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DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
14/09/20SwiftMuswell Hill nr Piddington1C W Oram
16:30
 
12/09/20SwiftFarmoor Reservoir4P Butler
20:03
SP445065.  
07/09/20SwiftOxford: Iffley Road2B Pomfret
19:30
flew over. Not sure I've ever seen swifts so late before.  
07/09/20SwiftFarmoor Reservoir7S B Akers
15:00
 
06/09/20SwiftOtmoor2I Elkins
 
06/09/20SwiftFyfield Wick3P Pool
With aerial feeding hirundines and blackheaded gulls. SU413970.  
06/09/20SwiftGrimsbury Reservoir1J Friendship-Taylor
06:55
 
05/09/20SwiftFyfield Wick1P Pool
11:50
First for several days, 1 feeding with small number of hirundines over bean field. SU413970.  
01/09/20SwiftFyfield Wick1J Cleeter
12:20
Flew SE.  
01/09/20SwiftCharlton-on-Otmoor1B Batchelor
17:47
 
31/08/20SwiftGrimsbury Reservoir9G Blockley
 
30/08/20SwiftFarmoor Reservoir1A Cheke
09:30
 
30/08/20SwiftOtmoor2G Porter
10:30
 
28/08/20SwiftBaulking Pit1M Merritt
SU322909.  
27/08/20SwiftAppleford6M Amphlett
20:15
At least half a dozen circling birds over Chambrai Close. SU5293.  
26/08/20SwiftWater Eaton3J Dexter
08:30
 
24/08/20SwiftFyfield Wick2P Pool
10:30
Associating with large hirundine flock. SU413970.  
22/08/20SwiftBaulking Pit2M Merritt
SU322909.  
21/08/20SwiftChipping Norton6S B Akers
11:00
SP284268.  
22/08/20SwiftFyfield Wick2P Pool
10:15
SU413970.  
21/08/20SwiftChinnor: Cement Works2D Stracey
20:15
2 with large House Martin flock.  
20/08/20SwiftFyfield Wick1P Pool
08:30
SU412970.  
19/08/20SwiftBletchingdon1D Watkinson
07:30
Flying with local House Martins before the rain came in. SP503175.  
17/08/20SwiftFyfield Wick1P Pool
17:15
SU413970.  
16/08/20SwiftBaulking Pit1M Merritt
SU322908.  
14/08/20SwiftFyfield Wick1P Pool
16:00
Lone bird passing south. First seen here for several weeks. SU413970.  
11/08/20SwiftBaulking Pit1M Merritt
SU322908.  
03/08/20SwiftRoden Downs1M Amphlett
18:30
Single adult, heading S. SU5382.  
07/08/20SwiftChipping Norton6S B Akers
09:15
SP284268.  
05/08/20SwiftChipping Norton6S B Akers
09:00
SP284263.  
04/08/20SwiftFarmoor Reservoir2M Pidgeon
15:26
Probable		SP450062.  
31/07/20SwiftChipping Norton2S B Akers
07:30
SP283268.  
31/07/20SwiftChipping Norton2S B Akers
07:30
SP283268.  
27/07/20SwiftChipping Norton11S B Akers
09:00
SP283268.  
22/07/20SwiftChipping Norton30S B Akers
20:15
Thirty plus Swift over The Leys this evening flying in vicinity of a circling female Sparrowhawk but not obviously mobbing it - great to see so many Swift - most this summer.  
18/07/20SwiftWoodeaton: Woodeaton Wood100T Evans
19:00
At least 100 feeding low over the road just below the wood.  
17/07/20SwiftCholsey: Cholsey Station7R C Watts
12:10
 
17/07/20SwiftBaulking17M Merritt
08:23
 
13/07/20SwiftBaulking Pit 15M Merritt
SU322909.  
06/07/20SwiftSegsbury Camp17M Merritt
SU384845.  
24/06/20SwiftNeal's Shaw2J Taylor
16:23
SU6882.  
23/06/20SwiftAston Rowant: Aston Rowant NNR1L Marriner
20:27
 
23/06/20SwiftAston Rowant: Aston Rowant NNR1L Marriner
20:27
 
20/06/20SwiftOtmoor50I West
06:00
 
21/06/20SwiftMoulsford, Halfpenny Lane3M Amphlett
19:30
Over cereal crops. SU5884.  
18/06/20SwiftChinnor: Cement Works200N Marriner
07:00
 
10/06/20SwiftMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course30L Marriner
16:49
 
07/06/20SwiftFarmoor Reservoir200S B Akers
15:00
 
07/06/20SwiftGoring5J Kearns
11:21
 
05/06/20SwiftDevil's Punchbowl24M Merritt
 
03/06/20SwiftChipping Norton3S B Akers
09:30
SP297276.  
02/06/20SwiftChipping Norton7S B Akers
21:00
SP308267.  
02/06/20SwiftFyfield Wick20J Cleeter
09:13
Returned breeding birds doing their flypasts.  
30/05/20SwiftIffley: Fairacres Road2B Pomfret
At least two nests in private house. SP5270.  
28/05/20SwiftPort Meadow1M Southwell
08:22
Flying high overhead. SP499072.  
27/05/20SwiftWalton street 1M Southwell
16:30
Flying high overhead. SP506071.  
26/05/20SwiftAston Upthorpe12J Taylor
12:28
 
