tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69141166390197769962024-03-19T03:40:13.994+00:00Grimsbury BirdsBirding and wildlife blog for Grimsbury Reservoir, Grimsbury Woodland Nature Reserve and the Upper Cherwell Valley, north Oxfordshire.Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.comBlogger896125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-64992832552562559912024-03-10T20:42:00.036+00:002024-03-11T18:28:02.109+00:0010th March 2024: Red-legged patch rarity!<p>This week I managed to get out a few times and there's definitely more signs of spring being close. On Wednesday there were 12 Siskins in the Alders near the entrance with constant singing. There was also a Chiffchaff singing further along the river. On Thursday there were 5 Gadwall on the reservoir.</p><p>Saturday morning JFT had 2 Chiffchaffs and later I had singles of Yellowhammer, Raven and Lapwing over.</p><p>Today JFT was out early before the rain started and was rewarded with a <b>Red-legged Partridge</b> in the the cattle field. This is a big rarity for the patch!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1s8oCjEsq7artXYy-YwTXlKsP7kvl6iq0NEPJWeRb1EvmooFbhDJnBEeTnM6Rs7JlrLjLY7LpEIipICzxBiL_WryntnzPSfl0_-w0AET3KqrJgqd1uCFeIxAE6To8uuBnu5k8JikW79olrVMbNCR5rWdpVUXZOAdI7so92lxA2StysdVDcLeV0lMgLL5E/s3240/DSC02450.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3240" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1s8oCjEsq7artXYy-YwTXlKsP7kvl6iq0NEPJWeRb1EvmooFbhDJnBEeTnM6Rs7JlrLjLY7LpEIipICzxBiL_WryntnzPSfl0_-w0AET3KqrJgqd1uCFeIxAE6To8uuBnu5k8JikW79olrVMbNCR5rWdpVUXZOAdI7so92lxA2StysdVDcLeV0lMgLL5E/w400-h266/DSC02450.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-51626611668811859122024-03-03T19:37:00.006+00:002024-03-04T19:38:46.931+00:003rd Mar 2024<p>Pretty quiet week again. Clive had 25 Siskins this morning. Also a Stonechat in the cattle field, which is likely a bird moving through.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLje7w4mIAT1TgYC-4K5RcnNFl9BC8V30e_35S_xV7H86F-sGcD-8scJLs61cwMRZGFZlsa76PWIWQUieuWSs3kWaTSfCSwt-1PgQrVXIsbZxRsRIhZSOGNQtuJvjE9oV3VtOpIJv4I_vCpDHpH3pW75qm3DCCwwsdJ3Sm-gcIAAJL5cyQrYZ4JMgF5NFb/s4032/20240303_175650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLje7w4mIAT1TgYC-4K5RcnNFl9BC8V30e_35S_xV7H86F-sGcD-8scJLs61cwMRZGFZlsa76PWIWQUieuWSs3kWaTSfCSwt-1PgQrVXIsbZxRsRIhZSOGNQtuJvjE9oV3VtOpIJv4I_vCpDHpH3pW75qm3DCCwwsdJ3Sm-gcIAAJL5cyQrYZ4JMgF5NFb/w400-h300/20240303_175650.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-56115925117720582552024-02-25T21:13:00.028+00:002024-03-05T12:40:23.309+00:0025th Feb 2024: winter bits and bobs<p>The lack of recent blog posts is mostly down to lack of visits but there's not been much news generally, it's fair to say it's been a bit slow.</p><p>There's been more flooding... </p><p>Monday 22nd Jan, there was another <u>Pintail</u> (a duck this time) on the reservoir.</p><p>Monday 29th Jan, John Beak had 4 <b>Shelduck </b>on the reservoir that didn't stay long before flying off again.</p><p>Sunday 4th, Clive had a <b>Peregrine </b>over. </p><p>Today, JFT had a <b>Yellowhammer </b>over.</p><p>Some winter sun has meant that Brimstone, Peacock and Red Admiral butterflies have all been seen in these weeks too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLt5FOy2GL-rBtee0jDLTKYJfvrxFSJGmcdcp_liavDwNQ7AZ3PX7g5JYrOgnaHRVXHraJ9cOFEaynOoclin7hmn1kRQbbC69cjIuyCCX7BKGxTahLNki_x72ZINS2FNeBFsI-7QM3B6jxyZ3jTJcEJOoNzy02IAcUWMvDteWXdaLh21JRBYUfPle-bkQR/s2003/DSC02363.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="2003" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLt5FOy2GL-rBtee0jDLTKYJfvrxFSJGmcdcp_liavDwNQ7AZ3PX7g5JYrOgnaHRVXHraJ9cOFEaynOoclin7hmn1kRQbbC69cjIuyCCX7BKGxTahLNki_x72ZINS2FNeBFsI-7QM3B6jxyZ3jTJcEJOoNzy02IAcUWMvDteWXdaLh21JRBYUfPle-bkQR/w400-h266/DSC02363.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-74798238637827029572024-01-21T21:52:00.029+00:002024-01-23T12:57:23.404+00:0021st Jan 2024Quite a cold week with most of the reservoir being frozen over by Friday but thawing out again over the weekend. <div>Friday afternoon there were 52 Tufted Duck and a single drake Gadwall on the reservoir making use of the small area of ice free water. Up the valley I heard the (I assume the same) <b>Cetti's Warbler</b> singing by the river and there was at least 7 Snipe along the river.</div><div>Mark found a <b>Yellow-legged Gull</b> stood on the ice at the reservoir on Saturday afternoon and on Sunday our first <u>Greenfinch</u> of the year was along the river.</div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-21188321895139473392024-01-14T22:01:00.041+00:002024-01-22T15:52:34.783+00:0014th Jan 2024<p>Following the flooding last week the river level has gone very low again, even lower than it was at the end of last year. The freshly exposed mud under the railway bridge had fresh signs of Otter.