Birds

Otmoor Bittern 6th October

1 seen briefly this morning flying low over the reedbed before landing in it.
Also:-

9 Little Egrets
3 Water Rail
1 Sedge warbler
5 Redpoll
2 Siskin

- Otmoor Sept 2nd Am
1st Screen 1 Common Sandpiper 8 Snipe Marsh Harrier Kingfisher Cettis Warbler Water Rail Noke 1 Wheatear Yellow Wagtails overhead Greenaways 4 Hobbies ...

- Otmoor 22nd September
Hen Harrier (ringtail) Ashgrave 17:20 Then over the reed beds 17:40 & 18:40 ...

- Otmoor 8th December
Water Rail in front of the first screen early morning (c) Gareth Blockley                           Bearded Tit 2 nr the...

- 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                                                       ...

- Otmoor 25th February
Bittern over the reed beds this morning photo & news courtesy of Terry Sherlock Ruff 2+ (Big Otmoor)CurlewRedpoll (on feeders)                               ...

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