Oxford 23rd July

Common Scoter + 2 Dunlin sound recorded over Oxford last night (per Thomas Miller)

Yelford 23rd July

Quail singing just East of Yelford 11:32 (per Ben Sheldon)

Bicester Wetland Reserve 23rd July

 1 Common Sandpiper
3 Green Sandpiper
1 Cetti's Warbler
1 Green Woodpecker
5 Swift

A Peters C Oram

Key Holder Reserve

Eastleach Downs Oxfordshire - 22nd July

Long tailed Shrike 1

Whinchat 1 male

Reed Warbler 1

Common Whitethroat 15+

Farmoor Reservoir 22nd July

Caspian Gull juv in evening (per Thomas Miller)

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 22nd July

4 Green Sandpiper 21:26.
42 Swallow: Over feeding at dusk back and forth. 21:26.

Steve Akers

22 Jul 2026 22:05

Oxon/Glos 22nd July

LONG-TAILED SHRIKE still present 11:00 and periodically in Oxfordshire (per Moth et al). 

Parking & walking from Here

Courtesy of Nick Truby

Chinnor: Cement Works: 21st July

Common Sandpiper: Lake 2b. 10:00.
2 Yellow Wagtail: By the west hide Lake 2b. 10:00.

David Stracey

21 Jul 2026 23:03

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 21st July

2 Green Sandpiper 20:40.

Steve Akers

21 Jul 2026 22:28

Oxon/Glos 21st July

LONG-TAILED SHRIKE still present and periodically in Oxfordshire c08:30 (per Bark)

Still present 10:05 (per Birdguides)

Courtesy of Paul Wren

Eastleach Downs Oxfordshire side 20th July

1730-2000 hrs

Long tailed Shrike  2cy male

It spent half an hour this evening flying up from a hawthorn and catching bees in flight and appears to be in heavy wing and tail moult

Common Redstart 1 poss 2

Spotted Flycatcher 1

Common Whitethroat 10+

Yellowhammer 2

Corn Bunting 1

Otmoor rspb 20th July

Black-tailed Godwit courtesy of Steve Liptrot 

 

Shellingford: 20th July

Hobby: Chasing Juv Swallows. 09:30.
Yellow Wagtail: Over calling. 10:41.

Jed Cleeter

20 Jul 2026 19:14

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 20th July

Common Sandpiper: SP561134. 17:01.

Sylfest Muldal

20 Jul 2026 17:02

Eynsham: Oxford Road: 20th July

Negative news White Stork: Flying downstream over Thames near Eynsham. 16:00.

Allen Stevens

20 Jul 2026 16:42

Courtesy of Catriona Bass

Oxon/Glos 20th July

LONG-TAILED SHRIKE again on boundary hedge in Oxfordshire 14:18 (per Lew)

Please view from the road.

Parking in farmers field (link below) £5 donation.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/iUUEaCKtkdimNaMRA?g_st=iw

19/7

Henley Road GPs: 20th July

3 Oystercatcher 11:25.

Mick Hannington

20 Jul 2026 11:25

Oxon Long-tailed Shrike Twitching Info

LONG-TAILED SHRIKE still (for the 12th day) on the Glos./ Oxon border about here (opens in Streetmap).

Parking in field here (link opens in Google maps) with £5 donation suggested. Walk north for about 1/3 of a mile to view along the footpath hedge

 

Parking in red hatched area. Please approach the parking from the south otherwise you will be driving through the middle of the twitch along the road.

Walk north (yellow dotted line) to view from the yellow circle. The bird (blue line) works it's way up and down the hedge and along the county border (silver line). Apparently the hedge and wall itself  where the bird often sits is just in Oxon.

 

 

 

Oxfordshire! 19th July 2026

Long tailed Shrike 1 male

Briefly crossed the Glos border into Oxon, remaining there for just a few minutes before returning back into Glos.

Whinchat 2 m/f (Adam Bassett, Ewan Urquhart)

Common Whitethroat 2

19 July Oxon Glos Border

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