</p><p>On Wednesday there was a little bit of activity and a couple of new birds with <u>Kingfisher</u>, Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, <u>Raven</u> and 13+ Siskins. Typically, some of these were birds we couldn't find last Sunday on the short day count!</p><p>John had a/the Goosander on Thursday and it was around again today. Also seen today were 64 Greylag Geese at the reservoir and then up the valley, <u>Pheasant,</u> <u>Woodcock</u>, 22 Snipe, 5 Gadwall at the Borrow Pit pool and 5 Lapwing up the valley.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5RHhGnLYY4D8cFRVvhGO4GOAEfOBET1I5XtGtrs8Vt0KczLrm0U5lpC5FdjoGSemBGBtGNzngKQvkMHQNF9WaGKL3cRwxr5EJRE9m9fDLqj5Ss03WD9ZthESOIervDY0BAm-5OceRFqHvFD1hndMRBlcdHEJ2wPAW5BnDiIld08xsAXaiCbIV4TJ_OZ6/s3554/841A2996.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2782" data-original-width="3554" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5RHhGnLYY4D8cFRVvhGO4GOAEfOBET1I5XtGtrs8Vt0KczLrm0U5lpC5FdjoGSemBGBtGNzngKQvkMHQNF9WaGKL3cRwxr5EJRE9m9fDLqj5Ss03WD9ZthESOIervDY0BAm-5OceRFqHvFD1hndMRBlcdHEJ2wPAW5BnDiIld08xsAXaiCbIV4TJ_OZ6/w400-h313/841A2996.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtesy and copyright of JFT</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3v5MlzbqpjBbKbr8uMnZ9WjiDRiuNCymToFIZJsrn97Os4Gs98bMTCGypBXHO-J_5Kuvr1j3ouY5lo7OjDlOL3QVLG4ftn22RguOld6TmcxXmYxEzInyYy7j5xUNmUqdNt7XZJx9i7x0yzRyek8HTtRQmNzdydzyxlKPuMqoa5FfS0e2pcN3oqi9N9N4/s3840/IMG-20240110-WA0001.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3v5MlzbqpjBbKbr8uMnZ9WjiDRiuNCymToFIZJsrn97Os4Gs98bMTCGypBXHO-J_5Kuvr1j3ouY5lo7OjDlOL3QVLG4ftn22RguOld6TmcxXmYxEzInyYy7j5xUNmUqdNt7XZJx9i7x0yzRyek8HTtRQmNzdydzyxlKPuMqoa5FfS0e2pcN3oqi9N9N4/w400-h225/IMG-20240110-WA0001.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvn7B0Lr8kLwfEysuneMxn2dXBJ8SZGU4SAGKxLMoqoKZ2TK1U-bR9EpPZnK1HM06Wn7dJVN9_qkrVScRFL6-MMfAFIKHKViPMD-KNuWeC5rLqhiGP36Nnypkp0fXiSJ82Ho_yfINXgAEDkwJQHZZ-5yXW9TYBARJpFPR7FGOjuKqAz-JmiDgwg1zV7Z56/s4032/20240110_081219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvn7B0Lr8kLwfEysuneMxn2dXBJ8SZGU4SAGKxLMoqoKZ2TK1U-bR9EpPZnK1HM06Wn7dJVN9_qkrVScRFL6-MMfAFIKHKViPMD-KNuWeC5rLqhiGP36Nnypkp0fXiSJ82Ho_yfINXgAEDkwJQHZZ-5yXW9TYBARJpFPR7FGOjuKqAz-JmiDgwg1zV7Z56/w400-h300/20240110_081219.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxxBwhwiejOz6KGa-SSKwnGz9xmgCAk-UyZpsCmUwDS4dM7So1Ce-QjcttPd0PXX4BuKHfeGiCEhOb2RS3nDFLV-5I_JX0958nI4FLlcOpoOArQtlWyZBvYXeCRydutERwpgqq4GjbG31WToDXfJG6_pZUai2XBvz_39H_qtk5raj9tiFkxQfn-uO6Md1/s3326/841A3013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2516" data-original-width="3326" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxxBwhwiejOz6KGa-SSKwnGz9xmgCAk-UyZpsCmUwDS4dM7So1Ce-QjcttPd0PXX4BuKHfeGiCEhOb2RS3nDFLV-5I_JX0958nI4FLlcOpoOArQtlWyZBvYXeCRydutERwpgqq4GjbG31WToDXfJG6_pZUai2XBvz_39H_qtk5raj9tiFkxQfn-uO6Md1/w400-h303/841A3013.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtesy and copyright of JFT</td></tr></tbody></table>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-57755454641339930142024-01-07T22:13:00.001+00:002024-01-09T22:22:16.036+00:007th Jan 2024: A bit wet!<p>Dawn broke on New Year's Day with the patch (and a lot of other places) flooded. It wasn't too high to get in with wellington boots and a bit of care but some of the pathways around the wood (near the river especially) were too deep to walk along, so I accessed the Upper Cherwell Valley from the Gateway/M&S car park. A good number of birds seen for the first day, including Siskins, a Chiffchaff, a Stonechat, a drake <b>Pintail</b>, 2 Wigeon and a Snipe. A flock of birds passed over really high going south that JFT and I thought were most likely Golden Plover but we couldn't say for definite.</p><p>Wednesday morning the flooding was even worse and access to the reservoir not possible in the morning so I went up the valley but Ian managed a walk round in the afternoon. I added 5 Teal and 3 Lesser Redpoll to the year list and Ian had a drake <b>Goosander</b> on the Reservoir, which Adrian T also saw on Thursday.</p><p>This morning Clive and I were out and had a really good look around the patch, as part of the B.O.S. Short Day Count of SP44. We had a couple of new birds for the year list with a single <b>Great Black-backed Gull </b>over twice (possibly two birds) and a <b>Lapwing </b>in one of the fields that was still holding some flood water. Other notable sightings on patch were 5 Great Crested Grebes on the reservoir, 2 Gadwall on the Borrow Pit pool, 3 Wigeon, c.40 Snipe in one wet field and 2 Stonechat. Out of patch a Peregrine in town and a Goosander at Wroxton were good birds to get but there was not a lot else really.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCp3VQg1mLNY363hHyqskOFpvVH37fNF_jDPiJuW5LxQZ86HN6U7d5XuGn1qCooU7cFDnTKvGkwtIAS37Cep2RuFysfi8L2h5IqgIjrvsAKsoWbxF6dQCcqI68IpmfyBy__AnzMK5qdhijAwgVetxAxJCKdHrLAUYaSw_TxGY9TXvVOO9hXV_JM05Kaegx/s2812/20240101_142625.