Birds
8 Yellow Wagtail Folowing cattle Greenaways (per Terry Sherlock a.m)
4 Whinchat (per Pete Roby)
3 Hobby
2 Greenshank 1st screen
9 Green Sandpiper from 1st screen (per Terry Sherlock)
20+ Snipe flying around reed bed 1st screen.
(Peter Coombes) The Otmoor Blogger
7 Black-tailed Godwit
2 Ruff
1 Common Sandpiper
(per Badger)
Common Darters everywhere! Hundreds of them on the reserve early evening.
c1000 Starlings in the roost
c70 Swallows going to roost
c30 Yellow Wags going to roost
7 Little Egret
1 Barn Owl
1 Sparrowhawk
(per Pete Roby)
Long Meadow
3 Little Egret
38 Swallow
1 Grey Wagtail
2 Yellow Wagtail
2 Redstart (m/f)
(per Paul Greenaway)
- Otmoor 19th August
2. Black Tailed Godwit. 8. Yellow Wagtail. 2 Marsh Harrier. 2 Hobby Green Sandpiper. 2 Greenshank. Water Rail Kingfisher Redstart 2 along path to 2nd scn (per Pete Roby) Whinchat 4 Noke Farm (per Pete Roby) Mistle Thrush. Saunders Field. Tawny...
- 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...
- 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 2nd September
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...
- Otmoor 25th August
Marsh Harrier imm over Greenaways at 16:28 Peregrine Hobby 2 Green Sandpiper 5 (3 from 1st screen 2 Ashgrave) Snipe Little Egret 8+ Whinchat 2 (on fence around 'Big Otmoor' and 1 in hedgerow to ...
Birds
Otmoor 6th September
8 Yellow Wagtail Folowing cattle Greenaways (per Terry Sherlock a.m)
4 Whinchat (per Pete Roby)
3 Hobby
2 Greenshank 1st screen
9 Green Sandpiper from 1st screen (per Terry Sherlock)
20+ Snipe flying around reed bed 1st screen.
(Peter Coombes) The Otmoor Blogger
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| Yellow Wagtail and cow face (c) Terry Sherlock |
2 Ruff
1 Common Sandpiper
(per Badger)
Common Darters everywhere! Hundreds of them on the reserve early evening.
c1000 Starlings in the roost
c70 Swallows going to roost
c30 Yellow Wags going to roost
7 Little Egret
1 Barn Owl
1 Sparrowhawk
(per Pete Roby)
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| Black-wits (c) Terry Sherlock |
3 Little Egret
38 Swallow
1 Grey Wagtail
2 Yellow Wagtail
2 Redstart (m/f)
(per Paul Greenaway)
- Otmoor 19th August
2. Black Tailed Godwit. 8. Yellow Wagtail. 2 Marsh Harrier. 2 Hobby Green Sandpiper. 2 Greenshank. Water Rail Kingfisher Redstart 2 along path to 2nd scn (per Pete Roby) Whinchat 4 Noke Farm (per Pete Roby) Mistle Thrush. Saunders Field. Tawny...
- 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...
- 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 2nd September
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...
- Otmoor 25th August
Marsh Harrier imm over Greenaways at 16:28 Peregrine Hobby 2 Green Sandpiper 5 (3 from 1st screen 2 Ashgrave) Snipe Little Egret 8+ Whinchat 2 (on fence around 'Big Otmoor' and 1 in hedgerow to ...