25/05/20SwiftA329 near Moulsford1M Amphlett
20:40
Overflew Silly bridge. SU5885.  
24/05/20SwiftA329 near Moulsford12M Amphlett
14:00
At least a dozen overhead, some scream. First 'big' number here this year. SU5985.  
24/05/20SwiftShipton-on-Cherwell8S Goddard
17:00
SP479165.  
24/05/20SwiftRushy Common5M Pidgeon
13:29
 
22/05/20SwiftPort Meadow10A Siantonas
15:30
In groups of 1 to 2 but again visible at all parts of the meadow and over Burgess Field.  
20/05/20SwiftRiver Thames, Cholsey Marsh2M Amphlett
08:15
Over marsh and river. SU6085.  
21/05/20SwiftChipping Norton3S B Akers
07:30
Feeding overhead - Swifts breed regularly in Chippy every summer - numbers low so far this year - most seen have been 6. SP308267.  
18/05/20SwiftOtmoor: RSPB reserve20A Cheke
Minimum 20 over the area during the morning.  
18/05/20SwiftTwyford5L Marriner
20:06
 
12/05/20SwiftBaulking Pit13M Merritt
SU322909.  
09/05/20SwiftEast Challow5M Merritt
11:44
 
09/05/20SwiftRadley GP2I Elkins
 
07/05/20SwiftFyfield Wick27J Cleeter
14:10
Max count of birds as they teamed up for there spectacular flypasts.  
07/05/20SwiftEast oxford, above Southfield Road3A Gray
19:30
First siting above house this year. Last year first siting was on 6th, ie yesterday. SP535056.  
06/05/20SwiftOxford: East Oxford2A Cheke
First this year, 4 days late... More around on 7th.  
07/05/20SwiftThame9J A Barnes
15:46
Back in the High Street. SP704049.  
06/05/20SwiftFyfield Wick22J Cleeter
15:10
Minimum count of returned birds. Lots of superb flypasts.  
06/05/20SwiftMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course15L Marriner
20:43
 
06/05/20SwiftA329 near Moulsford3M Amphlett
15:30
High over Waterloo bridge area. No calls. FoY. SU5985.  
06/05/20SwiftChipping Norton6S B Akers
14:30
Swifts back over Chippy in bigger numbers today - 5 Swift in group over The Leys this afternoon, plus single bird, supplementing the pair I have been watching since Monday. SP308267.  
06/05/20SwiftThame 35L Marriner
13:32
Over town centre. SP707057.  
06/05/20SwiftThame 15L Marriner
12:33
High over house. SP717056.  
06/05/20SwiftBarcote Cottages, Buckland3T Hadland
07:55
First seen here this year. SU319972.  
05/05/20SwiftGrimsbury Reservoir50G Porter
16:30
 
04/05/20SwiftDidcot Lydalls Road1W Lester
19:10
SU523903.  
04/05/20SwiftWantage1B J Walker
09:00
One overhead in the town. SU398884.  
03/05/20SwiftBaulking Pit9M Merritt
SU322908.  
03/05/20SwiftOtmoor30S Myers
17:50
Perhaps actually >100 swooping around.  
03/05/20SwiftFyfield Wick4J Cleeter
06:50
Returned breeders.  
02/05/20SwiftArdington 1L Bateman
17:30
Foy- bit earlier than normal. SU4388.  
03/05/20SwiftWaterstock: River Thame5L Marriner
10:46
 
01/05/20SwiftMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course80L Marriner
21:36
 
01/05/20SwiftAppleford: Appleford GP12C MacKenzie
16:35
 
30/04/20SwiftAppleford: Appleford GP1C MacKenzie
07:07
 
29/04/20SwiftChinnor: Cement Works5L Marriner
16:53
 
29/04/20SwiftWorton3N Suckling
14:00
FOY. With flock of swallows and house martins.  
29/04/20SwiftMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course90L Marriner
15:43
In waves of about 30.  
27/04/20SwiftPort Meadow7O Padget
19:00
 
27/04/20SwiftCharney Bassett8I Graham
11:00
Screaming overhead. first I've seen this year. SU379945.  
27/04/20SwiftEast Challow1M Merritt
 
25/04/20SwiftNew Marston: New Marston Meadows1T Evans
 
25/04/20SwiftOtmoor20I West
11:00
 
25/04/20SwiftMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course1L Marriner
09:43
Flew through head hight.  
24/04/20SwiftOtmoor5N Boyd
09:30
SP567130.  
23/04/20SwiftThame 3L Marriner
19:38
Hunting over town centre. SP705060.  
23/04/20SwiftOxford: Iffley Road1B Pomfret
I don't remember seeing an earlier one.  
22/04/20SwiftPort Meadow4O Padget
18:27
flew east in the evening.  
21/04/20SwiftFyfield Wick1J Cleeter
16:00
Feeding briefly then continued North.  
19/04/20SwiftGrimsbury Reservoir1G Blockley
c.19:15, per Colin Wilkinson.  
19/04/20SwiftFarmoor Reservoir4P Butler
20:41
SP445065.  
18/04/20SwiftPort Meadow1I West
18:13
Flew SW.  
18/04/20SwiftPort Meadow1S Goddard
18:15
SP498080.  
18/04/20SwiftFarmoor Reservoir1P Butler
23:31
SP445065.