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Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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29/12/23 | Blackcap | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
10:30 | ad male. Present for several days feeding on berries in o garden The Leys. | |||
26/12/23 | Blackcap | Radley village | 1 | I Elkins |
10:30 | fem. Feeding on flowers of Oregon Grape. | |||
25/12/23 | Blackcap | Woodstock: Disused railway | 2 | B Pomfret |
15/12/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
10:42 | Pinned an apple in the hedgerow late yesterday afternoon, female Blackcap on it already! EDIT: Seen again in afternoon, on the apple and in hedgerow hawthorn. SU5985. | |||
14/12/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
13:20 | Female, high in the hedgerow feeding on Haw's! FoW here. SU5985. | |||
02/12/23 | Blackcap | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
22:28 | Two males, together in bushes Langley Lane. With goldcrest and flock of mixed winter thrushes. | |||
02/12/23 | Blackcap | Crowmarsh Gifford | 1 | K P Duncan |
14:00 | male. on garden feeders. | |||
01/12/23 | Blackcap | Chinnor | 1 | D Stracey |
08:30 | Male foraging in the garden. | |||
14/11/23 | Blackcap | Chipping Norton | 2 | S B Akers |
12:00 | ad male. Two males feeding on berries in our garden in The Leys. | |||
05/11/23 | Blackcap | Venn Mill | 1 | M Merritt |
m. | ||||
03/11/23 | Blackcap | Cote | 1 | M Cunningham |
17:30 | m. Dropped out of sky into hedgerow and hedge hopped south. | |||
15/10/23 | Blackcap | Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course | 1 | N Marriner |
11:00 | ||||
08/10/23 | Blackcap | Sparsholt: Sparsholt Firs/Tower | 1 | M Merritt |
21/09/23 | Blackcap | Chinnor: Chinnor Hill | 1 | D Stracey |
10:00 | female. SP767003. | |||
10/09/23 | Blackcap | Carterton/Alvescot | 2 | M Cunningham |
18:12 | m n f. Seen lingering before disappearing. Didn't confirm they moved on. | |||
10/09/23 | Blackcap | Waterstock: River Thame | 8 | N Marriner |
08:30 | ||||
08/09/23 | Blackcap | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | L Russell |
09:30 | male. | |||
31/08/23 | Blackcap | Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course | 2 | N Marriner |
07:45 | ||||
29/08/23 | Blackcap | Carterton/Alvescot | 2 | M Cunningham |
12:13 | m n f. Minimum count at muckheap. | |||
23/08/23 | Blackcap | Goddard's Barn | 5 | M Merritt |
Including juvs being fed. SU416864. | ||||
19/08/23 | Blackcap | Waterstock: River Thame | 4 | N Marriner |
08:30 | ||||
30/07/23 | Blackcap | Waterstock: River Thame | 4 | N Marriner |
09:30 | ||||
17/07/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
13:00 | Male in song, not heard for a while. SU5985. | |||
07/07/23 | Blackcap | A329 nth of Cholsey | 1 | M Amphlett |
12:30 | Male, in song, in Cholsey Meadows area. SU596859. | |||
17/06/23 | Blackcap | East Hendred: East Hendred Downs | 6 | M Merritt |
04/06/23 | Blackcap | Woolstone Down | 5 | M Merritt |
m. 5 singing males, an unusually high count for the area. | ||||
01/06/23 | Blackcap | West Hagbourne | 1 | J Taylor |
27/05/23 | Blackcap | Waterstock: River Thame | 9 | N Marriner |
08:00 | ||||
18/05/23 | Blackcap | Otmoor: various | 11 | J Edwards |
14:41 | ||||
17/05/23 | Blackcap | Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
15:00 | Male in song on edge of Cow Lane (just as you leave the village, heading S on A329). SU5983. | |||
17/05/23 | Blackcap | Fyfield Wick | 2 | J Cleeter |
04:07 | male. Singing adjacent to garden. | |||
16/05/23 | Blackcap | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | R C Watts |
13:30 | Heard only. | |||
