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DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
12/10/20HobbyAdderbury1N Truby
08:35
Over East End flew south.  
29/09/20HobbyAppleford: Appleford GP1C MacKenzie
16:31
Hawking pits briefly before being mobbed by magpies.  
27/09/20HobbyChurn Farm1C Ezard
16:25
juv. SU501840.  
21/09/20HobbyEynsham, Hanborough Road1M Amphlett
17:45
Single (very vocal) bird, quite high, flying easterly over local garden. Didn't have my specs on, nor any bin's to hand, but unmistakeable silhouette and astonishing number of very loud calls, presumably because of nrby Corvid. SP433099.  
19/09/20HobbySonning Eye GPs1M F Walford
13:25
 
18/09/20HobbyOtmoor: RSPB reserve1A Edgar
16:30
 
12/09/20HobbyDrayton (nr Abingdon)2S Burch
13:00
Hunting over lake to east of village. SU489944.  
17/09/20HobbyChipping Norton1S B Akers
17:30
Tracking Swallows. SP283268.  
12/09/20HobbyWoodeaton3J Dexter
09:00
1 adult + 2 juveniles.  
11/09/20HobbyEast Challow1M Merritt
 
10/09/20HobbyFaringdon1I West
09:00
Private site in West Oxon.  
31/08/20HobbyOtmoor: RSPB reserve3S Roby
 
06/09/20HobbyOtmoor: RSPB reserve1S Roby
19:25
 
06/09/20HobbyFarmoor village2P Butler
12:44
SP450070.  
04/09/20HobbySouth Leigh2R W Catling
18:45
 
05/09/20HobbyYarnton Mead1N Boyd
10:30
juv. Hawking over meadows then flew high and headed south-east. SP464100.  
04/09/20HobbyFarmoor Reservoir1J Coppock
10:32
 
01/09/20HobbyFyfield Wick1J Cleeter
12:45
Chasing Swallows.  
31/08/20HobbyWaterstock: River Thame1N Marriner
07:30
 
31/08/20HobbyFyfield Wick3J Cleeter
13:00
Chasing insects and each other.  
28/08/20HobbyBaulking Pit1M Merritt
SU322909.  
29/08/20HobbyGreat Milton1J Cleeter
10:15
Hunting Insects adjacent to the M40.  
26/08/20HobbyLeafield1J Cleeter
12:35
Hunting.  
26/08/20HobbyFyfield Wick1P Pool
12:50
Drifted through, spooking the hirundines. SU413970.  
25/08/20HobbyDix Pit1I Elkins
Hunting hirundines over the water.  
20/08/20HobbyStanton Harcourt: Tar Farm2M Cunningham
21:06
ad and juv. Hunting over Tar Lakes.  
20/08/20HobbyMuswell Hill nr Piddington1N Truby
14:13
 
17/08/20HobbyCassington GPs1J Coppock
20:39
 
15/08/20HobbyWaterstock2N Marriner
08:00
 
13/08/20HobbyHenton1D Stracey
12:00
1 chasing a Red Kite. SP755030.  
13/08/20HobbyThame1L Marriner
17:32
Ad flying out of Thame towards towersey. SP721057.  
13/08/20HobbyFreeland1M Clark
17:27
ad. SP415127.  
03/08/20HobbyOtmoor: RSPB reserve1S B Akers
15:00
 
10/08/20HobbyMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course1L Marriner
12:03
 
10/08/20HobbyMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course1L Marriner
12:03
 
09/08/20HobbyWater Eaton1J Dexter
11:00
Adult bird carrying a small passerine (wagtail?) back to the nest.  
08/08/20HobbyNew Marston: New Marston Meadows1T Evans
 
03/08/20HobbyOtmoor: RSPB reserve1S B Akers
15:00
 
31/07/20HobbyOtmoor1A Cheke
only one, distant, despite lots of dragonflies.  
31/07/20HobbyBaulking1M Merritt
SU322909.  
29/07/20HobbyMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course2L Marriner
05:10
 