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2109" data-original-width="2812" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCp3VQg1mLNY363hHyqskOFpvVH37fNF_jDPiJuW5LxQZ86HN6U7d5XuGn1qCooU7cFDnTKvGkwtIAS37Cep2RuFysfi8L2h5IqgIjrvsAKsoWbxF6dQCcqI68IpmfyBy__AnzMK5qdhijAwgVetxAxJCKdHrLAUYaSw_TxGY9TXvVOO9hXV_JM05Kaegx/w400-h300/20240101_142625.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwf49OZOqOEQJpxYe2keXm_IinYbZelcvoZxCg9JdBG5h0ODZ_UiOtYpdemLSarvO4gDSzW5my0ZjyLw_eR4OmjVGKUQtaFp7ijLa0wNXiaqz2MYe36SbBXEn4Tb9B5qqmcSzDR5aTGeAVFz7oU8wBAi7HRFFzkUhuhrKE-viDrAUMS6jImCu9hZzCHUVi/s3942/20240103_074424.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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This would have been at around 5500 m and a lot higher than most migratory birds would be flying over, but an interesting perspective of the patch and the surrounding area.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNqLHeaXp2LzWqbjh7JoriBSCEIhUHLP2hpkzuQ-huHm_0bnKN5LWOJLOt0SX4bIJDAx2rPJJBYnAfN1GpNAI1iJVLyMuXcR7xfCz9VfAHFVsqfXXxaZgufZkhbDyhd5t3RMprAckAVTTJaXzBmETUh3tLX0CD-NrR1SNnSOcIXpCUhRUJUmc977ptnke/s930/IMG-20240106-WA0009.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="930" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNqLHeaXp2LzWqbjh7JoriBSCEIhUHLP2hpkzuQ-huHm_0bnKN5LWOJLOt0SX4bIJDAx2rPJJBYnAfN1GpNAI1iJVLyMuXcR7xfCz9VfAHFVsqfXXxaZgufZkhbDyhd5t3RMprAckAVTTJaXzBmETUh3tLX0CD-NrR1SNnSOcIXpCUhRUJUmc977ptnke/w640-h360/IMG-20240106-WA0009.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtesy and copyright of Allan Jones</td></tr></tbody></table>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-65035649774014029262023-12-31T19:18:00.000+00:002023-12-31T19:18:01.592+00:0031st Dec 2023<p>As expected there were no big surprises for the end of the year. Apparently the Ross's Goose was back on Monday with some Greylags. I expect they've been mostly in the floods somewhere along the Cherwell, as there's been hardly any geese at the reservoir. </p><p>On Wednesday 2 Lapwings did a few circuits of the reservoir before flying south and there was a Gadwall on the reservoir. A few Siskins flew over too.</p><p>Yesterday there was a drake Wigeon with 3 Gadwall at the Borrow Pit pool and a Lesser Redpoll flew over. </p><p>This morning Clive had a Peregrine over and there was a Wigeon on the reservoir and a Chiffchaff along the river. </p><p>Happy new year! Fingers crossed for some good birds in 2024. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqIMepEhnU0deEvJObixKyRJwLBBj0wLpvvOrQ6_XaXhNcLiUAcHTVhZa8iTQbanFaMzDrobylNyEl_0nHEOaKrpjNn2cQaLIGHXexOxoaDis3eh2321u4iuXEKf892f4xByXSn3xJ9vcY29B2Ys1WW1Ytn3roQRR8HF3nEfL2l2ymKo2ZJx710u_FDfT/s3056/841A2722.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2343" data-original-width="3056" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqIMepEhnU0deEvJObixKyRJwLBBj0wLpvvOrQ6_XaXhNcLiUAcHTVhZa8iTQbanFaMzDrobylNyEl_0nHEOaKrpjNn2cQaLIGHXexOxoaDis3eh2321u4iuXEKf892f4xByXSn3xJ9vcY29B2Ys1WW1Ytn3roQRR8HF3nEfL2l2ymKo2ZJx710u_FDfT/w400-h306/841A2722.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recent photos courtesy and copyright of JFT</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbJNzu3f7d_2WD-9uRWM3rZdIwrsgyGVhfc6YGbQj2JdkMHCfYyJRchPQ5lX4g0cz_evVeocOm94bH5eo4mlEdGYd0-xCK5kgctqyr_cY-5JSnkWeNr9wnjge4yh5PwMvaUCm1ZB0tjisqbPWIxXEp3HgbPFAnr1X_6SiwJlUr0l3b1IZNs594lpvEf7d/s3019/841A2780.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2447" data-original-width="3019" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbJNzu3f7d_2WD-9uRWM3rZdIwrsgyGVhfc6YGbQj2JdkMHCfYyJRchPQ5lX4g0cz_evVeocOm94bH5eo4mlEdGYd0-xCK5kgctqyr_cY-5JSnkWeNr9wnjge4yh5PwMvaUCm1ZB0tjisqbPWIxXEp3HgbPFAnr1X_6SiwJlUr0l3b1IZNs594lpvEf7d/w400-h324/841A2780.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-8925963491094806192023-12-24T21:49:00.033+00:002023-12-24T21:49:00.148+00:0024th Dec 2023A very quiet couple of weeks towards the end of the year, but that could be down to the lack of visits. A drake Goosander has been seen on and off.<div>A decent addition to the year list this late in the year was a <b>Cetti's Warbler</b> yesterday, heard singing from the scrub along the River Cherwell just north of the M40. A fairly scarce species for the patch, but with a run of recent records I assume likely to become more regular. <div><br /></div><div>Hopefully the last week of the year has another surprise or two... Happy Christmas!</div></div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-39520328532758151742023-12-10T17:13:00.001+00:002023-12-31T14:56:29.406+00:0010th Dec 2023: Pochard<p>John was out on Tuesday and found 5 <u>Red-crested Pochards</u>, a <b>Pochard</b> and a Goosander at the reservoir. The Pochard was new for the year and was around until Friday. A Goosander was also present on Weds and Friday at least. </p><p>Yesterday Edwin had 2 Peregrine over the reservoir and there was 3 Gadwall up on the Borrow Pit pool. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDFvRLhr4DXO62UqvcFYwa7VdH93umNsYcovycpZo1bzmgiAO8lzfsLc80hzmtD3nUCDbKe87XrWpJShIav48qNbglR83qnhMIS31E0TAVsBAY9QjMg1X8bnByrY0X-ze_NpqVHw4kT2MDZlQEoupczhqRsYGd1IMKD3VOTbS6XNmetu7bVksS2lQjzhn/s4304/841A2551.