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51.15384,-2.78925
  • Grid ref: ST449397
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Great crested grebes performing elaborate courtship displaySouthern hawker in flightHobby in flight, with a caught insect
Marsh frogBarn owl in orange evening lightBittern peering out from reeds
Male shoveler flying in to landFemale kingfisher with fishReeds blowing in the wind against a stormy sky, RSPB Otmoor reserve, Oxfordshire
Marsh harrier gliding over reedbedOtter in waterWater rail wading
Photo by Graham Catley
Photo by Steve Round
Photo by Cheloran
Photo by Kevin Du Rose
Photo by Graham Catley
Photo by Graham Catley
Photo by Nigel Blake
Photo by Ben Hall
Photo by Graham Catley
Photo by Niall Benvie
Photo by Stuart Elsom
For information on the roosting starlings please phone the STARLING HOTLINE - 07866 554142 or see our starling roost page. Please do not leave enquiries on this number, it is an automated service and they cannot be answered.

Top things to do in Spring

  1. Hear the boom of a bittern from deep within the reedbed
  2. Watch hobbies stop off on migration from Africa to hunt insects overhead
  3. Great crested grebes perform their enchanting 'weed dance' on the water

Top things to do in Summer

  1. Watch bitterns flying over the reedbed, taking food back to their ever-hungry chicks
  2. Barn owls hunt silently over the grassy banks at dusk
  3. The strange croaking of hundreds of marsh frogs

Top things to do in Autumn

  1. See the flash of a kingfisher diving for fish
  2. Hundreds of wigeons, teals and shovelers arrive for the winter
  3. Observe the changing colours in the reedbed and trees

Top things to do in Winter

  1. Water rails perform their own version of Dancing on Ice!
  2. Is it getting 'otter? See if you can spot this slinky fish-eater
  3. Marsh harriers circle and glide over the golden reedbeds

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