Birds
1 Red Kite
1 Buzzard
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Peregrine (Steve & Pete Roby,Jon Uren et al)
4+ Water Rail (calling)
300+ Lapwing
4 Snipe
3 Green Sandpiper
1 Kingfisher
1 Water Pipit (1st screen Pete Roby et al)
3000+ starling leaving reedbed.
2 Raven
4+ Cetti's Warbler
1 Brambling (over calling)
3 Siskin (over calling)
2 Redpoll (over calling)
Also possible heard-only beardies still (per Ewan)
- 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. A.m. 2nd. March.
Ringed Plover: Northern phase of reedbed. Green Sandpiper: Northern phase of reedbed. Joe Harris 1 Redshank 1 Cettis Warbler (calling) 1 Water Rail (calling) 1 Tawny Owl (calling) 1 Sparrowhawk (M) 4+ L. Redpoll 21 Curlew (flew in from high up) 21 Curlew...
- Otmoor 6th Nov. 7 - 11am
4 Bearded tits over reedbed 7 Redpoll near feeders Siskin in car park field with flock of Gold finches Peregrine caught what looked like a Lapwing and ate it in front of the hide. 3 or 4 Water Rail calling in reeds 4 or 5 Cettis calling around reserve...
- Otmoor (evening) 15th October.
2 Sparrowhawk 2 Water rail (calling) 5 Snipe 1 Green sandpiper 14 Meadow pipit 3000+ Starling (going to roost) 4 Cetti's warbler 1 Chiffchaff 1 Whinchat 2 Stonechat 2 Yellowhammer Dead water shrew on path by 1st screen. ...
- Radley Gravel Pits 12th October
Wigeon Teal Shoveler Gadwall 6 Pochard 1 Water rail (calling) 25 Lapwing 1 Ruff 1 Snipe 3 Green sandpiper 1 Common gull (1stw) 1 Stock dove 2 Kingfisher 6 Skylark 8 Meadow pipit 1 Grey wagtail 1 Raven 4 Chiffchaff 80+ Redwing 1 Brambling (over calling)...
Birds
Otmoor 13th November (6.30 -10.40 a.m)
1 Red Kite
1 Buzzard
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Peregrine (Steve & Pete Roby,Jon Uren et al)
4+ Water Rail (calling)
300+ Lapwing
4 Snipe
3 Green Sandpiper
1 Kingfisher
1 Water Pipit (1st screen Pete Roby et al)
3000+ starling leaving reedbed.
2 Raven
4+ Cetti's Warbler
1 Brambling (over calling)
3 Siskin (over calling)
2 Redpoll (over calling)
Also possible heard-only beardies still (per Ewan)
- 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. A.m. 2nd. March.
Ringed Plover: Northern phase of reedbed. Green Sandpiper: Northern phase of reedbed. Joe Harris 1 Redshank 1 Cettis Warbler (calling) 1 Water Rail (calling) 1 Tawny Owl (calling) 1 Sparrowhawk (M) 4+ L. Redpoll 21 Curlew (flew in from high up) 21 Curlew...
- Otmoor 6th Nov. 7 - 11am
4 Bearded tits over reedbed 7 Redpoll near feeders Siskin in car park field with flock of Gold finches Peregrine caught what looked like a Lapwing and ate it in front of the hide. 3 or 4 Water Rail calling in reeds 4 or 5 Cettis calling around reserve...
- Otmoor (evening) 15th October.
2 Sparrowhawk 2 Water rail (calling) 5 Snipe 1 Green sandpiper 14 Meadow pipit 3000+ Starling (going to roost) 4 Cetti's warbler 1 Chiffchaff 1 Whinchat 2 Stonechat 2 Yellowhammer Dead water shrew on path by 1st screen. ...
- Radley Gravel Pits 12th October
Wigeon Teal Shoveler Gadwall 6 Pochard 1 Water rail (calling) 25 Lapwing 1 Ruff 1 Snipe 3 Green sandpiper 1 Common gull (1stw) 1 Stock dove 2 Kingfisher 6 Skylark 8 Meadow pipit 1 Grey wagtail 1 Raven 4 Chiffchaff 80+ Redwing 1 Brambling (over calling)...