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2810" data-original-width="4304" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDFvRLhr4DXO62UqvcFYwa7VdH93umNsYcovycpZo1bzmgiAO8lzfsLc80hzmtD3nUCDbKe87XrWpJShIav48qNbglR83qnhMIS31E0TAVsBAY9QjMg1X8bnByrY0X-ze_NpqVHw4kT2MDZlQEoupczhqRsYGd1IMKD3VOTbS6XNmetu7bVksS2lQjzhn/w400-h261/841A2551.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos courtesy and copyright of JFT</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2nwIRBY9WRjkvBt90QdiGKg44_C3R3gdJic_1V98Zf5HX1On8GH6g8T3yKwW-VCqbkCiWZNq44-SSK8KQ0yEAzrhyphenhyphenaX7gOBcbhd0Wxxm6zLWvpMJ4i8AMZ_KCjvaApYOZzZmM8hbZQpzl4RMGxpBQZ1MBdtC-5LsKIr9EubhUwtNgYYNdD82vXXlzZgI/s3668/841A2575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2718" data-original-width="3668" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2nwIRBY9WRjkvBt90QdiGKg44_C3R3gdJic_1V98Zf5HX1On8GH6g8T3yKwW-VCqbkCiWZNq44-SSK8KQ0yEAzrhyphenhyphenaX7gOBcbhd0Wxxm6zLWvpMJ4i8AMZ_KCjvaApYOZzZmM8hbZQpzl4RMGxpBQZ1MBdtC-5LsKIr9EubhUwtNgYYNdD82vXXlzZgI/w400-h296/841A2575.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-75976216174305297272023-12-03T20:59:00.024+00:002023-12-10T17:16:15.071+00:003rd Dec 2023<p>There was a single redhead Goosander was at the reservoir Tuesday but four there today - 3 redheads and an immature male. </p><p>Yesterday and today there was a Ross's Goose with the Canada Geese - nice to see but certainly an escape from a collection! Also present yesterday was 3 Wigeon and a Chiffchaff at the reservoir and a <u>Brambling</u> just into the Upper Cherwell Valley. Today Clive had a Stonechat in the plantation field. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvStKhOZtyL5VUYz42o1dYaIaZe1ziJ7bguP4bHGmT3-N-V0pOYEb9wcGDQ8SIB9CG04ULlcjfHZcPsz-sqejugw1rKQdynaHbkM6i5k2F2UKecBLlL4dATzMhgHbSvseuG1opvWZD1ah826sd8ZPgJI6Scd4iSyCEJCBIllbJE-F69kmBaBZE8r7rXcwi/s4417/DSC02340.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2945" data-original-width="4417" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvStKhOZtyL5VUYz42o1dYaIaZe1ziJ7bguP4bHGmT3-N-V0pOYEb9wcGDQ8SIB9CG04ULlcjfHZcPsz-sqejugw1rKQdynaHbkM6i5k2F2UKecBLlL4dATzMhgHbSvseuG1opvWZD1ah826sd8ZPgJI6Scd4iSyCEJCBIllbJE-F69kmBaBZE8r7rXcwi/w400-h266/DSC02340.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlT-KBmjWsO64fQmdCiIzhP0uZQuPhCQyzuXlhxfPPjcJtDfEUFvlTKmVguiKqK-hsCJEo2_G9bA3TPqW29ZkzK55kPPlHpNr783c_6DsJbYcUnzOlRabyr0Tm75dqsayO3309YyZgN3TUDHcZli-rqJqQAHeXp92hq3kadnn0ISUk72c0jSkqpBWHEnz/s3463/841A2444.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2750" data-original-width="3463" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlT-KBmjWsO64fQmdCiIzhP0uZQuPhCQyzuXlhxfPPjcJtDfEUFvlTKmVguiKqK-hsCJEo2_G9bA3TPqW29ZkzK55kPPlHpNr783c_6DsJbYcUnzOlRabyr0Tm75dqsayO3309YyZgN3TUDHcZli-rqJqQAHeXp92hq3kadnn0ISUk72c0jSkqpBWHEnz/w400-h318/841A2444.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtesy and copyright of JFT</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJA9tbNrGcNiohON150iXy7nvfMsqkQuMySBCZy9Z09o2tWY3lcSKDs-HRTPfI-5umo31WDlQszZItGeigiQ3KQbkA50vzAd2k9rCVEaMFSNO1Ok4pjDGu2w_84RuThQSmpLnBcbrY6UCkX4R2BkVGqjQwz3RcOsmSFx149P5Q9RMur0UfUbGpa8gvUaug/s3476/841A2501.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2554" data-original-width="3476" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJA9tbNrGcNiohON150iXy7nvfMsqkQuMySBCZy9Z09o2tWY3lcSKDs-HRTPfI-5umo31WDlQszZItGeigiQ3KQbkA50vzAd2k9rCVEaMFSNO1Ok4pjDGu2w_84RuThQSmpLnBcbrY6UCkX4R2BkVGqjQwz3RcOsmSFx149P5Q9RMur0UfUbGpa8gvUaug/w400-h294/841A2501.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Courtesy and copyright of JFT</td></tr></tbody></table>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-86340602268248073362023-11-26T21:47:00.039+00:002023-12-10T16:59:18.858+00:0026th Nov 2023: Green Sandpiper<p>Not many visits or much news this week, but a couple of new birds for the year. </p><p>Yesterday there was 2 Wigeon on the reservoir and up into the valley a <b>Green Sandpiper</b> flew north along the river calling. I managed to pick out a flock of Golden Plovers flying in the distance towards Chipping Warden and what was possibly an adult Caspian Gull in the fields but I couldn't confirm it.</p><p>Today Clive had 2 <b>Goosanders </b>fly over the reservoir. There was a couple of Lesser Redpolls around with one at the reservoir and one by the Borrow Pit pool. In amongst a reasonable number of gulls I found a couple of Yellow-legged Gulls and what looked like a Caspian Gull, but it wasn't quite right. I sent some photos to John and a couple of other friends and they agreed it looked off and later Ian Lewington confirmed it was probably a hybrid.