Oxfordshire bird news
Tuesday 2nd May 2017
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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/05/17 | Spotted Flycatcher | Kingston Bagpuize | 1 | J Cleeter |
| Reported to me by a reliable source today but seen on Tuesday 2nd. | ||||
| 02/05/17 | Grey Partridge | Baulking Pit | 3 | M Merritt |
| At least 3. Pair seen and calls heard from elsewhere. SU322908. | ||||
| 02/05/17 | Sand Martin | Baulking Pit | 55 | M Merritt |
| SU322908. | ||||
| 02/05/17 | Hobby | Baulking Pit | 1 | M Merritt |
| SU322908. | ||||
| 02/05/17 | Dunnock | Wallingford, CABI-HQ | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 18:50 | Male in full song. SU6188. | |||
| 02/05/17 | Chaffinch | Wallingford, CABI-HQ | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 18:50 | Male in full song. SU6188. | |||
| 02/05/17 | Song Thrush | Wallingford, CABI-HQ | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 18:50 | Male in full song from tall conifer. SU6188. | |||
| 02/05/17 | Blackbird | Wallingford, CABI-HQ | 2 | M Amphlett |
| 18:50 | Male in full song - another much further away. SU6188. | |||
| 02/05/17 | Jay | Wallingford, CABI-HQ | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 10:15 | Briefly perched in tree, then flew into copse on site; quite unusual, especially at this time of year. SU6188. | |||
| 02/05/17 | Long-tailed Tit | Wallingford, CABI-HQ | M Amphlett | |
| 10:15 | Calls heard from bush on site - almost certainly breed on-site every year. SU6188. | |||
| 02/05/17 | Yellowhammer | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 09:45 | Male song from hedgerow nr Waterloo bridge. SU5985. | |||
| 02/05/17 | Whitethroat | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 09:45 | Seen and in full song, on N bank of railway cutting nr Waterloo bridge; almost certain another present and, yet another on S side... very mobile bird if not! SU5985. | |||
| 02/05/17 | Hobby | Kingston Bagpuize | 1 | J Cleeter |
| 20:14 | Dropped in from the North and started hunting east of the village. | |||
| 02/05/17 | Corn Bunting | Harwell Laboratory: Rutherford Laboratory | 1 | M Merritt |
| singing male. | ||||
| 02/05/17 | Black Tern | Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II | 1 | S Goddard |
| 02/05/17 | Cuckoo | Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill | 2 | S Goddard |
| Territorial dispute! | ||||
| 02/05/17 | Common Tern | River Thames: Rushey Lock to Old Mans Bridge | 1 | C R Vickers |
| 02/05/17 | Kestrel | River Thames: Rushey Lock to Old Mans Bridge | 1 | C R Vickers |
| 02/05/17 | Lesser Whitethroat | River Thames: Rushey Lock to Old Mans Bridge | 1 | C R Vickers |
| 02/05/17 | Reed Warbler | River Thames: Rushey Lock to Old Mans Bridge | 4 | C R Vickers |
| 02/05/17 | Sedge Warbler | River Thames: Rushey Lock to Old Mans Bridge | 6 | C R Vickers |
| 02/05/17 | Grey Wagtail | River Thames: Rushey Lock to Old Mans Bridge | 1 | C R Vickers |
| 02/05/17 | Bullfinch | River Thames: Rushey Lock to Old Mans Bridge | 2 | C R Vickers |
| 02/05/17 | Curlew | River Thames: Rushey Lock to Old Mans Bridge | 3 | C R Vickers |
| 02/05/17 | Cuckoo | River Thames: Rushey Lock to Old Mans Bridge | 1 | C R Vickers |
| male. | ||||