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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/12/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 3 | I West |
| 09:00 | ||||
| 23/12/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake | 1 | I Elkins |
| 16:00 | At Pit 60. | |||
| 26/11/23 | Marsh Harrier | Cote | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 16:00 | cream crown. Also seem 5 times between 28th October and 26th Nov. | |||
| 12/11/23 | Marsh Harrier | Cote | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 11:52 | ||||
| 11/11/23 | Marsh Harrier | Cote | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 17:01 | cream crown. Escorted off site by the red kites. | |||
| 31/10/23 | Marsh Harrier | Cote | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 17:45 | cc. feeding on carrion. | |||
| 14/10/23 | Marsh Harrier | Port Meadow | 1 | A Hartley |
| Over Wytham Hill per Steve Lavington. | ||||
| 01/10/23 | Marsh Harrier | Chimney: Chimney Meadows | 2 | M Merritt |
| 29/09/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 3 | M Cunningham |
| 15:38 | As I've suspected for a few days, a new cream crown has joined the regular juv cream crown and the adult male that appears periodically. The cream crowns are v similar but there are subtle plumage differences. | |||
| 24/09/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 13:36 | juv. Usual individual. | |||
| 14/09/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | J Blunt |
| 12:00 | ||||
| 14/09/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 15:53 | juv. The cream crown with brown breast and small pale shoulder patch. | |||
| 11/09/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 3 | M Cunningham |
| 20:58 | 2 juvs plus 1 male. Light poor .. the male was adult or near adult in q heavy wing moult. | |||
| 08/09/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
| 19:59 | juvs. Very aggressive to each other. | |||
| 08/09/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 2 | L Russell |
| 09:30 | fem. | |||
| 06/09/23 | Marsh Harrier | Childrey: Childrey Field | 2 | M Merritt |
| Juvs. | ||||
| 06/09/23 | Marsh Harrier | Devil's Punchbowl/Ridgway Area | 1 | J Blunt |
| 07:00 | prob juv. First for me here. SU356846. | |||
| 27/08/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 10:03 | m. | |||
| 27/08/23 | Marsh Harrier | Childrey: Childrey Field | 1 | M Merritt |
| juv. Very possibly two present. | ||||
| 26/08/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 10:19 | m. Stood on North Bank. No shoreline at the pit so no waders. | |||
| 26/08/23 | Marsh Harrier | Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm | 1 | M Merritt |
| fem/imm. | ||||
| 24/08/23 | Marsh Harrier | Childrey: Childrey Field | 1 | M Merritt |
| 21:15 | imm. | |||
| 24/08/23 | Marsh Harrier | Fyfield Wick | 1 | J Cleeter |
| 12:20 | fem. Fem/Juv circling medium height with 2 Buzzard then drifted South. | |||
| 23/08/23 | Marsh Harrier | Goddard's Barn | 1 | M Merritt |
| juv. SU416864. | ||||
| 14/08/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
| 22:19 | 1 juv juv, 1 other cream crown. The young juv that's been around over a week: still ginger in head with limited ginger on upper fore-wing and chest. "Mousing" on n shore. Another cream crown briefly, more faded and worn. . | |||
| 06/08/23 | Marsh Harrier | New Marston: New Marston Meadows | 1 | T Evans |
| Flew over slowly south. All dark below - probably a juv. | ||||
| 06/08/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 12:26 | Ginger juv from heyday yesterday. Also brief tringa alarm call. Thinking greenshank but couldn't find so not recorded. 3 great white egrets .. one left South. | |||
| 06/08/23 | Marsh Harrier | Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill | 1 | M Merritt |
| fem/imm. | ||||
| 05/08/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 13:10 | juv. V fresh. Different from the 24 July bird as much more ginger crown. | |||
| 24/07/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 22:10 | juv. Juv in pretty fresh juvenile plumage. Not seen this individual here before. | |||
| 13/07/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 17:19 | cream crown. In heavy tail and wing moult. | |||
| 20/06/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 22:29 | cream crown. Briefly. A very faded cream crown. | |||
| 31/05/23 | Marsh Harrier | Farmoor Reservoir | 1 | Y Morris |
| 19:17 | No sing of the marsh harriet. | |||
| 30/05/23 | Marsh Harrier | Farmoor Reservoir | 1 | Y Morris |
| 19:53 | fem. In field next to Pinkhill lock. | |||
