Otmoor 28th December 2014

After staying with our good friends Sarah and J for the night in Oxford on the way home from Hampshire, we decided to go for a walk in Otmoor.  Our walk took us to the very end of the reserve and despite the good weather, the area was pretty quiet with just a few birds seen.  The cow pens had Reed Buntings and the pools had Wigeon, Teal, Tufted Duck, Pochards and Shovelor.  The fields at the end of the reserve held Lapwing and Golden Plover and the flooded areas nearby had a lot of Wigeon, one of which was picked off by a Peregrine Falcon.  The area also had at least 5 Red Kite, several Buzzards and flocks of Canada Geese which held a feral Ross' Goose.