Birds
Otmoor
Merlin: male. Seen twice flying from Ashgrave To Big Otmoor then 20mins later flying back to Ashgrave each time being mobbed by Lapwings.
Hobby: Noke.
Sparrowhawk: male.
10 Wheatear: In field with black sheep (Noke farm).
Whinchat: male. In field with Wheatears.
Black-tailed Godwit: Big Otmoor.
Ringed Plover: flying from Ashgrave to Closes.
Peter Coombes
- Otmoor 8th January
Bearded Tits - Heard calling from the bridleway in the reed bed towards Noke. c100 yds before Noke turn where the hedge ends and you can see the reeds. Peregrine - Big Otmoor Pintail - 9 on Big Otmoor Little Egret - Ashgrave Stonechat...
- Otmoor: 4th February
Otmoor Black-tailed Godwit: Big Otmoor. 42 Ruff: 32 on Ashgrave and a further 10 on big Otmoor. Hen Harrier: fem. Car Park Field. Peter Coombes...
- Otmoor 20th September
Ruff Dunlin Green Sandpiper 4 Black-tailed Godwit 2 (per Peter Coombes) Merlin Ashgrave (per Peter Coombes) Whinchat 1 (Noke) Wheatear 3 Yellow Wagtail 3...
- Otmoor 26th May
3 Grasshopper Warbler (1 in carpark field. 2 near second screen). Oystercatcher: On first scrape (Big Otmoor). 10 Redshank: Unusual sighting 10 hovering together in a group, just off the ground, on big Otmoor. Garganey (Male) flying from Big Otmoor onto...
- Otmoor.a.m. 19th. August.
2 Turtle Dove (1 juv) Ashgrave 3 L. Egret (Ashgrave) 40+ Lapwing (Reedbeds) 1 Kingfisher (Reedbeds) flying with fish in beak 1 Wheatear ( Noke end by Black Sheep) 3 Hobby (Greenaways) ...
Birds
Otmoor: 29th April
Otmoor
Merlin: male. Seen twice flying from Ashgrave To Big Otmoor then 20mins later flying back to Ashgrave each time being mobbed by Lapwings.
Hobby: Noke.
Sparrowhawk: male.
10 Wheatear: In field with black sheep (Noke farm).
Whinchat: male. In field with Wheatears.
Black-tailed Godwit: Big Otmoor.
Ringed Plover: flying from Ashgrave to Closes.
Peter Coombes
- Otmoor 8th January
Bearded Tits - Heard calling from the bridleway in the reed bed towards Noke. c100 yds before Noke turn where the hedge ends and you can see the reeds. Peregrine - Big Otmoor Pintail - 9 on Big Otmoor Little Egret - Ashgrave Stonechat...
- Otmoor: 4th February
Otmoor Black-tailed Godwit: Big Otmoor. 42 Ruff: 32 on Ashgrave and a further 10 on big Otmoor. Hen Harrier: fem. Car Park Field. Peter Coombes...
- Otmoor 20th September
Ruff Dunlin Green Sandpiper 4 Black-tailed Godwit 2 (per Peter Coombes) Merlin Ashgrave (per Peter Coombes) Whinchat 1 (Noke) Wheatear 3 Yellow Wagtail 3...
- Otmoor 26th May
3 Grasshopper Warbler (1 in carpark field. 2 near second screen). Oystercatcher: On first scrape (Big Otmoor). 10 Redshank: Unusual sighting 10 hovering together in a group, just off the ground, on big Otmoor. Garganey (Male) flying from Big Otmoor onto...
- Otmoor.a.m. 19th. August.
2 Turtle Dove (1 juv) Ashgrave 3 L. Egret (Ashgrave) 40+ Lapwing (Reedbeds) 1 Kingfisher (Reedbeds) flying with fish in beak 1 Wheatear ( Noke end by Black Sheep) 3 Hobby (Greenaways) ...