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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
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.

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