Birds
Yellow-legged Gull (Ashgrave)
Greenshank 2 (Ashgrave)
Redshank 2 (Ashgrave)
Ruff (Ashgrave)
Snipe c30
Green Sandpiper 11+ (10 1st Scn)
Garganey (per RBA)
Mandarin prob f (Ashgrave)
Wigeon 6
Shoveler c20
Teal c20
Water Rail (1st scn)
Sprawk
Hobby 2 (Steve Roby)
Little Egret c8
Raven
Barn Owl (Greenaways at dusk per Steve Roby)
Yellow Wagtail 16 (roosting in reedbeds per Steve Roby)
Swallow c30 (small groups over throughout the morning)
Starling 1500 (roost in reedbeds per Steve Roby)
Whinchat (along path between screens per Darell Wood & Steve Roby)
Otmoor Birding
- Otmoor: Rspb Reserve: 8th April
2 Marsh Harrier (m/f skydiving over Reedbeds) 1 Sparrowhawk (over CP Field) 1 Peregrine 1 Merlin (Otmoor Lane). 2 Little-ringed Plover 2 Oystercatcher 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Ruff 2 Dunlin (Ashgrave) 1 Curlew (calling, Greenaways) 6+Snipe 1 Water Rail (H)...
- Otmoor 3rd August
Evening: Yellow Wagtail 6 Little Egret 12 Hobby 3+ Greenshank Turtle Dove 1 Raven 2 Water Rail (juv) Kingfisher Starling Roost 3000+ (per Pete & Steve Roby, Tezzer and Andy Last) Morning: Hobby 5+ Sparrowhawk 2Water Rail (1 Juv)Lesser Whitethroat...
- Rspb Otmoor Webs (unofficial) 29th Oct.
Lapwing 587 (12 Closes, 75 Greenaways, 500 Ashgrave)Snipe 2 (1 Closes, 1 Ashgrave)Golden plover 14 (13 Big Otmoor, 1 Ashgrave)Redshank 2 (2 Closes) Greylag geese 158 (158 Closes)Canada geese 383 (2 Closes, 1 Flood, 380 Ashgrave)Moorhen 6 (3 Closes, 3...
- Otmoor: Rspb Reserve: 1st May
Otmoor: RSPB reserve Whinchat: On Ashgrave with 4 Wheatears. Garganey: male. On Big Otmoor. 2 Shelduck: male and fem. 2 Cuckoo Steve Roby...
- Otmoor 26th August Evening
Yellow Wagtail at least 120 roosting in the reed bed Raven 2 Greenshank 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Tawny Owl 1 Barn Owl 1 Hobby 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Little Egret 3 Peter Law and Steve Roby Also seen Wheatear 1 Black-tailed Godwit 1 (Per Eric...
Birds
Otmoor 2nd September
Yellow-legged Gull (Ashgrave)
Greenshank 2 (Ashgrave)
Redshank 2 (Ashgrave)
Ruff (Ashgrave)
Snipe c30
Green Sandpiper 11+ (10 1st Scn)
Mandarin prob f (Ashgrave)
Wigeon 6
Shoveler c20
Teal c20
Water Rail (1st scn)
Sprawk
Hobby 2 (Steve Roby)
Little Egret c8
Raven
Barn Owl (Greenaways at dusk per Steve Roby)
Yellow Wagtail 16 (roosting in reedbeds per Steve Roby)
Swallow c30 (small groups over throughout the morning)
Starling 1500 (roost in reedbeds per Steve Roby)
Whinchat (along path between screens per Darell Wood & Steve Roby)
Otmoor Birding
- Otmoor: Rspb Reserve: 8th April
2 Marsh Harrier (m/f skydiving over Reedbeds) 1 Sparrowhawk (over CP Field) 1 Peregrine 1 Merlin (Otmoor Lane). 2 Little-ringed Plover 2 Oystercatcher 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Ruff 2 Dunlin (Ashgrave) 1 Curlew (calling, Greenaways) 6+Snipe 1 Water Rail (H)...
- Otmoor 3rd August
Evening: Yellow Wagtail 6 Little Egret 12 Hobby 3+ Greenshank Turtle Dove 1 Raven 2 Water Rail (juv) Kingfisher Starling Roost 3000+ (per Pete & Steve Roby, Tezzer and Andy Last) Morning: Hobby 5+ Sparrowhawk 2Water Rail (1 Juv)Lesser Whitethroat...
- Rspb Otmoor Webs (unofficial) 29th Oct.
Lapwing 587 (12 Closes, 75 Greenaways, 500 Ashgrave)Snipe 2 (1 Closes, 1 Ashgrave)Golden plover 14 (13 Big Otmoor, 1 Ashgrave)Redshank 2 (2 Closes) Greylag geese 158 (158 Closes)Canada geese 383 (2 Closes, 1 Flood, 380 Ashgrave)Moorhen 6 (3 Closes, 3...
- Otmoor: Rspb Reserve: 1st May
Otmoor: RSPB reserve Whinchat: On Ashgrave with 4 Wheatears. Garganey: male. On Big Otmoor. 2 Shelduck: male and fem. 2 Cuckoo Steve Roby...
- Otmoor 26th August Evening
Yellow Wagtail at least 120 roosting in the reed bed Raven 2 Greenshank 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Tawny Owl 1 Barn Owl 1 Hobby 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Little Egret 3 Peter Law and Steve Roby Also seen Wheatear 1 Black-tailed Godwit 1 (Per Eric...