The Port Meadow "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 but if you've seen something in this area that's not on the list then please let me know.
Birds that I've not seen or heard directly myself are listed with the name of the observer.
2013 Year List Total: 134
Lastest Addition: Yellow-browed Warbler
Birds of Note 2012
Waders: Lapwing, Golden Plover, Redshank, Bar-tailed Godwit, Jack Snipe, Dunlin, Ruff, Snipe, Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher, Curlew, AVOCET, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Woodcock, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Little Stint, Sanderling, probable SPOONBILL
Water Fowl: Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler, Pintail, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Barnacle Goose, Goosander, Shelduck, Little Grebe, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Garganey
Gulls & terns: Yellow-legged Gull, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, CASPIAN GULL, Mediterranean Gull, KITTIWAKE, Common Tern, Little Gull + Commoner Gulls
Misc. Others: Waxwing, FIRECREST, Water Rail, Nuthatch, Brambling, Marsh Tit, Raven, Stonechat, Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, Tree Pipit, Whinchat, Red-legged Partridge, Cuckoo, Tree Sparrow
Birds of Prey: Kestrel, Peregrine, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Red Kite, Tawny Owl, Little Owl, Hobby
Warblers: Blackcap,
Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat,
Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler,
YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER
2012 Year List Total: 134
Birds of Note: Waders: lapwing,
golden plover,little ringed plover, dunlin, ruff, redshank, snipe,
oystercatcher, little egret, curlew, black-tailed godwit, ringed plover,
common sandpiper, whimbrel, grey plover, bar-tailed godwit, greenshank,
sanderling, green sandpiper, wood sandpiper, turnstone, AMERICAN GOLDEN
PLOVER, jack snipe
Water Fowl: wigeon, teal, shoveler, pintail, goosander, shelduck, gadwall, tufted duck, little grebe, red-breasted merganser, shag, [rosy-billed pochard], pochard, garganey, red-crested pochard, egyptian goose, barnacle goose, brent goose
gulls & terns: Yellow-legged gull, Mediterranean gull, common tern, little gull, CASPIAN GULL, ICELAND GULL
Misc. Others: lesser redpoll, raven,
nuthatch, water rail, grey wagtail, kingfisher, siskin, yellow wagtail,
wheatear, whinchat, cuckoo, marsh tit, spotted flycatcher, brambling, waxwing
Birds of Prey: red kite, peregrine, sparrowhawk, buzzard, kestrel, hobby, barn owl, short-eared owl, tawny owl, little owl
Warblers: blackcap, chiffchaff, willow warbler, sedge warbler, whitethroat, lesser whitethroat, reed warbler, garden warbler
Birds of Note 2011
Waders: redshank, lapwing, golden plover, dunlin, black-tailed godwit, ruff, curlew, oystercatcher, ringed plover, little ringed plover, greenshank, common sandpiper, green sandpiper, wood sandpiper, grey plover, bar-tailed godwit, whimbrel, sanderling, SPOONBILL, litte stint, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, avocet
Water Fowl: wigeon, teal, shoveler, pintail, tufted duck, pochard, goosander, shelduck, goosander, red-breasted merganser, brent goose, garganey, white-fronted goose
Gulls/Terns: yellow-legged gull, Caspian gull, Glaucous Gull, Mediterranean gull, Little Gull, Iceland Gull, Black Tern, + usual commoner gulls & terns
