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DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
23/12/23ChiffchaffStandlake1I Elkins
16:00
At north end of Pit 60.  
15/12/23ChiffchaffWaterstock: River Thame2N Marriner
09:30
 
17/12/23ChiffchaffRadley GP1I Elkins
16:00
 
10/12/23ChiffchaffWantage Sewage Farm3M Merritt
SU401914.  
02/12/23ChiffchaffGrimsbury Reservoir1G Blockley
 
02/12/23ChiffchaffRadley GP1I Elkins
09:30
 
12/11/23ChiffchaffWaterstock: River Thame1N Marriner
09:00
 
12/11/23ChiffchaffCote1M Cunningham
17:03
 
11/11/23ChiffchaffFyfield Wick1J Cleeter
15:00
Fly catching around the garden.  
11/11/23ChiffchaffBicester Wetland Reserve2C W Oram
12:00
 
31/10/23ChiffchaffGrimsbury Reservoir2G Blockley
 
29/10/23ChiffchaffWaterstock: River Thame1N Marriner
08:30
 
22/10/23ChiffchaffWaterstock: River Thame1N Marriner
09:00
 
22/10/23ChiffchaffLambourn: Red Barn1J Cleeter
16:50
Calling from hedgerow.  
18/10/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton1S B Akers
10:30
 
14/10/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton2S B Akers
16:30
 
15/10/23ChiffchaffMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course3N Marriner
11:00
 
14/10/23ChiffchaffArdington Village2M Merritt
SU428886.  
14/10/23ChiffchaffSonning Eye GPs1R C Watts
15:30
 
12/10/23ChiffchaffLetcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill2M Merritt
 
09/10/23ChiffchaffCothill3M Merritt
 
08/10/23ChiffchaffA329 near Moulsford1M Amphlett
15:30
Contact calls hear for most the afternoon from our hedgerow. SU5985.  
08/10/23ChiffchaffWaterstock: River Thame4N Marriner
09:00
 
08/10/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton3S B Akers
16:00
SP283268.  
02/10/23ChiffchaffSarsgrove2S B Akers
16:00
In large party of blue and long tailed tits.  
28/09/23ChiffchaffA329 near Moulsford1M Amphlett
12:00
Perched in hedegrow, and heard one calling earlier in week. SU5985.  
28/09/23ChiffchaffSarsgrove2S B Akers
10:00
SP303250.  
27/09/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton2S B Akers
11:00
 
26/09/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton2S B Akers
16:30
SP283268.  
23/09/23ChiffchaffMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course15N Marriner
08:30
 
21/09/23ChiffchaffChinnor: Chinnor Hill4D Stracey
10:00
 
17/09/23ChiffchaffLetcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill17M Merritt
 
17/09/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton3S B Akers
13:00
SP283268.  
16/09/23ChiffchaffLetcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill9M Merritt
 
15/09/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton4S B Akers
10:00
SP253275.  
13/09/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton4S B Akers
10:00
SP283268.  
12/09/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton5S B Akers
11:00
SP283268.  
11/09/23ChiffchaffAston Rowant7N Marriner
08:30
 
11/09/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton2S B Akers
11:00
SP283268.  
10/09/23ChiffchaffCarterton/Alvescot25M Cunningham
18:12
The muckheap stopped yielding birds c7 days+ ago. However, mid am today a local hedgerow was full of birds. Excluding house sparrows, most were chiffchaffs. The chiffs, with other migrant species were hedge hopping east. I counted min 25 doing so over c50 minutes when it stopped. No real returning traffic. 2 or 3 chiffs lingered.  
10/09/23ChiffchaffMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course4N Marriner
12:30
 
10/09/23ChiffchaffWaterstock: River Thame17N Marriner
08:30
 
09/09/23ChiffchaffMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course3L Russell
06:30
Calling from the trees.  
08/09/23ChiffchaffOtmoor: Long Meadow1L Russell
09:30
 
08/09/23ChiffchaffSarsgrove1S B Akers
09:00
 
07/09/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton1S B Akers
19:30
SP283268.  
05/09/23ChiffchaffOtmoor: RSPB reserve20J Edwards
15:45
At least over the reserve.  
02/09/23ChiffchaffChildrey: Childrey Field3M Merritt
 
31/08/23ChiffchaffMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course16N Marriner
07:45
 
25/08/23ChiffchaffMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course16N Marriner
08:00
 