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VSg4CASInW7rJd-8UKd8NHA7Mn1tYPyng2yQFk0MlMQrr_NMNZI5aGmfpO3qTwRnWNo17tO5zTpQRXU8LuAtotvnWRrleZIaaxjdxdv17YQCU_iela1LO-Eg7u99Tg8psyLnOf5_6u-d5fkjJXb78dLlCJ_o7BwOmdDWD62dL0N4boQiXVaWIZALfmmn/s4032/20231126_101543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_VSg4CASInW7rJd-8UKd8NHA7Mn1tYPyng2yQFk0MlMQrr_NMNZI5aGmfpO3qTwRnWNo17tO5zTpQRXU8LuAtotvnWRrleZIaaxjdxdv17YQCU_iela1LO-Eg7u99Tg8psyLnOf5_6u-d5fkjJXb78dLlCJ_o7BwOmdDWD62dL0N4boQiXVaWIZALfmmn/w400-h300/20231126_101543.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwF9YhyphenhyphenyedukaBGQKoQjX5IGp1l2m0T27j-jRWxQWOWS8D1lST-0B8Fax9wjiNB8LF8REn3QN3BdrPFLHlA_EfVOcHw1-R0YhMMvyNIisAfbMdwFZ8NX1xuXXnvBYYUT3KmINgHr4v38KfuXEl7Z-tsknPqsYd_YNPp7Zr22IqzfYhcwAGHXKhYn0IT0II/s4032/20231126_101558.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwF9YhyphenhyphenyedukaBGQKoQjX5IGp1l2m0T27j-jRWxQWOWS8D1lST-0B8Fax9wjiNB8LF8REn3QN3BdrPFLHlA_EfVOcHw1-R0YhMMvyNIisAfbMdwFZ8NX1xuXXnvBYYUT3KmINgHr4v38KfuXEl7Z-tsknPqsYd_YNPp7Zr22IqzfYhcwAGHXKhYn0IT0II/w400-h300/20231126_101558.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYukEySToDQoXnJU3hVV1-gukzW8V-1_YPgrRf6TcTVbagQb7I4r_hFifc28WLdErKhwjcNCKc2vI01k7y1yAMiYBKVEHLqPHy-9RtsitPQY0RM4xAtBzE4SnW_QA_TvOLIXO0tVlOjiQfNgyCT75OHtwR_Il2i9y4p4eridyZINv7ZBppFMF0gRKpArJ/s4032/20231126_103935.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYukEySToDQoXnJU3hVV1-gukzW8V-1_YPgrRf6TcTVbagQb7I4r_hFifc28WLdErKhwjcNCKc2vI01k7y1yAMiYBKVEHLqPHy-9RtsitPQY0RM4xAtBzE4SnW_QA_TvOLIXO0tVlOjiQfNgyCT75OHtwR_Il2i9y4p4eridyZINv7ZBppFMF0gRKpArJ/w400-h300/20231126_103935.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-7598848244337582492023-11-19T21:45:00.025+00:002023-12-10T14:04:00.114+00:0019th Nov 2023It's fair to say it's been a fairly quiet couple of weeks. A few visits from a few different people hasn't resulted in anything particularly notable, but there's been a couple of interesting records.<div><br /><div>Last Sunday Clive had 2 small waders fly over but couldn't see them well enough to ID. I'm assuming they were probably Dunlin. Sandra also counted 42 Tufted Ducks.</div><div>Wednesday morning I had 47 Cormorants at the reservoir, which I think is my biggest count here. There was also 4 Shoveler (2 pairs).</div></div><div>John had c.50 Lapwing fly over south yesterday. </div><div>This morning a Little Egret was in the cattle field when Clive went round and it was still there this afternoon when John went round. He also saw a Peregrine.</div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-19942957332319380972023-11-05T22:12:00.019+00:002023-11-08T10:36:16.728+00:005th Nov 2023<p>Sandra was out Monday morning and had the Barnacle Goose up at the Borrow Pit pool/fields in the valley. It appears to have gone as it hasn't been seen since then.</p><p>Tuesday morning I had 2 (possibly 3) Yellowhammers along the western side of the reservoir with more Reed Buntings than usual and 2 Chiffchaff. There was a noticeable increase of Robins, Blackbirds and Song Thrush too. Thursday morning there was a Fieldfare and 5 Great Crested Grebes again and a Raven over. </p><p>This morning Adrian T and Clive had 3 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler and 40 Fieldfare. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KV4qp6YVgVndngJrIPj44EF5mSk64NLoo_6VaxCZZjEwJBnZeBnEIj6zc7aWieCyB0JJfMEmeqw5NCEnxsnqg6X52x9r9AhKw9ptgY-mc1b1SWKgz4sbWQpNJUqISxKWeHACPum4w8hy-pIJLNQO7F9vTAzLXBCzdBsl62Ojp4c6Gnv9Ruoq2R5jO3GK/s4008/DSC02174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2672" data-original-width="4008" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KV4qp6YVgVndngJrIPj44EF5mSk64NLoo_6VaxCZZjEwJBnZeBnEIj6zc7aWieCyB0JJfMEmeqw5NCEnxsnqg6X52x9r9AhKw9ptgY-mc1b1SWKgz4sbWQpNJUqISxKWeHACPum4w8hy-pIJLNQO7F9vTAzLXBCzdBsl62Ojp4c6Gnv9Ruoq2R5jO3GK/w400-h266/DSC02174.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU63X6B83xvd7VgaHFqiS6bEAHJUBuji_QfVfhIEvujsR02jIMSo9S7eUtpcLvhAj8aBocVZLhXR-2pNMVIbcRvFoop_sbPsEKGpkvlBSSdLAmN2c9HFLdTyTD0CgXjG0qEvgxCn7qbECp7WmaduEX0MkcKHeTmlTnwHArg1tvE1a-RyO0aNjKrTWnf8rs/s3775/DSC02176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2517" data-original-width="3775" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU63X6B83xvd7VgaHFqiS6bEAHJUBuji_QfVfhIEvujsR02jIMSo9S7eUtpcLvhAj8aBocVZLhXR-2pNMVIbcRvFoop_sbPsEKGpkvlBSSdLAmN2c9HFLdTyTD0CgXjG0qEvgxCn7qbECp7WmaduEX0MkcKHeTmlTnwHArg1tvE1a-RyO0aNjKrTWnf8rs/w400-h266/DSC02176.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-60534771587446883122023-10-29T22:02:00.058+00:002023-10-30T13:08:07.087+00:0029th Oct 2023: Osprey, Barnacle Goose and Cattle Egret<p>A very good week for the patch and quality autumn birding with three new birds for the year and some other good patch birds.</p><p>On Monday Clive had a (fairly) late <b>Osprey</b> go over south and Edwin found a <u>Dunlin</u> on Tuesday.</p><p>Wednesday morning I had 2 <u>Brambling</u> over and 4 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Great Crested Grebes (a good count for here) and 38 Greylag Geese. A little later in the morning Clive had a <b>Barnacle Goose</b> (second patch record) fly over and 12 Siskins. He then relocated the goose at the Borrow Pit pool. The goose may not be a genuine wild bird but a great patch bird anyway.