Oxfordshire bird news

Wednesday 1st May 2024

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
01/05/24Black-headed GullRushy fen10J Pimm
03:30
SP382073.  
01/05/24Red KiteRushy fen1J Pimm
03:30
SP382073.  
01/05/24BuzzardRushy fen1J Pimm
03:30
SP382073.  
01/05/24WhitethroatRushy fen1J Pimm
03:30
Singing. SP382073.  
01/05/24Tufted DuckRushy fen8J Pimm
03:30
Several pairs. SP382073.  
01/05/24LapwingRushy fen1J Pimm
03:30
SP382073.  
01/05/24WigeonRushy fen1J Pimm
03:30
male. Perhaps a pair. SP382073.  
01/05/24CuckooRushy fen1J Pimm
03:30
Seen and calling. SP382073.  
01/05/24Sandwich TernRushy fen1J Pimm
03:30
SP382073.  
01/05/24Corn BuntingA329 near Moulsford1M Amphlett
19:40
Male in full song nr the garage on corner of Halfpenny Lane... heard whilst filling my car, quite a surprise.. the song... not the price of petrol! SU5984.  
01/05/24SwiftWoodstock: Central3B Pomfret
May day return to the town centre.  
01/05/24RookWoodstock: Central5B Pomfret
5 nests in the museum garden. First time I've seen them there.  
01/05/24House MartinWoodstock: Banbury Road6B Pomfret
Back around the usual nest sites for the first time.  
01/05/24CuckooWoodstock: Banbury Road1B Pomfret
Flew past the end of my garden calling. Fabulous.  
01/05/24CuckooFarmoor Reservoir1G Dymott
11:00
At the top of tall trees across The Thames from the pumping station. SP439064.  
01/05/24Grasshopper WarblerFarmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill Lock1G Dymott
11:00
Reeling in the grassy scrub area between the lock and the wooded area. SP440070.  
01/05/24YellowhammerSarsgrove5S B Akers
12:00
SP300251.  
01/05/24SkylarkSarsgrove9S B Akers
12:00
Singing over territories. SP300251.  
01/05/24SwallowSarsgrove2S B Akers
12:00
FOY over Sarsgrove Farm. SP300251.  
01/05/24WhitethroatSarsgrove4S B Akers
12:00
FOY here. In the thick hedgerow and crab apple trees alongside Besbury Lane (leading to Churchill). SP300251.  
01/05/24Lesser WhitethroatHitchcock Way, Didcot1S Violette
11:30
male. Male singing in Brambles on Railway embankment opposite turning into the Orchard Centre. SU528902.