15/05/23 | Blackcap | Cholsey | 1 | M Amphlett |
19:30 | Male in full song, in hedgerow. SU5785. | |||
14/05/23 | Blackcap | Ewelme | 1 | M Amphlett |
18:00 | Male in full song nr pottery. SU6491. | |||
11/05/23 | Blackcap | Chinnor: Cement Works | 3 | J March |
12:01 | SU751997. | |||
08/05/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
10:45 | Male in good voice. SU5985. | |||
08/05/23 | Blackcap | Millenium Common: Sutton Courtenay | 2 | J Blunt |
08:30 | SU509940. | |||
07/05/23 | Blackcap | Ewelme | 1 | M Amphlett |
16:00 | Sporadic and fragmented song nr pottery. SU6491. | |||
06/05/23 | Blackcap | Aston Upthorpe | 3 | J Taylor |
09:50 | m. | |||
04/05/23 | Blackcap | Woodstock: Glyme valley | 5 | G Casburn |
11:00 | 5 or 6 singing males in general area of new plantation area. | |||
03/05/23 | Blackcap | Otmoor | 1 | J Taylor |
18:40 | ||||
01/05/23 | Blackcap | Woodstock: Woodstock Water Meadows | 3 | G Casburn |
12:00 | 2 singing males. | |||
29/04/23 | Blackcap | Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course | 8 | N Marriner |
13:00 | ||||
29/04/23 | Blackcap | Waterstock: River Thame | 7 | N Marriner |
10:30 | ||||
28/04/23 | Blackcap | Tar Lakes, Rushy Common | 1 | G Pascoe |
08:00 | ||||
28/04/23 | Blackcap | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | R C Watts |
15:50 | m. | |||
28/04/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
13:10 | Male, in pretty good/loud, but brief, song. SU5985. | |||
26/04/23 | Blackcap | Sonning Eye GPs | 2 | R C Watts |
15:10 | m/f. | |||
26/04/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
10:40 | Male, in sporadic song. Distinctly absent as a spring migrant this year, thus far. Not heard a Chiff on-site either. (and the first Winter/early Spring without any Reed Buntings). SU5985. | |||
24/04/23 | Blackcap | Waterstock: River Thame | 12 | N Marriner |
08:00 | ||||
24/04/23 | Blackcap | Oxford: Castle Mill Stream | 4 | J Cleeter |
10:55 | male. Singing. | |||
24/04/23 | Blackcap | Oxford: Redbridge | 1 | J Cleeter |
09:45 | male. Singing. | |||
24/04/23 | Blackcap | Fyfield Wick | 4 | J Cleeter |
09:05 | 2 singing male and 2 female just beyond my garden. | |||
22/04/23 | Blackcap | Grimsbury Reservoir | 5 | S B Akers |
15:00 | 3m, 2f. | |||
22/04/23 | Blackcap | Letcombe Regis | 11 | M Merritt |
22/04/23 | Blackcap | Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill | 2 | R Parsons |
13:32 | ||||
18/04/23 | Blackcap | Radley GP | 1 | G Pascoe |
19:49 | ||||
19/04/23 | Blackcap | Cholsey: Cholsey Marsh Nature Reserve | 2 | J Taylor |
12:29 | ||||
17/04/23 | Blackcap | Otmoor | 7 | M J Hubbard |
20:29 | ||||
17/04/23 | Blackcap | Aston Upthorpe | 1 | J Taylor |
19:42 | m. | |||
16/04/23 | Blackcap | Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course | 13 | N Marriner |
08:00 | ||||
15/04/23 | Blackcap | Waterstock: River Thame | 10 | N Marriner |
08:00 | ||||
16/04/23 | Blackcap | Aston Upthorpe | 2 | J Taylor |
19:34 | ||||
16/04/23 | Blackcap | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 9 | J Edwards |
14:52 | ||||
15/04/23 | Blackcap | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
11:00 | male. Singing male. SP283268. | |||
14/04/23 | Blackcap | Aston Upthorpe | 3 | J Taylor |
13:00 | 2m. | |||
12/04/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
08:55 | Male, feeding on apple... hmm, is this a 'winter' bird or, the recently singing and presumed spring migrant...? SU5985. | |||
11/04/23 | Blackcap | Farmoor Reservoir | 7 | N Marriner |
08:30 | Along river/Pinkhill. | |||
11/04/23 | Blackcap | Farmoor Reservoir | 1 | J Pettipher |
16:01 | ||||
11/04/23 | Blackcap | Yarnton Mead | 1 | W Horn |
07:20 | male. | |||
