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Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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31/12/23 | Great White Egret | Radley GP | 1 | I Elkins |
16:28 | Still present this afternoon. | |||
29/12/23 | Great White Egret | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
13:00 | Feeding in marsh grass in field beside small lake near Cornwell - more wary now - flew up into old oak tree to join the Herons. SP283268. | |||
27/12/23 | Great White Egret | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
12:00 | In marshy field close to the small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. | |||
26/12/23 | Great White Egret | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
15:40 | On newly created wetland close to Swailesford Bridge - being given a hard time by the Grey Herons. SP281265. | |||
26/12/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 3 | M Hunt |
09:30 | ||||
25/12/23 | Great White Egret | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
12:00 | Present still in marshy field beside small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. | |||
23/12/23 | Great White Egret | Newbridge | 1 | R Barnard |
16:00 | From Maybush pub garden. SP403013. | |||
23/12/23 | Great White Egret | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
16:00 | Flew in from the marsh to its favoured location in the marshy field beside the small lake where it joined two Grey Heron which heralded a great evenings birding in great company. SP283268. | |||
23/12/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake | 1 | I Elkins |
16:00 | At Pit 60. | |||
22/12/23 | Great White Egret | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
13:13 | Still present feeding on marshy pasture on Cornwell Estate nr small lake - then in flight over to newly created wetland area beside Chipping Norton Brook. SP283268. | |||
21/12/23 | Great White Egret | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
12:30 | Present for a third day - sheltering in the high winds in cover in margins of small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. | |||
20/12/23 | Great White Egret | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
13:57 | Present for second day close to small lake and then beside Brook near Cornwell. SP283268. | |||
19/12/23 | Great White Egret | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
15:00 | In margins of small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. | |||
20/12/23 | Great White Egret | Bishops Court Farm/Allen Pit | 1 | S Curnock |
16:26 | SU573945. | |||
19/12/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 4 | B Pomfret |
15/12/23 | Great White Egret | Waterstock: River Thame | 1 | N Marriner |
09:30 | ||||
17/12/23 | Great White Egret | Radley GP | 1 | I Elkins |
16:00 | ||||
17/12/23 | Great White Egret | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
10:30 | Hunting stealthily in rough pasture at small lake near Cornwell. SP283268. | |||
16/12/23 | Great White Egret | Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill | 1 | D Harper |
11:00 | By Pinkhill hide. | |||
08/12/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Pascoe |
09:20 | ||||
07/12/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 5 | G Casburn |
10:00 | ||||
03/12/23 | Great White Egret | Radley GP | 1 | I Elkins |
16:00 | Again in the roost this evening. | |||
02/12/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
22:28 | ||||
02/12/23 | Great White Egret | Radley GP | 1 | I Elkins |
09:30 | Still present this morning. | |||
28/11/23 | Great White Egret | Stratfield Brake | 1 | J Coppock |
16:30 | ||||
25/11/23 | Great White Egret | Port Meadow | 1 | A Hartley |
26/11/23 | Great White Egret | Cote | 1 | M Cunningham |
16:00 | Also seem on 17th and 18th November. | |||
22/11/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 1 | B Pomfret |
18/11/23 | Great White Egret | Radley GP | 1 | I Elkins |
16:30 | Present in evening roost. | |||
12/11/23 | Great White Egret | Waterstock: River Thame | 1 | N Marriner |
09:00 | ||||
16/11/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Bladon Gate | 1 | S Myers |
09:15 | ||||
15/11/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 4 | G Casburn |
07:30 | ||||
09/11/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Queen Pool | 2 | B Pomfret |
10/11/23 | Great White Egret | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
10:40 | Present again at small lake and marsh near Cornwell. SP283268. | |||
09/11/23 | Great White Egret | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
11:15 | A very exciting development - first ever sighting of a Great White Egret here - first observed in field where Grey Heron regularly roost in Oak tree - then flew to feed near Brook then on marsh next to the small lake - observed for 20 mins before it flew out W. SP283268. | |||
06/11/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 2 | G Casburn |
09:00 | ||||
04/11/23 | Great White Egret | Radley GP | 1 | I Elkins |
14:09 | Still present this afternoon. | |||
02/11/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 3 | G Casburn |
09:30 | ||||
01/11/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 3 | G Casburn |
08:00 | ||||
30/10/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 2 | G Casburn |
09:30 | ||||
29/10/23 | Great White Egret | Port Meadow | 1 | A Hartley |
Flew south along the river per Thomas Miller. | ||||
29/10/23 | Great White Egret | Radley GP | 1 | I Elkins |
15:11 | Present again this afternoon. | |||
27/10/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 2 | G Casburn |
12:00 | ||||
23/10/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Queen Pool | 1 | C Teal |
15:30 | ||||
17/10/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 1 | B Pomfret |
16/10/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | S B Akers |