29/08/23ChiffchaffCarterton/Alvescot6M Cunningham
12:13
Muckheap minimum count. Includes 2 scruffy moulting birds together. SP275059.  
27/08/23ChiffchaffCarterton/Alvescot1M Cunningham
18:32
Muckheap.  
26/08/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton1S B Akers
10:00
SP283268.  
26/08/23ChiffchaffOtmoor: 100-acre1P Woodham
10:55
 
24/08/23ChiffchaffCarterton/Alvescot6M Cunningham
11:26
Minimum at muckheap.  
18/08/23ChiffchaffChinnor: Cement Works3N Marriner
12:30
 
19/08/23ChiffchaffWaterstock: River Thame7N Marriner
08:00
 
30/07/23ChiffchaffWaterstock: River Thame8N Marriner
09:30
 
15/07/23ChiffchaffSonning Eye GPs3R C Watts
11:30
Heard only on walk at different places.  
07/07/23ChiffchaffA329 nth of Cholsey1M Amphlett
12:15
Male in song in woodland on E side of A329. SU6086.  
20/06/23ChiffchaffChurn3H Wright
13:00
Heard singing.  
18/06/23ChiffchaffWaterstock: River Thame8N Marriner
08:00
 
09/06/23ChiffchaffBuckland Warren6M Merritt
 
01/06/23ChiffchaffWest Hagbourne1J Taylor
 
27/05/23ChiffchaffWaterstock: River Thame8N Marriner
08:00
 
18/05/23ChiffchaffOtmoor: various14J Edwards
14:41
 
17/05/23ChiffchaffFyfield Wick1J Cleeter
04:07
male. Singing in garden.  
16/05/23ChiffchaffSonning Eye GPs5R C Watts
13:30
 
15/05/23ChiffchaffCholsey, nr Amwel brewery1M Amphlett
19:00
Male in song, nr the small pond. SU5785.  
11/05/23ChiffchaffEwelme1M Amphlett
18:00
Male in song nr church. SU6491.  
11/05/23ChiffchaffChinnor: Cement Works10J March
12:01
SU751997.  
07/05/23ChiffchaffEwelme1M Amphlett
18:50
Male in song, in Church Lane nr pottery. SU6491.  
06/05/23ChiffchaffA329 near Moulsford1M Amphlett
09:30
Male in song. FoY on this site. SU5985.  
06/05/23ChiffchaffAston Upthorpe1J Taylor
09:50
m.  
04/05/23ChiffchaffWaterstock1J A Barnes
14:50
still four birds calling from various locations on the golf course.  
03/05/23ChiffchaffOtmoor1J Taylor
18:40
 
29/04/23ChiffchaffMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course10N Marriner
13:00
 
29/04/23ChiffchaffWaterstock: River Thame7N Marriner
10:30
 
29/04/23ChiffchaffKingston Stert3N Marriner
08:00
 
28/04/23ChiffchaffMoulsford, Greenlands Farm2M Amphlett
19:15
Males in full song. SU5883.  
28/04/23ChiffchaffTar Lakes, Rushy Common3G Pascoe
08:00
 
26/04/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton2S B Akers
13:00
m. SP283268.  
26/04/23ChiffchaffSonning Eye GPs7R C Watts
15:10
Seen and heard on walk. Probably more.  
24/04/23ChiffchaffWaterstock: River Thame7N Marriner
08:00
 
24/04/23ChiffchaffOxford: Castle Mill Stream2J Cleeter
10:55
male. Singing.  
24/04/23ChiffchaffOxford: Redbridge1J Cleeter
09:45
male. Singing.  
24/04/23ChiffchaffFyfield Wick1J Cleeter
09:05
male. Singing just beyond my garden.  
22/04/23ChiffchaffLetcombe Regis5M Merritt
 
19/04/23ChiffchaffCholsey: Cholsey Marsh Nature Reserve3J Taylor
12:29
 
18/04/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton3S B Akers
10:30
ad male. Singing males. SP283268.  
17/04/23ChiffchaffOtmoor7M J Hubbard
20:29
 
17/04/23ChiffchaffFyfield Wick1J Cleeter
09:05
male. Singing Just beyond my garden.  
16/04/23ChiffchaffMoulsford, Greenlands Farm1M Amphlett
18:00
Male, in brief song. SU5883.  
16/04/23ChiffchaffMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course17N Marriner
08:00
 
15/04/23ChiffchaffWaterstock: River Thame12N Marriner
08:00
 
16/04/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton7S B Akers
17:00
SP283268.  
16/04/23ChiffchaffAston Upthorpe4J Taylor
19:34
 
