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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
03/10/21	Hobby	Sutton Courtenay	1	J Bennett
15:49	Feeding on insects over Thames, just upstream of pools.
15/05/21	Hobby	Otmoor	13	P Roby
11:30
25/09/21	Hobby	Didcot	1	M Violette
15:20	juv. Flying fairly low over the garden, calling, briefly landed in a tree, before being chased off by crows. SU512905.
22/09/21	Hobby	Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill	2	M Merritt

18/09/21	Hobby	Wytham: Wytham Wood	1	N Boyd
17:00	ad.
18/09/21	Hobby	Cumnor	1	M Cunningham
17:50	Hawking over fields. SP470032.
18/09/21	Hobby	Fyfield Wick	1	J Cleeter
14:00	Circling and then stooped.
12/09/21	Hobby	Water Eaton: Water Eaton/Sparsey	1	N Boyd
12:00
11/09/21	Hobby	Otmoor: The Pill	2	S Roby
12:16
09/09/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	1	M Cunningham
13:58
08/09/21	Hobby	Appleford: Appleford GP	1	M Merritt

08/09/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	1	M Cunningham
18:39
07/09/21	Hobby	Farmoor Reservoir	1	M Pidgeon
11:10	SP450062.
06/09/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	1	M Cunningham
18:25	One 6 30pm.
06/09/21	Hobby	Otmoor	5	P R Alfrey
08:00
06/09/21	Hobby	Balscote: Balscote Quarry	1	M Pidgeon
14:07	SP391426.
05/09/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	1	M Cunningham
13:50
04/09/21	Hobby	Otmoor	3	P R Alfrey
18:00
04/09/21	Hobby	Rushy Common	1	R W Catling
19:15
04/09/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	3	M Cunningham
19:39	One definitely a juv. Lots of "mew' 'meeoo?'calls and interaction coming together looked like food pass. Family party? Study interrupted by passing gannet!
03/09/21	Hobby	South Leigh	2	R W Catling
18:45	adult with juvenile.
01/09/21	Hobby	Otmoor	3	J Dexter
15:00
18/08/21	Hobby	Farmoor Reservoir	1	I West
07:00
02/09/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	1	M Cunningham
14:16	juv.
31/08/21	Hobby	Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park	1	O Padget
10:30
31/08/21	Hobby	Muswell Hill nr Piddington	2	C W Oram
12:30
26/08/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	1	S Burch
12:01	SP389017.
18/08/21	Hobby	Otmoor	1	J Rose
10:00
15/08/21	Hobby	Linky Down	1	J March
20:54	Hawking over Bald Hill. SU722965.
14/08/21	Hobby	Moulsford, River Thames	1	M Amphlett
17:35	Superb view after Swallows gave out their alarm calls; quite low over the river, then moved E toward South Stoke, gained a lot of height, then drifted back W high over the river. SU5983.
05/08/21	Hobby	Otmoor: RSPB reserve	3	G Blockley

01/08/21	Hobby	South Leigh	2	R W Catling
19:30
01/08/21	Hobby	Marsh Baldon	2	P Torevell
17:19	Male and female interacting in flight over recently harvested arable fields. SU565998.
29/07/21	Hobby	Otmoor: Central	1	P Woodham
10:30
26/07/21	Hobby	Chinnor: Cement Works	1	D Stracey
08:45	Hawking insects over Lake 2b.
25/07/21	Hobby	Headington: John Radcliffe Hospital (JR)	1	T Evans
	Flew over my suburban garden near the JR with a bird in its talons.
23/07/21	Hobby	Buckland Warren	1	M Merritt

24/07/21	Hobby	Otmoor	1	P R Alfrey
15:19
22/07/21	Hobby	Otmoor	1	N Boyd
07:00	Adult seen hunting south of rifle range (corn bunting area), calls later heard from Noke Wood.
18/07/21	Hobby	Rousham	1	A Roberts
	Chasing House Martins high above the church.
18/07/21	Hobby	Baulking Pit	1	M Merritt
	SU322908.
18/07/21	Hobby	Waterstock: River Thame	1	N Marriner
07:30
15/07/21	Hobby	Appleford: Appleford GP	1	I West
17:30
14/07/21	Hobby	Otmoor	1	I West
07:00
11/07/21	Hobby	Charney Bassett	1	M Merritt

08/07/21	Hobby	Longworth	2	J Cleeter
12:05	Flying side by side and causing havoc amongst 40+ Swallow.
29/06/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	2	Y Morris
16:32
27/06/21	Hobby	Rushy Common	1	M Cunningham
18:40	I didn't go in hide. Hobby perched on fencepost on pit shore - just about viewable through wicker holes (need to be bigger). Cuckoo singing across road from car park Cetti's Warbler ditto.
25/06/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	2	M Cunningham
16:13	At least one a 1s/2cy. Otherwise, nowt.
25/06/21	Hobby	Chinnor: Cement Works	2	J March
06:12	Hawking over The Ridgeway between lakes 2B and 3.
20/06/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	1	M Cunningham
17:25	Plus cuckoo and 2 common terns. Otherwise, exceedingly dull !
10/06/21	Hobby	Letcombe Regis: Blandys Farm	1	M Merritt