15:30 | ||||
16/10/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
08:00 | ||||
12/10/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
14:34 | ||||
06/10/23 | Great White Egret | Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill | 1 | B J Walker |
09:00 | From the hide. SP439067. | |||
30/09/23 | Great White Egret | Farmoor Reservoir | 1 | B J Walker |
11:00 | On Shrike Meadow with a couple of Little Egrets. SP438060. | |||
29/09/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
15:38 | ||||
25/09/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 2 | G Casburn |
19:15 | Roosted on Queen Pool island with 3 little egrets. No remaining cattle egrets. | |||
24/09/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
13:36 | ||||
19/09/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Queen Pool | 2 | B Pomfret |
15/09/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 3 | B Pomfret |
14/09/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
07:00 | ||||
08/09/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
19:59 | ||||
06/09/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
20:00 | Roosted. | |||
05/09/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
19:23 | ||||
05/09/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | J Edwards |
15:45 | On Ashgrave. | |||
01/09/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
14:30 | ||||
30/08/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 3 | P Roby |
19:00 | ||||
29/08/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 3 | M Cunningham |
16:59 | ||||
27/08/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: Central | 2 | M Lloyd |
19:50 | On the small island with dead tree. SP560134. | |||
27/08/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | I Elkins |
10:59 | At first screen. | |||
27/08/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
10:03 | ||||
26/08/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 3 | M Cunningham |
17:51 | ||||
26/08/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | P Woodham |
12:37 | 1st screen. | |||
21/08/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 1 | B Pomfret |
on the island. | ||||
19/08/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
11:59 | 3. | |||
17/08/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 2 | G Casburn |
18:00 | ||||
15/08/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
11:51 | ||||
14/08/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
22:19 | ||||
07/08/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 2 | G Casburn |
20:00 | Both in Queen Pool surrounds. | |||
05/08/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 3 | M Cunningham |
13:10 | ||||
03/08/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
19:30 | First I've seen here since beginning of May. | |||
01/08/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Queen Pool | 1 | G Pascoe |
21:30 | Into roost. | |||
30/07/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | G Blockley |
Big otmoor. | ||||
28/07/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | S Burch |
10:00 | ||||
28/07/23 | Great White Egret | Farmoor Reservoir | 1 | B J Walker |
15:49 | With Little Egrets across river from pump house. SP439064. | |||
25/07/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 2 | W Lester |
12:00 | Second screen with 2 Little Egrets. | |||
24/07/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 3 | M Cunningham |
22:10 | ||||
23/07/23 | Great White Egret | Abingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane | 1 | J Blunt |
11:52 | SU487945. | |||
17/07/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | J Blunt |
16:00 | ||||
13/07/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 3 | M Cunningham |
17:19 | ||||
12/07/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | S Burch |
10:00 | ||||
30/06/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | M MacDougall |
16:00 | Seen at first screen. | |||
20/06/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 4 | M Cunningham |
22:29 | 2 yellow billed 2 dark billed. In addition to bare parts colours, now identifiable as individuals based on wing moult! | |||
09/06/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 4 | M Cunningham |
22:04 | Evidence of a turnover in individuals. 3 yellow billed birds at once: 2 of which had dark legs. As well as a dark billed adult (legs hidden). At least two of the yellow billed birds with dark legs had good aigrettes. Not all summer plumaged adults get dark bills apparently. When do dark billed adults lose summer bill colour? | |||
03/06/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
18:50 | 1 sum plum one not. | |||
31/05/23 | Great White Egret | Port Meadow | 1 | A Hartley |
30/05/23 | Great White Egret | Port Meadow | 1 | A Hartley |
27/05/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
20:49 | The sum plum bird and one with yellow bill. | |||
26/05/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
15:29 | Sum plum. | |||
25/05/23 | Great White Egret | Port Meadow | 1 | A Hartley |
24/05/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
18:24 | The dark billed bird with good aigrettes. Wonder where it's breeding. If it is. | |||
20/05/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
21:52 | The breeding plumage bird with dark bill. | |||
19/05/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
12:25 | Late submission. This bird's bill is dark breeding colour. Legs and aigrettes v similar to a bird still sporting yellow bill here as late as yesterday 18th May. How quickly can soft parts change? | |||
19/05/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
12:25 | Late submission. This bird's bill is dark breeding colour. Legs and aigrettes v similar to a bird still sporting yellow bill here as late as yesterday 18th May. How quickly can soft parts change? | |||
