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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2021 and 31/12/2021.

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
31/12/21Barn OwlAscott-under-Wychwood1M Pidgeon
16:46
Hunting at top of chippy hill. SP293199.  
29/12/21Barn OwlWaterstock: River Thame1N Marriner
09:30
 
27/12/21Barn OwlMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course1N Marriner
10:00
 
12/12/21Barn OwlMarston Hamm1C O Caomhanaigh
16:00
SP516095.  
10/12/21Barn OwlSparsholt: Sparsholt Firs/Tower1M Merritt
 
30/11/21Barn OwlSomerton1N Truby
05:11
 
28/11/21Barn OwlWether Down1M Merritt
SU440837.  
23/11/21Barn OwlDevil's Punchbowl1J Cleeter
16:25
Hunting at dusk.  
22/11/21Barn OwlSouth Leigh1R W Catling
06:30
 
22/11/21Barn OwlBarnard Gate1R W Catling
06:30
 
20/11/21Barn OwlSparsholt: Sparsholt Firs/Tower1M Merritt
 
19/11/21Barn OwlLetcombe Bassett1M Merritt
 
16/11/21Barn OwlBaulking Pit1M Merritt
SU322908.  
03/11/21Barn OwlEynsham1P Law
16:39
SP432309.  
30/10/21Barn OwlBuckland1M Merritt
 
27/10/21Barn OwlSteventon1M Merritt
SU450926.  
26/10/21Barn OwlOtmoor: RSPB reserve1S Roby
20:42
Hunting around Morley's at dusk.  
24/10/21Barn OwlEynsham2P Law
18:30
SP423092.  
19/10/21Barn OwlChilbridge2S Taylor
SP422092.  
01/10/21Barn OwlChimney: Chimney Meadows1M Merritt
 
02/08/21Barn OwlRushy Common2R W Catling
20:00
pair hunting in same field.  
27/06/21Barn OwlCassington GPs1C Teal
19:30
 
20/07/21Barn OwlSouth Leigh1R W Catling
20:30
 
18/07/21Barn OwlWaterstock: River Thame1N Marriner
07:30
 
30/06/21Barn OwlWorton1N Suckling
19:45
Hunting over fields next to Worton Park.  
28/06/21Barn OwlSouth Leigh1R W Catling
18:45
 
27/06/21Barn OwlCassington GPs1C Teal
19:00
 
20/06/21Barn OwlThame1L Marriner
13:45
SP712075.  
17/06/21Barn OwlRushy Common1R W Catling
17:00
 
13/06/21Barn OwlOtmoor: RSPB reserve1R Cadd
21:15
Greenaways. Hunting alongside hedge, N side of meadow.  
07/06/21Barn OwlOtmoor1P R Alfrey
18:30
 
30/05/21Barn OwlWest Ginge: West Ginge Down2M Merritt
 
27/05/21Barn OwlWeston-on-the-Green: Stonehouse Farm1D Watkinson
19:50
Hunting around Stonehouse Farm. SP518193.  
15/05/21Barn OwlEast Hendred: East Hendred Downs1M Merritt
Perhaps the same bird as at Scutchamer Knob 45 minutes earlier.  
15/05/21Barn OwlScutchamer Knob1M Merritt
 
30/04/21Barn OwlRushy Common1R W Catling
18:30
 
30/04/21Barn OwlBuckland1M Merritt
 
27/04/21Barn OwlRushy Common1R W Catling
17:30
 
17/04/21Barn OwlMoreton nr Thame: Moreton Golf Course1L Marriner
16:17
Female sat on 6 eggs.  
07/04/21Barn OwlTowersey 1L Marriner
23:08
Female ringed in box. SP738049.  
01/04/21Barn OwlChesterton2L Bryant
14:30
1 male 1 fem. Roosting in an old cow shed. There is an old owl box in the shed so possible nesting pair.  
30/03/21Barn OwlWitney1M Cunningham
20:54
Hunting in daylight.  
29/03/21Barn OwlEast Challow1M Merritt
21:25
 
22/03/21Barn OwlBanbury1G Blockley
23:53
Nocmig record. Another BO over town https://www.xeno-canto.org/632462.  
21/03/21Barn OwlBanbury1G Blockley
21:21
Nocmig record. Still a surprise to get them flying over town, sound clip here https://www.xeno-canto.org/632369.  
23/03/21Barn OwlWoodway1M Merritt
 
23/03/21Barn OwlUpton nr Didcot1M Merritt
 
19/03/21Barn OwlWether Down2M Merritt
SU436842.  
15/03/21Barn OwlWeston-on-the-Green: Stonehouse Farm1D Watkinson
18:15
Hunting along lane. SP518190.  
13/03/21Barn OwlYarnton 1C Teal
17:30
hunting. SP471114.  
02/03/21Barn OwlMoulsford, Halfpenny Lane1M Amphlett
18:50
Caught in the headlights, drifted over the hedge, turned, and back over... can't have been anything else, despite misty, dark conditions. First here for a long while. SU5884.  
27/02/21Barn OwlRiver Thames: nr Kennington1N Boyd
18:00
SP527020.  
28/02/21Barn OwlWoodway1M Merritt
 
20/02/21Barn OwlSandford-on-Thames: Fiddlers Elbow1B Pomfret
late afternoon hunting.  
14/02/21Barn OwlWaterstock: River Thame1N Marriner
10:00
 
08/02/21Barn OwlBenson, nr Rokemarsh1M Amphlett
08:30
Record from a reliable colleague. SU6292.  
06/02/21Barn OwlMinster Lovell1M Cunningham
21:23
daytime hunting over partially flooded fields.  
28/01/21Barn OwlOtmoor: RSPB reserve1S Roby
Hunting around Lower Farm area and the Noke reed bed at dusk.  
25/01/21Barn OwlFarmoor Reservoir1S Goddard
15:15
In Shrike Field. SP439062.  
24/01/21Barn OwlFarmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill1P Butler
21:52
Hunting successfully late afternoon. SP445065.  
24/01/21Barn OwlWaterstock: River Thame1N Marriner
10:00
 
23/01/21Barn Owlfarmoor shrik meadow1P Butler
23:30
Late afternoon. SP445065.  
23/01/21Barn OwlChadlington1S B Akers
16:30
Quartering hedge line at Curdle Hill. SP325227.  
03/01/21Barn OwlFarmoor Reservoir: River Thames1J Turner
16:30
Shrike Meadow area.  
01/01/21Barn OwlKingston Lisle1M Merritt