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Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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26/12/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Chipping Norton | 86 | S B Akers |
15:40 | Over. SP281265. | |||
19/12/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 1 | B Pomfret |
15/12/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Waterstock: River Thame | 75 | N Marriner |
09:30 | ||||
08/12/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Farmoor Reservoir | 100 | J Blunt |
15:45 | Minimum. | |||
01/12/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Hatford: Sandpit | 120 | M Merritt |
16/11/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Hatford: Sandpit | 135 | M Merritt |
11/11/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Ardley ERF Lagoon | 250 | G Casburn |
10:00 | Approx. | |||
07/11/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Cote | 3986 | M Cunningham |
12:01 | as the floods rose after Storm Ciaron (sp?), gulls gathered. By 2nd Nov LBBS had reached 4000 (4k). Much smaller numbers of Herring and Yellow-legged gulls, and common gulls. Worryingly re large gulls, in all 3 species, the numbers of this year's juvs were obviously low. Very evident that large majority of LBBs were adults. Historically, in autumn, the majority would be birds of the year and adults. The water is now very high and many gulls have deserted the site - possibly to fields on road between Chimney and Buckland. Road closed as flooded. . | |||
01/11/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Farmoor Reservoir | 1 | J Blunt |
15:30 | ||||
29/10/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Waterstock: River Thame | 400 | N Marriner |
08:30 | Est. | |||
24/10/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Venn Mill | 300 | M Merritt |
Very approximate! | ||||
22/10/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Waterstock | 850 | N Marriner |
09:00 | Est. | |||
21/10/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Venn Mill | 350 | J Cleeter |
13:00 | Approx on flooded fields. | |||
18/10/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Farmoor Reservoir | 2 | J Blunt |
10:30 | ||||
14/10/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Hatford: Sandpit | 125 | M Merritt |
Much diminished roost. | ||||
06/10/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Hatford: Sandpit | 1300 | M Merritt |
07/10/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Chilton: Chilton Downs | 100 | J Blunt |
18:00 | Minimum. | |||
04/10/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Hatford: Sandpit | 1300 | M Merritt |
01/10/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Ardley ERF Lagoon | 300 | G Casburn |
09:00 | Approx. Briefly settled in field adjacent to B430, but generally very mobile in and out of quarry. | |||
30/09/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm | 300 | M Merritt |
27/09/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Hatford | 700 | M Merritt |
17/09/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill | 103 | M Merritt |
16/09/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill | 84 | M Merritt |
15/09/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | A417 nr Moulsford | 200 | M Amphlett |
15:30 | In the large arable field on N see of rd, just W of Greenlands Farm; a very large number (poss 300) of what appeared to be mostly LBB's, ad's and juv's loafing. Difficult to gather more accurate info from the moving car, but a surprising sight. SU580834. | |||
08/09/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Sarsgrove | 27 | S B Akers |
09:00 | ||||
07/09/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Chipping Norton | 110 | S B Akers |
19:30 | Flying over heading to gull roost at Farmoor. SP283268. | |||
06/09/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Sonning Eye GPs | 9 | R C Watts |
11:30 | ||||
28/08/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | White Horse Hill: Dragon Hill | 200 | G Goldsmith |
17:43 | Dark backed Scandinavian race, resting on stubble fields. SU298863. | |||
26/08/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Chipping Norton | 7 | S B Akers |
10:00 | 5 ad; 2 juv over. SP283268. | |||
25/08/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Standlake Pit 60 | 22 | M Cunningham |
16:54 | ||||
17/08/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Standlake Pit 60 | 7 | M Cunningham |
18:18 | Inc 2 juv. | |||
17/08/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill | 108 | M Merritt |
16/08/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane | 2 | J Blunt |
14:00 | ||||
15/08/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Farmoor Reservoir | 55 | G Pascoe |
20:00 | ||||
03/08/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Crowmarsh Gifford, nr Newnham Farm | 12 | M Amphlett |
17:40 | Foraging on a recently cropped cereal field, with 100-ish Jackdaws and a few Rooks. 1 x ad and what I took to be a recent juv... very pallid overall, almost uniform grey...? SU611884. | |||
22/07/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Hatford: Sandpit | 11 | M Merritt |
17/07/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 1 | B Pomfret |
16/06/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Blenheim | 2 | B Pomfret |
13/06/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Gill Mill Quarry (north) | 1 | M Clutterbuck |
17:32 | ad. very dark winged (almost black), smallish; potential fuscus-type. Many other lighter winged birds present for comparison. Also 3 potential Caspian gulls, little ringed plover and Egyptian geese. All despite heavy machinery working on site. SP367084. | |||
04/06/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Crog Hill | 15 | M Merritt |
Loafing on the gallops, various ages. | ||||
19/05/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Tar Lakes, Rushy Common | 6 | J Cleeter |
15:30 | ||||
16/05/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Otmoor | 1 | M Merritt |
Stealing eggs. Booo! | ||||
16/05/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Sonning Eye GPs | 6 | R C Watts |
13:30 | ||||
10/05/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Sandford-on-Thames: Sandford Lock | 1 | S P Lockey |
12:00 | ||||
09/05/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Blenheim | 4 | G Casburn |
07:00 | 3 ad, 1 third calendar year. | |||
03/05/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Otmoor | 1 | J Taylor |
19:01 | ||||
21/04/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Blowingstone Hill | 2 | M Merritt |
16:22 | SU321863. | |||
21/04/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 3 | B Pomfret |
18/04/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Blenheim | 4 | G Casburn |
09:00 | The regular pair joined by another pair, interacting quite vocally. | |||
18/04/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Blenheim | 4 | G Casburn |
09:00 | The regular pair joined by another pair, interacting quite vocally. | |||
05/04/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Yelford | 18 | M Cunningham |
18:34 | On flood. With 4 herring gulls and at least 2 imm yellow legged. Low figures compared to previous years. | |||
10/02/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Yarnton Mead | 50 | A Siantonas |
15:00 | Sitting in the middle of the Cassington end of Yarnton Mead. They were joined by more and more crows over a period of time until they all flew off and dispersed to neighbouring fields. | |||
29/01/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Appleton Lower Common: River Thames | 30 | J Cleeter |
13:45 | ||||
14/01/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Foxholes Reserve | 2 | J Cleeter |
14:00 | Flood by river. | |||
08/01/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Waterstock: River Thame | 695 | N Marriner |
10:00 | ||||
05/01/23 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Rushey Lock | 100 | J Blunt |
19:03 | Flooded meadows next to Thames Tadpole Bridge/Rushey lock area. |