Birds
Also Cuckoo, Gropper, Lesser 'throat among the usual.
per Geoff Wyatt
- Otmoor 22nd April: White Stork
Dave Hammant saw & photographed a White Stork flying over Otmoor this afternoon between 15:25 and 15:35. It was circling at some altitude. It circled above Otmoor for maybe fifteen minutes before heading of north east and ascending. Perhaps the same...
- Farmoor Quiet Evening 18.30 - 20.30
Massive fly hatch in hot calm weather Common Tern - 2 appeared at 19.15 on F1, then 4, then back to 2 as 2 left SW B H Gull - Building up to c 16 at sundown Yellow-legged Gull - 2 immatures but possibly more (Heat shimmer across F2) Great Black-backed...
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 13th April
Morning: 3 Willow Warblers (singing), 2 Common Sandpipers, Yellow Wagtail (over north), 2 White Wagtails, House Martin, 22+ Swallow (through north some lingering), 7+ Sand Martin (through north some lingering), 12 + Chiffchaff (9 singing), 11+ Meadow...
- Common Cranes 25th March
3 Common Cranes flew North over Farmoor Reservoir at about 18:15 (per Ian Smith) 2 Common Cranes were then seen to land at Otmoor RSPB at 19:15 with a third bird circling before all three headed off N/E. (per Bark) 5 Little Gulls at Farmoor on F1 this...
- Barton Waxwings 4th March
Fifty + showing very well 200 metres from Green Road Roundabout. Very close sightings when feeding in the bushes at side of road. One bird is colour ringed on its left leg with pale green, red and blue ( from photo) ...
Birds
Otmoor 22nd April
2 Common Cranes Otmoor. Landed in field north of rifle butts briefly before flying low east at 09:45. They are colour ringed on right legs: from top - Yellow White Blue and 2nd bird, green white Blue. Both have transmitters on left leg.
Also Cuckoo, Gropper, Lesser 'throat among the usual.
per Geoff Wyatt
- Otmoor 22nd April: White Stork
Dave Hammant saw & photographed a White Stork flying over Otmoor this afternoon between 15:25 and 15:35. It was circling at some altitude. It circled above Otmoor for maybe fifteen minutes before heading of north east and ascending. Perhaps the same...
- Farmoor Quiet Evening 18.30 - 20.30
Massive fly hatch in hot calm weather Common Tern - 2 appeared at 19.15 on F1, then 4, then back to 2 as 2 left SW B H Gull - Building up to c 16 at sundown Yellow-legged Gull - 2 immatures but possibly more (Heat shimmer across F2) Great Black-backed...
- Grimsbury Reservoir: 13th April
Morning: 3 Willow Warblers (singing), 2 Common Sandpipers, Yellow Wagtail (over north), 2 White Wagtails, House Martin, 22+ Swallow (through north some lingering), 7+ Sand Martin (through north some lingering), 12 + Chiffchaff (9 singing), 11+ Meadow...
- Common Cranes 25th March
3 Common Cranes flew North over Farmoor Reservoir at about 18:15 (per Ian Smith) 2 Common Cranes were then seen to land at Otmoor RSPB at 19:15 with a third bird circling before all three headed off N/E. (per Bark) 5 Little Gulls at Farmoor on F1 this...
- Barton Waxwings 4th March
Fifty + showing very well 200 metres from Green Road Roundabout. Very close sightings when feeding in the bushes at side of road. One bird is colour ringed on its left leg with pale green, red and blue ( from photo) ...