birding...

Dix Pit

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near Stanton Harcourt (access not 24 hours).

Farmoor Reservoir

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on the B4017 west of Oxford (fee payable for car park and day permit).

Port Meadow & Burgess Field etc.

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Port Meadow and adjacent bird-watching territory. Car parking info: Walton Well Rd., Oxford - car park SP 502074. Binsey - The Perch, Binsey SP 493077 parking along Binsey Lane near Perch. Wolvercote - car park SP 487095. Aristotle Lane, Oxford SP 501078 little parking near - the Grid Reference is for end of approach on footpath over railway.

RSPB Otmoor

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reserve north of Beckley village.

Number of bird species: 304
County Bird - Swift Apus apus [...has been the Oxford Ornithological Society`s logo since it was founded in 1921]

Birds of Oxfordshire

Brucker, Gosler & Heryet Paperback - 284 pages (1992) Pisces Publishers
ISBN: 0950824593
Buy this book from NHBS.com

Proact

Coordinator: none (why not apply?)
see http://www.proact-campaigns.net/coordinators
Members: 4
Join us at http://www.proact-campaigns.net/team

Banbury Ornithological Society

Website

Founded in 1952, the Society studies the bird life in the twelve 10km squares surrounding Banbury and includes parts of Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. Fieldwork is the core of BOS activity, however, the Society also holds regular monthly meetings, publishes a monthly newsletter and Annual Reports, manages 5 bird reserves and is pro-active in local conservation matters...

BBONT

Website

BBONT looks after 90 nature reserves in the three counties. These are often sites for rare and endangered species, many being Sites of Special Scientific Interest.

Lower Windrush Valley Project

Information

The Lower Windrush Valley is found to the south east of Witney in West Oxfordshire and is an area that has been extensively modified by mineral extraction over the last 60 years. The Lower Windrush Valley Project was launched in 2001 and works closely with mineral operators, landowners and the local community to co-ordinate a range of environmental initiatives throughout the valley...

Northmoor Trust

Website

The Northmoor Trust is based in South Oxfordshire and manages an estate of 300 hectares, including Little Wittenham Nature Reserve, a conservation farm and a new woodland dedicated to forestry research. The Trust promotes conservation through exemplary land management, education and land science. It has a Board of six Trustees with 33 staff working in ecology, estate management, education and forest research...

Oxford Ornithological Society

Website

The Oxford Ornithological Society welcomes all who have an interest in birds and birdwatching in Oxfordshire, whether young or old, expert or novice. Activities are designed to cater for a range of interests and levels of experience....

RSPB Oxford Members Group

Website

The Oxford RSPB Members Group offers local members, students, and the general public, a forum where they can assist the RSPB in its aims, whilst developing their knowledge and interest in birds through talks, and organised field trips. We also support the RSPB's work in Oxfordshire by providing volunteers and wardens for the RSPB reserve on Otmoor.

Wolfson Ornithological Society

Website

The Wolfson Ornithological Society was founded on the 9th of October 1996 by three fanatic birdwatchers. Our aim is to promote all aspects of ornithology within College with maximum satisfaction for all involved. Our activities reflect the great range of interests and experience of our College members: birdwatching (trips and excursions!); birdstudy (talks and slideshows!); conservation (further development of College grounds!); etc.,etc. WOS is a very flexible society where individual members can pursue their own interest with the organisational help of the committee. Non-College members are very welcome to join our events, however they will not be eligible for subsidy (if appropriate) and numbers may be restricted.

Edward Grey Institute

http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/egi/

The Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology is a sub-Department of the Zoology Department, founded in 1936 in memory of the former Chancellor of the University, Earl Grey of Fallodon. The Institute houses the Alexander Library, which is the best ornithological library in Europe and one of the best in the world. It is much-used by research workers from other parts of the UK and we welcome ornithologists from other parts of the world.

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History

http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/

Holds both Darwin`s and Burchell`s collections...

Farmoor Reservoir

Website
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Situated three miles west of Oxford City and lying alongside the River Thames, the Reservoir is ideally situated to attract migrating, wintering and breeding birds. Although surrounded by a concrete embankment the shoreline and wavewall can still hold good numbers of waders, wagtails & pipits etc. There is a large gull roost from late July through to mid April. The Pinkhill Reserve was established in 1990 and this has added to the species diversity of the area...

Hartslock SSSI

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The reserve is an 11-acre (4.4 hectare); south facing, unimproved chalk downland hill overlooking the Thames in South Oxfordshire. Although it is small it is home to a wide variety of plants and animals, some of which are nationally rare.

Little Wittenham Nature Reserve

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A small group of volunteers has carried out bird surveys and a year-round ringing program at the reserve for many years, and all the data collected has been passed to the British Trust for Ornithology and the Northmoor Trust. More than 110 different species of birds have been sighted on the reserve since 1985. Of these, about half have bred on site.

RSPB Reserve - Otmoor

Website
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Otmoor is a magical nature reserve of wet meadows and reedbeds. It is a haven in winter for thousands of waterfowl, such as teals and wigeons, and in spring and summer for songbirds and breeding wading birds, such as lapwings...

Rushy Common Nature Reserve (& Tar Lakes)

Information
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Rushy Common Nature Reserve is a haven for wildlife and so public access is not permitted across the reserve. However, the bird hide on the southern shore offers good views across the site and is accessible to wheelchair users. Keys for the hide can be purchased from the project office (contact details opposite) and enable you to visit this and other hides in the Lower Windrush Valley at any time...

