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DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
04/05/24Great White EgretStandlake Pit 604D Murphy
10:58
 
27/04/24Great White EgretPort Meadow2A Hartley
 
27/04/24Great White EgretStandlake Pit 606M Cunningham
10:16
4 in east field 2 on site.  
26/04/24Great White EgretPort Meadow1A Hartley
 
26/04/24Great White EgretStandlake Pit 605J Blunt
14:00
Inc 2 in breeding plumage.  
24/04/24Great White EgretStandlake Pit 604M Cunningham
15:30
all yellow bills.2cy?  
23/04/24Great White EgretFyfield Wick1J Cleeter
10:08
Flew West. 121st tick for patch ✅.  
20/04/24Great White EgretPort Meadow2A Hartley
 
19/04/24Great White EgretPort Meadow2A Hartley
 
19/04/24Great White EgretStandlake Pit 608M Cunningham
17:52
6 in field to east of LL hide 2 north shore.  
16/04/24Great White EgretPort Meadow2A Hartley
 
16/04/24Great White EgretNewbridge6A Roberts
11:30
In fields to the south of the footpath that leads from Newbridge to Standlake Pit 60. SP394016.  
15/04/24Great White EgretRushy Common1J Pimm
13:40
SP382073.  
14/04/24Great White EgretPort Meadow1A Hartley
 
13/04/24Great White EgretOtmoor: Oddington Bridge2S Myers
18:00
 
13/04/24Great White EgretPort Meadow2A Hartley
 
12/04/24Great White EgretPort Meadow1A Hartley
 
09/04/24Great White EgretThame1L Russell
17:20
Seen flying east over flood fields. SP697065.  
08/04/24Great White EgretThame floods1A Coates
17:30
ad. SP694065.  
03/04/24Great White EgretBlenheim1B Pomfret
Bladon Bridge.  
03/04/24Great White EgretPort Meadow1A Hartley
 
29/03/24Great White EgretWidford1M Cunningham
20:18
First one I've ever seen here. Looks like the shaggy breasted, yellow billed bird that frequents Pit 60 sometimes. In company with little Egret. Water level too high for waders, hence the GWE and a couple of shoveler.  
29/03/24Great White EgretHardwick Estate flood plane1K Swann
09:43
White and the size of a large heron. Wading in shallow floods flew away when it saw me. SU653777.  
27/03/24Great White EgretPort Meadow1A Hartley
 
26/03/24Great White EgretStandlake Pit 604M Cunningham
20:23
Individual differences in soft parts colour and stage of aigrette growth.  
25/03/24Great White EgretStandlake Pit 603M Cunningham
22:16
Each one with different patterns on soft parts. 2 sporting breeding colours of varying intensity. One still yellow bill, no aigrettes, pale legs still. I find literature on ageing very thin. Including manuals.  
22/03/24Great White EgretBlenheim1G Casburn
14:00
Breeding plumage adult again.  
20/03/24Great White EgretPort Meadow1A Hartley
 
20/03/24Great White EgretBlenheim1G Casburn
16:00
Adult in breeding plumage.  
14/03/24Great White EgretM40 Junction 91J Cleeter
07:50
Flew SW over Bicester junction of M40.  
13/03/24Great White EgretChiselhampton1D Stracey
10:00
On the River Thame floodplain. SU597996.  
09/03/24Great White EgretStandlake Pit 603M Cunningham
15:45
 
07/03/24Great White EgretPort Meadow1A Hartley
 
07/03/24Great White EgretBlenheim1G Casburn
09:00
 
06/03/24Great White EgretPort Meadow1A Hartley
 
04/03/24Great White EgretManor lake Kirtlington1D Williams
15:38
Bird at shallow end of lake. Also 1pair of Tufted duck. Note this lake no longer has angling pressure. SP516190.  
04/03/24Great White EgretBlenheim1G Casburn
08:30
Near Bladon bridge.  
07/02/24Great White EgretOtmoor1P Roby
16:00
 
27/02/24Great White EgretTar Lakes, Rushy Common2G Pascoe
08:30
Pair on Rushy Common.  
24/02/24Great White EgretMid Cherwell Valley1C Coppock
22:27
SP494318.  
18/02/24Great White EgretPort Meadow1A Hartley
 
