Oxfordshire bird news

Wednesday 22nd March 2017

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
22/03/17ChiffchaffCABI-HQ Wallingford1M Amphlett
14:00
Singing male, first of the year (for me) on this site. SU6188.  
22/03/17MerlinKingston Bagpuize1J Cleeter
14:25
male. 2nd passage bird today...male this time. In quite high from South. Circled for 3 mins really high on thermal then continued North. Exceptional mipit passage of several hundred birds today too.  
22/03/17Meadow PipitKingston Bagpuize100J Cleeter
c100+ on passage this morning in flocks 5-10 North.  
22/03/17MerlinKingston Bagpuize1J Cleeter
fem. Missed a Meadow Pipit, then circled high and continued North on passage.  
22/03/17ChiffchaffHarwell Laboratory3M Merritt
Singing males.