29/07/20HobbyEast Challow1M Pidgeon
08:30
 
15/07/20HobbyChinnor1D Stracey
20:00
1 over field north of Lane Farm. SP755018.  
06/07/20HobbyMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course1L Marriner
19:18
 
02/07/20HobbyThame1L Marriner
19:08
Flew North over the allotments. SP702051.  
02/07/20HobbyThame1L Marriner
19:08
Flew North over the allotments. SP702051.  
30/06/20HobbyAppleford: Appleford GP1D Eccles
19:13
 
26/06/20HobbyLeafield1M Cunningham
15:54
Actively hunting near south lawns cottages.  
26/06/20HobbyWoolstone1M Cunningham
15:52
ad. Sat in tree at roadside.  
20/06/20HobbyOtmoor2I West
06:00
 
19/06/20HobbyWest Ginge: West Ginge Down1S Burch
14:30
Chasing hirundines briefly over Down Barn. SU442843.  
05/05/20HobbyOtmoor3D Murdoch
19:00
SP565130.  
15/06/20HobbyKingston Stert1D Stracey
11:30
Hawking over Kingston Stert Farm. SP728008.  
13/06/20HobbyWaterstock1N Marriner
07:30
 
11/06/20HobbyOtmoor3I West
17:00
 
10/06/20HobbyKings Sutton1G Porter
13:15
SP492363.  
09/06/20HobbyClifton Hampden1A Edgar
21:15
 
09/06/20HobbyOtmoor3J Edwards
18:19
 
09/06/20HobbyOtmoor1L Marriner
16:41
 
09/06/20HobbyChinnor: Cement Works1J March
14:21
chasing dragonflys over lake 2B. SU751996.  
08/06/20HobbyOtmoor: RSPB reserve4S B Akers
15:00
At least four gracefully taking dragonflies and devouring them on the wing.  
08/06/20HobbyOtmoor3I West
17:30
 
27/05/20HobbyBurcot: River Thames1A Edgar
21:35
Hawking. SU559958.  
05/06/20HobbyRadley GP: Thrupp Lane1I West
20:30
 
05/06/20HobbyChinnor: Cement Works1D Stracey
09:30
1 over Lake 2b.  
03/06/20HobbyStandlake1M Cunningham
21:40
Chasing insects around field opposite St Giles church.  
03/06/20HobbyChinnor: Cement Works1D Stracey
09:00
1 chasing House Martins west of Lake 2b. SU998752.  
15/05/20HobbyOtmoor: RSPB reserve20S Roby
very rewarding to see twenty birds in the air at one time on our first visit to the reserve since lockdown.  
29/05/20HobbyOtmoor3I West
10:30
 
27/05/20HobbyBurcot: River Thames1A Edgar
21:35
Hawking. SU559958.  
27/05/20HobbyAppleford: Appleford GP1C MacKenzie
15:09
SU519938.  
26/05/20HobbyFreeland1D L Cleal
17:40
Single bird being mobbed by a crow over fields to east of Wrosslyn Rd.  
25/05/20HobbyOtmoor3D Parker
11:00
 
26/05/20HobbyOtmoor1I West
12:00
 
25/05/20HobbySouth Leigh3R W Catling
19:00
 
23/05/20HobbyFyfield Wick1J Cleeter
10:05
Low level over garden hunting.  
18/05/20HobbyOtmoor: RSPB reserve3A Cheke
At least 3, didn't emerge until late morning.  
16/05/20HobbyArdington 1L Bateman
18:00
Swooped in at head height - a few metres away - in an (unsuccessful) attempt to take a House Martin. Stunning. SU4388.  
16/05/20HobbyHeadington1I West
10:25
Flew high N over my garden.  
17/05/20HobbySonning Eye GPs4M F Walford
14:54
 
16/05/20HobbyRadcot1S Burch
14:30
Hunting along the river and over the fields to the south. SU291997.  
16/05/20HobbyLWV Pit 101M Cunningham
12:55
Catching insects over water.  
16/05/20HobbySonning Eye GPs2M F Walford
12:29
 
