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  1. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    Hi everyone, I've now permanently moved back to Japan, so just wanted to thank everyone for being friendly and helpful both online and in the field. It's typical that as soon as I leave the autumn migration kicks in! I'll be birding in Japan and will still be around on birdforum :) Mari E
  2. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    Back from Spain(school trip) glad I'm not gripped off on anything but I didn't see anything too amazing in Spain either!
  3. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    Andy I'm glad you had a fab time:t: I keep on trying to convince my parents to take me to Otmoor but at the moment I'm failing, and I have exams :eek!:
  4. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    It's funny how birds like little egrets and collared doves produced mega-twitches several decades ago but now they're among the commonest birds around! :t: Cranes are being reintroduced and we've had a successful purple heron breeding last year, who knows, Port Meadow might be alive with...
  5. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    Hi, I was hoping to bump into you sometime or other and it was great to meet you. Yep, you're either at the right place at the right time and you go home happy or you see bugger all! I saw 2 wader flying low on F2 so I thought 'It must be something good...' so walked around F2 only to find...
  6. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    Today I thought I'd go to either Port Meadow or Farmoor but I (wrongly) chose Farmoor! The reports of this morning looked promising so I spent around 4 hours there but seeing barely no migrants. I only got 2 dunlins! And if I'd gone to Port Meadow I'd have got the white stork....
  7. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    Great pics :) I went down to Port Meadow this morning but as Richard Foster reported, there were only 2 oystercatchers, 2 shelducks and all the other commoner birds. No sign of yellow wagtails (I didn't spot ANY wagtail, actually) or the garganeys.
  8. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    I decided to go for the slavonian grebe this morning - I managed to find it from the 'bus stop' but it wasn't a great view as it kept on diving(it was still a lifer though!). Also 2 yellow wagtails on causeway.
  9. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    The long staying waxwings at Rye St Antony seems to have moved on during the weekend.
  10. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    I haven't caught up with all the spring visitors yet - I haven't seen the sand martins or chiffchaffs yet. This weekend I should be able to go down to Port Meadow...
  11. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    Thank you :) It was such a tame bird, literally swimming right in front of all the birders and photograpgers. We all got nice views. The little gulls were far out and I could just about distinguish them by the size. Not the greatest view but still a lifer :) Also thank you to the people who...
  12. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    Around 20 waxwings still hanging around Rye St Antony. Very distracting when I'm trying to concentrate in lessons!
  13. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    Mind you, I'm from Japan and we have no idea when were're going to go back to Japan so this may be the last spring migration in UK... ah well, I'll come back to tick it off in the future :)
  14. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    Nope, 'No sign of the garganey' So I ran like mad all the way from school to my house to cycle to Port Meadow for no reason then :( Ah well, missing a little brown duck ain't gonna do much harm... sob sob :) Also a greenshank on Port Meadow? ah, well, it just happens that garganey and...
  15. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    A drake garganey at Port Meadow and Otmoor - are they same indivisuals or are there 2 birds? Darn it I can't go looking for them till Saterday, which by the time would be gone. Maybe I can cycle all the way to Port Meadow after school tomorrow...
  16. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    Up to 3o waxwings around Rye St Antony School(my school!) My science teacher got to see them too when I pointed them out to her and we were both chuffed :)
  17. M

    Oxfordshire birding

    I went around to Blenheim palace to see if I could find any hawfinches but I didn't - I wonder if any other people did today? *I was having some problems with my old account to got a new one - I WAS 'Birds 4ever' but now Mari E :) Anyone got any idea how to delete the old account?
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