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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2023 and 31/12/2023.

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
29/12/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford3M Amphlett
15:30
2 x fem , 1 x male. SU5985.  
30/12/23ChaffinchChipping Norton3S B Akers
11:40
SP308266.  
25/12/23ChaffinchWoodstock: Shipton Slade Farm100B Pomfret
At least 100 on seedstrip and adjacent hedgerow with other finches and buntings.  
17/12/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford3M Amphlett
10:50
2m + 1f, foraging seed spill on lawn, occasionally a quick visit to the sfh feeders. SU5985.  
15/12/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford1M Amphlett
08:20
Fem. SU5985.  
11/12/23ChaffinchWoodstock: Shipton Slade Farm150B Pomfret
On sunflower strip.  
06/12/23ChaffinchWarburg Reserve2J Kearns
13:56
f.  
05/12/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford1M Amphlett
10:00
Single male on lawn foraging. SU5985.  
05/12/23ChaffinchWarburg Reserve4R C Watts
10:30
 
01/12/23ChaffinchA329 nr Cholsey2M Amphlett
09:00
Male + fem foraging spilt seed. SU5985.  
30/11/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford5M Amphlett
09:30
All males, foraging spilt seed. Bit of an influx, at last! SU5985.  
30/11/23ChaffinchPlay Hatch8J Kearns
11:05
m&f.  
26/11/23ChaffinchArdington Lane49M Merritt
SU433904.  
19/11/23ChaffinchPlay Hatch11J Kearns
11:20
m & f.  
17/11/23ChaffinchStonor: Stonor Park4J Kearns
10:53
2 m 2 f.  
25/10/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford1M Amphlett
12:20
Female in feeder tree. Conspicuous by their almost total absence. SU5985.  
22/10/23ChaffinchFyfield Wick77J Cleeter
10:25
Flew West in mainly small numbers between 08:00-11:00 1 flock of 24.  
21/10/23ChaffinchFyfield Wick62J Cleeter
08:00
Flew West mainly in small flocks- 1 flock of 22.  
14/10/23ChaffinchArdington Village16M Merritt
SU428886.  
14/10/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford1M Amphlett
11:00
Looked like a 1st winter male. SU5985.  
28/09/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford2M Amphlett
12:00
On sfh feeder, fem's. SU5985.  
08/09/23ChaffinchOtmoor: RSPB reserve3L Russell
09:30
 
17/08/23ChaffinchLetcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill14M Merritt
 
06/08/23ChaffinchLetcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill21M Merritt
 
05/07/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford2M Amphlett
13:00
Apparent juveniles, foraging lawns. Usually a couple of males and females present, but these are the first juv's noted. Very pallid plumage, but a bold, white, wing bar...? SU5985.  
01/06/23ChaffinchWest Hagbourne1J Taylor
 
14/05/23ChaffinchEwelme1M Amphlett
18:00
Male in full song nr pottery. SU6491.  
03/05/23ChaffinchOtmoor1J Taylor
19:01
Still no Spring Bullfinch.  
26/04/23ChaffinchSonning Eye GPs2R C Watts
15:10
 
10/04/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford10M Amphlett
15:00
9m + 1f... virtually absent for last week, just 2-4's... then, suddenly, nine birds. SU5985.  
31/03/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford12M Amphlett
14:15
Foraging spilt seed, with a fem Brambling. SU5985.  
30/03/23ChaffinchBalscote: Balscote Quarry6S Goddard
12:00
 
14/03/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford23M Amphlett
10:30
Too many to count accurately; an 'eyeball' count gave around 30, a tally-counter click-count gave 23, but def more present a few minutes earlier. SU5985.  
10/03/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford18M Amphlett
10:50
And almost certainly a few more foraging the lawns. SU5985.  
02/03/23ChaffinchWarburg Reserve4J Kearns
11:15
2 m 2 f.  
27/02/23ChaffinchFyfield Wick100J Cleeter
17:40
Still in general area with up to 40 ground feeding in garden on mixed seed.  
26/02/23ChaffinchLambourn: Red Barn30J Cleeter
14:00
 
