Gnome's Birding Diary

Birding in and around Oxford.

Saturday, 13 December 2025

Swansea Scops Owl

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I would not have expected to be making yet another national bird sortie so soon after the last one but something as tantalising as a Scops O...
Tuesday, 9 December 2025

Exe Estuary Lesser Crested Tern

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With it now being well into December, I had been thinking that that was it for the year as far as national birding was concerned. So when ne...
Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Calshot Boat-tailed Grackle

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On Sunday, news dropped on the bird news services of a Great-tailed Grackle down in Hampshire. Now I consider Hants to be sufficiently close...
Saturday, 25 October 2025

Yet Another Oxon Mega: Farmoor Twite!

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In my last blog post I wondered whether there might be yet another rarity in Oxfordshire before the year was out. That thought has turned ou...
Thursday, 2 October 2025

Autumn Magic: Otmoor Bluethroat

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What a vintage year this is turning out to be for Oxon. Usually as a land-locked county about as far as one can get from the sea we have to ...
Thursday, 18 September 2025

Autumn Uni Run: Burbage Moor Dotterel

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It's that time of year again when I have to take one of my offspring back to University somewhere. These days it's my son up to York...
Monday, 1 September 2025

Oxon Mega: Standlake Marsh Sandpiper

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I was just sitting in bed, unwinding after a busy day and idely scrolling on my phone when a message pinged in the Oxon birding WhatsApp cha...
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I used to be a birder in my youth but rather lost interest in my teens as other things became more interesting. However recently I've rediscovered this interest and have become quite keen or "obsessed" is how my very lovely wife (VLW) puts it. I'm a keen blogger and endeavour to take photos whenever possible often through digiscoping.
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