</p><p>Saturday morning the Barnacle Goose was on the reservoir with 58 Greylag and c.250 Canada Geese. A <b>Cattle Egret</b> (second patch record) came in and briefly landed in the cattle field before heading north. It was later relocated near Chacombe by John. </p><p>This morning John had the Barnacle Goose again and 102 Greylags. Later on Clive had a Peregrine over towards town and there was Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Lesser Redpoll and Siskins around the reservoir. 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Quite a surprise on a morning with some but not a lot of birds moving. A Snipe also flushed up from the cattle field by the farmer and 6 Siskin, some Redwings and c.40 Greylag Geese. </div><div><br /></div><div>Yesterday morning John had <b>Brambling</b> over along with 7 Fieldfare, 11 Redwing and 4 Siskin. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>This morning there was a couple of Lesser Redpoll, several Siskin, a Little Egret over south and 5 Raven over north.</div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-11101497044190031752023-10-15T21:54:00.010+01:002023-10-15T21:54:00.141+01:0015th Oct 2023<p>Yesterday there was a Stonechat and a fairly late Swallow at the reservoir. Also several Siskins and Skylarks over, as well as Meadow Pipits with some grounded too. A couple of Chiffchaffs were vocal on the western side. A Greylag Goose and at least one hybrid has been in amongst the Canada Goose flock. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQ1Riz4eHprF9BnaMqjRweacFa4bUQ0xNBYRVK8VVxsWd4-X0KRfW-CiTxDwFGAkCqCCNBXnqXM_XA17e5XUNgtcndx42Dq0cHaN7Nktcn2z0Jz6lww6uXrQ8dU6YXLWpOw8xuxomy38n7cwk9NKyreHFHXoRNQN3ysEOpZgZaO0fD7Oz5wfjdsOHMH2S/s1996/DSC02047.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1330" data-original-width="1996" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQ1Riz4eHprF9BnaMqjRweacFa4bUQ0xNBYRVK8VVxsWd4-X0KRfW-CiTxDwFGAkCqCCNBXnqXM_XA17e5XUNgtcndx42Dq0cHaN7Nktcn2z0Jz6lww6uXrQ8dU6YXLWpOw8xuxomy38n7cwk9NKyreHFHXoRNQN3ysEOpZgZaO0fD7Oz5wfjdsOHMH2S/w400-h266/DSC02047.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-65543534951337524632023-10-01T21:31:00.023+01:002023-10-14T15:54:13.565+01:001st Oct 2023<p>Jonathan Bowley was out on Tuesday, at the reservoir and into the valley, and had 3 Little Grebe, 5 Cormorant, 2 Heron, 37 Mallard, 16 Tufted Ducks, 4 Coot, 1 Snipe over, 3 Common Sandpipers, 3 House Martins, 4 Grey Wagtail, 2 Blackcap, 9 chiffchaff, 3 Siskin and 1 Reed Bunting.</p><p>Today John had 2 Gadwall, 3 Common Sandpipers and 6 Siskin. Adrian T counted 280 Canada Geese.</p>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-59770661379237478792023-09-24T21:43:00.015+01:002023-10-14T15:47:32.529+01:0024th Sep 2023<p>A bit quieter this week, but the Canada Goose flock is rapidly increasing. Steve H counted 264 on Monday and there was also a Common Sandpiper. </p><p>On Tuesday John saw Little Grebe, 4 Swallows and 2 Common Sandpipers.</p><p>On Thursday there was a Wheatear in the cattle field and 3 Common Sandpipers.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdgUQ5B5QwSe5TwwA5ZVqL5um_Fex_jzswVPFfQLCZiigo1cx3ak3dX5ojfPKIsKChdpMD4PuySp7H2OSikJoa8BE_XGPQdh9k1fupnUHr270QzBJO_uwnb1UbZNHS47aazjEE4jSyJy6qAUqJph7SlLWozouKh2t_P_rAcekCjJrJ4b6c5UCKfnUX8uC/s2720/DSC01255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1813" data-original-width="2720" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdgUQ5B5QwSe5TwwA5ZVqL5um_Fex_jzswVPFfQLCZiigo1cx3ak3dX5ojfPKIsKChdpMD4PuySp7H2OSikJoa8BE_XGPQdh9k1fupnUHr270QzBJO_uwnb1UbZNHS47aazjEE4jSyJy6qAUqJph7SlLWozouKh2t_P_rAcekCjJrJ4b6c5UCKfnUX8uC/w400-h266/DSC01255.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is a Wheatear there, honest</td></tr></tbody></table>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-58189252601547724372023-09-17T21:04:00.020+01:002023-10-14T15:43:05.319+01:0017th Sep 2023<p>Friday afternoon there were 2 Siskins and a Grass Snake along the river and Saturday morning there was 3 Common Sandpipers. </p><p>This morning John and I had 3 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 2 individual Snipe over, 11 Yellow Wagtails over and 27 Meadow Pipits over. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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A Raven went over very high - there's been a few sightings this week/recently. There was also a Wheatear in the Upper Cherwell Valley, on the Northants side of the river. A colour ringed Black-headed Gull on the railings, I think it's Polish (blue TOT4?) but I need to send it off to confirm. </p><p>On Wednesday Steve H and I headed out to look for odonata, the main aim being to try and record Willow Emerald again. Steve found one pretty quickly in a Alder near the entrance but then no more were seen until later (2 there later). In the heat of the day they seemed to liven up and 20+ were seen in one area, mostly pairs gathered around an Ash overhanging the river and mostly egg laying. I counted 9 pairs and a single female egg laying and a lone male (probably more) all in one small area. There is older scarring too, so they have been egg laying here in previous years.