Oxfordshire bird news

Monday 20th March 2017

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
20/03/17SparrowhawkBaulking Pit1M Merritt
m. With prey, couldn't see what. SU322908.  
20/03/17FieldfareBaulking Pit60M Merritt
SU322908.  
20/03/17Meadow PipitBaulking Pit4M Merritt
SU322908.  
20/03/17ChiffchaffBaulking Pit7M Merritt
SU322908.  
20/03/17YellowhammerA329 near MoulsfordM Amphlett
08:20
Single bird (heard) in full song 50m W of Waterloo bridge scrub above railway. Possibly two or three birds present; one nice male perched in hedgerow opposite Little Willows on return from Silly bridge. SU5985.  
20/03/17Reed BuntingA329 near Moulsford2M Amphlett
08:10
2 very smart males foraging beneath seed feeder. SU5985.  
20/03/17SparrowhawkChipping Norton1S B Akers
09:00
f. Flew low over main large uncultivated filed next to B road and then swooped in over hedgerow trying to startle and catch small birds before flying off at very low level before perching and resting - no kill seen. SP303252.  
20/03/17Mistle ThrushChipping Norton1S B Akers
09:00
heard only. SP303252.  
20/03/17WrenChipping Norton1S B Akers
09:00
SP303252.  
20/03/17DunnockChipping Norton1S B Akers
09:00
SP303252.  
20/03/17SkylarkChipping Norton6S B Akers
09:00
SP303252.  
20/03/17FieldfareChipping Norton2S B Akers
09:00
SP303252.  
20/03/17StarlingChipping Norton30S B Akers
09:00
c 30 with Fieldfare. SP303252.  
20/03/17Pied WagtailChipping Norton2S B Akers
09:00
SP303252.  
20/03/17YellowhammerChipping Norton2S B Akers
09:00
m. SP303252.  
20/03/17RavenChipping Norton1S B Akers
09:00
SP303252.