25/02/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford20M Amphlett
15:30
At least 20 x foraging spilt seed, and the first full song I've heard this year from a couple of males. SU5985.  
23/02/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford30M Amphlett
11:30
Too mobile to count to the single bird, but at least 30 x here. SU5985.  
16/02/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford22M Amphlett
11:30
At least 22 x foraging spilt seed, prob a few more in hedges. Good numbers of recent, despite warmer temp's. SU5985.  
15/02/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford14M Amphlett
11:10
Foraging spilt seed. SU5985.  
11/02/23ChaffinchAbingdon: Abingdon Sewage Farm10J Cleeter
15:00
 
10/02/23ChaffinchFyfield: A420100J Cleeter
11:00
At least.  
10/02/23ChaffinchWarburg Reserve4J Kearns
11:10
3 m 1 f.  
10/02/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford14M Amphlett
12:00
14 x counted, foraging spilt seed, but certain more are present, as gender proportion varies on each count, prob 20+ here. SU5985.  
09/02/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford14M Amphlett
10:00
Foraging lawns for spilt seed, apps 50-50 male-fem. SU5985.  
07/02/23ChaffinchFyfield Wick80J Cleeter
14:00
Approx feeding in beech litter.  
06/02/23ChaffinchEwelme10J Cleeter
15:30
 
06/02/23ChaffinchSwyncombe6J Cleeter
14:30
 
05/02/23ChaffinchFyfield: A420100J Cleeter
15:05
At least feeding near pig field.  
05/02/23ChaffinchKingston Bagpuize7J Cleeter
14:00
 
04/02/23ChaffinchLower Windrush Valley GPs5J Cleeter
15:00
 
08/02/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford10M Amphlett
09:00
Mostly foraging spilt seed, occasionally on feeders. . SU5985.  
07/02/23ChaffinchWarburg Reserve2R C Watts
14:00
 
04/02/23ChaffinchChimney: Chimney Meadows1J Pettipher
17:56
 
02/02/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford16M Amphlett
11:30
At least 16 x, foraging on spilt seed. SU5985.  
31/01/23ChaffinchWarburg Reserve8J Kearns
11:11
5 m 3 f.  
22/01/23ChaffinchDuxford25J Cleeter
15:00
 
21/01/23ChaffinchLashford Lane Fen12J Cleeter
15:00
 
23/01/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford21M Amphlett
09:15
Mostly foraging spilt seed, a couple on sfh feeders. SU5985.  
22/01/23ChaffinchDunsden Green1R C Watts
15:20
SU742790.  
17/01/23ChaffinchA329 near Moulsford14M Amphlett
11:00
Prob a few more, highest count of winter, approx 8 x fem, 6 x male. All foraging seeds on lawn. SU5985.  
17/01/23ChaffinchFyfield Wick30J Cleeter
15:45
20 in garden on seed and 10 over calling on walk.  
17/01/23ChaffinchWarburg Reserve7J Kearns
11:44
5m 2f.  
16/01/23ChaffinchWoodstock: Glyme valley50G Casburn
10:00
Approx.  
15/01/23ChaffinchSparsholt: Ridgeway30J Cleeter
15:10
 
14/01/23ChaffinchFoxholes Reserve2J Cleeter
14:00
 
13/01/23ChaffinchLambourn: Red Barn40J Cleeter
15:35
 
11/01/23ChaffinchWoodstock: Woodstock Water Meadows5G Casburn
09:00
+.  
09/01/23ChaffinchMoulsford Downs, Wellbarn Estate12M Amphlett
11:40
At least a dozen birds in the scrubby edge to a cover-crop on valley edge. SU5682.  
06/01/23ChaffinchChurn Estate1M Amphlett
13:00
Fem, in the railway cutting. SU519823.  
02/01/23ChaffinchMoulsford Downs, Wellbarn Estate10M Amphlett
14:30
At least 10 x flying between a cover crop and woodland edge on Cow Common. SU5782.