Birds
Greenaways
Merlin
1 male bearded tit along diagonal track in reed fringed ditch
Abingdon Arms Beckley
Visitor to reserve claimed to have seen waxwings in car park (not confirmed)
- Otmoor 4th November
Short-eared Owl on the ground in Greenaways, to the west of the diagonal track, seen to fly high from the North. 3 Swallows low over the first screen heading South. 1 Marsh Harrier 1 Marsh Tit 1 Coal Tit C. 750 Golden Plover 1 Merlin 1 Water Rail 2 Cetti's...
- Otmoor 31st July
Great white egret still, feeding in the ditch along the diagonal track on Greenaways. Also Raven, Yellow wagtail, 2 Juvenile Marsh harriers and Sparrowhawk over reedbed. Spotted Flycatcher: in car park. 18:45. 2 Grasshopper Warbler: Moorleys. 18:30. (per...
- 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 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...
- Otmoor.a.m. 15th January.
2 Bearded Tit (per RSPB) 7 Shelduck (Big Otmoor, then flew north to farmland by Oddington) 1 Short-eared Owl (car park field, per Zoe Edwards) 2 Kingfisher (car park ditch) 1 Ringtail Harrier (Greenaways) 1 Chiffchaff (Reedbeds) 1 Little Egret (Ashgrave)...
Birds
Otmoor 6th December
Greenaways
Merlin
1 male bearded tit along diagonal track in reed fringed ditch
Abingdon Arms Beckley
Visitor to reserve claimed to have seen waxwings in car park (not confirmed)
- Otmoor 4th November
Short-eared Owl on the ground in Greenaways, to the west of the diagonal track, seen to fly high from the North. 3 Swallows low over the first screen heading South. 1 Marsh Harrier 1 Marsh Tit 1 Coal Tit C. 750 Golden Plover 1 Merlin 1 Water Rail 2 Cetti's...
- Otmoor 31st July
Great white egret still, feeding in the ditch along the diagonal track on Greenaways. Also Raven, Yellow wagtail, 2 Juvenile Marsh harriers and Sparrowhawk over reedbed. Spotted Flycatcher: in car park. 18:45. 2 Grasshopper Warbler: Moorleys. 18:30. (per...
- 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 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...
- Otmoor.a.m. 15th January.
2 Bearded Tit (per RSPB) 7 Shelduck (Big Otmoor, then flew north to farmland by Oddington) 1 Short-eared Owl (car park field, per Zoe Edwards) 2 Kingfisher (car park ditch) 1 Ringtail Harrier (Greenaways) 1 Chiffchaff (Reedbeds) 1 Little Egret (Ashgrave)...