Misc. Others: yellowhammer, brambling, nuthatch, waxwing, raven, lesser redpoll, tree sparrow, grey wagtail, kingfisher, redstart, wheatear, whinchat, yellow wagtail, channel wagtail, blue-headed wagtail, WHITE STORK, nightingale, cuckoo, spotted flycatcher, marsh tit
Birds of Prey: peregrine, buzzard, red kite, sparrowhawk, kestrel, tawny owl, osprey, hobby
Warblers: blackcap, garden warbler, chiffchaff, willow warbler, whitethroat, lesser whitethroat, sedge warbler, reed warbler, grasshopper warbler
001 green finch 01/01/2011
002 goldfinch 01/01/2011
003 wood pigeon 01/01/2011
004 song thrush 01/01/2011
005 black bird 01/01/2011
006 blackcap 01/01/2011
007 robin 01/01/2011
008 carrion crow 01/01/2011
009 blue tit 01/01/2011
010 starling 01/01/2011
011 jackdaw 01/01/2011
012 pied wagtail 01/01/2011
013 black-headed gull 01/01/2011
014 lsr black-backed gull 01/01/2011
015 sky lark 01/01/2011
016 chaffinch 01/01/2011
017 waxwing 01/01/2011
018 nuthatch 01/01/2011
019 pochard 01/01/2011
020 fieldfare 02/01/2011
021 mallard 02/01/2011
022 siskin 02/01/2011
023 greylag goose 02/01/2011
024 canada goose 02/01/2011
025 lapwing 02/01/2011
026 wigeon 02/01/2011
027 teal 02/01/2011
028 shoveler 02/01/2011
029 pintail 02/01/2011
030 coot 02/01/2011
031 herring gull 02/01/2011
032 common gull 02/01/2011
033 Gtr black-backed gull 02/01/2011
034 yellow-legged gull 02/01/2011
035 Caspian gull 02/01/2011
036 brambling 03/01/2011
037 yellowhammer 03/01/2011 Steve Goddard
038 tree creeper 03/01/2011
039 jay 03/01/2011
040 tufted duck 03/01/2011
041 stock dove 03/01/2011
042 cormorant 04/01/2011
043 rook 04/01/2011
044 magpie 04/01/2011
045 common buzzard 04/01/2011
046 house sparrow 04/01/2011
047 collard dove 04/01/2011
048 dunnock 04/01/2011
049 moorhen 04/01/2011
050 great tit 04/01/2011
051 redwing 04/01/2011
052 mute swan 04/01/2011
053 peregrine falcon 04/01/2011
054 red kite 04/01/2011
055 redshank 04/01/2011
056 great crested grebe 04/01/2011
057 feral pigeon 04/01/2011
058 goosander 05/01/2011
059 golden plover 05/01/2011
060 grey heron 06/01/2011
061 wren 06/01/2011
062 little grebe 06/01/2011
063 gtr spotted woodpecker 06/01/2011
064 Egyptian goose 06/01/2011
065 coal tit 07/01/2011
066 mistle thrush 07/01/2011
067 linnet 08/01/2011
068 reed bunting 08/01/2011
069 gadwall 08/01/2011
070 bullfinch 09/01/2011
071 snipe 09/01/2011
072 long-tailed tit 09/01/2011
073 kingfisher 09/01/2011
074 shelduck 12/01/2011
075 meadow pipit 15/01/2011
076 goldcrest 15/01/2011
077 glaucous gull 16/01/2011
078 lesser redpoll 17/01/2011
079 dunlin 18/01/2011
080 raven 25/01/2011 Steve Goddard
081 black-tailed godwit 28/01/2011
082 kestrel 14/01/2011
083 little egret 14/01/2011
084 green woodpecker 31/01/2011
085 sparrowhawkt 07/02/2011
086 Mediterranean gull 07/02/2011
087 red-breasted merganser 15/02/2011
088 ruff 16/02/2011
089 little gull 19/02/2011
090 tree sparrow 19/02/2011 Adrian Gray
091 curlew 26/02/2011
092 brent goose 27/02/2011 Andrew Callander
093 chiffchaff 01/03/2011
094 ringed plover 02/03/2011
095 oystercatcher 03/03/2011
096 tawny owl 05/03/2011
097 sand martin 09/03/2011
098 little ringed plover 10/03/2011
099 grey wagtail 12/03/2011
100 iceland gull 15/03/2011 Dave Doherty
101 garganey 22/03/2011
102 willow warbler 29/03/2011
103 swallow 31/03/2011
104 house martin 31/03/2011
105 yellow wagtail 01/04/2011
106 whitethroat 31/03/2011
107 sedge warbler 08/04/2011
