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  1. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    Glad you enjoyed it Mari, nice to have met you before you left. I've also left the Oxford birding scene, though I'm now in Norfolk rather than Japan, and would like to echo Mari - thanks so much for a great 3 years birding!
  2. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    The 2005 report was the one I received with my OOS subscription for the current year, and the 2004 one before that, so I'd guess 2006 will be out soonish.
  3. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    True, but imagine how gutted you'd be if you hadn't checked them and they'd turned out to be Red-necked Stints! There's a lot of luck in birding, but on the plus side you're young enough that you'll have other opportunities to see most birds. Who knows, by the time you're 70 White Storks could...
  4. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    Fantastic morning at Port Meadow today, highlights being a Wood Sandpiper and a really close flypast from a Peregrine! More on my diary (see below). It was great to meet a few more Oxfordshire birders too.
  5. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    I figured Port Meadow is enjoying quite a lot of coverage at the moment, so I'm focussing on Oxey Mead. Fairly average afternoon today, but I did have a flock of c.30 Sand Martins fly high north at the end of my visit, looking pretty purposeful. A great spring moment :t:
  6. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    The good thing is you will pretty much definitely see them in the future, and its always nicer when you finally see a bird you've missed out on before B (:
  7. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    Oh I get it! Except I reckon a duck could easily make 5 miles in 20mins... but anyway, your point stands, there were two birds :t: Is the Garganey still at Port Meadow today?
  8. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    The Garganey was apparently at Port Meadow all day.
  9. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    Thanks very much for that Gareth :t: My guess would be that they breed in the area, which is the general consensus for the birds at Lynford Arboretum in Norfolk, but they're impossible to find. Probably for the best. Went to Port Meadow for the gull roost this evening, and 'Glauczilla' the...
  10. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    Did you see any Gareth? I'm not quite sure where to go. Do they breed there/when do they leave?
  11. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    It's back :t:
  12. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    I'll be more than happy to pay to come and see it if it does turn up in your garden Adam ;)
  13. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    Feel quite sorry for it, turning up in the middle of of a harsh winter. I wonder if it survived?
  14. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    http://oxonbirding.blogspot.com/2011/02/last-night-i-received-following-photos.html In case anybody hasn't heard!
  15. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    Sorry if I misled you, it might not be the case in Oxford, but certainly in Norfolk there was a running joke because so many Waxwings were being reported from Tesco carparks!
  16. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    Tesco's does have a good track track record for Waxwings! My advice on the finches would be to go to http://www.xeno-canto.org/browse.php and learn the flight calls of Siskin, Brambling and Redpoll. It might still be a while till you see them, though learning the calls is a great way of helping...
  17. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    Can't really comment on the OOS (I am a member but have never got round to going to anything :-C). All I'd say is teaching yourself is great fun, though it takes longer I think, and most importantly have a camera if you're going to do things by yourself. It would have saved me so much trouble...
  18. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    I heard the Jack Snipe was reported from the north entrance to the meadow. Presumably up near the wolvercote carpark; it is quite boggy there. Heard a smattering of Redwings going over throughout the day, and had a quick visit to the meadow to show a mate who'd come up from London, so it was...
  19. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    No worries, gald you saw it this morning! Do you think it could be feeding along the river bank? Overheard quite a few yellowlegs-related conversations in the biology department today!
  20. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    I know the guy who saw the Lesser Yellowlegs this evening. I've only been birding with him once but he seemed like a reasonable birder, even though he comes from Luxemberg (that's not a dig at Luxemburg birders...). I'd be surprised if he wasn't familiar with Redshank! Apparently he was with 2...
  21. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    Not been out birding properly yet this term, but I've heard a few bits and peices flying over including Redwing, Song Thrush and Skylark. Pity it doesn't match what's happening on the east coast at the moment, but you never know what might turn up inland.
  22. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    Yep, I'm predicting at least a Pectoral Sandpiper there over this coming week, based partly on the weather charts and partly on the fact that I'm coming back to Oxford in a couple of weeks (something big always turns up and then leaves just before I get back!).
  23. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    And a Wood Sandpiper there at the moment. A brief account of the finding of the stints on my birding diary (see bottom of this post) if it interests anyone, though perhaps more interesting are the photos taken by Adam Hartley on Port Meadow Birding B (:
  24. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    Port Meadow was alive with hirundines and swifts hawking over the floods when I visited this afternoon, presumably as a result of all this dismal weather. No red-rumpers, but check your local waterbody!
  25. jimmyg

    Oxfordshire birding

    Thanks. May have a shot next weekend, after exams. Its interesting how rare/scarce birds seem to do this - 2 Black-necked Grebes stayed for exactly the same 3 days this year at Welney WWT as last year, and a couple of years back a Red-necked Grebe did it on my local patch (for all I know it...
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