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Tuesday, 21 July 2026

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


Monday, 20 July 2026

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.


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Henley Road GPs: 20th July

3 Oystercatcher 11:25.

Mick Hannington

20 Jul 2026 11:25

Sunday, 19 July 2026

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



                                                                    Long-tailed Shrike
   





Manor lake kirtlington: 19th July

Great White Egret: SP515192. 10:00.

David Watkinson

19 Jul 2026 13:57

Ardley 19th July

Peregrine - 2

Green Sandpiper - 1 on ERF lagoon

Little Ringed Plover - 5 on ERF lagoon

Grey Partridge - 8 (2 ad, 6 juv)

Stonechat - 1 juv



Saturday, 18 July 2026

Otmoor RSPB; Saturday 18th July

 09-12:00; First Screen

Bittern



Cattle Egret



Great Egret



Marsh Harrier 3 (2 m, 1 juv)



Dunlin 2

Curlew

Common Sandpiper

Hobby

Common Tern c15 (incl 5 juv)

Common Gull 3

Old Caley's Diary

Lower Shiplake: 18th July

5 Egyptian Goose: f/juv. Near the river path. SU777797. 11:30.

Ralph Watts

18 Jul 2026 13:41

Standlake, pit 60: 18th June

37 Cattle Egret 1 GW Egret 2 Common Tern 2 Oystercatcher 4 Redstart, Thames Fields

Friday, 17 July 2026

Warburg BBOWT; Friday 17th July

14:30-17:00

Hawfinch 2 (male & female)





Blackcap (male)

Garden Warbler

Bullfinch 10+ (males, females & juveniles)

Siskin 3 (male & juveniles)


Old Caley's Diary

Segsbury Camp: 17th July

4+ Redstart
3 Grey Partridge
Successful breeding for Corn Bunting & Yellowhammer 
 

 

Hartslock 17 July

 Redstarts



Thursday, 16 July 2026

Chinnor: Cement Works: 16th July

2 Common Sandpiper: Down the narrow end , hiding well under the trees. 20:00.

Mark Mckeown

16 Jul 2026 20:32

Port Meadow 16th July

Cattle Egret amongst the cows 17:20 (B)

RSPB Otmoor Thursday 16 July

Reedbed:
Great White Egret: 1
Redshank:1 
Green Sandpiper 1st screen 20:25 (per Paul Wilkinson)
Common Sandpiper: 1
Little Ringed Plover: 1
Snipe: 10
Common Tern: approx 10 

Ashgrave:
Little Egret: 7
Glossy Ibis: 1

Greenaways:
Grasshopper Warbler: 1 reeling

LRP courtesy of Paul Wilkinson


Sonning Eye GPs: 16th July

Yellow-legged Gull: ad. Regular bird on its favourite post. 12:26.

Marek Walford

16 Jul 2026 12:26

Warburg 16th July

Hawfinch 3
Spotted Flycatcher 
Marsh Tit
Coal Tit
Siskin

(per Russell Allen, Max Buckley)

Jay BBOWT Warburg Reserve courtesy of Russell Allen 

 

Tuesday, 14 July 2026