In terms of wading birds on Otmoor, it's not only the lapwing that are having a successful breeding season. Redshank are too. If you've been to the reserve recently you'll no doubt have seen and heard these red-legged birds, particularly around the new scrapes on Big Otmoor. It was in this area that I stumbled across the very well camouflaged redshank chick in the photo below.
Other recent bird sightings have included ruddy shelduck, hobby, common tern, turtle dove, short-eared owl, drumming snipe, oystercatcher and garganey.