Saturday 27th September:Otmoor Richard's Pipit!
This morning a thick mist first thing across the Meadow which burnt off later to reveal a hot and sunny day.
First thing in the mist a flock of about 30 BLACK-TAILED GODWITS (WoM) though these soon departed. Up to 8 GOLDEN PLOVER were seen and 4 RUFF. Masses of wigeon and plenty of teal with a few shoveler and gadwall interspersed. A single LITTLE EGRET down by the boat moorings once more. There were unusually large numbers of canada geese at the north end of the floods so outsiders have obviously come to join the locals. Quite a few SNIPE around.
Vis. mig.: a few swallows and house martins over, with the usual meadow pipits flying over.
At Otmoor RSPB: a Richard's Pipit was seen near the Pill Ground today. It was mobile but vocal.
A digiscoped ruff in the morning mist © Adam Hartley
First thing in the mist a flock of about 30 BLACK-TAILED GODWITS (WoM) though these soon departed. Up to 8 GOLDEN PLOVER were seen and 4 RUFF. Masses of wigeon and plenty of teal with a few shoveler and gadwall interspersed. A single LITTLE EGRET down by the boat moorings once more. There were unusually large numbers of canada geese at the north end of the floods so outsiders have obviously come to join the locals. Quite a few SNIPE around.
Vis. mig.: a few swallows and house martins over, with the usual meadow pipits flying over.
At Otmoor RSPB: a Richard's Pipit was seen near the Pill Ground today. It was mobile but vocal.
A digiscoped ruff in the morning mist © Adam Hartley