| 27/05/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 20:49 | cc. The one with the Dulux white crown! | |||
| 24/05/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor | 1 | M J Hubbard |
| 23:37 | Female hunting back of 1st screen. | |||
| 20/05/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 21:52 | Evening watch. 6 30pm to 9 20pm. Beautiful evening. But not much change. This cream crown harrier that floated east was the third 'cream crown' today. | |||
| 20/05/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
| 10:14 | Cream crowns together. | |||
| 16/05/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor | 1 | S B Akers |
| 16:00 | ||||
| 08/05/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 21:26 | cream crown. | |||
| 07/05/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 21:01 | cc. | |||
| 03/05/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor | 1 | J Taylor |
| 18:44 | ||||
| 25/04/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 2 | S B Akers |
| 12:30 | ||||
| 22/04/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 11:56 | cc. | |||
| 21/04/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 18:13 | cream crown. | |||
| 20/04/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 17:17 | cream crown. | |||
| 19/04/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 2 | J Rose |
| 11:00 | At least seen. | |||
| 17/04/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor | 3 | M J Hubbard |
| 20:59 | 1 over east end & later 2 together over west end of Greenways. | |||
| 15/04/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | J Amor |
| 14:00 | ||||
| 16/04/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 10:27 | 2cy cream crown. Different from yesterday's bird. Otherwise, quiet at pit today. | |||
| 15/04/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 20:00 | ? Brief visit. Either v young male or old female based on brief look at underwing. Need better look. | |||
| 01/04/23 | Marsh Harrier | Drayton | 1 | A De Clermont |
| 14:00 | SP426426. | |||
| 27/03/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 2 | S Roby |
| First warm sunny day for a while, birds were displaying before gaining height and drifting off to the east. | ||||
| 21/03/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 2 | S B Akers |
| 15:00 | ||||
| 18/03/23 | Marsh Harrier | Garford | 1 | J Cleeter |
| 16:02 | male. Adult at medium height appeared to be on Migration flying NNE. | |||
| 26/02/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 3 | L Russell |
| 19:58 | 2 females and 1 male. Female was displaying high up, calling and doing flips. | |||
| 20/02/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 3 | K Nieland |
| 17:15 | Hunting over reed beds in front of first screen. | |||
| 17/02/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor | 1 | I Potter |
| 16:00 | male. In flight over the reed beds, possibly displaying. SP560135. | |||
| 13/02/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 2 | S B Akers |
| 15:00 | ||||
| 11/02/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 18:49 | m. | |||
| 09/02/23 | Marsh Harrier | Otmoor | 2 | L Marriner |
| 14:16 | ||||
| 05/02/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 23:36 | ad m. In addition to other reports. | |||
| 03/02/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 13:40 | ad male. | |||
| 03/02/23 | Marsh Harrier | Lower Windrush Valley GPs | 1 | J Cleeter |
| 14:00 | male. | |||
| 07/01/23 | Marsh Harrier | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 18:35 | 'cream crown'. Unsure is this Cream Crown is a new individual or one from late autumn more faded/progressed in moult. I'm now unsure if post-juv Marsh Harriers can be aged or sexed on plumage alone owing to a paper in BB by Blanc et al (I forgot to mention to JD t'other day). Blanc et al's study concluded plumage variability was independent of sex and age. They advocate the recognition of this species as polymorphic, at least in some parts of its range. They include the UK in this range. In this French study hardly any adult males were classic grey birds. Interestingly, they suggest (more migratory?) MHs in "Northern Climes" are less variable, with plumage like field guide descriptions. Today's bird seen in flight or poor light looked 'female', but poss a bit slim: v pale under secs and inner prims and blackish under wing-tip (old 'fems' can have this though). Tail base worn chestnut, but dusky tip and (?) 2 new darker central tail feathers. Iris looked dull. Need better views. | |||