Birds
Otmoor: 16th May
Otmoor Cuckoo
Turtle Dove: Showing really well in an oak tree.
2 Raven
Amanda Brown
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Otmoor 7th June
Marsh Harrier 2 Hobby 3+ Ringed Plover (Big Otmoor) Curlew 2 Common Tern Cuckoo c3 Turtle Dove 2+ Garden Warbler 3+ Lesser Whitethroat 3 Barnacle Goose (feral) (Big Otmoor) Ross's Goose (feral) Bar-headed Goose 2 (feral) (Otmoor massive) Full weekend...
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Otmoor: Rspb Reserve: 13th June
Otmoor: RSPB reserve Glossy Ibis: Perched in the dead Oak tree at the edge of Ashgrave c. 10:50 to 11:30. Appeared to come up from and return to Big Otmoor. 9 Little Egret: 9+. 2 Turtle Dove: 2 purring males. Gareth Blockley...
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Otmoor 31st May
Glossy Ibis still in N/E corner of The Closes at 16:20 tho elusive. Little Egret c12 Turtle Dove 3+ Cuckoo 3+ Hobby 3+ M.o.D. Land 2 Curlew 1 Turtle Dove (calling) 1 Raven 1 Tawny Owl (M. calling at 11:00 a.m.) 2 Cuckoo (m&f). (per Paul Greenaway)...
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Otmoor 26th May
Great white Egret still present this morning until 07:50 when it flew off high and to the east (per Ewan Urquart) Glossy Ibis Turtle Dove 2 showing very well and purring on telegraph wires and dead tree stump by path adjacent Moorleys. Redshank 10 Cuckoo...
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Otmoor.a.m. 10th July.
3+2 (J) Turtle Dove 2 Quail 1 Sparrow-Hawk (F) 1 Curlew (calling) 1 Marsh Harrier (F) 1 Green Sandpiper 2 Raven. Juv Turtle Dove Otmoor (c) Paul Greenaway. More about the juvenile Turtle Doves on Joe's fantastic RSPB Otmoor Blog...
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