11/04/23 | Blackcap | Chipping Norton | 2 | S B Akers |
11:30 | ad male. At least two singing males in wooded valley beyond Bliss Mill. SP297266. | |||
11/04/23 | Blackcap | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
09:10 | ad male. First record this year - adult singing male. SP308267. | |||
10/04/23 | Blackcap | Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course | 5 | N Marriner |
09:00 | ||||
09/04/23 | Blackcap | Faringdon | 3 | J Taylor |
18:02 | ||||
06/04/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
11:56 | Male, in not quite full voice... might have been here for a day or two... FoY. SU5985. | |||
06/04/23 | Blackcap | Fyfield Wick | 1 | J Cleeter |
07:05 | male. 1st singing bird of spring here just outside garden in usual Bush. | |||
05/04/23 | Blackcap | Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane | 5 | J Cleeter |
16:00 | All Male, 3 in song. | |||
05/04/23 | Blackcap | Boars Hill | 1 | J Cleeter |
09:35 | male. Singing. | |||
02/04/23 | Blackcap | Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course | 2 | N Marriner |
08:30 | ||||
30/03/23 | Blackcap | Oxford: East Oxford | 3 | A Cheke |
18:11 | 2m1f. feeding on mistletoe in my garden. | |||
02/04/23 | Blackcap | Kirtlington: Kirtlington Quarry | 1 | S Brown |
12:49 | male. | |||
01/04/23 | Blackcap | Chinnor: Cement Works | 2 | N Marriner |
08:00 | ||||
01/04/23 | Blackcap | Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane | 1 | T Baker |
15:00 | male. | |||
01/04/23 | Blackcap | Dix Pit | 1 | G Pascoe |
09:05 | Singing male. | |||
01/04/23 | Blackcap | Grimsbury Reservoir | 4 | G Blockley |
4+ (including one in UCV). | ||||
30/03/23 | Blackcap | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
18:18 | m. Silent and actively feeding on Langley Lane. Suspect new in. | |||
27/03/23 | Blackcap | Back garden, Wolvercote | 3 | S Goddard |
11:55 | all fem. Squabbling at a sunflower heart feeder. SP488098. | |||
21/03/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
06:55 | Male, on apple. SU5985. | |||
20/03/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 2 | M Amphlett |
10:00 | Not seen for a few days, assumed they'd left us... but a female on the usual apple, then onto the sfh feeder... 30 mins later, a lovely male on the apple! SU5985. | |||
18/03/23 | Blackcap | Iffley: Iffley Meadows | 1 | S Roby |
10:51 | Singing. | |||
14/03/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
09:30 | Fem, on apple. SU5985. | |||
15/03/23 | Blackcap | Chinnor | 1 | D Stracey |
10:00 | Male on garden feeder. | |||
14/03/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
09:30 | Fem, on apple. SU5985. | |||
15/03/23 | Blackcap | Fyfield Wick | 1 | J Cleeter |
07:37 | male. On suet feeders in garden. | |||
14/03/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
09:30 | Fem, on apple. SU5985. | |||
11/03/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 3 | M Amphlett |
06:40 | Fem, on apple, then sfh feeder. EDIT: 06:50: Male on sfh feeder. EDIT: 09:20: *Two* females now present, one on sfh feeder, t'other on apple. Remarkable! SU5985. | |||
10/03/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 2 | M Amphlett |
10:50 | Fem, moving between the various pinned apples. EDIT: 13:15, male and female together on sfh feeder spill tray! SU5985. | |||
09/03/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
16:30 | Astonishing, wondering why *no males* this winter... looked out of window, guess what, male on one of the apples! Subjective, but looks a much bigger specimen than the female..? SU5985. | |||
09/03/23 | Blackcap | Milcombe | 1 | M Clifton |
14:56 | male. | |||
09/03/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
