Birds
Bearded Tit (per Steve Roby)
Peregrine 1
Sparrowhawk 1
Kingfisher 1
Raven 2
Snipe 17+ in front of first screen
est 40k starlings in roost. Most filtered straight down into reeds though.
- Otmoor Rspb 8th November
Marsh Harrier 3 inc the tagged bird Sparrowhawk Short-eared Owl reported a.m Pintail (f) Wigeon c100 Teal 50+ Golden Plover 350+ Lapwing 300+ Water Rail Kingfisher 1+ Redpoll Grey Wagtail Stonechat 3 (1 on Greenaways 2 Lower Farm) Starling roost consisted...
- Otmoor.a.m. 20th November.
2 Raven (over car park) 1 Sparrowhawk (bridleway) 2 Kingfisher (reedbeds) 12 Snipe (reedbeds) 1 Bittern (from 1st screen per N W) 1 Marsh Harrier (from 1st screen per N. W.) 1 Cettis Warbler (heard at second screen per R. C.) ...
- Otmoor 3rd August
Evening: Yellow Wagtail 6 Little Egret 12 Hobby 3+ Greenshank Turtle Dove 1 Raven 2 Water Rail (juv) Kingfisher Starling Roost 3000+ (per Pete & Steve Roby, Tezzer and Andy Last) Morning: Hobby 5+ Sparrowhawk 2Water Rail (1 Juv)Lesser Whitethroat...
- Otmoor 2nd September
Yellow-legged Gull (Ashgrave) Greenshank 2 (Ashgrave) Redshank 2 (Ashgrave) Ruff (Ashgrave) Snipe c30 Green Sandpiper 11+ (10 1st Scn) Garganey (per RBA) Mandarin prob f (Ashgrave) Wigeon 6 Shoveler c20 Teal c20 Water Rail (1st scn) Sprawk Hobby 2 (Steve...
- Otmoor 25th Nov
Just returned from a visit to Otmoor to check out the starling roost. Approximately 20,000 birds displayed then went down to roost in the reeds in 3 separate flocks using both reservoirs. A female peregrine flew low over the reeds but did not get up amongst...
Birds
Otmoor 13th dec pm
Bearded Tit (per Steve Roby)
Peregrine 1
Sparrowhawk 1
Kingfisher 1
Raven 2
Snipe 17+ in front of first screen
est 40k starlings in roost. Most filtered straight down into reeds though.
- Otmoor Rspb 8th November
Marsh Harrier 3 inc the tagged bird Sparrowhawk Short-eared Owl reported a.m Pintail (f) Wigeon c100 Teal 50+ Golden Plover 350+ Lapwing 300+ Water Rail Kingfisher 1+ Redpoll Grey Wagtail Stonechat 3 (1 on Greenaways 2 Lower Farm) Starling roost consisted...
- Otmoor.a.m. 20th November.
2 Raven (over car park) 1 Sparrowhawk (bridleway) 2 Kingfisher (reedbeds) 12 Snipe (reedbeds) 1 Bittern (from 1st screen per N W) 1 Marsh Harrier (from 1st screen per N. W.) 1 Cettis Warbler (heard at second screen per R. C.) ...
- Otmoor 3rd August
Evening: Yellow Wagtail 6 Little Egret 12 Hobby 3+ Greenshank Turtle Dove 1 Raven 2 Water Rail (juv) Kingfisher Starling Roost 3000+ (per Pete & Steve Roby, Tezzer and Andy Last) Morning: Hobby 5+ Sparrowhawk 2Water Rail (1 Juv)Lesser Whitethroat...
- Otmoor 2nd September
Yellow-legged Gull (Ashgrave) Greenshank 2 (Ashgrave) Redshank 2 (Ashgrave) Ruff (Ashgrave) Snipe c30 Green Sandpiper 11+ (10 1st Scn) Garganey (per RBA) Mandarin prob f (Ashgrave) Wigeon 6 Shoveler c20 Teal c20 Water Rail (1st scn) Sprawk Hobby 2 (Steve...
- Otmoor 25th Nov
Just returned from a visit to Otmoor to check out the starling roost. Approximately 20,000 birds displayed then went down to roost in the reeds in 3 separate flocks using both reservoirs. A female peregrine flew low over the reeds but did not get up amongst...