18/05/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: various | 1 | J Edwards |
14:41 | On The Closes. | |||
18/05/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | J Blunt |
07:00 | ||||
17/05/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 2 | M Clutterbuck |
08:35 | ||||
16/05/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 2 | M Merritt |
Two in flight together over Big Otmoor at dusk. | ||||
16/05/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | S B Akers |
16:00 | ||||
09/05/23 | Great White Egret | Fai Farms Wytham | 1 | W Horn |
06:30 | ad. SP467099. | |||
07/05/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
21:01 | very quiet at pit again. One of these is a bird still sporting a yellow bil, has pale, insipid legs and no obvious body aigrettes (2cy??). | |||
07/05/23 | Great White Egret | Port Meadow | 1 | M Southwell |
07:43 | On the floods near to Burgess mead nature reserve. | |||
02/05/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
17:52 | ||||
01/05/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
11:00 | ||||
28/04/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
10:35 | Different from other 2 .. Bill yellow and whole leg pale. | |||
27/04/23 | Great White Egret | Port Meadow | 1 | A Hartley |
flew over NE. | ||||
26/04/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
19:30 | ||||
24/04/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
19:00 | ||||
24/04/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
13:08 | Clear out of wildfowl since weekend. This is the individual still with non breeding bill colour. | |||
23/04/23 | Great White Egret | Port Meadow | 1 | A Hartley |
Over east towards the city. | ||||
21/04/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
18:13 | Early am. | |||
21/04/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 1 | B Pomfret |
20/04/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | S Burch |
10:10 | ||||
21/04/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
07:00 | ||||
20/04/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
17:17 | The individual with dark legs but pale bill (2cy.). | |||
20/04/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
07:00 | On Great Lake. | |||
19/04/23 | Great White Egret | Freeland: Broadmarsh Wood | 2 | G Pascoe |
10:26 | Flew directly over my garden heading SW over Broadmarsh Woods. A big patch tick! SP408130. | |||
17/04/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
19:30 | ||||
15/04/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
20:00 | Evening visit. One attaining summer plumage one not. Mainly flying around owing to high water. | |||
14/04/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 2 | G Casburn |
07:00 | On Great Lake. | |||
11/04/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
07:30 | ||||
07/04/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
09:00 | ||||
06/04/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 2 | G Casburn |
10:30 | ||||
04/04/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
07:15 | ||||
03/04/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 3 | G Casburn |
19:30 | No cattle egrets this evening. | |||
03/04/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 2 | G Casburn |
10:30 | On far side of Great Lake. | |||
25/03/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | I Elkins |
15:45 | On Greenaways. | |||
21/03/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | S B Akers |
15:00 | ||||
21/03/23 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | S Roby |
08:29 | On Greenaways. | |||
19/03/23 | Great White Egret | Rushy Common | 1 | J Cleeter |
14:00 | ||||
19/03/23 | Great White Egret | Bicester Wetland Reserve | 1 | L Bryant |
09:50 | ||||
17/03/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
11:51 | Small influx of wigeon. Kingfisher Cetti warbler. | |||
06/03/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 1 | B Pomfret |
24/02/23 | Great White Egret | Tar Lakes, Rushy Common | 1 | G Pascoe |
07:55 | On new workings. | |||
23/02/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
18:39 | gaining Aigrettes - some display between the two. | |||
20/02/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake | 1 | J Blunt |
13:00 | Pit 60. | |||
20/02/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 1 | B Pomfret |
19/02/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
18:08 | ||||
18/02/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
22:04 | Big clear out of ducks early am.No pintail. 10s only of teal. | |||
18/02/23 | Great White Egret | Rushy Common | 1 | J Cleeter |
15:00 | ||||
11/02/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 3 | M Cunningham |
18:49 | much aggression. | |||
03/02/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
13:40 | ||||
03/02/23 | Great White Egret | Tar Lakes, Rushy Common | 2 | G Pascoe |
07:45 | One on new workings opposite the car park. One on the far side of Rushy Common. | |||
27/01/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 4 | G Casburn |
14:00 | ||||
23/01/23 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 3 | B Pomfret |
22/01/23 | Great White Egret | Duxford | 1 | J Cleeter |
15:00 | Took off from floods. | |||
08/01/23 | Great White Egret | Dix Pit | 2 | S Bradfield |
12:46 | ||||
07/01/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
18:35 | ||||
07/01/23 | Great White Egret | Hardwick | 2 | I Elkins |
15:30 | In flooded field by Hardwick village, with 2 Little Egrets. | |||
07/01/23 | Great White Egret | Dix Pit | 2 | G Pascoe |
09:15 | Along Southern edge of pit. | |||
02/01/23 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
17:02 | ||||
02/01/23 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | M F Walford |
16:09 | In the reedbed at then flew off north. | |||
01/01/23 | Great White Egret | Dix Pit | 2 | S Bradfield |
16:17 |