Birds
2 green sandpipers were seen feeding on Big Otmoor, as well as a juvenile wheatear (the first of the season). A pair of raven kronked their way over the reserve office. 2 juvenile common terns were hunting over the reedbed. 6 tufted ducklings, 7 stock doves and 2 turtle doves in front of the hide. Bullfinches, linnets, whitethroats and yellowhammers in the carpark field, with reed and sedge warblers still being heard along the edges of the ditches. 1 hobby was seen hunting over Greenaways.
- Otmoor 15th June Am.
Glossy Ibis Bittern seen in flight twice independently by visiting birders over Big Otmoor and then landing on Greenaways. Little Egret c10 Quail (h) Common Tern x4 Greenshank x3 flew in mid morning probably the same ones from Farmoor (see previous post)...
- Otmoor.a.m. 10th July.
3+2 (J) Turtle Dove 2 Quail 1 Sparrow-Hawk (F) 1 Curlew (calling) 1 Marsh Harrier (F) 1 Green Sandpiper 2 Raven. Juv Turtle Dove Otmoor (c) Paul Greenaway. More about the juvenile Turtle Doves on Joe's fantastic RSPB Otmoor Blog...
- Otmoor: 30th July
Otmoor Cuckoo: juv. Spectacular views of juvenile being fed by Reed Warblers. Turtle Dove: On wires near carpark. Grasshopper Warbler Raven: Big Otmoor. Peter Coombes See also Peter's great new blog: The Otmoor Blogger Gnome...
- Otmoor, 17th May, Silly O'clock To 10:00
We have just completed an early morning survey on the reserve, and have had a few interesting sightings, on a lovely spring morning. A turtle dove was feeding on seed around the Greenaways cattle pen. There were at least two cuckoo's heard one along...
- Otmoor 9th May
2 Garganey: male & fem. Garganey pair feeding on Ashgrave field in front of hide. 4 Hobbies Cuckoo over Greenaways. 20+ Swifts feeding over reedbed. Impressive sight of Buzzard being mobbed by c.50 Lapwing over Big Otmoor. Turtle Dove briefly seen...
Birds
RSPB Otmoor 22nd July p.m
2 green sandpipers were seen feeding on Big Otmoor, as well as a juvenile wheatear (the first of the season). A pair of raven kronked their way over the reserve office. 2 juvenile common terns were hunting over the reedbed. 6 tufted ducklings, 7 stock doves and 2 turtle doves in front of the hide. Bullfinches, linnets, whitethroats and yellowhammers in the carpark field, with reed and sedge warblers still being heard along the edges of the ditches. 1 hobby was seen hunting over Greenaways.
- Otmoor 15th June Am.
Glossy Ibis Bittern seen in flight twice independently by visiting birders over Big Otmoor and then landing on Greenaways. Little Egret c10 Quail (h) Common Tern x4 Greenshank x3 flew in mid morning probably the same ones from Farmoor (see previous post)...
- Otmoor.a.m. 10th July.
3+2 (J) Turtle Dove 2 Quail 1 Sparrow-Hawk (F) 1 Curlew (calling) 1 Marsh Harrier (F) 1 Green Sandpiper 2 Raven. Juv Turtle Dove Otmoor (c) Paul Greenaway. More about the juvenile Turtle Doves on Joe's fantastic RSPB Otmoor Blog...
- Otmoor: 30th July
Otmoor Cuckoo: juv. Spectacular views of juvenile being fed by Reed Warblers. Turtle Dove: On wires near carpark. Grasshopper Warbler Raven: Big Otmoor. Peter Coombes See also Peter's great new blog: The Otmoor Blogger Gnome...
- Otmoor, 17th May, Silly O'clock To 10:00
We have just completed an early morning survey on the reserve, and have had a few interesting sightings, on a lovely spring morning. A turtle dove was feeding on seed around the Greenaways cattle pen. There were at least two cuckoo's heard one along...
- Otmoor 9th May
2 Garganey: male & fem. Garganey pair feeding on Ashgrave field in front of hide. 4 Hobbies Cuckoo over Greenaways. 20+ Swifts feeding over reedbed. Impressive sight of Buzzard being mobbed by c.50 Lapwing over Big Otmoor. Turtle Dove briefly seen...