10/06/21	Hobby	Chinnor: Cement Works	2	D Stracey
21:15	Hawking insects over the Ridgeway behind Lake 2b.
09/06/21	Hobby	Chinnor: Cement Works	2	J March
20:28	Hawking along tree line at rear of lake 2B. SU753998.
08/06/21	Hobby	Otmoor: RSPB reserve	3	S B Akers
17:00
08/06/21	Hobby	Chinnor: Chinnor Hill	1	D Stracey
09:30	Flew over heading East. SP767004.
07/06/21	Hobby	Otmoor	1	A Cheke
17:42	hunting over Greenaways.
06/06/21	Hobby	East Challow	1	M Merritt
21:50	Hunting over cattle field, well into late dusk. Vocal.
31/05/21	Hobby	Lower Heyford	2	N Truby
13:32
29/05/21	Hobby	Sonning Eye GPs	1	M F Walford
12:14
28/05/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	1	M Cunningham
14:21
27/05/21	Hobby	Otmoor: RSPB reserve	8	S B Akers
10:30
17/05/21	Hobby	Otmoor: RSPB reserve	16	S Roby
11:00	Four birds low over Greenaways mid-morning until 11am when a clear movement took place. Sixteen could be seen in the air over Greenaways and the Closes at one time.
26/05/21	Hobby	Otmoor	4	R C Watts
11:05
21/05/21	Hobby	Kidlington	1	B Pomfret
	spectacular fly past in Sainsbury's car park.
22/05/21	Hobby	Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill	1	S B Akers
16:00	Flew over us across the Thames. Later it re-appeared and circled hunting over Shrike Meadow and the reed beds.
22/05/21	Hobby	Eynsham	1	M Clark
15:30	SP445087.
22/05/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	1	M Cunningham
11:08	Only seen 1 last 3 days. The feeding group has gone. Very quiet at pit. No passage waders. 1 redshank.
21/05/21	Hobby	Broughton/North Newington	2	M Clifton
01:20	Skimming oil seed rape field. SP427391.
15/05/21	Hobby	Otmoor: RSPB reserve	7	S B Akers
16:00
15/05/21	Hobby	Sonning Eye GPs	1	M F Walford
13:52
14/05/21	Hobby	East Challow	1	M Merritt

14/05/21	Hobby	Standlake	2	M Pidgeon
12:41	SP386019.
11/05/21	Hobby	Otmoor: RSPB reserve	8	S Roby
	Three present after 11am becoming eight by mid-afternoon. Birds were constantly in view for hours over Greenaways and the reedbed.
10/05/21	Hobby	Stanford-in-the-Vale: High Street	1	J Woodford
20:20	Seen flying NW, away from 10 swifts. SU340930.
10/05/21	Hobby	Kirtlington: Kirtlington Park	1	L Bryant
13:45	Battling against the wind over the golf course.
09/05/21	Hobby	Grimsbury Reservoir	1	G Blockley
	Two sightings of single birds hunting hirundines.
09/05/21	Hobby	Ardington	1	L Bateman
15:00	SU437882.
09/05/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	9	M Cunningham
12:34	But not a single passage wader between 05.50am and 12.20 noon. Influx of house Martins with the other hirundines first thing.
08/05/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	5	M Cunningham
13:08
07/05/21	Hobby	Otmoor	3	R C Watts
15:36
05/05/21	Hobby	Oxford Golf Course	1	A Gibson
08:05	Took flight from trees to my west and spiralled high, eating meaty prey. Could only identify later from (low quality/grainy) photos. SP544050.
04/05/21	Hobby	Sonning Eye GPs	1	M F Walford
17:40
04/05/21	Hobby	Sonning Eye GPs	1	R C Watts
14:05	Chasing swift’s.
03/05/21	Hobby	Sonning Eye GPs	1	H Netley
16:00
03/05/21	Hobby	Knighton Hill	1	M Merritt

02/05/21	Hobby	Radley GP	1	N Boyd
15:30	SU518970.
03/05/21	Hobby	Iffley: Iffley Lock	1	S Roby
09:54
03/05/21	Hobby	Iffley: Iffley Lock	1	S Roby
09:54
02/05/21	Hobby	Otmoor	5	G Porter
11:30
01/05/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	3	Y Morris
14:54	3 flying around some trees.
01/05/21	Hobby	Otmoor	10	D Parker
10:30
01/05/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	3	M Cunningham
12:40
30/04/21	Hobby	Drayton 1066 flooded field	2	D Eccles
19:10	Hunting hirudines. SU486943.
30/04/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	8	M Cunningham
17:31	Minimum number by time I left.
30/04/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	2	M Cunningham
14:48	Hawking.
28/04/21	Hobby	farmoor shrike meadow	1	P Butler
22:03	hunting over f 2. SP445065.
23/04/21	Hobby	Cote	1	A Mann
15:00
27/04/21	Hobby	Otmoor: RSPB reserve	6	J W Gough
17:00	On greenway.
27/04/21	Hobby	New Marston: New Marston Meadows	1	T Evans

23/04/21	Hobby	Otmoor	4	I West
18:00
26/04/21	Hobby	Waylands Smithy	1	M Merritt

26/04/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	4	D Murphy
16:49
26/04/21	Hobby	Sonning Eye GPs	1	M F Walford
14:34
26/04/21	Hobby	Lockinge: Lockinge Lake	1	L Bateman
12:45	Over S.
25/04/21	Hobby	Otmoor: RSPB reserve	1	C Teal
16:30	On Greenaways.
25/04/21	Hobby	Otmoor	1	M Nair
11:44	One perched on fencepost up at far end of Greenways.
23/04/21	Hobby	Standlake Pit 60	2	M Cunningham
20:12	Minimum count. Possibly 3. Hawking and interacting. Foy for me. Lovely.
19/04/21	Hobby	Otmoor	2	I West

20/04/21	Hobby	Otmoor: RSPB reserve	2	S Roby
18:27	Two soaring fairly high with eight Red Kites. One over Greenaways later.
20/04/21	Hobby	Otmoor: RSPB reserve	2	S Roby
18:27	Two soaring fairly high with eight Red Kites. One over Greenaways later.

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