11:10 | Fem, visiting all three pinned apples, in a couple of minutes. SU5985. | |||
08/03/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
15:00 | The fem, holding her own on the sfh feeder tray, along with a Goldfinch, Chaffinch and Greenfinch. SU5985. | |||
09/03/23 | Blackcap | Cholsey | 2 | M Fraser-Jones |
10:08 | 1m, 1f. One male, one female regularly on fat balls this morning. SU587862. | |||
07/03/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
10:10 | Fem, holding her own on the sfh feeder tray. SU5985. | |||
08/01/23 | Blackcap | 34 Poplar Road Botley | 1 | W Horn |
13:45 | male. SP483062. | |||
03/03/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
12:45 | Fem, on apple. SU5985. | |||
01/03/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
13:00 | Fem, on apple. SU5985. | |||
28/02/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
07:30 | Fem, on apple. SU5985. | |||
26/02/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
08:50 | Fem, on apple, displaced by the Redwing, she just moved to the adjacent apple. SU5985. | |||
25/02/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
15:00 | Female, just a fleeting glimpse she pecked at the fallen apple. SU5985. | |||
20/02/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
07:00 | The usual female, the early bird gets the apple! SU5985. | |||
18/02/23 | Blackcap | Chinnor | 1 | D Stracey |
10:30 | Male on feeder. | |||
18/02/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
09:00 | Fem, on apple. Not seen for a week, but still here. SU5985. | |||
15/02/23 | Blackcap | Cowley | 2 | J Cleeter |
11:17 | M&F in my nan's garden. | |||
11/02/23 | Blackcap | Abingdon: Abingdon Sewage Farm | 3 | J Cleeter |
15:00 | 2m & 1f. | |||
09/02/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
10:00 | Fem on apple. SU5985. | |||
08/02/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
09:00 | Fem, on apple. SU5985. | |||
08/02/23 | Blackcap | Cutteslowe: Cutteslowe Park | 1 | N Boyd |
09:00 | ||||
06/02/23 | Blackcap | Iffley: Iffley Meadows | 2 | S Roby |
11:33 | ||||
05/02/23 | Blackcap | A329 nr Cholsey | 1 | M Amphlett |
08:15 | Fem, feeding on apple. SU5985. | |||
04/02/23 | Blackcap | Chimney: Chimney Meadows | 1 | J Pettipher |
17:56 | ||||
27/01/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
14:50 | Fem on apple. SU5985. | |||
24/01/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
10:05 | Fem on apple. SU5985. | |||
23/01/23 | Blackcap | Middle Barton | 1 | C W Oram |
08:15 | Male on Apple in garden. | |||
23/01/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
09:15 | Fem, sneaking a few nibbles between the F'fares defence of the apple! First visit noted for at least three weeks. SU5985. | |||
18/01/23 | Blackcap | Cowley | 2 | J Cleeter |
12:08 | M&F feeding on suet pellets on gravel in my nan's garden. | |||
11/01/23 | Blackcap | Cowley | 1 | J Cleeter |
13:30 | male. 1st bird of winter in my nan's garden coming to fat balls. | |||
09/01/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
14:00 | Fem, feeding on a pinned pear. SU5985. | |||
09/01/23 | Blackcap | Fyfield Wick | 1 | J Cleeter |
09:00 | male. 1st visit of wintering bird to the garden. The regular early Jan appearance in pyracantha. | |||
07/01/23 | Blackcap | Back garden, Wolvercote | 2 | S Goddard |
14:21 | 1m, 1f. Feeding on sunflower hearts. SP488098. | |||
06/01/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
08:30 | Fem, on apple. Again at 14:45. SU5985. | |||
03/01/23 | Blackcap | Chinnor | 1 | D Stracey |
09:30 | Male on the garden feeder. | |||
02/01/23 | Blackcap | A329 near Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
10:05 | Fem, on apple. SU5985. |