Birds
3 grasshopper warblers. Mixed flock of c. 100 sand martins & swallows also contained a lone house martin. 3 reed warblers. Whitethroats and lesser whitethroats singing across the reserve
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 12th April
Common Sandpiper, mixed flock of 25 Swallow, House Martin and Sand Martin, 4 Chiffchaff. (per Alan Peters and Bill Foley) 2 Willow Warblers (singing), 2 Common Sandpipers, Wheatear (f), White Wagtail, a fall of 20 + Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs during...
- Un-exploded Bomb!
The whole of Otmoor is currently closed due to the uncovering of an unexploded WW2 bomb on the Flood Field. The MOD are on site and planning to deal with it this morning. Please do not try to come to the reserve or the surrounding areas of the moor, as...
- Goingbirding: 2nd May
Otmoor Bar-tailed Godwit: Feeding in front of Wetlands Watch hide. Also present; Swifts, House Martin, Sand Martin, Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat, Redshank, Whitethroat, Reed & Sedge Warblers, Little Egret and lots of happy Lapwings. Joe Harris ...
- Radley Lakes Sat. 16th April
2 Little ringed plovers 1 Green sandpiper 1 Redshank 21 Lapwing 1 Oystercatcher 1 Red-crested pochard (fem) 1 reeling Grasshopper warbler (beside railway line) Plus: Treecreepers Sedge warblers Reed warblers Whitethroats...
- 1066 12th April
1 Little Egret, 1 Redshank, 1 Green Sand, and a mixed flock of around 150 Swallows, Sandies and a couple of House Martins at Sutton Courtenay scrape....
Birds
Otmoor 17th April
3 grasshopper warblers. Mixed flock of c. 100 sand martins & swallows also contained a lone house martin. 3 reed warblers. Whitethroats and lesser whitethroats singing across the reserve
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 12th April
Common Sandpiper, mixed flock of 25 Swallow, House Martin and Sand Martin, 4 Chiffchaff. (per Alan Peters and Bill Foley) 2 Willow Warblers (singing), 2 Common Sandpipers, Wheatear (f), White Wagtail, a fall of 20 + Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs during...
- Un-exploded Bomb!
The whole of Otmoor is currently closed due to the uncovering of an unexploded WW2 bomb on the Flood Field. The MOD are on site and planning to deal with it this morning. Please do not try to come to the reserve or the surrounding areas of the moor, as...
- Goingbirding: 2nd May
Otmoor Bar-tailed Godwit: Feeding in front of Wetlands Watch hide. Also present; Swifts, House Martin, Sand Martin, Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat, Redshank, Whitethroat, Reed & Sedge Warblers, Little Egret and lots of happy Lapwings. Joe Harris ...
- Radley Lakes Sat. 16th April
2 Little ringed plovers 1 Green sandpiper 1 Redshank 21 Lapwing 1 Oystercatcher 1 Red-crested pochard (fem) 1 reeling Grasshopper warbler (beside railway line) Plus: Treecreepers Sedge warblers Reed warblers Whitethroats...
- 1066 12th April
1 Little Egret, 1 Redshank, 1 Green Sand, and a mixed flock of around 150 Swallows, Sandies and a couple of House Martins at Sutton Courtenay scrape....