16/04/23ChiffchaffOtmoor: RSPB reserve13J Edwards
14:52
 
15/04/23ChiffchaffCholsey Marsh, south side4M Amphlett
19:15
At least four singing from gate > to pill-box. SU5985.  
15/04/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton7S B Akers
11:00
SP283268.  
15/04/23ChiffchaffArdley ERF Lagoon2G Casburn
12:00
 
14/04/23ChiffchaffAston Upthorpe3J Taylor
13:00
 
13/04/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton7S B Akers
10:00
SP283268.  
11/04/23ChiffchaffFarmoor Reservoir7N Marriner
08:30
Along river/Pinkhill.  
11/04/23ChiffchaffFarmoor Reservoir1J Pettipher
16:01
 
10/04/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton4S B Akers
17:15
male. Singing males. SP283268.  
10/04/23ChiffchaffMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course17N Marriner
09:00
 
09/04/23ChiffchaffFaringdon4J Taylor
18:02
 
09/04/23ChiffchaffCholsey, nr Cox's Farm1M Amphlett
14:20
Male in song from very tall trees. EDIT. OTHER SPP: Comma here, and Peacock's all along the walk in the sunny spots. SU594880.  
07/04/23ChiffchaffCholsey, nr Westfiled Road1M Amphlett
15:30
Male in song at the small pond, on track to Lollingdon. SU575853.  
06/04/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton7S B Akers
14:00
Calling males.  
05/04/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton4S B Akers
16:00
 
05/04/23ChiffchaffAbingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane10J Cleeter
16:00
Singing males.  
05/04/23ChiffchaffCowley1J Cleeter
10:00
male. Singing near Tesco on Oxford Retail Park.  
05/04/23ChiffchaffSouth Hinksey: A341J Cleeter
09:35
male. Singing at bottom of Hinksey Hill.  
05/04/23ChiffchaffBoars Hill1J Cleeter
09:35
male. Singing.  
05/04/23ChiffchaffWootton nr Abingdon1J Cleeter
09:35
male. Singing in copse at bottom of Dalton. Barracks.  
05/04/23ChiffchaffEast Hanney: A3381J Cleeter
08:45
male. Singing.  
05/04/23ChiffchaffVenn Mill2J Cleeter
08:45
male. Singing off A338 a few hundred yards apart.  
05/04/23ChiffchaffWantage1J Cleeter
08:45
male. Singing off A338 on edge of town.  
03/04/23ChiffchaffMoulsford, Beetle & Wedge1M Amphlett
17:35
Male in song, on opp bank from Beetle & Wedge. FoY. SU5983.  
03/04/23ChiffchaffAston Upthorpe3J Taylor
16:29
 
02/04/23ChiffchaffMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course17N Marriner
08:30
 
02/04/23ChiffchaffGarford1J Cleeter
13:00
male. Singing.  
02/04/23ChiffchaffSonning Eye GPs5R C Watts
15:30
 
17/03/23ChiffchaffKirtlington canal1S Brown
12:55
male. first of year. SP487208.  
01/04/23ChiffchaffChinnor: Cement Works7N Marriner
08:00
 
01/04/23ChiffchaffAbingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane4T Baker
16:00
 
01/04/23ChiffchaffLower Shiplake3R C Watts
15:30
Calling. SU777793.  
01/04/23ChiffchaffWantage1J Cleeter
09:20
male. Singing off Portway car park near town centre.  
29/03/23ChiffchaffCuxham3J Taylor
17:32
Two singing males and a female in the undergrowth calling quietly.  
29/03/23ChiffchaffCowley1J Cleeter
08:00
male. Singing next to Tesco petrol station on Oxford Retail Park.  
29/03/23ChiffchaffFyfield Wick1J Cleeter
08:00
male. Singing by garden.  
28/03/23ChiffchaffAbingdon: Peep-o-Day Lane1T Baker
16:40
 
23/03/23ChiffchaffIffley: Iffley Meadows6S Roby
09:13
 
22/03/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton4S B Akers
13:30
Near Swailsford Bridge and around the small lake near Cornwell. SP283268.  
22/03/23ChiffchaffHenley Road GPs7M Hannington
11:15
Most in song. SU740756.  
21/03/23ChiffchaffChipping Norton2S B Akers
11:30
First of the year here, plus the first Brimstone. SP283268.  
21/03/23ChiffchaffFyfield Wick1J Cleeter
07:45
male. In song.  
18/03/23ChiffchaffRiver Thames: Iffley to Sandford9B Pomfret
all singing.  
19/03/23ChiffchaffBlenheim2C Taylor
16:48
male and fem. In trees Palace side of grand Bridge.  
19/03/23ChiffchaffRushy Common6J Cleeter
14:00
 
