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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/08/23 | Swift | Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course | 1 | N Marriner |
| 07:45 | ||||
| 19/08/23 | Swift | Grimsbury Reservoir | 4 | G Blockley |
| 14/08/23 | Swift | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
| 18:15 | SP283268. | |||
| 27/07/23 | Swift | Milcombe | 10 | M Clifton |
| 21:38 | SP4134. | |||
| 27/07/23 | Swift | Cholsey | 2 | R C Watts |
| 11:10 | Over. | |||
| 26/07/23 | Swift | Wallingford, Town centre | 3 | M Amphlett |
| 11:35 | 3 x overflew, screaming. SU6089. | |||
| 21/07/23 | Swift | Wallingford: Town centre | 40 | M Amphlett |
| 12:30 | At least 40 x birds circling quite high above the town centre, with plenty of screaming... can't imagine they've had a particularly good breeding season, so it was good to see so many...? (Several more seen around 14:00 just S of town centre SU6088). SU6089. | |||
| 16/07/23 | Swift | Chinnor: Cement Works | 50 | J March |
| 20:45 | At least 50 feeding over lake 2B. SU752997. | |||
| 07/07/23 | Swift | Wallingford: Town centre | 5 | M Amphlett |
| 10:30 | A small group of 5 x overflew, screaming. Seemed to be few others around as well... SU607894. | |||
| 17/06/23 | Swift | East Hendred: East Hendred Downs | 4 | M Merritt |
| 14/06/23 | Swift | Chinnor: Cement Works | 3 | D Stracey |
| 11:00 | ||||
| 11/06/23 | Swift | Oxford: Summertown | 10 | A Siantonas |
| 13:30 | Flying and calling over Banbury Road north of Summertown shops. | |||
| 11/06/23 | Swift | Port Meadow: Medley | 5 | M Southwell |
| 05:17 | SP497076. | |||
| 06/06/23 | Swift | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 25 | J Blunt |
| 13:00 | 25+. | |||
| 04/06/23 | Swift | Didcot: Brasenose Park | 30 | J Taylor |
| Over the park at 8.30pm. Incredibly active at head high levels. Several hair parting manoeuvres around our temporary accomodation, until I realised they were nesting in the eaves around 13 feet above front door. | ||||
| 04/06/23 | Swift | Port Meadow | 3 | M Southwell |
| 05:43 | SP492082. | |||
| 29/05/23 | Swift | Lowbury Hill | 10 | A Cheke |
| 16:32 | groups of 3-5 flying low over the downs. | |||
| 28/05/23 | Swift | South Newington | 7 | M Hunt |
| 08:45 | ||||
| 21/05/23 | Swift | Henley-on-Thames | 5 | R C Watts |
| 14:40 | Town centre seats. | |||
| 20/05/23 | Swift | Wallingford: Town centre | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 19:00 | Several, but not seen, heard high overhead. SU607893. | |||
| 19/05/23 | Swift | Bladon | 10 | A Siantonas |
| 20:00 | Flying over Bladon church. | |||
| 19/05/23 | Swift | Oxford | 2 | M Southwell |
| 08:20 | Seen flying over Wellington square. SP509068. | |||
| 14/05/23 | Swift | Ewelme | 4 | M Amphlett |
| 18:00 | Over Ewelme pottery, some screaming. | |||
| 12/05/23 | Swift | Ardley ERF Lagoon | 10 | G Casburn |
| 10:30 | ||||
| 09/05/23 | Swift | Ewelme | 2 | M Amphlett |
| 11:00 | Several birds screaming overhead, but not seen in very bright sunlight. Two birds overflew late afternoon,. SU6491. | |||
| 07/05/23 | Swift | Chipping Norton | 5 | S B Akers |
| 12:00 | First of Year - the Swifts are back over Chippy and investigating their traditional nesting sites. | |||
| 07/05/23 | Swift | Henley-on-Thames | 10 | R C Watts |
| 15:30 | Seen from New Street screeching over. | |||
| 06/05/23 | Swift | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 19:46 | 70. | |||
| 06/05/23 | Swift | Port Meadow | 20 | A Siantonas |
| 10:00 | Hard to count as hey flew over floods in mixed group with swallows and house martins. | |||
| 05/05/23 | Swift | Standlake Pit 60 | 4 | M Clutterbuck |
| 11:54 | ||||
| 05/05/23 | Swift | Wantage: Market Square | 2 | M Waring |
| 08:30 | Heard, but not seen, screaming overhead; 3 days earlier than in 2022. SU397878. | |||
| 04/05/23 | Swift | Cholsey | 2 | M Amphlett |
| 19:30 | Over the Great Hall at Cholsey Meadows, screaming. FoY for moi. SU598859. | |||
| 04/05/23 | Swift | Chinnor: Cement Works | 1 | M P Mckeown |
| 08:15 | ||||
| 03/05/23 | Swift | Farmoor Reservoir | 25 | J Blunt |
| 11:00 | Minimum. | |||
| 02/05/23 | Swift | Chimney: Chimney Meadows | 2 | M Merritt |
| 02/05/23 | Swift | Blenheim | 10 | G Casburn |
| 08:00 | Approx. | |||
| 30/04/23 | Swift | Standlake Pit 60 | 20 | M Cunningham |
| 15:17 | Minimum counts as feeding and moving through. My foy. | |||
| 30/04/23 | Swift | Port Meadow | 40 | A Hartley |
| Over the floods. | ||||
| 30/04/23 | Swift | Letcombe Regis | 2 | M Merritt |
| 29/04/23 | Swift | Oxford: Iffley Road | 3 | P Keiller |
| 19:21 | High up. One seen earlier at 18:40. First seen here this year. SP527050. | |||
| 29/04/23 | Swift | Woodstock | 5 | F Bird |
| 11:41 | SP444167. | |||
| 27/04/23 | Swift | Deddington | 1 | N Truby |
| 12:00 | Over village centre. | |||
| 27/04/23 | Swift | Blenheim | 3 | G Casburn |
| 14:30 | ||||
| 26/04/23 | Swift | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | R C Watts |
| 15:10 | First of year. | |||
| 24/04/23 | Swift | Farmoor Reservoir | 15 | J Blunt |
| 10:30 | 15 very conservative estimate. | |||
| 21/04/23 | Swift | Cassington GPs | 1 | G Pascoe |
| 18:10 | ||||
| 21/04/23 | Swift | Farmoor Reservoir | 6 | G Pascoe |
| 17:30 | ||||
| 21/04/23 | Swift | Farmoor Reservoir | 1 | P R Alfrey |
| 10:24 | ||||
| 20/04/23 | Swift | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
| 18:45 | One over Queen Pool in the gloom and drizzle. 200+ hirundines over both lakes with noticeably more house martins than previous evenings. | |||
| 20/04/23 | Swift | Didcot Northern Perimeter Road | 2 | S Violette |
| 18:00 | Seen flying over Perimeter Road heading northwesterly. First of the year for me. SU525917. | |||