Oxfordshire bird news

Sunday 30th April 2017

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
30/04/17House SparrowA329 near MoulsfordM Amphlett
18:30
Several fending and bathing on our site; young also heard, hopefully from my 3-compartment nest-box! SU5985.  
30/04/17StarlingA329 near MoulsfordM Amphlett
16:30
At least two pairs feeding young in eaves of houses on our site. SU5985.  
30/04/17ChiffchaffA329 near Moulsford1M Amphlett
18:30
Male singing briefly on our site. SU5985.  
30/04/17Common TernStandlake Pit 605M Cunningham
two courting pairs and a single. From c4 15 pm to 6 - 00pm.  
30/04/17CuckooStandlake Pit 601M Cunningham
m. singing near Langley Lane hide this evening.  
30/04/17Grey PartridgeMarcham: Marcham Mill2J Cleeter
 
30/04/17HobbyMarcham: Marcham Mill1J Cleeter
Flew North.  
30/04/17BullfinchMarcham: Marcham Mill2J Cleeter
Pair.  
30/04/17KingfisherMarcham: Marcham Mill1J Cleeter
Up and down the River Ock.  
30/04/17KestrelMarcham: Marcham Mill2J Cleeter
M&F.  
30/04/17BuzzardMarcham: Marcham Mill3J Cleeter
 
30/04/17LapwingMarcham: Marcham Mill14J Cleeter
On recently sown field.  
30/04/17Reed BuntingMarcham: Marcham Mill2J Cleeter
male. In Rape field.  
30/04/17WhitethroatMarcham: Marcham Mill2J Cleeter
male. Singing.  
30/04/17BlackcapMarcham: Marcham Mill4J Cleeter
male. Singing.  
30/04/17ChiffchaffMarcham: Marcham Mill6J Cleeter
Singing.  
30/04/17YellowhammerMarcham: Marcham Mill1J Cleeter
male.  
30/04/17SkylarkMarcham: Marcham Mill4J Cleeter
Singing.  
30/04/17LinnetMarcham: Marcham Mill4J Cleeter
 
30/04/17Song ThrushMarcham: Marcham Mill1J Cleeter
 
30/04/17Mistle ThrushMarcham: Marcham Mill1J Cleeter
 
30/04/17Stock DoveMarcham: Marcham Mill64J Cleeter
Feeding on recently planted field.  
30/04/17Reed WarblerCholseyS Parrott
16:30
SU598854.  
30/04/17WhitethroatCholsey: Cholsey Marsh Nature Reserve1S Parrott
15:00
Singing at top of a hawthorn bush near path. Others heard. SU600856.  
30/04/17Sedge WarblerCholsey: Cholsey Marsh Nature ReserveS Parrott
15:00
Many sedge warblers singing from bushes along Thames Path and from the Marsh. SU600856.