10/05/20HobbyKirtlington: Kirtlington Park2D Watkinson
09:30
Pair.  
09/05/20HobbyStandlake1M Cunningham
21:52
Soaring over my garden in Rack End. The best bird of the day for me in spite of me walking 25.5k steps in the lanes and byways around the village.  
09/05/20HobbyOtmoor5I West
12:00
 
09/05/20HobbyRadley GP1I Elkins
Catching insects in mid-air.  
08/05/20HobbySouthfield Golf Course1I West
17:30
Flew S over the golf course.  
08/05/20HobbyWolvercote: Wolvercote Bridge2J Dexter
11:30
Hawking over Wolvercote Lakes.  
08/05/20HobbyOtmoor: various3N Suckling
11:00
 
07/05/20HobbyFyfield Wick3J Cleeter
14:10
What looked like a pair and a single bird being bounced.  
07/05/20HobbyLittle Milton1A Coates
12:30
3 birds heading East, South side of village.  
04/05/20HobbyFyfield Wick1J Cleeter
12:55
FOY here- drifted East.  
06/05/20HobbyMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course1L Marriner
20:43
 
06/05/20HobbyThame 2L Marriner
12:33
High over house with 15 swift. SP717056.  
05/05/20HobbyHenley Road GPs2R C Watts
15:50
Seen on my daily exercise walk.  
04/05/20HobbyOtmoor17J Dexter
12:00
From the bridleway on Greenaways my best count was 17 different birds in the air at the same time. With birds also seen on Big Otmoor the Closes, Flood Field, those perched, those too high etc etc the true number on the reserve is probably much higher..  
04/05/20HobbyStandlake1M Cunningham
11:57
Flew ESE over my Rack End Garden. The only notable in a 2 hr sky watch, it's a house tick despite these being regular in season at pit 60. Otherwise, very quiet. Two pairs of grey wagtails nesting in village. .  
02/05/20HobbySouth Leigh3R W Catling
11:30
 
03/05/20HobbyOtmoor3S Myers
21:44
Probably 5 or more (I was running, so no bins!).  
03/05/20HobbyChinnor: Cement Works1J March
19:30
Over lake 2B. SU751997.  
03/05/20HobbyWaterstock: River Thame1L Marriner
10:43
 
02/05/20HobbyDorchester: River Thames1A Edgar
20:45
 
02/05/20HobbyThame allotments 1L Marriner
19:11
Flew over the allotments towards the town centre. SP705052.  
02/05/20HobbyAppleford: Appleford GP1K Polley
16:51
4 Dunlin: Wheatear M & F: Common Sandpiper. SU521942.  
01/05/20HobbySouthfield Golf Course2I West
18:00
2 flew low W along the golf course before circling on thermals above the golf club.  
21/04/20HobbyOtmoor1D Murdoch
18:32
Briefly over reeds.  
01/05/20HobbyMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course1L Marriner
21:36
 
01/05/20HobbyChinnor: Cement Works1D Stracey
16:00
1 flying around Lake 3.  
01/05/20HobbyAppleford: Appleford GP1C MacKenzie
16:35
Chasing hirundines for 3rd day in a row.  
01/05/20HobbyDorchester: River Thames1A Edgar
06:30
 
30/04/20HobbyBalscote Quarry Nature Reserve1S Holliday
08:05
One flew north. SP388428.  
29/04/20HobbyMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course1L Marriner
15:43
Darted through having a go at the hirundines.  
27/04/20HobbyStratfield Brake1S Myers
19:30
over lake. (also Peregrine flyover 3 days ago, by clubhouse.).  
27/04/20HobbyDorchester: Days Lock1A Edgar
19:30
Hawking in meadows on either side of Thames.  
27/04/20HobbyStandlake2M Cunningham
19:24
Together. Hawking over the common. FOY for me.  
27/04/20HobbyLittle Milton1A Coates
17:00
Heading over village to the North.  
26/04/20HobbyWaterstock: River Thame1N Marriner
07:30
 
25/04/20HobbyOtmoor7I West
11:00
 
22/04/20HobbyMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course1L Marriner
18:55
Hawking high above the lakes.  
10/04/20HobbyHeadington1I West
06:48
Flew N over garden - my earliest record ever of Hobby.