 Hobby. Taken at Otmoor, Oxon., on May 18th 2023. Taken at Otmoor, Oxon., on May 18th 2023. (© David Hastings) (1/640th sec at f11. Click image for larger version) Description L: 29- 35 cm; WS: 70 - 84 cm A medium-sized elegant falcon, with long, pointed wings and a medium-length square-cut tail. It ia a very fast, agile flier. The Hobby is a summer visitor to southern Britain and most of Europe. It spends the winter in Africa. It breeds in arable land with lakes and woods, bogs and rivers in taiga, and mountain forests. Abandoned nests of other birds, often crow, are used. It has Green status on the British list. There are about 2800 breeding pairs in the UK. Sightings | 16-Sep-2025 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (1) | | 12-May-2025 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) |
| | 12-Aug-2024 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 14-Jul-2024 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (2) |
| | 18-May-2023 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (6) | | 27-Apr-2023 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (2) |
| | 15-Aug-2022 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (2) | | 20-Jun-2022 | : | Foulshaw Moss, Cumbria | (1) | | 23-Apr-2022 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (1) |
| | 20-Sep-2021 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 16-Sep-2021 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 23-Jun-2021 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 07-Jun-2021 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (3) | | 25-Apr-2021 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (1) |
| | 15-Sep-2020 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (3) | | 04-Sep-2020 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (1) | | 23-Aug-2020 | : | Pewsey Downs NNR, Wilts | (1) | | 19-May-2020 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (2) |
| | 20-Jun-2019 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (1) | | 16-Jun-2019 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (2) | | 11-May-2019 | : | Abingdon, Oxon | (1) | | 29-Apr-2019 | : | Standlake Common, Oxon | (1) |
| | 06-Sep-2018 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 20-Aug-2018 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 10-Jul-2018 | : | Greenham Common, Berks | (1) | | 06-Jun-2018 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 14-May-2018 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 01-May-2018 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (4) |
| | 14-Sep-2017 | : | Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon | (1) | | 26-Aug-2017 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 03-Aug-2017 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (2) | | 08-Jun-2017 | : | Paklenica National Park, Croatia | | | 06-Jun-2017 | : | Irinovac, Croatia | | | 30-May-2017 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (3) | | 29-Apr-2017 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) |
| | 18-Sep-2016 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 26-Jun-2016 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (2) | | 19-Jun-2016 | : | Whitecross Green Wood, Oxon | (1) | | 05-Jun-2016 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (2) | | 14-May-2016 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (2) | | 30-Apr-2016 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (2) |
| | 27-Sep-2015 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 07-Sep-2015 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (3) | | 02-Aug-2015 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (2) | | 07-Jun-2015 | : | Aston Upthorpe Downs, Oxon | (1) | | 10-May-2015 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 27-Apr-2015 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (6) |
| | 14-Sep-2014 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (3) | | 20-Jun-2014 | : | Arda River Dam, Bulgaria | | | 25-May-2014 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (3) |
| | 22-Sep-2013 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (2) | | 26-Aug-2013 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (2) | | 26-Jun-2013 | : | Hickling Broad, Norfolk | (1) | | 01-Jun-2013 | : | Hackpen Hill, Oxon | (2) | | 25-May-2013 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 01-May-2013 | : | The Camargue, France | (1) | | 30-Apr-2013 | : | La Caumbe, France | (1) |
| | 03-Aug-2012 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 01-Jul-2012 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) | | 17-Jun-2012 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (2) | | 13-May-2012 | : | Whelford Pools, Glos | (4) | | 12-May-2012 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (7+) |
| | 11-Sep-2010 | : | Nr Tarifa, Spain | | | 13-Jun-2010 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (2) | | 21-May-2010 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) |
| | 05-Jul-2009 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 31-May-2009 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | |
| | 15-Jul-2008 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (2) | | 11-May-2008 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (3) |
| | 20-May-2007 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | (1) |
| | 11-Jun-2006 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | | | 05-Jun-2006 | : | Oxford, Oxon | (1) |
| | 14-Aug-2005 | : | Titchwell Marsh, Norfolk | | | 15-May-2005 | : | Otmoor, Oxon | |
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