Birds
Snow Bunting present F2 side of causeway late afternoon, with 8 female and 1 male Goldeneye on F1. Great Grey Shrike reported c 3.15pm as having been "perched in tree in middle of Shrike Meadow for a long time". "Near the split in paths by felled trees". This might suggest towards Pinkhill(?) Adult and immature Peregrine at 4.15pm between F2 and woodland south where the corvids go to roost. No further action seen as gull roost was observational target. Here a settled adult
Little Gull and a Dunlin flying to and fro repeatedly looking to land in the roost(!) before thinking better of the idea.
- 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(?)...
- Farmoor 10th March
Great White Egret appeared from the S/W corner of F2, flew over causeway and continued N/N/E 10:30. First seen c10:12 over Pit 60 in Standlake by Ian Smith & Ben Carpenter Med Gull 1 summer plumage adult c6pm Kittiwake 1 adult NE at 5.15pm; another...
- Great Grey Shrike: Cholsey
Great Grey Shrikeagain on the Cholsey side of the Thames at Cholsey marsh late this afternoon but distant as usual, seen from Ferry rd. Also ranging on the "Stoke" side of the Thames. Most impressive though was a count of 387 Corn Buntings that came...
- Farmoor Reservoir: River Thames: 11th November
11th November Farmoor Reservoir: River Thames Great Grey Shrike: Popped up and sat on top of a tree for about five minutes on the path to Shrike Meadow hide around 15.30 on Friday. Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway Snow Bunting: Still on Farmoor II side of...
- Thrupp Lake, Radley 1st Jan 2011 3.00-4.40pm
Wrong side of Abingdon for Bittern (again!), but female SCAUP present throughout visit along with much reduced waterfowl numbers from recent times: c260 Coot, c30 Teal, c10 Gadwall, small numbers of Tufted, Pochard and Wigeon. NO GC Grebes, Little...
Birds
Little Gull joins Snow Bunt and GG Shrike
Snow Bunting present F2 side of causeway late afternoon, with 8 female and 1 male Goldeneye on F1. Great Grey Shrike reported c 3.15pm as having been "perched in tree in middle of Shrike Meadow for a long time". "Near the split in paths by felled trees". This might suggest towards Pinkhill(?) Adult and immature Peregrine at 4.15pm between F2 and woodland south where the corvids go to roost. No further action seen as gull roost was observational target. Here a settled adult
Little Gull and a Dunlin flying to and fro repeatedly looking to land in the roost(!) before thinking better of the idea.
- 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(?)...
- Farmoor 10th March
Great White Egret appeared from the S/W corner of F2, flew over causeway and continued N/N/E 10:30. First seen c10:12 over Pit 60 in Standlake by Ian Smith & Ben Carpenter Med Gull 1 summer plumage adult c6pm Kittiwake 1 adult NE at 5.15pm; another...
- Great Grey Shrike: Cholsey
Great Grey Shrikeagain on the Cholsey side of the Thames at Cholsey marsh late this afternoon but distant as usual, seen from Ferry rd. Also ranging on the "Stoke" side of the Thames. Most impressive though was a count of 387 Corn Buntings that came...
- Farmoor Reservoir: River Thames: 11th November
11th November Farmoor Reservoir: River Thames Great Grey Shrike: Popped up and sat on top of a tree for about five minutes on the path to Shrike Meadow hide around 15.30 on Friday. Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway Snow Bunting: Still on Farmoor II side of...
- Thrupp Lake, Radley 1st Jan 2011 3.00-4.40pm
Wrong side of Abingdon for Bittern (again!), but female SCAUP present throughout visit along with much reduced waterfowl numbers from recent times: c260 Coot, c30 Teal, c10 Gadwall, small numbers of Tufted, Pochard and Wigeon. NO GC Grebes, Little...