Birds
- Otmoor 19th September
Marsh Harrier being mobbed by corvids over Big Otmoor Whinchats m & 2f on visitor trail to first screenBittern 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...
- Cuddesdon: 1st March
Presumed 1st winter male Merlin (aged on the basis of the brown barred juvenile tail and flight feathers, but adult type blue-grey uppertail coverts, mantle, scapulars and upper wing coverts). A local first! Birdless Cuddesdon Blog....
- Otmoor 31st March
Ferruginous Duck (drake) still from the 2nd screen & showing well 09:19 (per Bark featuring The Otmoor Massive) Barn Owl: N end of reed bed. Hen Harrier: ring-tail past 1st screen. Bittern 7 White-fronted Geese 3 Ruff 8 Redshank 3 Curlew 40 Dunlin...
- Missing Red Tailed Hawk
I was wondering if you could help us… We are looking for a Bird of prey that has gone missing in the oxford area. The bird in question is an American Red Tailed Hawk. The bird was last seen in the Woodeaton area at Sescut Farm on Sunday. He’s easily...
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Otmoor Snipe drumming (c) P.Barker more at http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding Male Snipe have a drumming display in which they circle high on rapid, clipped wingbeats then dive at a steep angle with outer tail feathers held out at almost a...
Birds
Otmoor 26th April 2014
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| Reed Warbler - This is of interest as it can be seen the tail feathers are being replaced and are not fully grown. This means that this bird has migrated with an incomplete tail |
- Otmoor 19th September
Marsh Harrier being mobbed by corvids over Big Otmoor Whinchats m & 2f on visitor trail to first screenBittern 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...
- Cuddesdon: 1st March
Presumed 1st winter male Merlin (aged on the basis of the brown barred juvenile tail and flight feathers, but adult type blue-grey uppertail coverts, mantle, scapulars and upper wing coverts). A local first! Birdless Cuddesdon Blog....
- Otmoor 31st March
Ferruginous Duck (drake) still from the 2nd screen & showing well 09:19 (per Bark featuring The Otmoor Massive) Barn Owl: N end of reed bed. Hen Harrier: ring-tail past 1st screen. Bittern 7 White-fronted Geese 3 Ruff 8 Redshank 3 Curlew 40 Dunlin...
- Missing Red Tailed Hawk
I was wondering if you could help us… We are looking for a Bird of prey that has gone missing in the oxford area. The bird in question is an American Red Tailed Hawk. The bird was last seen in the Woodeaton area at Sescut Farm on Sunday. He’s easily...
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Otmoor Snipe drumming (c) P.Barker more at http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding Male Snipe have a drumming display in which they circle high on rapid, clipped wingbeats then dive at a steep angle with outer tail feathers held out at almost a...