Birds
Marsh Harrier 3 inc the tagged bird
Sparrowhawk
Short-eared Owl reported a.m
Pintail (f)
Wigeon c100
Teal 50+
Golden Plover 350+
Lapwing 300+
Water Rail
Kingfisher 1+
Redpoll
Grey Wagtail
Stonechat 3 (1 on Greenaways 2 Lower Farm)
Starling roost consisted of large numbers with birds arriving
continually for c45 minuets from about 15:30 but going straight in to reds beds.
(per Bark, Andy Last, Lew, Steve Roby, Badger)
Full weekend Round-up this week on Otmoor Birding
- Otmoor 23rd January
Bittern (2nd screen) Marsh Harrier 2 Peregrine 2 Merlin (per N.Truby) Pintail c50 Green Sandpiper 2 (per Tezzer) Snipe 30+ Golden Plover c1000 Lapwing c3000 Water Rail Cetti's Warbler 2+ Large Starling roost this afternoon but with most birds going...
- 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 25th January
Hen Harrier r/t Peregrine 2 Dunlin 5 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Ruff c50 Large numbers of Teal, Wigeon, Pintail ,Shoveler. Large numbers of Lapwing & Golden Plover. Full weekend round-up on Otmoor Birding Peregrine (c) Andrew MarshallMore of Andrews superb...
- Rspb Otmoor. November Webs
The WeBS count for November was carried out this morning. Results, including total numbers and numbers per field were... Little grebe 1 (Reedbed) Little egret 2 (Ashgrave) Grey heron 4 (1 Flood, 2 Greenaways, 1 Big Otmoor) Mute swan 18...
- 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...
Birds
Otmoor RSPB 8th November
Marsh Harrier 3 inc the tagged bird
Sparrowhawk
Short-eared Owl reported a.m
Pintail (f)
Wigeon c100
Teal 50+
Golden Plover 350+
Lapwing 300+
Water Rail
Kingfisher 1+
Redpoll
Grey Wagtail
Stonechat 3 (1 on Greenaways 2 Lower Farm)
Starling roost consisted of large numbers with birds arriving
continually for c45 minuets from about 15:30 but going straight in to reds beds.
(per Bark, Andy Last, Lew, Steve Roby, Badger)
Full weekend Round-up this week on Otmoor Birding
- Otmoor 23rd January
Bittern (2nd screen) Marsh Harrier 2 Peregrine 2 Merlin (per N.Truby) Pintail c50 Green Sandpiper 2 (per Tezzer) Snipe 30+ Golden Plover c1000 Lapwing c3000 Water Rail Cetti's Warbler 2+ Large Starling roost this afternoon but with most birds going...
- 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 25th January
Hen Harrier r/t Peregrine 2 Dunlin 5 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Ruff c50 Large numbers of Teal, Wigeon, Pintail ,Shoveler. Large numbers of Lapwing & Golden Plover. Full weekend round-up on Otmoor Birding Peregrine (c) Andrew MarshallMore of Andrews superb...
- Rspb Otmoor. November Webs
The WeBS count for November was carried out this morning. Results, including total numbers and numbers per field were... Little grebe 1 (Reedbed) Little egret 2 (Ashgrave) Grey heron 4 (1 Flood, 2 Greenaways, 1 Big Otmoor) Mute swan 18...
- 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...