As planned I got up early this morning and went back to Oakley Airfield. Ebird list HERE. Highlights were 9 Wheatear, 11 Yellow Wagtail, 8 Corn Bunting, loads of Skylarks, Whitethroats and the Firecrest again. The site is literally less than a five minute walk from the Old Vicarage. I have spent the last several years (on and off) looking for a migrant/birding hotspot by exploring the fields south of here towards the river Thame- I should have gone the other way!
Corn Bunting (above and below) - several singing birds, a lovely sound to hear amongst the choir of Skylarks and calling Yellow Wagtails- a sound I didn't think that still existed in the English countryside!
Male Wheatear (above) and female (below)
Male and female Wheatear
There are literally Skylarks everywhere on the airfield- I estimated nearly 30 birds - the air was thick with the songs
Adult Red Kite
Oakley airfield
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