</p><p>Thursday early morning there was 4 Yellow-legged Gulls (1 ad, 1 2cy and 2x juv) and an adult Common Gull with the early morning gull gathering. 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There was also a bat (probably a pipistrelle) flying around the reservoir for a while.<br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhexB_5O8T2xdv3Cqqj6hNJsgSKrRtD8s3HYeaZGXWyGjb7VNAbXSjHBNwCeY6SauGaGm-apwSPtceB2m4_K5a7cxi00eNoGxprRO4s-teHn728Wwtwpn9Bqk2YhF4UTwG5FxQOQScIOfnSZNaBDOd6xbellm2_xuJkDrhn7YY2hRZmuGkvo50sfp3Mexk/s2992/841A0450.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2992" data-original-width="2078" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhexB_5O8T2xdv3Cqqj6hNJsgSKrRtD8s3HYeaZGXWyGjb7VNAbXSjHBNwCeY6SauGaGm-apwSPtceB2m4_K5a7cxi00eNoGxprRO4s-teHn728Wwtwpn9Bqk2YhF4UTwG5FxQOQScIOfnSZNaBDOd6xbellm2_xuJkDrhn7YY2hRZmuGkvo50sfp3Mexk/w278-h400/841A0450.JPG" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bat photos courtesy and copyright of JFT</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTiwgh_hxx7BnjOoPth-MKMYHQMaB9CavdvQIRxfXIAnC7PFNaQ_f9julHw33T6OAQS8z7UfGnqUvnEWnqMthnuly8ujyAWuJm2E5NJSio8rBiDQBzizwlopob5mTq8MtKBBoNlyMcyf4GdmFypEmTjxc5j919ltZ4TuT1w1VWYH5Lrhoz3i3g1ElIQiV/s2969/841A0449-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2302" data-original-width="2969" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTiwgh_hxx7BnjOoPth-MKMYHQMaB9CavdvQIRxfXIAnC7PFNaQ_f9julHw33T6OAQS8z7UfGnqUvnEWnqMthnuly8ujyAWuJm2E5NJSio8rBiDQBzizwlopob5mTq8MtKBBoNlyMcyf4GdmFypEmTjxc5j919ltZ4TuT1w1VWYH5Lrhoz3i3g1ElIQiV/w400-h310/841A0449-2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-59854512863387930432023-09-03T21:46:00.057+01:002023-09-08T20:52:56.142+01:003rd Sep 2023: Gulls and a Great White<p>On Monday Sandra had 2 Common Sandpipers and John Beak had a Redstart. Wednesday John had 4 Common Sandpipers and a Hobby hunting over town. </p><p>Friday afternoon there was a big gathering of gulls (mostly Lesser Black-backed) and amongst them our first <b>Caspian Gull </b>and <b>Mediterranean Gull</b> of the year and 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (all juveniles). There was also the 4 Common Sandpipers and 2 Yellow Wagtails. As good as the gulls were, the icing on the cake was an <u>Otter</u> along the river. It looked pretty small so maybe a young one. I'm not sure who was more shocked when it popped up right in front of me and it certainly wasn't in the mood to hang around for a photo!</p><p>Yesterday morning there were 2 <u>Sandwich Terns</u> when John arrived but already on the way out unfortunately. He also had a <b>Great White Egret </b>over for another year tick this week. A Green Sandpiper on the deck, as well as 2 Common Sandpipers, is unusual here. Later in the afternoon Mike P had a Peregrine over.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCplzfkXwuIzDBiWOet5huXEtXYzedHJ2HKKQXN1FIrgdfI-DKcdltgMF3PNOmZpNsQm-AdW7ACQ4lRf_UHLf2mXMThcDBwx9LDjbGC9dgXsd7pYkPbMcIAnY3WgFmWHqB0h1stVWmkCNVw2S0SpLiyJuSzhoq4CslBK8Epsk-3oDfj9HkMpSxOQcjgsGq/s1342/DSC00880.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="1342" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCplzfkXwuIzDBiWOet5huXEtXYzedHJ2HKKQXN1FIrgdfI-DKcdltgMF3PNOmZpNsQm-AdW7ACQ4lRf_UHLf2mXMThcDBwx9LDjbGC9dgXsd7pYkPbMcIAnY3WgFmWHqB0h1stVWmkCNVw2S0SpLiyJuSzhoq4CslBK8Epsk-3oDfj9HkMpSxOQcjgsGq/w400-h266/DSC00880.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZaWHBIeH5l2ujpkirws4csgVS783HSzMEFUUIpVd3I1vpuQI1R3DPfCxswj2knPEFuRie_1NMzs_K4mNSs8l3g26n4weXbEUjbk72l7OBLwWBruVo0gwROGnXln9b8nijMBHgxIg_iJBJQzeQANd_T2hIBvCSpkNGRhIqTDrpOuNBiCelvOaEQxxgeecJ/s1726/DSC00866.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="1726" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZaWHBIeH5l2ujpkirws4csgVS783HSzMEFUUIpVd3I1vpuQI1R3DPfCxswj2knPEFuRie_1NMzs_K4mNSs8l3g26n4weXbEUjbk72l7OBLwWBruVo0gwROGnXln9b8nijMBHgxIg_iJBJQzeQANd_T2hIBvCSpkNGRhIqTDrpOuNBiCelvOaEQxxgeecJ/w400-h266/DSC00866.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_lelymaHQOMBHu6pOCJaoxB48RrohZAzqqrsb1u3I8Rj7hWnMsVuRrOxp-SvmB0XZ1jUcHAI7QnP546ny0WN-W9OjWstS4Hdwrm6cBgyEQTgmvDQGQIFckULltsjEEfQf-miEMLwob_EY8Xq9nEVoKOXU6ywVZgJvqZ8K7cUJjPDK3Hn_L8VnRbHNd5ux/s3116/841A0261-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2740" data-original-width="3116" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_lelymaHQOMBHu6pOCJaoxB48RrohZAzqqrsb1u3I8Rj7hWnMsVuRrOxp-SvmB0XZ1jUcHAI7QnP546ny0WN-W9OjWstS4Hdwrm6cBgyEQTgmvDQGQIFckULltsjEEfQf-miEMLwob_EY8Xq9nEVoKOXU6ywVZgJvqZ8K7cUJjPDK3Hn_L8VnRbHNd5ux/w400-h351/841A0261-2.