Birds
Linnets 250-300
Chaffinches c150
Sparrowhawk
Clackers
- Otmoor 14 January A.m.
Short Eared Owl in Morley's Field Peregrine Marsh Harrier Sparrowhawk Marsh Tit by car park Brambling (amongst the flock of linnets/reed buntings/goldfinches/chaffinches at the Hide) Brambling at Hide Linnet at Hide...
- Rushey Common Area, 9th June
many Swifts and Sand Martins all morning-several 100 of each later joined by a few Swallows and c150 House Martins Oystercatchers 4 + 1 juv Cuckoo Red Kites 8 Ringed Plover Little Egret 3 Clackers...
- Farmoor Reservoir 20th January
Farmoor II 7 Goldeneye: 2 male, 5 fem. 4 Little Grebe Chiffchaff 1 near Shrike Meadow Peregrine: Flew S carrying prey, spooked hundreds of gulls. (Anthony Cheke) Pintail 19 Shelduck 3 Wigeon & Teal flock c800 (per Dai) More from the Res at The Insomniac...
- 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. camboy...
- Farmoor Reservoir: 17th January
17th January Farmoor Reservoir Great Northern Diver: still on F2. Bar-headed Goose: no sign of WF Goose across Thames from Shrike Meadow. Common Sandpiper: at W end of causeway. Peter Law...
Birds
Old Shifford, 17th January
Linnets 250-300
Chaffinches c150
Sparrowhawk
Clackers
- Otmoor 14 January A.m.
Short Eared Owl in Morley's Field Peregrine Marsh Harrier Sparrowhawk Marsh Tit by car park Brambling (amongst the flock of linnets/reed buntings/goldfinches/chaffinches at the Hide) Brambling at Hide Linnet at Hide...
- Rushey Common Area, 9th June
many Swifts and Sand Martins all morning-several 100 of each later joined by a few Swallows and c150 House Martins Oystercatchers 4 + 1 juv Cuckoo Red Kites 8 Ringed Plover Little Egret 3 Clackers...
- Farmoor Reservoir 20th January
Farmoor II 7 Goldeneye: 2 male, 5 fem. 4 Little Grebe Chiffchaff 1 near Shrike Meadow Peregrine: Flew S carrying prey, spooked hundreds of gulls. (Anthony Cheke) Pintail 19 Shelduck 3 Wigeon & Teal flock c800 (per Dai) More from the Res at The Insomniac...
- 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. camboy...
- Farmoor Reservoir: 17th January
17th January Farmoor Reservoir Great Northern Diver: still on F2. Bar-headed Goose: no sign of WF Goose across Thames from Shrike Meadow. Common Sandpiper: at W end of causeway. Peter Law...