Birds
Grimsbury Reservoir
3 Yellow-legged Gull: adults/near adults.
8 Swift
Upper Cherwell Valley
Wheatear: (per Allan Jones).
Gareth Blockley
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 21st February
Grimsbury Reservoir Willow Tit Chiffchaff Upper Cherwell Valley 2 Raven Gareth Blockley...
- Upper Cherwell Valley: 3rd January
Upper Cherwell Valley Barn Owl: Appeared late afternoon in near darkness. Gareth Blockley More on the birds at and around Grimsbury Reservoir can be found on the superb new blog Grimsbury Birds (Eds)...
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 15th August
Grimsbury Reservoir Peregrine Little Egret: adult. Little Ringed Plover: juvenile. 2 Common Gull: adults. 90 Lesser Black-backed Gull: c. 90 (30 Reservoir / 60 Storagebase roof). Curlew Gareth Blockley...
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 7th August
Grimsbury Reservoir Mediterranean Gull: Juvenile briefly at c.19:30. A different bird to this morning with less advanced moult/new scapulars. 3 Common Sandpiper 3 Swift Upper Cherwell Valley Spotted Flycatcher Snipe Gareth Blockley...
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 3rd August
Grimsbury Reservoir Dunlin: Juvenile still this evening. Banbury 2 Yellow-legged Gull: 2 adults roosting on the Storagebase roof with Lesser Black-backed Gulls (just east of Grimsbury Res.). Also a possible juvenile. 220 Lesser Black-backed Gull: 220+...
Birds
Grimsbury Reservoir: 28th August
Grimsbury Reservoir
3 Yellow-legged Gull: adults/near adults.
8 Swift
Upper Cherwell Valley
Wheatear: (per Allan Jones).
Gareth Blockley
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 21st February
Grimsbury Reservoir Willow Tit Chiffchaff Upper Cherwell Valley 2 Raven Gareth Blockley...
- Upper Cherwell Valley: 3rd January
Upper Cherwell Valley Barn Owl: Appeared late afternoon in near darkness. Gareth Blockley More on the birds at and around Grimsbury Reservoir can be found on the superb new blog Grimsbury Birds (Eds)...
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 15th August
Grimsbury Reservoir Peregrine Little Egret: adult. Little Ringed Plover: juvenile. 2 Common Gull: adults. 90 Lesser Black-backed Gull: c. 90 (30 Reservoir / 60 Storagebase roof). Curlew Gareth Blockley...
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 7th August
Grimsbury Reservoir Mediterranean Gull: Juvenile briefly at c.19:30. A different bird to this morning with less advanced moult/new scapulars. 3 Common Sandpiper 3 Swift Upper Cherwell Valley Spotted Flycatcher Snipe Gareth Blockley...
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 3rd August
Grimsbury Reservoir Dunlin: Juvenile still this evening. Banbury 2 Yellow-legged Gull: 2 adults roosting on the Storagebase roof with Lesser Black-backed Gulls (just east of Grimsbury Res.). Also a possible juvenile. 220 Lesser Black-backed Gull: 220+...