17/02/24Great White EgretChimney1M Cunningham
16:42
near the cross roads bridge.  
14/02/24Great White EgretA329 nr Cholsey1M Amphlett
11:45
One in the flooded horse field on W side A329 N of Cholsey, Caps Lane turn, W side of field. Spotted by my granddaughter, and my other half confirmed. Trust me not to be with them! ;-(. SU603869.  
14/02/24Great White EgretWallingford: CABI-HQ2M Pocock
11:30
Showing well on the floods south of Nosworthy Way (Wallingford bypass bridge over the Thames). Geoff Wyatt found one this morning. 2nd bird now present. Feeding well catching fish in the floods. SU606880.  
10/02/24Great White EgretRadley GP1I Elkins
08:00
Possibly two individuals present.  
08/02/24Great White EgretTar Lakes, Rushy Common2M Cunningham
13:37
 
07/02/24Great White EgretBlenheim: Blenheim Lake2B Pomfret
 
06/02/24Great White EgretCote1M Cunningham
17:45
 
04/02/24Great White EgretWolvercote Lakes1S Goddard
11:45
SP492100.  
03/02/24Great White EgretStandlake Pit 602M Cunningham
16:34
 
31/01/24Great White EgretOtmoor: RSPB reserve1S B Akers
15:00
 
31/01/24Great White EgretBlenheim2G Casburn
14:00
 
31/01/24Great White EgretDorchester: Days Lock1J Blunt
10:30
 
28/01/24Great White EgretStandlake Pit 602M Cunningham
17:43
Water level falling.  
28/01/24Great White EgretPort Meadow1I Elkins
10:38
 
27/01/24Great White EgretTar Lakes, Rushy Common1G Pascoe
13:20
Edge of Rushy Common.  
27/01/24Great White EgretPort Meadow1A Hartley
 
13/01/24Great White EgretWaterstock: River Thame1N Marriner
09:30
 
23/01/24Great White EgretBlenheim5G Casburn
14:30
All together sheltering from wind on far side on main lake.  
23/01/24Great White EgretStandlake Pit 602J Blunt
15:00
 
23/01/24Great White EgretRushy Common2J Blunt
11:30
 
22/01/24Great White EgretBlenheim2G Casburn
08:30
 
22/01/24Great White EgretPort Meadow1A Hartley
Landed in ditch by railway line. Per Thomas Miller.  
21/01/24Great White EgretBlenheim: Palace Garden1L Russell
09:00
 
16/01/24Great White EgretStandlake Pit 602M Cunningham
20:48
 
18/01/24Great White EgretStandlake Pit 602S Burch
11:00
 
18/01/24Great White EgretChipping Norton1S B Akers
16:45
Feeding at dusk with herons on the new wetland just beyond Swailes Bridge - present for several days now. SP282265.  
16/01/24Great White EgretBlenheim4G Casburn
14:00
 
16/01/24Great White EgretChimney: Chimney Meadows1J Blunt
10:00
 
16/01/24Great White EgretChipping Norton1S B Akers
12:00
Feeding in the margins of the small lake and then on the marsh on Cornwell Estate. SP283268.  
15/01/24Great White EgretChipping Norton1S B Akers
15:30
Return of the Great White Egret. Feeding with four Grey Heron on the newly created wetland close to Swailes Bridge. Amazing views against the evening setting sun. SP283268.  
14/01/24Great White Egretnr. Rushy fen1J Pimm
14:43
flying towards gravel works to south. SP378060.  
14/01/24Great White EgretLower Arncott1J Holt
10:39
Flying West. SP611179.  
13/01/24Great White EgretOtmoor: RSPB reserve2R D Andrews
14:30
 
13/01/24Great White EgretThame: Cuttle Brook2P R Alfrey
14:00
One present in area since mid-December and two this evening going to roost.  
12/01/24Great White EgretTadpole Bridge4J Blunt
14:09
Flooded meadows West of Rushey Lock.  
12/01/24Great White EgretBlenheim: Blenheim Lake2B Pomfret
 
08/01/24Great White EgretBlenheim3G Casburn
14:30
 
01/01/24Great White EgretPort Meadow1A Hartley
Per Phil Barnett.  
01/01/24Great White EgretRadley GP1I Elkins
11:00