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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23/12/23 | Barn Owl | Chipping Norton | 1 | S B Akers |
| 16:00 | Spotted hunting the marsh simultaneously with arrival of GWE before dropping sharply onto prey. SP283268. | |||
| 16/12/23 | Barn Owl | Blenheim | 1 | D Watkinson |
| 09:47 | 1, possibly 2, near newly planted saplings near Oxfordshire Way door. SP432181. | |||
| 08/12/23 | Barn Owl | Churn: Railway bridge | 1 | S Goddard |
| 15:15 | Around the Dutch barn. SU525826. | |||
| 03/12/23 | Barn Owl | Churn | 1 | S Violette |
| 15:30 | Hunting in Dutch Barn area. SU523840. | |||
| 29/11/23 | Barn Owl | Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park | 1 | A Hartley |
| 12/11/23 | Barn Owl | Waterstock: River Thame | 1 | N Marriner |
| 09:00 | ||||
| 16/11/23 | Barn Owl | A417 between Ardington & West Hendred | 1 | M Merritt |
| 06:15 | ||||
| 14/10/23 | Barn Owl | Moulsford, Halfpenny Lane | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 19:10 | Nr junction with A417, flew from E side of road, then circled back towards A417. First for ages anywhere nr here. SU5783. | |||
| 08/10/23 | Barn Owl | Shrivenham | 3 | G Goldsmith |
| 19:47 | In vicinity of farm buildings on South Side of village at dusk. SU239890. | |||
| 16/08/23 | Barn Owl | Oxford: Donnington Bridge | 1 | N Boyd |
| 21:05 | Flew west to east over the river just south of Donnington Bridge. | |||
| 15/08/23 | Barn Owl | Churn Farm | 1 | S Violette |
| 19:00 | Flew out of building east of Bridleway and north of Ridgeway. SU509830. | |||
| 01/07/23 | Barn Owl | Port Meadow | 1 | A Hartley |
| 29/06/23 | Barn Owl | Cholsey | 1 | M Fraser-Jones |
| 21:23 | SU593869. | |||
| 23/05/23 | Barn Owl | Chimney: Chimney Meadows | 1 | J Pettipher |
| 21:17 | Crossing a field in the distance. | |||
| 10/05/23 | Barn Owl | East Hanney: A338 | 1 | M Merritt |
| 11/05/23 | Barn Owl | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
| 10:00 | Hunting on edge of Great Lake, seen to catch a vole. | |||
| 10/05/23 | Barn Owl | B4027 between Noke and Beckley | 1 | L Ebbs |
| 22:00 | SP543119. | |||
| 25/04/23 | Barn Owl | Churn | 1 | S Violette |
| 20:00 | Seen flying near small barn area. SU509829. | |||
| 25/04/23 | Barn Owl | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
| 06:00 | ||||
| 23/04/23 | Barn Owl | Grove Bridge Farm | 1 | M Merritt |
| 05:15 | SU400894. | |||
| 16/04/23 | Barn Owl | Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course | 1 | N Marriner |
| 08:00 | ||||
| 15/04/23 | Barn Owl | Waterstock: River Thame | 1 | N Marriner |
| 08:00 | ||||
| 13/04/23 | Barn Owl | Devil's Punchbowl | 1 | L Russell |
| 19:00 | Being mobbed by a red kite. | |||
| 14/04/23 | Barn Owl | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
| 07:00 | ||||
| 10/04/23 | Barn Owl | Moreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course | 1 | N Marriner |
| 09:00 | ||||
| 09/04/23 | Barn Owl | Lyford | 1 | M Merritt |
| 06:45 | ||||
| 07/04/23 | Barn Owl | Otmoor | 1 | L Russell |
| 19:30 | Second owl, quartering right at the back of Greenaways. | |||
| 07/04/23 | Barn Owl | Otmoor | 1 | L Russell |
| 19:26 | Flew down the track towards wetland watch hide. Hunting over Ashgrave. | |||
| 27/03/23 | Barn Owl | Garford | 1 | M Merritt |
| 26/03/23 | Barn Owl | Northmoor | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 22:17 | ||||
| 25/03/23 | Barn Owl | Stanford-in-the-Vale | 2 | M Merritt |
| 20/03/23 | Barn Owl | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | S Roby |
| Making the most of a dry spell to visit most fields on the reserve. | ||||
| 19/03/23 | Barn Owl | Southmoor | 1 | M Cunningham |
| 20:31 | Sat on 30 mph sign in dark. | |||
| 11/03/23 | Barn Owl | East Hanney | 1 | M Merritt |
| 10/03/23 | Barn Owl | Sparsholt: Ridgeway | 3 | J Blunt |
| 17:15 | Hunting. | |||
| 06/03/23 | Barn Owl | A329 just south of Wallingford | 1 | J Taylor |
| Flying low over river opposite Brookes University Rowing Centre and Springs Golf Links. | ||||
| 26/02/23 | Barn Owl | Fyfield Wick | 1 | J Cleeter |
| 18:15 | ||||
| 26/02/23 | Barn Owl | Charney Bassett: E | 1 | J Cleeter |
| 18:10 | ||||
| 22/02/23 | Barn Owl | Wantage | 1 | M Merritt |
| SU388887. | ||||
| 13/02/23 | Barn Owl | Waterstock: River Thame | 1 | N Marriner |
| 09:00 | ||||
| 12/02/23 | Barn Owl | Segsbury Camp | 1 | M Merritt |
| SU383845. | ||||
| 03/02/23 | Barn Owl | A329, south of Moulsford | 1 | M Amphlett |
| 18:45 | Perched on a gate, then flew, good view with the car headlights, first anywhere near here for a long time. | |||
| 04/02/23 | Barn Owl | Bletchingdon | 1 | D Watkinson |
| 07:15 | Quartering the field. SP507175. | |||
| 03/02/23 | Barn Owl | Pishill | 1 | M J Hubbard |
| 13:59 | Seen on the ground in the middle of the road between Pishill & Stonor in headlights at 10.25pm last night, before flying up with small prey. SU735894. | |||
| 03/02/23 | Barn Owl | Britwell Salome: Britwell Hill | 1 | M J Hubbard |
| 13:57 | Seen hovering in headlights whilst driving at 10.15pm last night. SU686915. | |||
| 01/02/23 | Barn Owl | Devil's Punchbowl | 2 | J Blunt |
| 17:00 | SU356849. | |||
| 31/01/23 | Barn Owl | Eynsham | 1 | G Pascoe |
| 19:15 | Flew over B4449 from fields to Hazeldine Close. Approximate location 51.7819813, -1.3654935. | |||
| 24/01/23 | Barn Owl | Garford | 3 | J Cleeter |
| 16:00 | ||||
| 21/01/23 | Barn Owl | Devil's Punchbowl | 2 | N Suckling |
| 16:30 | Hunting just south of the Ridgeway. I watched 3 men put up a c5 metre high net about 10 metres long in the field next to the one the owls were hunting over. The net seemed perfect for an owl to get caught in! | |||
| 15/01/23 | Barn Owl | Letcombe Bassett: Ridgeway above Letcombe Bassett | 2 | J Cleeter |
| 16:00 | ||||
| 15/01/23 | Barn Owl | Sparsholt: Ridgeway | 1 | J Cleeter |
| 15:10 | ||||
| 13/01/23 | Barn Owl | Sparsholt: Sparsholt Firs/Tower | 1 | J Cleeter |
| 17:00 | On roadside fence post. | |||
| 08/01/23 | Barn Owl | Waterstock: River Thame | 1 | N Marriner |
| 10:00 | ||||