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Egret courtesy and copyright of JFT</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-90581490966034704382023-08-27T22:11:00.010+01:002023-09-08T19:14:08.996+01:0027th Aug 2023<p>Quiet again this week. There's been 2-3 Common Sandpipers and a few Yellow Wagtails seen either over or down at the reservoir.</p><p>Clive had a Little Egret on Monday and on Wednesday I had a flock of c.170 House Martin move through</p>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-67687759866871506442023-08-20T21:34:00.030+01:002023-09-08T19:10:10.481+01:0020th Aug 2023: Nuthatch<p>Highlight of the week was a Nuthatch on Friday, with a tit flock in the trees around the car park. I assume one of the Spiceball Park birds and nice to get on the year list. </p><p>Yesterday there was 4 Swift at the reservoir and 2 Yellow Wagtails over. </p><p>This evening a fem/juv type Redstart was along the ditch/hedge in the cattle field. There was also 2 Common Sandpiper at the reservoir and Kingfisher along the river.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTmPkQjumjyCoedvp4F6CdM4p-ato9Rn5axhPdoaXWBHj61pGNl-4kSaUUIloONI1blr7Au7Ashqz1KD8uNn4h-FHyYAJFBDLUwZQdwVtKEk_xl3FcTs35xEcLMoo4YTXaL7cfVU50nd8wI946IKrWEm-fC6Zhb20GOsXpXgEfYH38uMG2p-FBRvMezfn/s2617/841A9578.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2041" data-original-width="2617" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTmPkQjumjyCoedvp4F6CdM4p-ato9Rn5axhPdoaXWBHj61pGNl-4kSaUUIloONI1blr7Au7Ashqz1KD8uNn4h-FHyYAJFBDLUwZQdwVtKEk_xl3FcTs35xEcLMoo4YTXaL7cfVU50nd8wI946IKrWEm-fC6Zhb20GOsXpXgEfYH38uMG2p-FBRvMezfn/w400-h313/841A9578.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos courtesy and copyright of JFT</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1972" data-original-width="2553" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnGpygVsGm2JrMVNv5pXchl3mCieHdIR1SyCQVm0v9HCbKSBSC2-xmF5awslrpAwXGe3-JB81cGEefIHgdXbKIMJxT5g0X6mTmtc4PBmk5rQECm6i2rd_erh11u12GqVG0W06y8Xhhng6ecFoO4PQR7XmeWu_JWYSNP2yBi5riI_8EyoJX9XOFyc1DZbS/w400-h309/841A9609.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-79947982521832610712023-08-13T22:50:00.027+01:002023-09-08T19:05:14.139+01:0013th Aug 2023<p>Not a terribly exciting week, but there's been a few nice bits. </p><p>On Wednesday Mike P had a Little Egret, Common Sandpiper and 5 Swift.</p><p>Thursday evening I had a Hobby, Yellow-legged Gull and 2 Common Sandpipers.</p><p>Today Clive had a Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper and Little Ringed Plover.</p><p>A pair of Sparrowhawk have also successfully nested in the trees around the water treatment works, and the juveniles are calling regularly.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-HPkU8ITKICjL6RoW73v5_-TMRUchgUVKHYDfzwyE26tLBJ5nbYlzFx9bMMMdzlpDsC_jsFWJlKNLvHeK5weVNHrEuhI4DK51UKEq-RAiQ2GTXKW2s9kJnEB7Xg0jhjXPf7PR_M-az1upJ44XnoH3VfFLXHxsG2lqtrZQLFK2boTsRY_s0dhGaa1hef9/s2919/841A9478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2402" data-original-width="2919" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-HPkU8ITKICjL6RoW73v5_-TMRUchgUVKHYDfzwyE26tLBJ5nbYlzFx9bMMMdzlpDsC_jsFWJlKNLvHeK5weVNHrEuhI4DK51UKEq-RAiQ2GTXKW2s9kJnEB7Xg0jhjXPf7PR_M-az1upJ44XnoH3VfFLXHxsG2lqtrZQLFK2boTsRY_s0dhGaa1hef9/w400-h329/841A9478.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos courtesy and copyright of JFT</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8QwFWiTelHy8tn7_MuWd5RRzoRp8TAauXHJMFL2ii3QbPd26MFT--cyDTeYpYft3nKiwbuCMeuz3dfPdA342BQsW8jd62B42nq8784FZXNCl6fLzpOxNozBRVBmuNXz_JA-Ns680P_7H4e6w7rPrr3TABvIcbtbpliFT5jhUyUBnzM5SLAPGWMHUzzRI/s2854/841A9552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2489" data-original-width="2854" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8QwFWiTelHy8tn7_MuWd5RRzoRp8TAauXHJMFL2ii3QbPd26MFT--cyDTeYpYft3nKiwbuCMeuz3dfPdA342BQsW8jd62B42nq8784FZXNCl6fLzpOxNozBRVBmuNXz_JA-Ns680P_7H4e6w7rPrr3TABvIcbtbpliFT5jhUyUBnzM5SLAPGWMHUzzRI/w400-h349/841A9552.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6914116639019776996.post-8668808878346885812023-08-06T22:47:00.014+01:002023-08-07T12:54:32.971+01:006th Aug 2023<p>Mike P had a Peregrine at the reservoir on the 1st, harassing a Cormorant! There was a Wheatear and 3 Common Sandpipers on the 4th and this morning John had 4 Yellow Wagtails over.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7BeKlkYVtPmIa045Cz2m_nsvbl7GRuyNeId8alosLEVyyLyfaIkpP93zaviIB0Zr1xpA87AZEGY_n28g88HDCkGR530KMCgYdS7ieoZWD4JQfER5oNdhg5_V_5F-8F5TVgGiicWgPWHcVeWX0VPi6f25ZpQWj-iMa4I3mjufm7Lx04hjpmonTqfKQ5i2/s3411/DSC00808.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2274" data-original-width="3411" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7BeKlkYVtPmIa045Cz2m_nsvbl7GRuyNeId8alosLEVyyLyfaIkpP93zaviIB0Zr1xpA87AZEGY_n28g88HDCkGR530KMCgYdS7ieoZWD4JQfER5oNdhg5_V_5F-8F5TVgGiicWgPWHcVeWX0VPi6f25ZpQWj-iMa4I3mjufm7Lx04hjpmonTqfKQ5i2/w400-h266/DSC00808.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Gareth Blockleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10798144429797185937noreply@blogger.com0