Birds
I've just heard about the presence of a Yellow-browed Warbler in a garden on Five Mile Drive, North Oxford on 3rd October. It's probably long gone but might just be worth a look and listen around the area.
There was also a Hoopoe in a North Abingdon garden from 14th June - 21st July! Definitely long gone.
Also Sutton Courtenay football club reported 4 Storks joining them for a practice session about two weeks ago. This coincides with the departure of 4 White Storks from Dorset so may well be true. Where are they now?
- Abingdon/sutton Courtenay 24th February
1066 (north of B4016 between Sutton Courtenay and Drayton) SU489941 2 Green Sandpiper: Very active, feeding amongst 40+ Teal Abingdon Marina Gadwall 40+ Abingdon: Abingdon Sewage Farm 2 Chiffchaff: One quite yellowish by comparison (per Gerry Quinn)...
- Donnington, Oxford 15th October - Yellow-browed Warbler
A belated sighting of a Yellow-browed Warbler along Weirs Lane, Oxford, near Donnington Bridge on Thursday 15th October. It was with a roving tit/crest flock on private land beside the road. It might be worth a search of the area (see dot on map) and...
- 9th May Sutton Courtenay: Spoonbill
Tom Wickens has found a 1st year spoonbill this evening on the floods north of the B4016 between Drayton and Sutton Courtenay just before you reach Sutton Courtenay approx 3/4 mile east of 1066 still present at 20:00....
- 30th April Newbridge Storks
RBA now reporting all 6 White Storks again this morning apparently back in their usual place. Best viewed by walking west along Thames on the public footpath from the Maybush pub at Newbridge and viewing North between the 2nd and 3rd kissing gates. Still...
- White Storks 28th March
Possible 5 White Storks reported over Wytham wood heading north east towards Otmoor c09:20 (per Steve Heath) No further sign on Otmoor this afternoon....
Birds
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I've just heard about the presence of a Yellow-browed Warbler in a garden on Five Mile Drive, North Oxford on 3rd October. It's probably long gone but might just be worth a look and listen around the area.
There was also a Hoopoe in a North Abingdon garden from 14th June - 21st July! Definitely long gone.
Also Sutton Courtenay football club reported 4 Storks joining them for a practice session about two weeks ago. This coincides with the departure of 4 White Storks from Dorset so may well be true. Where are they now?
- Abingdon/sutton Courtenay 24th February
1066 (north of B4016 between Sutton Courtenay and Drayton) SU489941 2 Green Sandpiper: Very active, feeding amongst 40+ Teal Abingdon Marina Gadwall 40+ Abingdon: Abingdon Sewage Farm 2 Chiffchaff: One quite yellowish by comparison (per Gerry Quinn)...
- Donnington, Oxford 15th October - Yellow-browed Warbler
A belated sighting of a Yellow-browed Warbler along Weirs Lane, Oxford, near Donnington Bridge on Thursday 15th October. It was with a roving tit/crest flock on private land beside the road. It might be worth a search of the area (see dot on map) and...
- 9th May Sutton Courtenay: Spoonbill
Tom Wickens has found a 1st year spoonbill this evening on the floods north of the B4016 between Drayton and Sutton Courtenay just before you reach Sutton Courtenay approx 3/4 mile east of 1066 still present at 20:00....
- 30th April Newbridge Storks
RBA now reporting all 6 White Storks again this morning apparently back in their usual place. Best viewed by walking west along Thames on the public footpath from the Maybush pub at Newbridge and viewing North between the 2nd and 3rd kissing gates. Still...
- White Storks 28th March
Possible 5 White Storks reported over Wytham wood heading north east towards Otmoor c09:20 (per Steve Heath) No further sign on Otmoor this afternoon....