Birds
OOS conservation officer has winter/spring fed Linnets for the last two year and it looks as if it paying off -i'm finding Linnets every time I bird - previously these sites were barren.
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- Old Shifford, 17th January
Linnets 250-300 Chaffinches c150 Sparrowhawk Clackers...
- Churn 19th September 2015
Northern Wheatear 8 European Stonechat 3 (2m 1f) Whinchat 1 Linnet/Goldfinch flock 100+ (mainly Linnets) Yellowhammer flock 16 Meadow Pipit flock 80+ Common Whitethroat 2 Blackcap 1 Common Chiffchaff 7+ Barn Owl 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 2 Common Kestrel...
- Otmoor Saturday 17th Morning
Linnets & Goldfinch courtesy of John Reynolds 2 Bearded Tits m and f near Noke turn on left 3 Whitefronted Geese Peregrine m 120+ Linnets 80+ Reed Buntings both by hide 1000's Goldies 1000 Wigeon Bark...
- Devil's Punchbowl: 21st August
Devil's Punchbowl 2 Whinchat 2 Wheatear 5 Yellow Wagtail 120 Linnet Hobby: Put the linnets up. Made a half-hearted attempt at a couple but left empty-taloned. Mark Merritt...
- Caspian Gull At Appleford
At last! the first Caspian Gull (a nice 1st winter) on the spit pit at Didcot/Appleford this winter. Given their scarcity in the country this year and the general lack of gulls at Didcot I wasn't very hopeful of finding one at all this winter. It...
Birds
Linnet
OOS conservation officer has winter/spring fed Linnets for the last two year and it looks as if it paying off -i'm finding Linnets every time I bird - previously these sites were barren.
- Old Shifford, 17th January
Linnets 250-300 Chaffinches c150 Sparrowhawk Clackers...
- Churn 19th September 2015
Northern Wheatear 8 European Stonechat 3 (2m 1f) Whinchat 1 Linnet/Goldfinch flock 100+ (mainly Linnets) Yellowhammer flock 16 Meadow Pipit flock 80+ Common Whitethroat 2 Blackcap 1 Common Chiffchaff 7+ Barn Owl 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 2 Common Kestrel...
- Otmoor Saturday 17th Morning
Linnets & Goldfinch courtesy of John Reynolds 2 Bearded Tits m and f near Noke turn on left 3 Whitefronted Geese Peregrine m 120+ Linnets 80+ Reed Buntings both by hide 1000's Goldies 1000 Wigeon Bark...
- Devil's Punchbowl: 21st August
Devil's Punchbowl 2 Whinchat 2 Wheatear 5 Yellow Wagtail 120 Linnet Hobby: Put the linnets up. Made a half-hearted attempt at a couple but left empty-taloned. Mark Merritt...
- Caspian Gull At Appleford
At last! the first Caspian Gull (a nice 1st winter) on the spit pit at Didcot/Appleford this winter. Given their scarcity in the country this year and the general lack of gulls at Didcot I wasn't very hopeful of finding one at all this winter. It...