Birds
Saunders Ground
Quail: Heard twice calling from near the bridleway out on Greenways betwen the hide and the Barbara Austin bench late morning but not again before the rain arrived. No sound of the Corncrake anywhere.
John Edwards
Water Rail (swimming between reed beds at 1st screen)
Turtle Dove calling along the Roman Road
Hobby 2 Greenaways
(per Terry Tossel)
- Otmoor 14th May
Glossy Ibis still on Closes 18:28 (per Andy Last) 1 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Oystercatcher 2 Curlew (per Peter Coombes) 12 Little Egret 2 Turtle Dove 7 Hobby. Raven (per Peter Coombes) Cuckoo courtesey of Nick Truby Peregrine (John Gough) Quail Heard...
- Otmoor: Rspb Reserve: 25th June
Otmoor: RSPB reserve Quail: Calling briefly at mid day by the cattle pens beside the bridleway. 3 Turtle Dove: Three in flight and later purring from the bridleway trees. John Edwards...
- Otmoor.a.m. 16th May.
Ashgrave : Noke End. 1 Cuckoo (calling) 4 Hobby 1 Raven 3 Dunlin 2 Common Tern. Turtle Dove: sitting in top of dead Oak along access road to rifle range, then moved to Roman road and E end of bridleway. Cuckoo: calling on MOD land. 5 Hobby: E end of Greenaways....
- Otmoor 23rd October
Bearded Tit at least 3 (3 seen at the 1st screen this p.m by (Terry Tossel) 2 seen at the 2nd screen by Ron Louch this p.m) Hen Harrier (ringtail) over Greenaways this p.m (per Terry Tossel) Water Rail heard only in the reed beds Raven over...
- Otmoor, 17th May, Silly O'clock To 10:00
We have just completed an early morning survey on the reserve, and have had a few interesting sightings, on a lovely spring morning. A turtle dove was feeding on seed around the Greenaways cattle pen. There were at least two cuckoo's heard one along...
Birds
Otmoor 26th June
Saunders Ground
Quail: Heard twice calling from near the bridleway out on Greenways betwen the hide and the Barbara Austin bench late morning but not again before the rain arrived. No sound of the Corncrake anywhere.
John Edwards
Water Rail (swimming between reed beds at 1st screen)
Turtle Dove calling along the Roman Road
Hobby 2 Greenaways
(per Terry Tossel)
- Otmoor 14th May
Glossy Ibis still on Closes 18:28 (per Andy Last) 1 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Oystercatcher 2 Curlew (per Peter Coombes) 12 Little Egret 2 Turtle Dove 7 Hobby. Raven (per Peter Coombes) Cuckoo courtesey of Nick Truby Peregrine (John Gough) Quail Heard...
- Otmoor: Rspb Reserve: 25th June
Otmoor: RSPB reserve Quail: Calling briefly at mid day by the cattle pens beside the bridleway. 3 Turtle Dove: Three in flight and later purring from the bridleway trees. John Edwards...
- Otmoor.a.m. 16th May.
Ashgrave : Noke End. 1 Cuckoo (calling) 4 Hobby 1 Raven 3 Dunlin 2 Common Tern. Turtle Dove: sitting in top of dead Oak along access road to rifle range, then moved to Roman road and E end of bridleway. Cuckoo: calling on MOD land. 5 Hobby: E end of Greenaways....
- Otmoor 23rd October
Bearded Tit at least 3 (3 seen at the 1st screen this p.m by (Terry Tossel) 2 seen at the 2nd screen by Ron Louch this p.m) Hen Harrier (ringtail) over Greenaways this p.m (per Terry Tossel) Water Rail heard only in the reed beds Raven over...
- Otmoor, 17th May, Silly O'clock To 10:00
We have just completed an early morning survey on the reserve, and have had a few interesting sightings, on a lovely spring morning. A turtle dove was feeding on seed around the Greenaways cattle pen. There were at least two cuckoo's heard one along...