108 reed warbler 08/04/2011
109 wheatear 11/04/2011
110 common redstart 05/04/2011 Rob Halsey
111 common sandpiper 14/04/2011
112 grasshopper warbler 14/04/2011
113 osprey 21/04/2011 Richard Foster
114 green sandpiper 21/04/2011
115 common tern 21/04/2011
116 greenshank 23/04/2011
117 swift 26/04/2011
118 garden warbler 26/04/2011
119 whimbrel 29/04/2011
120 bar-tailed godwit 29/04/2011
121 grey plover 01/05/2011
122 lesser whitethroat 01/05/2011
123 wood sandpiper 01/05/2011
124 WHITE STORK 02/05/2011
125 black tern 05/05/2011 Steve Goddard
126 nightingale 03/05/2011 Rumi Mohideen
127 cuckoo 20/05/2011
128 sanderling 22/05/2011
129 hobby 06/06/2011
130 SPOONBILL 07/06/2011
131 little stint 03/07/2011
132 PECTORAL SANDPIPER 29/07/2011 Richard Foster, Tom Wickens
133 whinchat 16/09/2011
134 spotted flycatcher 26/09/2011
135 white-fronted goose 26/10/2011 Dave Lowe, Sydney Penner
136 marsh tit 29/10/2011 Steve Goddard
137 avocet 16/11/2011
2010 Sightings
Interesting sightings for 2010 so far include (presumed escapees in square brackets):
Waders: ruff, redshank, lapwing, golden plover, knot, dunlin, black-tailed godwit, ringed plover, little ringed plover, oystercatcher, green sandpiper, common sandpiper, SPOONBILL, turnstone, greenshank, wood sandpiper, little egret, TEMMINCK'S STINT, avocet, bar-tailed godwit, little stint, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREY PHALAROPE, curlew
Water Fowl: wigeon, teal, shoveler, pintail, [bar-headed goose], shelduck, goosander, tufted duck, water rail, little grebe, gadwall, ruddy shelduck, barnacle goose, garganey, [black swan], egyptian goose, pochard
Gulls/Terns: Mediterranean gull, yellow-legged gull, Caspian gull, common tern, + usual commoner gulls
Misc. Others: kingfisher, white wagtail, blue-headed wagtail, yellow wagtail, grey wagtail, raven, wheatear, marsh tit, tree pipit, rock pipit, grey partridge, woodcock
Birds of Prey: sparrowhawk, kestrel, peregrine, buzzard, red kite, barn owl, osprey, hobby
Warblers: blackcap, chiffchaff, willow warbler, cetti's warbler, grasshopper warbler, whitethroat, sedge warbler, lesser whitethroat, reed warbler, garden warbler
2010 Year List Current Total 129 + 2 plastics:
Pochard is the latest addition to the Port Meadow 2010 year list .
001 greylag goose 01/01/2010
002 mallard 01/01/2010
003 coot 01/01/2010
004 black-headed gull 01/01/2010
005 lesser black-backed gull 01/01/2010
006 greater black-backed gull 01/01/2010
007 herring gull 01/01/2010
008 moorhen 01/01/2010
009 cormorant 01/01/2010
010 redshank 01/01/2010
011 ruff 01/01/2010
012 meadow pipit 01/01/2010
013 pied wagtail 01/01/2010
014 lapwing 01/01/2010
015 golden plover 01/01/2010
016 [bar-headed goose] 01/01/2010
017 kingfisher 01/01/2010
018 sparrowhawk 01/01/2010
019 robin 01/01/2010
020 blue tit 01/01/2010
021 blackbird 01/01/2010
022 great crested grebe 01/01/2010
023 magpie 01/01/2010
024 wigeon 01/01/2010
025 teal 01/01/2010
026 shoveler 01/01/2010
027 linnet 01/01/2010
028 carrion crow 01/01/2010
029 chaffinch 01/01/2010
030 wood pigeon 01/01/2010
031 feral pigeon 01/01/2010
032 starling 01/01/2010
033 peregrine falcon 02/01/2010
034 goosander 02/01/2010
035 shelduck 03/01/2010
036 mute swan 05/01/2010
037 mistle thrush 05/01/2010
038 wren 05/01/2010
039 golden plover 05/01/2010
040 tufted duck 05/01/2010
041 skylark 05/01/2010
042 redwing 05/01/2010
043 fieldfare 05/01/2010
