Birds
Marsh Harrier being mobbed by corvids over Big Otmoor
- Otmoor 28th Nov
Marsh harrier Peregrine (m) Many more ducks than recently (including about 20 shovelers) on view from north screen. Golden Plover c2000 Lapwing c2000 Cetti's Warbler h 2nd scn (per C.Whenman) Kingfisher Yellowhammers (per J.Davies) Stonechat...
- Otmoor: Rspb Reserve: 5th September
Otmoor: RSPB reserve Greenshank Bittern this evening (per Phil Barnett) Yellow Wagtail 220+ went to roost in the reed beds (per Phil Barnett) Black-tailed Godwit Marsh Harrier 2 Water Rail (per RSPB Otmoor) Long Meadow Redstart 3 Spotted Flycatcher Willow...
- Otmoor 31st March
Reed warbler (heard and seen) beyond second screen Bearded tit (f) in hedge behind 2nd screen. Hen harrier (r/t) over flood field Oystercatcher x 2 flying over north reedbed (per Richard Ebbs) Also 6 Redshank John Gough Marsh...
- Otmoor 2nd November
Bittern over reed beds a.m Bearded Tits heard only in reed beds (per Oz) Hen Harrier (ringtail) Peregrine Little Egret Water Rail Raven 2 Marsh Tit on feeders Lesser Redpoll Whinchat Stonechat c4 No sign of the Great white Egret...
- Otmoor 6th December
Greenaways Merlin 1 male bearded tit along diagonal track in reed fringed ditch Abingdon Arms Beckley Visitor to reserve claimed to have seen waxwings in car park (not confirmed)...
Birds
Otmoor 19th September
Marsh Harrier being mobbed by corvids over Big Otmoor
Whinchats m & 2f on visitor trail to first screen
Bittern flew over the bund between the reed beds from north to south then towards the ditch on the Greenaways side of the visitor trail (per Carolyn Whenman)
Several chiffchaffs, some flying with mixed flocks of long tail tits and blue tits
(per Richard & Lyn Ebbs)
- Otmoor 28th Nov
Marsh harrier Peregrine (m) Many more ducks than recently (including about 20 shovelers) on view from north screen. Golden Plover c2000 Lapwing c2000 Cetti's Warbler h 2nd scn (per C.Whenman) Kingfisher Yellowhammers (per J.Davies) Stonechat...
- Otmoor: Rspb Reserve: 5th September
Otmoor: RSPB reserve Greenshank Bittern this evening (per Phil Barnett) Yellow Wagtail 220+ went to roost in the reed beds (per Phil Barnett) Black-tailed Godwit Marsh Harrier 2 Water Rail (per RSPB Otmoor) Long Meadow Redstart 3 Spotted Flycatcher Willow...
- Otmoor 31st March
Reed warbler (heard and seen) beyond second screen Bearded tit (f) in hedge behind 2nd screen. Hen harrier (r/t) over flood field Oystercatcher x 2 flying over north reedbed (per Richard Ebbs) Also 6 Redshank John Gough Marsh...
- Otmoor 2nd November
Bittern over reed beds a.m Bearded Tits heard only in reed beds (per Oz) Hen Harrier (ringtail) Peregrine Little Egret Water Rail Raven 2 Marsh Tit on feeders Lesser Redpoll Whinchat Stonechat c4 No sign of the Great white Egret...
- Otmoor 6th December
Greenaways Merlin 1 male bearded tit along diagonal track in reed fringed ditch Abingdon Arms Beckley Visitor to reserve claimed to have seen waxwings in car park (not confirmed)...