Standlake Common Nature Reserve

Information
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Standlake Common Nature Reserve is a tranquil place to relax and watch wildlife, situated on the Windrush Path, between Standlake and Newbridge. It used to be a typical arable field but when when Oxfordshire County Council granted permission in the 1990's to extract gravel from this area of farmland between Standlake and Newbridge it provided the opportunity to create a new nature reserve next to the River Thames...

2009 [July] - Hans Schick

Report

From July 19 – 27, 2009 I was in Oxford and London. Although this visit was not devoted to birdwatching all birds seen on walks through the cities of Oxford and London were registered. Most of the birds were seen in the ornamental waterfowl collection of Regent's Park in London...

Birding Pal

Information

Local birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...

Bird in Hand

Accommodation

Whether you are looking for a relaxing few days away or a convenient stop-over, The Bird in Hand offers a friendly and informal atmosphere in which to unwind from the rigours of life. Situated amid the rolling countryside of West Oxfordshire, fifteen miles west of the city centre, the inn is ideally located for visiting the Dreaming Spires, Blenheim Palace, Stratford or touring the nearby villages of the Cotswolds.

Bruern Holiday Cottages

Accommodation

Cottages to rent in the Home Counties and Cotswolds...

Cottage in the Country

Accommodation

Welcome to Cottage in the Country 2001 Offering a superb collection of self-catering holiday homes. Modern or traditional, town, village or rural locations - something to suit all!

Oxford Birders Information Service

Mailing List
To post to list:OBIS@yahoogroups.com
List contact:OBIS-owner@yahoogroups.com
To subscribe to list:OBIS-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Mailing List – Discussion Group - This group is an information system for active Oxfordshire birders participating in OBIS.

Oxonbirds

Mailing List
To post to list:Oxonbirds@yahoogroups.com
List contact:Oxonbirds-owner@yahoogroups.com
To subscribe to list:Oxonbirds-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
This list is for anyone interested in wild birds (and related subjects) in Oxfordshire, England. It is intended as a forum for news of rare bird sightings in the county, requests for bird-related information, information on birdwatching sites and events in Oxfordshire. For more information see: http://www.oos.org.uk

Thames Valley Bird Forum

Forum
Local forum for anyone with an interest in birds and wildlife…

Cholsey Wildlife

BLOG

A blog of wildlife seen in and round the village of Cholsey, Oxfordshire…

Otmoor Birding

Blog

Birding at Otmoor RSPB…

Oxfordshire Bird Log

Blog

Sightings in Oxon...

Port Meadow Birding

Blog

Birding in and around Port Meadow, Oxford…

Whilst Out & About – Di Stone

Blog

Welcome to my birdwatching web site which I hope you will enjoy looking through. I'll be adding photographs from time to time with perhaps the occasional rambling of a blog from my outings throughout the course of the year. Please feel free to comment either good or bad; it's the only way I'll learn anything...

Birdwatching Adventures

Website

Welcome to my birdwatching photographs with perhaps the occasional blog. Please feel free to comment either good or bad; it's the only way I'll learn anything…

Mike Rogers Bird Pages

Website

Mike has run a ringing group, based at the Northmoor Trust, for many years. This works mainly on the Little Wittenham Nature Reserve, but in winter at the nearby Little Wittenham Manor in order to monitor birds from the reserve which come to feeders in the Manor gardens. Other birds also drop in from time to time. In the summer the group does the Constant Effort survey for the British Trust for Ornithology. Over the years many trainees have learnt to endure the pecking of bluetits in order to move on to handling more delicate items...

Morris Photographic Centre

Website

Morris Photographic has been in business for 27 years on the high street in Oxford ox1 4bw , we have now moved to a new showroom in Chipping Norton. Chipping Norton is the highest town in oxfordshire so not much danger of floods! From the showroom we can offer our customers a spacious showroom packed with equipment, all at competitive internet prices. We sell tripods from popular manufacturers such as Lowepro, Manfrotto, Slik, National Geographic, Gitzo, Billingham, Benbo, Velbon, Kata, Crumpler, Tamrac. We also stock a large range of other photographic accessories ricoh,hoya,tamron,kenro,delkin to name but a few. We employ friendly, hardworking staff who are always willing to give accurate and informative advice...

Red Kites

Website

Welcome to redkites.net Here you will find information about the Red Kites in the Chilterns. You will also find a selection of photographs mostly taken around the Chiltern Hills in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire…

Stepehn Burch's Birding Website

Website

Welcome to my website on birding in Oxfordshire, the UK and overseas! Much of my birding (and digiscoping) is done in Oxfordshire where I live, but is mostly confined to weekends, as I have a full time job! My home county may not be the best for rare birds, and it can be difficult to find sites where it is possible to gain the close approach to birds needed for good results. Farmoor Reservoir is a notable exception to this...

Artist - Ian Lewington

Gallery

I have been watching and drawing birds for as long as I can remember. My fascination was kindled at the age of five when my father began taking me on nature walks in the south Oxfordshire countryside (it was Berkshire then). During my early teens it was the diversity of birdlife, the subtleties of plumage variation and the unending learning curve of birding that captured my imagination...

Photographer - Jarmo Holopainen

Gallery

Gallery of Birds of Oxfordshire...

Photographer - John Stuart-Clarke

Gallery

Wildlife photography continues to teach me much about myself as a person and my place in this world. Through this passion, I have connected with people I would otherwise have never known...

Photographer - Malcolm Schyul

Gallery

WildVisions is the website of award-winning wildlife photographer Malcolm Schuyl...