Birds
Hen Harrier (m)
Peregrine
Barn Owl
Bittern
White-fronted Geese 7 (Ashgrave)
Curlew
(per The Otmoor Massive)
Otmoor Birding
- Otmoor 8th January
Bearded Tits - Heard calling from the bridleway in the reed bed towards Noke. c100 yds before Noke turn where the hedge ends and you can see the reeds. Peregrine - Big Otmoor Pintail - 9 on Big Otmoor Little Egret - Ashgrave Stonechat...
- Otmoor.a.m. 7th January.
1 Cetti's Warbler (calling, by the bridleway) 20 Snipe (Greenaways Scrape) 3 White-fronted Geese (Ashgrave,Noke end) 1 Ross's Goose (feral) 1 Peregrine (female, on Big Otmoor) 2 Stonechat (M&F, Greenaways) 1 Sparrowhawk (female, Otmoor Lane)....
- Otmoor 5th March
5 Barnacle Geese on Greenaways (Mary Clifton) 2 Bittern: 1 at 1st screen and a second very close to the second screen. Barn Owl: flying along path to 1st screen at 9:00 am. 200 Golden Plover 2 Curlew: from 2nd screen. Hen Harrier: male. Big Otmoor....
- Otmoor 2nd February
Bewick's Swan 8 (1 juv) on Greenaways until 16:40 when they flew off west (per Dave Horton) White-fronted Geese 3 still on Ashgrave Bittern Hen Harrier (ringtail) Peregrine Barn Owl 2 hunting together in the car park field (per Dave Horton)...
- Otmoor 26th February
Bittern (showing on and off from the 2nd screen all morning but no sign in the afternoon by 15:30) White-fronted Goose (on The Closes with the Greylags) Short-eared Owl Peregrine Sparrowhawk ...
Birds
Otmoor 2nd March
Hen Harrier (m)
Peregrine
Barn Owl
Bittern
White-fronted Geese 7 (Ashgrave)
Curlew
(per The Otmoor Massive)
Otmoor Birding
- Otmoor 8th January
Bearded Tits - Heard calling from the bridleway in the reed bed towards Noke. c100 yds before Noke turn where the hedge ends and you can see the reeds. Peregrine - Big Otmoor Pintail - 9 on Big Otmoor Little Egret - Ashgrave Stonechat...
- Otmoor.a.m. 7th January.
1 Cetti's Warbler (calling, by the bridleway) 20 Snipe (Greenaways Scrape) 3 White-fronted Geese (Ashgrave,Noke end) 1 Ross's Goose (feral) 1 Peregrine (female, on Big Otmoor) 2 Stonechat (M&F, Greenaways) 1 Sparrowhawk (female, Otmoor Lane)....
- Otmoor 5th March
5 Barnacle Geese on Greenaways (Mary Clifton) 2 Bittern: 1 at 1st screen and a second very close to the second screen. Barn Owl: flying along path to 1st screen at 9:00 am. 200 Golden Plover 2 Curlew: from 2nd screen. Hen Harrier: male. Big Otmoor....
- Otmoor 2nd February
Bewick's Swan 8 (1 juv) on Greenaways until 16:40 when they flew off west (per Dave Horton) White-fronted Geese 3 still on Ashgrave Bittern Hen Harrier (ringtail) Peregrine Barn Owl 2 hunting together in the car park field (per Dave Horton)...
- Otmoor 26th February
Bittern (showing on and off from the 2nd screen all morning but no sign in the afternoon by 15:30) White-fronted Goose (on The Closes with the Greylags) Short-eared Owl Peregrine Sparrowhawk ...