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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 1
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

Monday, 13 July 2026

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 13th July

Green Sandpiper 7 (JT)

Key Holder Reserve.

Otmoor rspb 13th July

Black-tailed Godwit 2 at the 1st screen 19:41 (per Thomas Miller)

Ardley ERF Lagoon: 13th July

8 Little Ringed Plover 10:30.
7 Shelduck: Two adults five juveniles. 10:30.
2 Grey Partridge: Adults with at least four chicks. 10:30.

Laurie Bryant

13 Jul 2026 11:58

Sunday, 12 July 2026

Warburg Reserve: 12th July

6 Bullfinch: mix of ad and juv. 18:30.
Hawfinch f  
Marsh Tit 18:30.
Spotted Flycatcher 18:30.

Matthew Lloyd

13 Jul 2026 00:12

Oxford: Magdalen College: 12th July

3 Tawny Owl: recently fledged juv. 2 recently fledged seen and a 3rd heard. 22:30.

Nick Suckling

12 Jul 2026 22:57

Otmoor Lane repairs 13th to 17th July

There are signs at the top and bottom of Otmoor Lane (in the village and in the RSPB car park) saying that work will be taking place between Monday and Friday of the week ahead. The sign says that access will be restricted and delays will be inevitable. 

I hope that the repairs will be more comprehensive than the patchwork pothole filling that has happened recently. It might be advisable to avoid the lane in working hours next week.

(P.B)



Bicester Wetland Reserve: 12th July

Redstart: Calls heard bird not seen In hedgerow of exit to garden centre which borders entrance drive to wetlands site. 08:50.

Michael Hunt

12 Jul 2026 14:19

Otmoor rspb 12th July

Glossy Ibis 1st screen
Bittern 4
Great white Egret 
Cattle Egret 
Little Egret 

(per Pete Barker)

Standlake, pit 60: 12th July

Med Gull 1, 2nd summer 

Cattle Egret 9

GW Egret 1

Common Tern 2

Oystercatcher 1

Redstart 2m, Thames Fields 

Uffington 12th July

Singing Quail this morning 06:08 by parking area for Waylands Smithy (per Robin Smith)