19/03/23ChiffchaffBlenheim8M Hunt
08:45
Singing.  
19/03/23ChiffchaffOddington1G Porter
11:35
Several along the bridleway. SP563146.  
19/03/23ChiffchaffFarmoor Reservoir: River Thames6R Parsons
11:19
At least 6 singing in different areas. First of the year for me. .  
19/03/23ChiffchaffChinnor: Cement Works6J March
10:46
SU751997.  
18/03/23ChiffchaffGarford4J Cleeter
16:02
At least all in song.  
18/03/23ChiffchaffChinnor: Cement Works11N Marriner
08:30
 
18/03/23ChiffchaffSouth Stoke4M Pocock
17:46
4 singing chiffchaff by Thames between Goring and Wallingford.  
18/03/23ChiffchaffKings Lock1A Siantonas
15:00
Calling in trees by the side of King's Lock.  
18/03/23ChiffchaffGrimsbury Reservoir10G Blockley
10+ several singing birds and several non-singing, probably more than 20 across grimsbury res, woodland and into the upper cherwell valley.  
18/03/23ChiffchaffIffley: Iffley Meadows5S Roby
10:51
 
18/03/23ChiffchaffEynsham fields (Cassington Road)1A Stevens
07:35
male. First singing bird of the year. SP447095.  
11/03/23ChiffchaffHenley Road GPs1M F Walford
09:28
Singing. Possibly a migrant, although there are wintering birds here.  
09/03/23ChiffchaffA329 just south of Wallingford1J Taylor
 
05/03/23ChiffchaffHenley Road GPs1M F Walford
12:53
 
05/03/23ChiffchaffPort Meadow5I Elkins
11:00
In Burgess Field.  
28/02/23ChiffchaffChurch Hanborough1G Pascoe
11:40
 
28/02/23ChiffchaffStandlake Pit 601M Cunningham
15:01
Singing.  
24/02/23ChiffchaffEast Challow1M Merritt
 
26/02/23ChiffchaffChimney: Chimney Meadows1J Taylor
 
20/02/23ChiffchaffLetcombe Regis: Blandys Farm1M Merritt
 
21/02/23ChiffchaffEast Challow1M Merritt
07:19
 
18/02/23ChiffchaffRushy Common1J Cleeter
15:00
 
12/02/23ChiffchaffHenley Road GPs1M F Walford
13:47
 
11/02/23ChiffchaffAbingdon: Abingdon Sewage Farm40J Cleeter
15:00
All along peep o day lane and around STW. Lots in song.  
10/02/23ChiffchaffFyfield: A4201J Cleeter
11:00
Calling from along small brook.  
05/02/23ChiffchaffStandlake4M Cunningham
23:37
Minimum. Feeding together near village SWT .  
03/02/23ChiffchaffLower Windrush Valley GPs4J Cleeter
14:00
At least with mixed Tits & Goldcrests on River walk.  
30/01/23ChiffchaffMoulsford Downs, Wellbarn Estate1M Amphlett
15:20
Call notes heard in trackside bushes. SU5782.  
24/01/23ChiffchaffGarford3J Cleeter
16:00
Feeding on insects on ground by river.  
24/01/23ChiffchaffThame STW11L Marriner
18:39
SP709067.  
24/01/23ChiffchaffA329 nth of Cholsey1J Taylor
17:16
 
17/01/23ChiffchaffFyfield Wick3J Cleeter
16:25
Working bushes along stream and calling on way in to roost in wood.  
09/01/23ChiffchaffAbingdon: Abingdon Sewage Farm and surrounding flooded Meadows and lakes4J Blunt
10:00
SU491947.  
08/01/23ChiffchaffWaterstock: River Thame1N Marriner
10:00
 
06/01/23ChiffchaffShutford1G Blockley
Shutford STW.  
06/01/23ChiffchaffGrimsbury Reservoir2G Blockley
possibly 3.  
04/01/23ChiffchaffBanbury1G Blockley
spiceball park.  
04/01/23ChiffchaffGrimsbury Reservoir1G Blockley
 
02/01/23ChiffchaffStandlake Pit 601M Cunningham
17:02
 
02/01/23ChiffchaffSonning Eye GPs1M F Walford
15:55