Birds
Two of the eight Redstarts seen in Long Meadow Otmoor on Sunday.
photos (c) Pete Barker.
'They seemed to be in two distinct groups with a very smart male and two juveniles at the western end of the field and another party of three juveniles and two adults at the eastern end. The western end juveniles looked much younger than those at the other end in that
they looked much more speckled on the breast and their tails were shorter.
The west end youngsters were pestering the male for food.
It is interesting to speculate where these birds bred. There is suitable broad leaved woodland nearby and it seems very early for them to start heading south'.
Ref: Pete Barker Otmoor Birding. More at http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding
Last known breeding in the county occured in 1985 probably at Wytham woods
where there were between 6-9 singing males in 1980.
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Whinchats & Wheaters 27th August Lower Noke Farm Otmoor (c) Pete Barker All the news from the Moor including 'Saxicola-rarma' at the superb.... http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding ...
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One of the weekends Whinchats (c) Pete Barker Much more from Otmoor here... http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding ...
- Bitterns 19th February
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- Otmoor 11th Dec
Merlin Lots of Winter Thrushes(per Pete Barker) Oxon Fieldfare photo(c) Roger Wyatt.http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding...
- Long Meadow Directions
Long Meadow is shown on the Otmoor site map as location E http://www.oos.org.uk/Sites/Otmoor/index.php or alternatively on the Otmoor blog where it is now labelled http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding/Background%2BInfo%2C%2BAccess%2Betc./ (added...
Birds
Otmoor Redstarts 3rd July
Two of the eight Redstarts seen in Long Meadow Otmoor on Sunday.photos (c) Pete Barker.
'They seemed to be in two distinct groups with a very smart male and two juveniles at the western end of the field and another party of three juveniles and two adults at the eastern end. The western end juveniles looked much younger than those at the other end in that
they looked much more speckled on the breast and their tails were shorter.
The west end youngsters were pestering the male for food.
It is interesting to speculate where these birds bred. There is suitable broad leaved woodland nearby and it seems very early for them to start heading south'.
Ref: Pete Barker Otmoor Birding. More at http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding
Last known breeding in the county occured in 1985 probably at Wytham woodswhere there were between 6-9 singing males in 1980.
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Whinchats & Wheaters 27th August Lower Noke Farm Otmoor (c) Pete Barker All the news from the Moor including 'Saxicola-rarma' at the superb.... http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding ...
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One of the weekends Whinchats (c) Pete Barker Much more from Otmoor here... http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding ...
- Bitterns 19th February
...
- Otmoor 11th Dec
Merlin Lots of Winter Thrushes(per Pete Barker) Oxon Fieldfare photo(c) Roger Wyatt.http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding...
- Long Meadow Directions
Long Meadow is shown on the Otmoor site map as location E http://www.oos.org.uk/Sites/Otmoor/index.php or alternatively on the Otmoor blog where it is now labelled http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding/Background%2BInfo%2C%2BAccess%2Betc./ (added...