Farmoor Reservoir : 06/10/2021

                                                                                                                              

 

Two Whooper Swans reported flying N/E today were the first recorded here since the 5th October 2017 when five spent the day on F1. The Knot that was seen yesterday was still showing well on the eastern bank of F2 late afternoon.

Farmoor Reservoir : 05/10/2021

The fourth Knot of the year was found late afternoon on the east bank of F2 when walking with Jeremy Dexter. Other noteworthy sighting today included a Rock Pipit and a flyover Hobby.

                                                                                   

Farmoor Reservoir : 30/09/2021

Mid morning visit today produced a Black-necked Grebe, which is the first autumn record of the year. The only other records this year were in March, with four birds seen on the 23rd and a single bird on the 31st. Waders see today included seven Common Sandpipers, Dunlin and a Turnstone.

                                                                                    

Farmoor Reservoir : 11/09/2021

 A short visit mid day produced a Redstart and a Brown Hairstreak Butterfly, otherwise very quiet.

                                                                                

Farmoor Reservior : 09/09/2021

 

The second Osprey of the year that was seen briefly today was the highlight of a quiet day. Waders seen included four Common Sandpipers, two Ringed Plovers and a Little Ringed Plover

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Farmoor Reservoir : 01/09/2021

August was a very good month for waders with good numbers of common species and a few rare ones seen. This good wader period  continued into September with the third Knot of the year seen today. Other waders seen included the long staying Ruff and a Greenshank.

   

Farmoor Reservoir : 31/08/2021

 

Visit to Farmoor today to see the Purple Sandpiper that was reported on the causeway. This is the second bird seen this month and the first time two have been seen in the same month. With only twenty one records for Farmoor it's a rare bird. The only other years that two birds have been seen here are 1989, 1998, 2001 and 2006.   

Farmoor Reservoir : 28/08/20021

Made a visit to Farmoor today hoping that the Little Stint that was found last night  was still around, no luck but I did seen the Ruff that was reported.

 

 

Farmoor : Wood Sandpiper : 07/08/2021

The first week of August produced a good selection of waders, with a Purple Sandpiper found on the 3rd follow by a Wood Sandpiper today. With only fifteen records it is rarer than a Purple Sandpiper at Farmoor. Other waders seen in this period included Sanderling, Dunlin, Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Curlew, Whimbrel, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing, Turnstone and Green Sandpiper.

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Farmoor: Purple Sandpiper 03/08/2021

Met my friend Phil early afternoon who informed me that he and a photographer had seen a bird which they could not identify. So I drove around F2 and soon found the bird which Phil had described. Which was a Purple Sandpiper, the first seen here since the 30th May 2011 and a new bird for Billy.