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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/09/23 | Sand Martin | Blenheim: Queen Pool | 1 | B Pomfret |
| with 100 + house martins feeding over the lake. | ||||
| 05/08/23 | Sand Martin | Standlake Pit 60 | 3 | M Cunningham |
| 13:10 | ||||
| 19/07/23 | Sand Martin | Hatford: Sandpit | 40 | M Merritt |
| Plenty of active nests with juvs peering out. | ||||
| 17/07/23 | Sand Martin | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 30 | B Pomfret |
| Busy round the nesting holes in the bridge. | ||||
| 16/07/23 | Sand Martin | Port Meadow | 10 | A Siantonas |
| 17:52 | Over river with house martins. | |||
| 14/07/23 | Sand Martin | Chinnor: Cement Works | 1 | D Stracey |
| 10:00 | At least 1 in a large mixed Hirundine flock. | |||
| 01/07/23 | Sand Martin | Hatford: Sandpit | 50 | M Merritt |
| 16/06/23 | Sand Martin | Blenheim | 50 | B Pomfret |
| the colony on the bridge seems to get bigger each year. | ||||
| 14/06/23 | Sand Martin | Chinnor: Cement Works | 1 | D Stracey |
| 11:00 | 1 over Lake 2b. | |||
| 25/05/23 | Sand Martin | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 40 | B Pomfret |
| Good numbers nesting in the bridge. | ||||
| 18/05/23 | Sand Martin | North Cross Valley Way | 40 | G Pascoe |
| 07:35 | Minimum count. Nest colony established on the North facing bank within the new quarry workings. SP366083. | |||
| 13/05/23 | Sand Martin | Hatford: Sandpit | 60 | M Merritt |
| 08/05/23 | Sand Martin | Hatford: Sandpit | 45 | M Merritt |
| 24/04/23 | Sand Martin | Blenheim | 100 | G Casburn |
| 19:00 | Approx. | |||
| 23/04/23 | Sand Martin | Dix Pit | 50 | S Myers |
| 17:00 | approximate count over water. | |||
| 22/04/23 | Sand Martin | Hatford: Sandpit | 80 | M Merritt |
| Nest site. | ||||
| 21/04/23 | Sand Martin | Farmoor Reservoir | 150 | G Pascoe |
| 17:30 | ||||
| 21/04/23 | Sand Martin | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 40 | B Pomfret |
| At least 40 over the lake, some starting to investigate nest holes in the bridge. | ||||
| 18/04/23 | Sand Martin | Radley GP | 55 | G Pascoe |
| 19:49 | feeding over Thrupp Lake. | |||
| 16/04/23 | Sand Martin | Chipping Norton | 4 | S B Akers |
| 17:00 | Feeding with Swallows over the pond/scrape - first of year here. SP283268. | |||
| 11/04/23 | Sand Martin | Farmoor Reservoir | 30 | N Marriner |
| 08:30 | ||||
| 10/04/23 | Sand Martin | Standlake Pit 60 | 500 | M Cunningham |
| 20:44 | Evening visit: c500 hirundines. Mostly sand bit perhaps 20-30 swallows and handful house Martins. C150-200 wind- blown black headed gulls. The 2 arctic terns also. 3 different willow warblers today. . | |||
| 10/04/23 | Sand Martin | Otmoor | 10 | D Parker |
| 11:00 | 1st screen. | |||
| 06/04/23 | Sand Martin | Port Meadow | 20 | A Hartley |
| 05/04/23 | Sand Martin | Port Meadow | 3 | A Hartley |
| 05/04/23 | Sand Martin | Standlake Pit 60 | 30 | M Cunningham |
| 12:48 | Rough count in rain. Also c10 swallows. | |||
| 03/04/23 | Sand Martin | Blenheim | 25 | G Casburn |
| 10:30 | ||||
| 02/04/23 | Sand Martin | Farmoor Reservoir | 300 | I West |
| 09:00 | ||||
| 02/04/23 | Sand Martin | Dix Pit | 200 | S Bradfield |
| 10:11 | At least 200 low over pit. No sign of Lesser Scaup. | |||
| 01/04/23 | Sand Martin | Dix Pit | 300 | G Pascoe |
| 09:05 | Minimum count, single flock. | |||
| 01/04/23 | Sand Martin | Merton Borrow Pit | 8 | S Roby |
| Briefly over the pit before moving on. | ||||
| 30/03/23 | Sand Martin | North cross valley way | 30 | J Pimm |
| 10:42 | Quite a lot flying over towards south east. SP368084. | |||
| 30/03/23 | Sand Martin | Balscote: Balscote Quarry | 5 | S Goddard |
| 12:00 | ||||
| 30/03/23 | Sand Martin | Port Meadow | 6 | A Hartley |
| 30/03/23 | Sand Martin | Fyfield Wick | 115 | J Cleeter |
| 07:20 | Visual Migration North in 20 mins inc flocks of 50 & 20. | |||
| 28/03/23 | Sand Martin | Grimsbury Reservoir | 20 | G Blockley |
| 26/03/23 | Sand Martin | Port Meadow | 2 | A Hartley |
| 26/03/23 | Sand Martin | Blenheim | 12 | I Elkins |
| 16:30 | ||||
| 25/03/23 | Sand Martin | Port Meadow | 1 | A Hartley |
| 24/03/23 | Sand Martin | Grimsbury Reservoir | 14 | G Blockley |
| 24/03/23 | Sand Martin | Hardwick Sailing Club (LWV Pit 11) | 3 | M Cunningham |
| 18:11 | Highb west. My foy. | |||
| 23/03/23 | Sand Martin | Dix Pit | 2 | R W Catling |
| 11:00 | ||||
| 21/03/23 | Sand Martin | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | S B Akers |
| 15:00 | First of the year. | |||
| 21/03/23 | Sand Martin | Grimsbury Reservoir | 3 | G Blockley |
| 21/03/23 | Sand Martin | Balscote: Balscote Quarry | 3 | S Holliday |
| 08:45 | Flew through. Also 3m 1f Brambling under feeders. | |||
| 21/03/23 | Sand Martin | Fyfield Wick | 2 | J Cleeter |
| 07:45 | Singles flew North. | |||
| 21/03/23 | Sand Martin | Dix Pit | 40 | S Bradfield |
| 06:52 | 40+ feeding over pit. | |||
| 19/03/23 | Sand Martin | Lower Windrush Valley GPs | 40 | J Cleeter |
| 14:00 | Moving through and feeding over pits. | |||
| 19/03/23 | Sand Martin | Blenheim | 20 | M Hunt |
| 08:45 | ||||
| 18/03/23 | Sand Martin | Garford | 2 | J Cleeter |
| 17:00 | Flew North. | |||
| 18/03/23 | Sand Martin | Grimsbury Reservoir | 9 | G Blockley |
| 5, 2 and 2 through. | ||||
| 12/03/23 | Sand Martin | Fyfield Wick | 2 | J Cleeter |
| 10:02 | Just flew North East over garden. | |||