Birds
Some of you may recall I set a target at the beginning of the year to get a Grimsbury Reservoir year list of over 100 species. Well today was the day! The year list stands at 101 today with Yellow-legged Gull, Little Ringed Plover and Ringed Plover added to the list. Personally I've only seen 98 species so I'm hoping to get over 100 myself. Yellow-legged Gull could be a patch first (and is certainly a patch tick for me) and Little Ringed Plover is a patch tick for me.
Happy birding!
Gareth
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 03rd April
I've been away for a week so nice to see some signs of spring 'up north' 1 Little Ringed Plover (flew off north at c.11:30) is number 70 for the year list 1 White Wagtail with c.20 Pied Wags and 5 + Meadow Pipits 1 Reed Bunting singing 4 Tufted...
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 23rd September
Grimsbury Reservoir Wigeon: (number 105 for the Grim res year list). Shoveler 75 Swallow 10 Sand Martin 10 House Martin Gareth Blockley...
- 200 And Counting...
With the belated news of a Wryneck recently in a Deddington garden, the unofficial 2012 Oxon year list reaches 200 species....
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 16th August
Grimsbury Reservoir Yellow-legged Gull: adult or near adult. 4 Little Ringed Plover: juv. Ringed Plover: ad. Common Sandpiper 2 Yellow Wagtail Gareth Blockley...
- Review Of The Year 2010
So another birding year is up and so I thought that I'd write my traditional** end of year report for the county. I've been moaning all year that it hasn't been as good a year as last year but looking at the totals it doesn't seem that...
Birds
Grimsbury Reservoir 2012 list hits 101!
Some of you may recall I set a target at the beginning of the year to get a Grimsbury Reservoir year list of over 100 species. Well today was the day! The year list stands at 101 today with Yellow-legged Gull, Little Ringed Plover and Ringed Plover added to the list. Personally I've only seen 98 species so I'm hoping to get over 100 myself. Yellow-legged Gull could be a patch first (and is certainly a patch tick for me) and Little Ringed Plover is a patch tick for me.
Happy birding!
Gareth
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 03rd April
I've been away for a week so nice to see some signs of spring 'up north' 1 Little Ringed Plover (flew off north at c.11:30) is number 70 for the year list 1 White Wagtail with c.20 Pied Wags and 5 + Meadow Pipits 1 Reed Bunting singing 4 Tufted...
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 23rd September
Grimsbury Reservoir Wigeon: (number 105 for the Grim res year list). Shoveler 75 Swallow 10 Sand Martin 10 House Martin Gareth Blockley...
- 200 And Counting...
With the belated news of a Wryneck recently in a Deddington garden, the unofficial 2012 Oxon year list reaches 200 species....
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 16th August
Grimsbury Reservoir Yellow-legged Gull: adult or near adult. 4 Little Ringed Plover: juv. Ringed Plover: ad. Common Sandpiper 2 Yellow Wagtail Gareth Blockley...
- Review Of The Year 2010
So another birding year is up and so I thought that I'd write my traditional** end of year report for the county. I've been moaning all year that it hasn't been as good a year as last year but looking at the totals it doesn't seem that...