Birds
13:50 Trying for closer view of a hoverfly in my father's small garden in north Abingdon resulted in a Woodcock errupting from amonghst the Vebena boreinsis at my feet. Effortless County tick !
Unlike Friday evening dip with Snow Bunting. Compensation through in the form of Noctule, Pips and surface trawling Daubenton's bats in the calm air/water near farmoor causeway.
- Egret Species Farmoor & Port Meadow
Both Dai John & I have seen a couple of Egrets in flight today - presumably the same birds. Dai saw a pair fly over the Farmoor car park this morning but he only had a rear-on view. This evening on Port Meadow I saw a distant couple of Egrets that...
- Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway: 14th November
Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway Snow Bunting: Still on f2f side of causeway, although sometimes on the top. Very flighty, calling a few times. Gareth Blockley...
- Farmoor 11th November
Great Grey Shrike again in 'Shrike Meadow' to the west of F2 c12:30 (per Phil Brown) Snow Bunting still on the causeway 12p.m (Paul Chandler) +Rock Pipit (per The Wickster & Dai) Snow Bunting 1 on Farmoor 2 side of Causeway...
- Times (?) For Bewick's At Berinsfield/drayton S. L.
As I am commuting past, I looked to grab a county tick on the cropped field, with Mute Swan herd, south of the connecting road between. Thursday 6th: 8.10am - 5a & 1c Mute; 8.20am - 9a & 1c Mute and 11 Canada Geese; 4.50pm 5a & 1c Mute (1a...
- Water Rails But Not Much Else
There were at least 7 water rails on the outflow channel from abingdon sewage works this morning. Probably quite a few more as a very large proportion of the channel you can not see. With so few areas free of ice (the Thames in Abingdon was completer...
Birds
Hoverfly reveals Woodcock
13:50 Trying for closer view of a hoverfly in my father's small garden in north Abingdon resulted in a Woodcock errupting from amonghst the Vebena boreinsis at my feet. Effortless County tick !
Unlike Friday evening dip with Snow Bunting. Compensation through in the form of Noctule, Pips and surface trawling Daubenton's bats in the calm air/water near farmoor causeway.
- Egret Species Farmoor & Port Meadow
Both Dai John & I have seen a couple of Egrets in flight today - presumably the same birds. Dai saw a pair fly over the Farmoor car park this morning but he only had a rear-on view. This evening on Port Meadow I saw a distant couple of Egrets that...
- Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway: 14th November
Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway Snow Bunting: Still on f2f side of causeway, although sometimes on the top. Very flighty, calling a few times. Gareth Blockley...
- Farmoor 11th November
Great Grey Shrike again in 'Shrike Meadow' to the west of F2 c12:30 (per Phil Brown) Snow Bunting still on the causeway 12p.m (Paul Chandler) +Rock Pipit (per The Wickster & Dai) Snow Bunting 1 on Farmoor 2 side of Causeway...
- Times (?) For Bewick's At Berinsfield/drayton S. L.
As I am commuting past, I looked to grab a county tick on the cropped field, with Mute Swan herd, south of the connecting road between. Thursday 6th: 8.10am - 5a & 1c Mute; 8.20am - 9a & 1c Mute and 11 Canada Geese; 4.50pm 5a & 1c Mute (1a...
- Water Rails But Not Much Else
There were at least 7 water rails on the outflow channel from abingdon sewage works this morning. Probably quite a few more as a very large proportion of the channel you can not see. With so few areas free of ice (the Thames in Abingdon was completer...