Birds
A 1st winter Iceland Gull at Ardley Field Quarry this afternoon, watched for
almost an hour, resting, preening and wing stretching. With about 500 other
gulls mostly Lesser B-b and some Herring and Black-h.Milky-tea white, pure white
primaries.Grid Ref for Ardley field quarry SP 544256 I think this is only the
second BOS record
(per Alan Peters Banburybirds)
- Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry: 1st December
Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry 2 Common Sandpiper: Lake at the back of the new incinerator + 100 Lapwings and 30+ fieldfare flying over head. 14:30. John Gough...
- Appleford Gull Loafing Site With Iceland's Plus Interest?
For near 2 hours, Gulls in SW of field viewed from gateway. Distant and half of them out of sight amongst ground undulations. A few exceptionally dark L. B-backs, even when sunlit and temptingly like Baltic Gull (L. f. fuscus), but too far away to confirm...
- Farmoor F2 Basin 5.15 - 7.00pm
Med Gull 1 adult (Nick Hallam & Dai) Little Gull 2 adult keeping to south and 2 adult keeping to west (all non-hooded) Sand Martin 1 Wheatear 1 male SW corner Rock Pipit 2 (Dai). The 1 bird I checked was littoralis; again at south end Herring Gull(?)...
- Goingbirding: 3rd April
Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry Shelduck: also Green Sandpiper. Richard Hazel ...
- Ardley Field Quarry 26th Feb
Glaucous Gull (2ndw) loafing in sheep field adjacent to the Ardley Field Quarry Nature Reserve at 11a.m then flew towards the tip. Possibly the Port Meadow & Farmoor bird. ...
Birds
Iceland Gull Ardley 24th Feb
A 1st winter Iceland Gull at Ardley Field Quarry this afternoon, watched for
almost an hour, resting, preening and wing stretching. With about 500 other
gulls mostly Lesser B-b and some Herring and Black-h.Milky-tea white, pure white
primaries.Grid Ref for Ardley field quarry SP 544256 I think this is only the
second BOS record
(per Alan Peters Banburybirds)
- Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry: 1st December
Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry 2 Common Sandpiper: Lake at the back of the new incinerator + 100 Lapwings and 30+ fieldfare flying over head. 14:30. John Gough...
- Appleford Gull Loafing Site With Iceland's Plus Interest?
For near 2 hours, Gulls in SW of field viewed from gateway. Distant and half of them out of sight amongst ground undulations. A few exceptionally dark L. B-backs, even when sunlit and temptingly like Baltic Gull (L. f. fuscus), but too far away to confirm...
- Farmoor F2 Basin 5.15 - 7.00pm
Med Gull 1 adult (Nick Hallam & Dai) Little Gull 2 adult keeping to south and 2 adult keeping to west (all non-hooded) Sand Martin 1 Wheatear 1 male SW corner Rock Pipit 2 (Dai). The 1 bird I checked was littoralis; again at south end Herring Gull(?)...
- Goingbirding: 3rd April
Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry Shelduck: also Green Sandpiper. Richard Hazel ...
- Ardley Field Quarry 26th Feb
Glaucous Gull (2ndw) loafing in sheep field adjacent to the Ardley Field Quarry Nature Reserve at 11a.m then flew towards the tip. Possibly the Port Meadow & Farmoor bird. ...