Birds
2nd June Hoopoe at Marston
Hoopoe seen in flight at Marston at 2pm today (per Jack Owen)
'It was I that reported the hoopoe on sunday from my car travelling up towards headington.
We had just returned from Ibiza 2 days before having seen them there.there was no mistaking it no other bird has the markings of a hoopoe' (Jack Owen)
'Oxon Hoopoe NE of Oxford at
Further to this Lynn Ebbs wrote to me saying:
"Richard and I have been puzzling over a bird we saw flying over our garden in Stanton St John at around 11.00 today. It was above tree-top height, flying with a strong but fluttery, erratic flight. Size bigger than a blackbird, smaller than a jackdaw; broad wings, with some light patterning underneath; body colour neither very dark or very pale. The ‘jizz’ was totally unlike any of our garden birds or Otmoor regulars and we both instantly said ‘what’s that bird?’ but it disappeared southwest before we could get binoculars to it. "
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North Oxon December
Courtesy of Kevin King Belated report of a Hoopoe on a private site near Hook Norton on the 13th. Discovered and photographed by Kevin King....
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Devil's Punchbowl: 17th August
Devil's Punchbowl Marsh Harrier: fem/juv. Seen twice. Taken for a kite at first glance but bins revealed a darker bird, with a square-ended tail. Typical flight observed (somehow ponderous and graceful!) over wheat fields as bird disappeared East...
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Old News
I've just heard about the presence of a Yellow-browed Warbler in a garden on Five Mile Drive, North Oxford on 3rd October. It's probably long gone but might just be worth a look and listen around the area. There was also a Hoopoe in a North Abingdon...
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Hoopoe At Nettlebed
Owen Beardsmore has seen a Hoopoe this morning on the Nettlebed Estate. Below are his record shots from his pocket camera. I'll try to get some more details and will report back. More Details Seen by a farmer on Saturday and by estate manager Owen...
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Waxwings 23rd December
c. 21 Waxwings still on Colwell Drive, Witney at 11:30 (per Keith Clack) Single Waxwing trilling at top of tall tree by our garden drive this morning in Kingham (per Ewan) One Waxwing in Marlborough Place, Eynsham mid-morning (per Bird Guides) 19 Waxwings...
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