Oxfordshire bird news

Monday 29th November 2021

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
29/11/21ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford9M Amphlett
11:00
Foraging on lawns, 7 x males, 2 x fem's. SU5985.  
29/11/21RobinA329 near Moulsford3M Amphlett
11:00
In feeder tree. SU5985.  
29/11/21BlackbirdA329 near Moulsford3M Amphlett
11:00
On lawns, 1 x male, 1 x 1st winter male, + 1 x fem. SU5985.  
29/11/21Yellow-legged GullUpper Cherwell Valley3G Blockley
 
29/11/21Caspian GullUpper Cherwell Valley5G Blockley
1x 1W, 1x 2W, 2x 3W, 1 adult.  
29/11/21RedwingIffley: Iffley Meadows40S Roby
17:07
A few on site with one flock of 40+ flying over.  
29/11/21SparrowhawkIffley: Iffley Meadows2S Roby
17:07
male and fem.  
29/11/21SiskinIffley: Iffley Meadows18S Roby
17:07
In alders next to Wiers Mill Stream.  
29/11/21Short-eared OwlOtmoor: RSPB reserve2A Johnstone
15:24
Over Greenaways 1515hrs. SP564129.  
29/11/21Ring-necked DuckRadley GP1G Casburn
12:30
Male still present on Thrupp Lake.  
29/11/21Mandarin DuckOtmoor2J Dexter
13:11
First screen - back of bay.  
29/11/21GoosanderPort Meadow1A Siantonas
10:00
male. On river a little upstream of the Perch.  
29/11/21BlackcapA329 near Moulsford1M Amphlett
11:30
Male, feeding on the remaining yellow-fruited plums (Prunus cerasifera, cherry plum, mirabelle) in our hedgerow. Spotted that some had been eaten 30 mins previously, then my partner saw the bird. Just telling Mick Cunningham y'day that nothing eats them! SU5985.  
29/11/21Meadow PipitHarwell Laboratory: Rutherford Laboratory25M Merritt
 
29/11/21Grey WagtailHarwell Laboratory: Rutherford Laboratory1M Merritt
 
29/11/21BramblingHarwell Laboratory: Rutherford Laboratory1M Merritt