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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2023 and 31/12/2023.
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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/12/23 | Merlin | Bablockhythe | 1 | J Cleeter |
| 10:00 | 2nd hand report of a bird near the floods by the Ferryman Inn. | |||
| 07/12/23 | Merlin | Cote | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 15:26 | juv/fem suspect fem. Waders constantly skittish on my arrival. I'd just found dotterel and was settling to digiscope when the merlin flushed everything. | |||
| 03/12/23 | Merlin | Churn | 1 | S Violette |
| 15:30 | Landed in field North of Dutch barn. SU523840. | |||
| 18/11/23 | Merlin | Chimney | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 16:00 | Hunting winter thrushes and buntings between car park and Brook bridge. | |||
| 13/11/23 | Merlin | Cote | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 16:00 | Also seen 15th and 16th nov. | |||
| 26/11/23 | Merlin | West Hagbourne | 1 | L Russell |
| 11:00 | fem. Lovely female perched in the tree at the top of Hagbourne Hill, between Chilton and West Hagbourne. | |||
| 11/11/23 | Merlin | Water Eaton: Water Eaton/Sparsey | 1 | N Boyd |
| 16:50 | ||||
| 10/11/23 | Merlin | Cote | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 12:53 | Presumably this is the culprit responsible for the frequent panic flights of golden plover. | |||
| 04/11/23 | Merlin | Cote | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 10:37 | Shot through. | |||
| 22/10/23 | Merlin | Lambourn: Red Barn | 2 | J Cleeter |
| 16:50 | Male & Fem. | |||
| 21/10/23 | Merlin | Childrey: Childrey Field | 2 | J Cleeter |
| 14:00 | fem. Both fem types seen at the same time. | |||
| 18/10/23 | Merlin | Grimsbury Reservoir | 1 | G Blockley |
| flew over west, fairly high. 8:20. | ||||
| 12/10/23 | Merlin | South Leigh | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 15:32 | juv ... prob a fem on size. Great view. Flew N low over rough field next to footpath. | |||
| 01/10/23 | Merlin | Freeland: Broad Marsh Wood | 1 | G Pascoe |
| 09:10 | m. Hunting S of the woods where Tanner's Clump backs onto Cuckoo Lane. | |||
| 03/09/23 | Merlin | Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill | 1 | M Merritt |
| fem/imm. | ||||
| 27/08/23 | Merlin | Childrey: Childrey Field | 1 | M Merritt |
| fem/imm. Scoped - distant, but contrast between breast and back obvious, along with moustachial stripe. Typical Merlin flight on departure. | ||||
| 14/04/23 | Merlin | Aston Upthorpe | 1 | J Taylor |
| 13:00 | Pursuing a Chiffchaff from within the ditch at grain store. | |||
| 01/04/23 | Merlin | Fyfield Wick | 1 | J Cleeter |
| 09:05 | fem. Sitting on bush on edge of Hanney Road as I passed by. | |||
| 28/03/23 | Merlin | Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm | 1 | M Merritt |
| fem/imm. | ||||
| 27/03/23 | Merlin | Sparsholt: Ridgeway | 1 | J Blunt |
| 13:30 | f. Observed perched in small tree in Childrey Field having flown over from nearby farm track. | |||
| 25/03/23 | Merlin | Childrey: Childrey Field | 1 | M Merritt |
| f. | ||||
| 17/03/23 | Merlin | Otmoor | 1 | J Dexter |
| 13:30 | Female type being mobbed by Curlew over 100 acre. | |||
| 17/03/23 | Merlin | Towersey | 1 | D Stracey |
| 17:30 | Female over the Phoenix Trail near Penn Farm. SP746046. | |||
| 10/03/23 | Merlin | Drayton (nr Banbury) | 1 | T De Clermont |
| 13:58 | 1 Female type seen briefly in fields between Drayton and Horley. SP421428. | |||
| 26/02/23 | Merlin | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | L Russell |
| 19:58 | Likely female. Chasing a lapwing amongst large flock over Big Otmoor. | |||
| 13/02/23 | Merlin | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | S B Akers |
| 15:00 | ||||
| 28/01/23 | Merlin | Childrey: Childrey Field | 1 | M Merritt |
| probably ad fem. Photographed. | ||||
| 23/01/23 | Merlin | South Leigh | 1 | R W Catling |
| 12:00 | ||||
| 16/01/23 | Merlin | Thame | 1 | L Marriner |
| 17:44 | Female hunting over the flood into bucks at times but mainly oxon. SP717069. | |||
| 13/01/23 | Merlin | Lambourn: Red Barn | 1 | J Cleeter |
| 15:35 | fem. In a chase and dogfight with a passerine. | |||
| 13/01/23 | Merlin | Woodstock: Woodstock Water Meadows | 1 | G Casburn |
| 09:30 | One hunting the numerous passerines in area adjacent to meadows. | |||
| 06/01/23 | Merlin | Drayton (nr Banbury) | 1 | T De Clermont |
| 15:05 | imm/fem. Imm/Fem Merlin in fields between Drayton and Horley mid afternoon. Also Ad Peregrine flew over. SP426428. | |||