A fairly quiet weekend . The highlight was the Orange Underwings on Saturday in Bucks and a Red Chestnut in the Old Vic light trap yesterday (moth lifer). Did Otmoor twice but pretty quiet: Ebird list. Only migrants that I could find were a Little Ringed Plover, a few Chiffchaffs and a Blackcap at Otmoor but also had a Swallow along the road and a House Martin in Thame. It was a bit disappointing as elsewhere in Oxon there was quite a significant Spring push with big influx of Sand Martins (750 over Standlake and 200 over Farmoor) and goodies such as Garganey, Ruff, Ring Ouzel and the first Yellow Wagtail elsewhere.
I even did a noc-mig session but only had a single Redwing call, a Woodpigeon singing at about 3am and Moorhens and Pheasants calling through the night. It didn't help that Bryan fell asleep with the TV on and the window open right next to my microphone until 2am!
Ice on the moth trap this morning so nothing but a single Hebrew Character. My moth trap got eaten by termites when in Ghana so looks like a whore's pair of tights at the moment- might use the opportunity to upgrade my moth trap as only using a 12V Safari trap at the moment.
Red Chestnut
Aythya hybrid (TuftedxScaup?) with Tufted Duck at Otmoor. Presumably the bird that has been around for a while.
Third-calender year male Marsh Harrier at Otmoor
A Redshank from Staines on the way up here on Saturday. Not sure of the status of Icelandic Redshank T.t.robusta in UK although this paper suggests they are common migrants (HERE). Typically birds are more heavily barred on the underparts than the nominate, a bit like this one.
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