 having metal ring on...
- 30th April, Farmoor
2 Little Tern at Farmoor till at least 15:26 (per David Lowe) Flew off high to the North West at 16:20 (per Roger Wyatt) ...And back again at 16:50 !...
- Great Views Around Appleford Pit Gulls
402 Canada Geese with 2 Greylags arriving together certainly made the gulls shift to the goose free side, but this chap and his large dog circling the lake in full view had not the slightest effect on anything ! So great views of Iceland flying around...
- Thrupp Lake, Radley 1st Jan 2011 3.00-4.40pm
Wrong side of Abingdon for Bittern (again!), but female SCAUP present throughout visit along with much reduced waterfowl numbers from recent times: c260 Coot, c30 Teal, c10 Gadwall, small numbers of Tufted, Pochard and Wigeon. NO GC Grebes, Little...