Friday 7 August 2020

A View from the Causeway August 2020

An occasional pictorial record of birds seen from the Causeway of Farmoor Reservoir in Oxfordshire.

This one from Friday 7th August on a day of great heat and stillness.



A juvenile Dunlin patrolling the water's edge in the early morning. Along with Common Sandpipers it is the commonest
migrant wader at Farmoor



A Great crested Grebe. They are present all year round but never able to breed due to lack of suitable habitat and 
constant disturbance

A juvenile Gadwall. One of three that managed to survive and reach independence from an original brood of ten 

Little Egrets taking advantage of the large number of fish fry
swimming in the shallows by the concrete apron of the Causeway



One of four Common Sandpipers present today and this one allowing quite close 
approach which is unusual for this species as it is always one of the 
wariest waders that visit the reservoir

A juvenile Common Chiffchaff. They are always to be found feeding at this time of year in the trees and bushes at 
the western end of the Causeway




A pair of Little Grebes, still in summer plumage and the first to return to the reservoir where they do not breed but spend the winter in small numbers

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