Steve Goddard: Oxfordshire Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 132 of 132 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/01/2023 Port Meadow Part of Home Counties feral flock 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 4 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 28/01/2023 Near King's Lock 5 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2023 Pinkhill Reserve, Farmoor Reservoir 6 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 27/01/2023 Blenheim Palace 7 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 29/01/2023 Port Meadow 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 08/04/2023 Port Meadow 9 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 02/01/2023 Pit 6, Lower Windrush Gravel Pits 11 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 12 American Wigeon Mareca americana 03/03/2023 RSPB Otmoor 13 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 14 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 15 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 16 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 02/01/2023 Pit 4, Lower Windrush Gravel Pits 17 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2023 Pit 4, Lower Windrush Gravel Pits 18 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 02/01/2023 Pit 27, Lower Windrush Gravel Pits 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2023 Wolvercote Lakes 20 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 15/04/2023 Farmoor Reservoir 21 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2023 Pit 27, Lower Windrush Gravel Pits 22 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2023 RSPB Otmoor 23 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 11/12/2023 BBOWT Warburg reserve 24 Swift Apus apus 02/05/2023 Keble College 25 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2023 Oxford city centre Feral pigeons 26 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2023 Wolvercote Lakes 27 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2023 Upper Wolvercote 28 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 29 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 22/01/2023 Cutteslowe Park 30 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 Abingdon Road 31 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Wolvercote Lakes 32 Crane Grus grus 26/12/2023 Port Meadow 33 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/02/2023 Wolvercote Lakes 34 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 Farmoor Reservoir 35 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus ********** ********** 36 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2023 RSPB Otmoor 37 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 21/03/2023 Port Meadow 38 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 RSPB Otmoor 39 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 30/03/2023 Port Meadow 40 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 13/07/2023 King's Lock 41 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 03/02/2023 Bicester Wetlands Reserve 42 Redshank Tringa totanus 21/03/2023 Port Meadow 43 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 21/04/2023 Port Meadow 44 Dunlin Calidris alpina 29/01/2023 Port Meadow 45 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 18/08/2023 Farmoor Reservoir 46 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 15/04/2023 Farmoor Reservoir 47 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 20/04/2023 Port Meadow 48 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 20/04/2023 Port Meadow 49 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 02/04/2023 Port Meadow 50 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Wolvercote Lakes 51 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 21/03/2023 Port Meadow 52 Common Gull Larus canus 21/03/2023 Port Meadow 53 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 03/02/2023 Port Meadow 54 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 55 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 29/01/2023 Port Meadow 56 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2023 Farmoor Reservoir 57 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 58 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Wolvercote Lakes 59 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 09/07/2023 Peep-o-day Lane, Abingdon 60 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 61 Great White Egret Ardea alba 27/01/2023 Blenheim Palace 62 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2023 Near Sutton, Oxfordshire 63 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 21/04/2023 Port Meadow 64 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 19/01/2023 Aston's Eyot 65 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 24/03/2023 Wychwood 66 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2023 RSPB Otmoor 67 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 68 Buzzard Buteo buteo 19/01/2023 Aston's Eyot 69 Barn Owl Tyto alba 08/12/2023 Churn 70 Little Owl Athene noctua 06/07/2023 Near the Perch, west of Port Meadow 71 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 29/01/2023 Oxford Canal, Wolvercote 72 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 05/01/2023 King's Lock 73 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 74 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 04/02/2023 Burgess Field 75 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2023 Near Farmoor Reservoir 76 Hobby Falco subbuteo 20/05/2023 RSPB Otmoor 77 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 25/03/2023 Near Oxford Parkway station 78 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2023 Donnington Bridge 79 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 80 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2023 Back garden, Wolvercote 81 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2023 Near Farmoor Reservoir 82 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 83 Raven Corvus corax 24/01/2023 Keble College 84 Coal Tit Periparus ater 22/01/2023 St Peter's church, Wolvercote 85 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2023 Lower Whitley Farm 86 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 87 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 88 Skylark Alauda arvensis 03/01/2023 Port Meadow 89 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 30/03/2023 Balscote Quarry 90 Swallow Hirundo rustica 15/04/2023 Farmoor Reservoir 91 House Martin Delichon urbicum 08/04/2023 Port Meadow 92 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 28/01/2023 Joe White's Lane, Wolvercote 93 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2023 Abingdon Road 94 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 29/04/2023 Wytham Woods 95 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 01/01/2023 Donnington Bridge 96 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 01/04/2023 Port Meadow 97 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 29/04/2023 Bicester Wetlands Reserve 98 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13/05/2023 RSPB Otmoor 99 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 26/04/2023 Oxford Canal 100 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 101 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 26/04/2023 Port Meadow 102 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 22/04/2023 Near Kidlington 103 Whitethroat Curruca communis 26/04/2023 Oxford Canal 104 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2023 Donnington Bridge 105 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2023 Wolvercote Lakes 106 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2023 Lower Whitley Farm 107 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2023 Donnington Bridge 108 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 109 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 19/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 110 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2023 Woodstock Road 111 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 112 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2023 Near Farmoor Reservoir 113 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2023 Water Eaton 114 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 115 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 09/09/2023 RSPB Otmoor 116 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/02/2023 King's Lock 117 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 118 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 119 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 26/04/2023 Port Meadow 120 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 29/01/2023 Mill Site development, Wolvercote 121 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2023 Port Meadow 122 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 04/01/2023 Marston Meadows 123 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 124 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 30/03/2023 Balscote Quarry 125 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 13/05/2023 RSPB Otmoor 126 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 127 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2023 RSPB Otmoor 128 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote 129 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2023 Near Walton Well Road 130 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra ********** ********** 131 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2023 RSPB Otmoor 132 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2023 Back garden, Lower Wolvercote