Birds
The whole of Otmoor is currently closed due to the uncovering of an unexploded WW2 bomb on the Flood Field. The MOD are on site and planning to deal with it this morning. Please do not try to come to the reserve or the surrounding areas of the moor, as you will be turned away.
Once the exclusion zone has been lifted we will make a posting.
Monday night, turtledove, grasshopper warbler, 60 sand martins, juv redshank, drumming snipe, lesser whitethroat, reed and sedge warblers still singing, and painted lady.
Thanks for your help
David
- Otmoor April 21st Am
2 Common Cranes over reserve - Seen dropping over hedge around the flood field area 1pm 5 Ruff - Noke Sides, 2 on Big Otmoor 5 Little Egret 2 Cettis Warblers - Calling towards second screen and near cattle pens 1 Grasshopper Warbler - heard calling...
- Otmoor 17th April
3 grasshopper warblers. Mixed flock of c. 100 sand martins & swallows also contained a lone house martin. 3 reed warblers. Whitethroats and lesser whitethroats singing across the reserve...
- Port Meadow 25th April
Adult Little Gull on floods this morning 5 Little Egrets this morning 14 Black-tailed Godwits this evening 1 Shelduck Whimbrel Little Ringed Plover 3 Swifts Burgess Field 11 singing Whitethroat 1 or 2 Lesser Whitethroat 2 Reed Warblers 1 Sedge Warbler...
- Otmoor 20th April
2 Lesser Whitethroat Malt Pit 1 Garganey Ashgrave (JH) Good numbers of: Sedge warbler Blackcap, Willow warbler Chiffchaff Wheatear First lapwings have hatched. David Wilding 2 Reed Warbler by vols hut along bridleway 2 Grasshopper Warbler in the Car Park...
- Otmoor And Farmoor
Otmoor 9 Warbler species this morningLesser WhitethroatCommon WhitethroatGarden WarblerWillow WarblerChiffchaffBlackcapGrasshopper WarblerSedge WarblerReed Warbler Farmoor9 Little Gulls on F1 until 0845 (when they flew off high to the east)...
Birds
Un-exploded bomb!
The whole of Otmoor is currently closed due to the uncovering of an unexploded WW2 bomb on the Flood Field. The MOD are on site and planning to deal with it this morning. Please do not try to come to the reserve or the surrounding areas of the moor, as you will be turned away.
Once the exclusion zone has been lifted we will make a posting.
Monday night, turtledove, grasshopper warbler, 60 sand martins, juv redshank, drumming snipe, lesser whitethroat, reed and sedge warblers still singing, and painted lady.
Thanks for your help
David
- Otmoor April 21st Am
2 Common Cranes over reserve - Seen dropping over hedge around the flood field area 1pm 5 Ruff - Noke Sides, 2 on Big Otmoor 5 Little Egret 2 Cettis Warblers - Calling towards second screen and near cattle pens 1 Grasshopper Warbler - heard calling...
- Otmoor 17th April
3 grasshopper warblers. Mixed flock of c. 100 sand martins & swallows also contained a lone house martin. 3 reed warblers. Whitethroats and lesser whitethroats singing across the reserve...
- Port Meadow 25th April
Adult Little Gull on floods this morning 5 Little Egrets this morning 14 Black-tailed Godwits this evening 1 Shelduck Whimbrel Little Ringed Plover 3 Swifts Burgess Field 11 singing Whitethroat 1 or 2 Lesser Whitethroat 2 Reed Warblers 1 Sedge Warbler...
- Otmoor 20th April
2 Lesser Whitethroat Malt Pit 1 Garganey Ashgrave (JH) Good numbers of: Sedge warbler Blackcap, Willow warbler Chiffchaff Wheatear First lapwings have hatched. David Wilding 2 Reed Warbler by vols hut along bridleway 2 Grasshopper Warbler in the Car Park...
- Otmoor And Farmoor
Otmoor 9 Warbler species this morningLesser WhitethroatCommon WhitethroatGarden WarblerWillow WarblerChiffchaffBlackcapGrasshopper WarblerSedge WarblerReed Warbler Farmoor9 Little Gulls on F1 until 0845 (when they flew off high to the east)...