Saturday 7 December 2013

Sunny day in Oxfordshire

Last week had a nice out in oxfordshire starting at Farmoor Reservoir where there were plenty of waterfowl of the water with good numbers of Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Mallard, Tufted Duck and a super Red-necked Grebe. Further around Wigeon were out in the middle of the Reservoir and out on the edges there were a few Meadow Pipits between the Pied Wagtails which seemed to be along every bank and Fieldfares and blackbirds were feeding on the berries around the edge.

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Red-necked Grebe

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The Larger Cousin Great Crested Grebe

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Male Mallard


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Pied Wagtail

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Then finished the day at RSPB Otmoor with thrushes everywhere with good numbers of Fieldfares flying over my head making there wonderful sound mixed with a few Redwing  and quite a few Starling before their main roost. Then headed to the hide were had a nice pair of stonechats in the early evening light.


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Distance Redwing


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Stonechat in the last rays of the day


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