Port Meadow Birding

Below is a year list for birds in and around Port Meadow for 2008. The "catchment area" is broadly bounded by the canal to the east, the river to the west, Wolvercote to the north and the river tributary to the south. Sighting contributions are from all know sources and also include birds heard but not seen (eg tawny owl,) but if you've seen something in this area that's not on the list then please let me know.

Please note that some of the birds (eg ruddy shelduck, barnacle goose etc) are probably escapee's but I've included them anyway. They are listed within square brackets.

1    Blackbird
2    Blackcap
3    Bullfinch
4    Bunting, Reed
5    Buzzard, Common
6    Chaffinch
7    Chiffchaff
8    Coot
9    Cormorant
10    Crow, Carrion
11    Cuckoo
12    Curlew
13    Dove, Collared
14    Dove, Stock
15    Duck, Tufted
16    Dunlin
17    Dunnock
18    Egret, Little
19    Falcon, Peregrine
20    Fieldfare
21    Flycatcher, Spotted
22    Gadwall
23    Garganey
24    Godwit, Black-tailed
25    Goldcrest
26    Goldfinch
27    Goosander
28    [Goose, Barnacle]
29    Goose, Canada
30    Goose, Egyptian
31    Goose, Greylag
32    Grebe, Great Crested
33    Grebe, Little
34    Greenfinch
35    Greenshank
36    Gull, Black-headed
37    Gull, Common
38    Gull, Great Black-backed
39    Gull, Herring
40    Gull, Iceland
41    Gull, Lesser Black-backed
42    Gull, Little
43    Gull, Mediterranean
44    Gull, Yellow-legged
45    Heron, Grey
46    Hobby
47    Jackdaw
48    Jay
49    Kestrel, Common
50    Kingfisher, Common
51    Kite, Red
52    Knot
53    Lapwing
54    Lark, Sky
55    Linnet
56    Magpie
57    Mallard
58    Martin, House
59    Martin, Sand
60    Moorhen
61    Nuthatch
62    Owl, Barn
63    Owl, Little (heard only)
64    Owl, Tawny (heard only)
65    Oystercatcher
66    Parakeet, Ring-necked
67    Pheasant
68    Pigeon, Feral/Dove, Rock
69    Pigeon, Wood
70    Pintail
71    Pipit, Meadow
72    Plover, Golden
73    Plover, Grey
74    Plover, Little Ringed
75    Plover, Ringed
76    Pochard
77    Redshank, Common
78    Redstart, Common
79    Redwing
80    Robin
81    Rook
82    Ruff
83    Sanderling
84    Sandpiper, Common
85    Sandpiper, Green
86    Sandpiper, Wood
87    Shelduck
88    [Shelduck, Ruddy]
89    Shoveler
90    Siskin
91    Snipe, Common
92    Sparrow, House
93    Sparrowhawk
94    Starling
95    Stint, Little
96    Stint, Temminck's
97    Stonechat, European
98    Swallow
99    Swan, Mute
100    Swan, Whooper
101    Swift, Common
102    Teal
103    Tern, Arctic
104    Tern, Common
105    Thrush, Mistle
106    Thrush, Song
107    Tit, Blue
108    Tit, Coal
109    Tit, Great
110    Tit, Long-tailed
111    Tit, Marsh/Willow (reported as Willow tit on OOS but more likely actually a Marsh tit)
112    Treecreeper, Common
113    Turnstone
114    Wagtail, Grey
115    Wagtail, White/Pied
116    Wagtail, Yellow
117    Warbler, Garden
118    Warbler, Grasshopper
119    Warbler, Reed
120    Warbler, Sedge
121    Warbler, Willow
122    Wheatear, Northern
123    Whimbrel
124    Whinchat
125    Whitethroat, Common
126    Whitethroat, Lesser
127    Wigeon
128    Woodpecker, Great Spotted
129    Woodpecker, Green
130    Wren
131    Water Rail (heard only)
132   [Duck, Ring-necked]
133  American Golden Plover
134  Swan, Bewick's
135  Lesser Redpoll
136  Caspian Gull
137  Waxwing
138  Jack Snipe