044 kestrel 05/01/2010
045 snipe 05/01/2010
046 long-tailed tit 07/01/2010
047 grey heron 08/01/2010
048 great tit 08/01/2010
049 water rail 08/01/2010
050 common gull 08/01/2010
051 buzzard 08/01/2010
052 siskin 08/01/2010
053 blackcap 08/01/2010
054 greenfinch 10/01/2010
055 goldfinch 10/01/2010
056 jackdaw 10/01/2010
057 little grebe 11/01/2010
058 green woodpecker 12/01/2010
059 great spotted woodpecker 13/01/2010
060 collard dove 14/01/2010
061 house sparrow 14/01/2010
062 goldcrest 14/01/2010
063 treecreeper 14/01/2010
064 pintail 17/01/2010
065 gadwall 17/01/2010
066 rook 18/01/2010
067 yellow-legged gull 18/01/2010
068 bullfinch 20/01/2010
069 pheasant 23/01/2010
070 jay 23/01/2010
071 song thrush 26/01/2010
072 knot 28/01/2010
073 dunlin 28/01/2010
074 dunnock 31/01/2010
075 ruddy shelduck 03/02/2010 Mary Gregory
076 black-tailed godwit 16/02/2010
077 reed bunting 17/02/2010
078 red kite 06/01/2010
079 barn owl 26/02/2010
080 Barnacle goose 28/02/2010
081 Mediterranean Gull 09/03/2010
082 raven 05/02/2010 JWB
083 ringed plover 15/03/2010
084 little ringed plover 16/03/2010
085 swallow 17/03/2010
086 sand Martin 18/03/2010
087 chiffchaff 23/03/2010
088 willow warbler 24/03/2010
089 stock dove 25/03/2010
090 oystercatcher 28/03/2010
091 Cetti's warbler 28/03/2010 (Heard only)
092 house martin 01/04/2010
093 green sandpiper 01/04/2010
094 osprey 01/04/2010
095 yellow wagtail 06/04/2010
096 grasshopper warbler 07/04/2010
097 garganey 18/04/2010
098 [black swan] 18/04/2010
099 whitethroat 21/04/2010
100 sedge warbler 21/04/2010
101 lesser whitethroat 22/04/2010
102 reed warbler 21/04/2010
103 garden warbler 24/04/2010
104 swift 24/04/2010
105 common tern 24/04/2010
106 Egyptian goose 29/04/2010
107 common sandpiper 29/04/2010
108 SPOONBILL 01/05/2010 Tony Edwards
109 wheatear 02/05/2010
110 turnstone 02/05/2010
111 greenshank 07/05/2010
112 hobby 09/05/2010
113 wood sandpiper 11/05/2010
114 little egret 13/05/2010
115 grey wagtail 13/05/2010
116 TEMMINCK'S STINT 23/05/2010
117 marsh tit 26/08/2010 Ben Sandford-Smith
118 avocet 27/08/2010
119 tree pipit 08/09/2010 (heard only)
120 grey partridge 17/09/2010 Steve Goddard
121 bar-tailed godwit 27/09/2010
122 cuckoo 22/05/2010 Peter Higgins (Trap Grounds)
123 rock pipit 30/09/2010
124 little stint 11/10/2010
125 LESSER YELLOWLEGS 14/10/2010
126 GREY PHALAROPE 17/11/2010
127 Caspian gull 23/11/2010
128 Woodcock 03/12/2010 Richard Foster
129 Curlew 11/12/2010
130 coal tit 01/11/2010 (Heard only)
131 Pochard 29/12/2010
2009 Total 130
Sightings
Waders: ruff, dunlin, redshank, greenshank, common sandpiper, snipe, jack snipe, lapwing, golden plover, ringed plover, little ringed plover, black-tailed godwit, bar-tailed godwit, little egret, oystercatcher, avocet, curlew, whimbrel, spotted redshank, SPOONBILL
Water Fowl: pintail, [ring-necked duck], shelduck, egyptian goose, ruddy shelduck, red-crested pochard, [barnacle goose],[bar-headed goose], [black swan]
Gulls/Terns: yellow-legged gull,common tern, Iceland gull, mediterranean gull, little tern, Caspian Gull
Misc. Others: stonechat, whinchat, raven, white wagtail, grey wagtail, ring-necked parakeet, wheatear, red-legged partridge, cuckoo
Birds of Prey: sparrowhawk, kestrel, tawny owl, short-eared owl, osprey, barn owl, red kite, peregrine, buzzard, hobby
Warblers: willow, chiffchaff, blackcap, garden, grasshopper, cetti's, sedge, reed, lesser whitethroat, whitethroat
