Adam Hartley (Gnome)

Birding in and around Oxford, particularly Port Meadow, and sometimes in Cornwall.

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

Just an update message to remind followers that I am now posting soley on BlueSky. My user profile there is @pmbirding.bsky.social

#seeyouontheotherside #Xodus

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

@evsi120 @SussexBirding Hi Paul, I was standing next to you on Saturday for the ESW. Might I use some of your photos to illustrate my blog? I will of course credit you with them and will link to your excellent blog. FYI my blog is: https://t.co/zDQCfOGOJY

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

@AndyWarr3 Hi Andy, I'm interested in the Richardson's CG. How long has it been at Clifton Pits? Also, any info on origin? Eg ringed, looking wing-clipped etc?

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

@slimbridge_wild Bluethtoat singing away still!

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

This must be a record in lateness even for me but my end of year 2024 birding review is finally up.

https://t.co/ivk37bMYEk

Guess my bird of the year!

NB I've moved to BlueSky, but will still post here for a little while.
#Xodus

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

Hey fellow birders. I'm going to join the X-odus & move to BlueSky. You can find me there under @pmbirding.bsky.social
I look forward to reconnecting on the other side

#Xodus #havenfromMuskmadness

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

The Port Meadow 2024 annual review is finally up! Guess the bird of the year!
https://t.co/4R9zDbIyW0

#betterlatethannever #patchbirding

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

@FlamboroughBird RB Fly still in Holmes Gut by sewage works + Acro sp. , no sign of Icky so far @RareBirdAlertUK @BirdGuides

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

@spurnbirdobs Arctic Warbler still, ranging between the collapsed road & the High Tide Shelter on the estuary side of the Narrows @RareBirdAlertUK

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

@spurnbirdobs @RareBirdAlertUK Where at the Narrows is the Arctic? I’m at the High Tide Shelter now #spurnbirds

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

@e9doc Hi Nick, I'm heading up to the Carngorms area this weekend & am hoping for Northern Emerald. Any tips on where you saw yours?

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

@Bird3r Hi, I'm heading up to the Cairngorms at the weekend & am hoping for Northern Emerald. Can I ask where you saw yours?

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

@jonnycaribouthe @RareBirdAlertUK Yes I’m thinking of switching as well TBH #toomanyissues

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

@RareBirdAlertUK there seems to be an issue with the RBA app as it's not been working all day for myself and a number of other birders I've spoken to. Any info on this?

[Thomas Miller @temiller17]

Four fruitless visits to Port Meadow in the rain over the past 2 days hoping for a wader fall finally resulted in this Spoonbill (patch ✅) - which I was surprised to see was colour-ringed V463 relocating from the Hayle estuary! Presumably on its way back to Denmark @PMBirding

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

Blog write-up of Alpine Accentor twitch now posted: https://t.co/iVkoIjYW3q

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

New update on Port Meadow birding blog. Highlights are: Grey-headed (thunbergi) Wagtail, Garganey and Glossy Ibis. Photos in post
https://t.co/fHGApDaX03

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

@old_caley Maybe, but from your list I only saw the Waterthrush (which was also a great bird). The others I didn't need (apart from MW which was too far for me)

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

I was there at the Alpine Accentor twitch yesterday and managed to survive the entry obstacle course. What a bird! Some video footage below.

[Adam Hartley (Gnome) @PMBirding]

@old_caley Yes, it was an amazing bird! Has to be a candidate for Bird of the Year for me

[Thomas Miller @temiller17]

Almost 5 years to the day since I found a male thunbergi Grey-headed wagtail at Port Meadow, today I was rewarded with a female. Showed very distantly - assembled patch birders struggling to get pics but this one by S Sansom gives a good impression of the bird. 4th Oxon record