Oxfordshire bird news
Monday 1st May 2017
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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/05/17 | Yellow Wagtail | Baulking Pit | 1 | M Merritt |
| m. SU322908. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Blackcap | Cholsey | S Parrott | |
| 15:00 | Several heard along path. Two seen clearly in hawthorn bush by river. Male and female. SU596854. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Whitethroat | Cholsey | 1 | S Parrott |
| 15:00 | SU596854. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Sedge Warbler | Cholsey | S Parrott | |
| 15:00 | Dozens. All along Thames Path from Ferry Lane to Moulsford Bridge. SU596854. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Ringed Plover | Farmoor Reservoir | 3 | I Elkins |
| 01/05/17 | Yellow Wagtail | Farmoor Reservoir | 6 | I Elkins |
| including one male 'flava'. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Common Sandpiper | Farmoor Reservoir | 6 | I Elkins |
| 01/05/17 | Dunlin | Farmoor Reservoir | 12 | I Elkins |
| 01/05/17 | Turnstone | Farmoor Reservoir | 4 | I Elkins |
| 01/05/17 | Sparrowhawk | Kingston Bagpuize | 1 | J Cleeter |
| male. With prey. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Kestrel | Kingston Bagpuize | 1 | J Cleeter |
| male. Hunting over village. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Chiffchaff | Kingston Bagpuize | 1 | J Cleeter |
| male. Singing. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Blackcap | Kingston Bagpuize | 1 | J Cleeter |
| male. Singing. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Mistle Thrush | Kingston Bagpuize | 1 | J Cleeter |
| 01/05/17 | Swift | Kingston Bagpuize | 11 | J Cleeter |
| Through today. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Swallow | Kingston Bagpuize | 50 | J Cleeter |
| c50 through today. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | House Martin | Kingston Bagpuize | 150 | J Cleeter |
| c150+ through today. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Yellow Wagtail | Kingston Bagpuize | 1 | J Cleeter |
| Flew North. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Hobby | Kingston Bagpuize | 2 | J Cleeter |
| Flew low a minute apart ahead of a large weather cell and started chasing hirundines 12:50. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Greenshank | Standlake | 1 | M Cunningham |
| Seen c6 pm. Apparently flew in mid am. Pity I was there 05 45 to 06 45! | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Red Kite | Brightwell Baldwin Park | M Amphlett | |
| Hardly worth mentioning (hah, how 25 yrs of breeding success makes one blasé!), except for the very high numbers over the park! SU6595. | ||||
| 01/05/17 | Mute Swan | Brightwell Baldwin Park | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 13:20 | Single bird on N section of the waterbody. SU6595. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Yellowhammer | Brightwell Baldwin Park | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 13:30 | Feeble song in hedgerow on Caldwell Lane, just N of main park. SU6495. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Jay | Nuffield, Timbers Lane | 2 | M Amphlett |
| 14:30 | 2 on roadside - 100m along Timbers Lane, just off A4130 at Gangsdown Hill. . SU6787. SU6787. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Wren | Brightwell Baldwin Park | M Amphlett | |
| 13:45 | Heard across the site, particularly in the woodland on the W edge. SU6595. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Blackbird | Brightwell Baldwin Park | 2 | M Amphlett |
| 13:45 | 2 males perched in woodland on W edge of park - vigorous alarm calls. SU6595. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Blackcap | Brightwell Baldwin Park | M Amphlett | |
| 13:45 | Several in surrounding woodland. SU6595. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Chiffchaff | Brightwell Baldwin Park | M Amphlett | |
| 13:45 | Several in surrounding woodland. SU6595. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Tufted Duck | Brightwell Baldwin Park | 4 | M Amphlett |
| 13:30 | 2m +2f on waterbody. SU6595. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Moorhen | Brightwell Baldwin Park | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 13:30 | Foraging on grassy banks of water body. SU6595. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Coot | Brightwell Baldwin Park | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 13:30 | On waterbody. SU6595. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Rook | Brightwell Baldwin Park | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 13:30 | Many birds foraging and in nearby rookeries. SU6595. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Song Thrush | Brightwell Baldwin Park | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 13:00 | Male in full song. SU6595. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Brightwell Baldwin Park | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 13:00 | Heard in park. SU6595. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Green Woodpecker | Brightwell Baldwin Park | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 13:00 | Heard in park. SU6595. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Reed Warbler | Brightwell Baldwin Park | M Amphlett | |
| 13:00 | Several birds calling from small reedbeds on waterbody. SU6595. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Whinchat | Shenington Airfield | 1 | S Holliday |
| 17:15 | Also 3 wheatear. SP367432. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Cuckoo | Stanton St. John: Stanton Great Wood | 1 | D Brown |
| 13:32 | One again today in Stanton Great Wood. | |||
| 01/05/17 | Hobby | Henley Road GPs | 4 | R Jinks |