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April 2007

 

Mon 30th Apr

Attenborough NR - Osprey [over Branshill Wood from 13:15 to 13:45 - drifted off slowly over the top of the wood heading NW most likely the same bird as yesterday], 1 Hobby [high over Barton Flash], 3 Common Buzzard, Red-tailed Hawk [over Branshill Wood]. 20+ Common Swift, Yellow Wagtail [plenty], Bar-tailed Godwit [Works Pond], 1 Green Sandpiper [on Wheatear Scrape], 1 Hobby [catching insects over Clifton Pit reedbed], 65 Common Tern, 2 Shelduck.
Hoveringham - New Workings: Ringed Plover, 2 Yellowhammer. Railway Lake: Redshank, Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Common Tern Farm Pit: 2 Oystercatcher, Shelduck Sailing Lake: Oystercatcher, 3 Common Tern, 7 Yellow Wagtail, Grasshopper Warbler. Washings Pit: Redshank, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Garden Warbler.
Calverton - 1 Common Buzzard [over Daybrook at approx. 13:30 heading northwest], 1 Grasshopper Warbler [Moor Lane Sewerage Works area], Ring Ouzel [female], 1 Hobby [heading west], 50+ Common Swift,
Holme Pierrepont - Blott's Pit: Bar-tailed Godwit [female].
Collingham - New Workings: 2 Bar-tailed Godwit [flew off east at 07:00], 1 Greenshank, 3 Northern Wheatear.

Sun 29th Apr

Attenborough NR - Main Pond: 1 Common Sandpiper [1 perched on dead branch in middle of pond]. Works Pond: 2 Shelduck. Tween Pond Scrape: 1 Common Sandpiper.
Halam - Hen Harrier [male seen flying over from garden in village].
Bestwood Mill Lakes - 1 Hobby [over].
East Leake - Cuckoo [Manor Farm, seen and heard for the past 2 weeks].
Barton-in-Fabis - Osprey [over south-west at 11:30].
Bentinck Void - 3 Northern Wheatear [including 1 Greenland], Whimbrel [north], Ring Ouzel [NW bank of main lagoon].
Netherfield Lagoons - Dunlin, Teal, 5 Common Tern, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Green Woodpecker, Northern Wheatear, Grasshopper Warbler, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff [including individual with softer song], Common Swift, Common Tern, Reed Bunting, House Martin, Sand Martin, Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Gadwall, 3 Arctic Tern [over to north-east]. New Workings: Temminck's Stint, 2 Shelduck, Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, Lapwing, Ring Ouzel [female on hedgerow at the back of the pits], 5 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Partridge, Northern Wheatear. Sewerage Works: Wood Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Common Buzzard, Goosander [male - flying downstream along the Trent].

Sat 28th Apr

Attenborough NR - Works Pit: 2 Shelduck. Main Pond: 9 Common Tern. Arctic Tern. Barton Side: 3 Common Buzzard, Red Tailed Hawk [all up together], 2 Common Buzzard [slightly further west]. Coneries: Arctic Tern, Curlew [ploughed field across river], Oystercatcher [over & west]. River Erewash/East Bank: Garden Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 7 Common Whitethroat, 5 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff.
Hoveringham - 3+ Common Tern, 8 Sedge Warbler, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Common Whitethroat, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Green Woodpecker.
Bentinck Void - Marsh Harrier [female north], Northern Wheatear.
Annesley Pit Top - 2 Common Swift, Sand Martin, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Northern Wheatear.
Sutton Bonington - Hungary Lane: Blackcap, Common Buzzard, Common Whitethroat, Linnet, Chiffchaff, Red-legged Partridge, Yellowhammer.

Fri 27th Apr

Attenborough NR - Arctic Tern [main pond].
Trent Bridge - 1 Common Sandpiper.
Netherfield Lagoons - New Workings: Wood Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 4 Grey Partridge, 2 White Wagtail, 7 Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 3 Yellowhammer, 25 Linnet, 2 Northern Wheatear, 2 Shelduck. Fly-ash Pit: Ringed Plover, 2 Shelduck, Common Tern [briefly], Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Sedge Warbler, 7 Willow Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler. Deep Pit/Fishing Pit: 2 Grasshopper Warbler. Plus: Sandwich Tern [following River Trent, west to east].

Thu 26th Apr

Collingham - New Workings:4 Ringed Plover, 2 Northern Wheatear.
Calverton - Wood Warbler [between A614 and Calverton Pit Top].
Netherfield - 1 Northern Wheatear, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Blue-headed Wagtail.
Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 1 Greenshank.
Brierley Forest Park - 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat [wetland area].
Annesley Pit Top - 3 Northern Wheatear, 1 Greenland Wheatear.
Attenborough NR - 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Egyptian Goose, Oystercatcher, Blackcap, Sedge Warbler.

Wed 25th Apr

Costock - 3 Common Swift.
Wollaton Park - Common Sandpiper.
Nottingham - Lady Bay Area: 3 Common Swift.
Netherfield - New workings: 1 Hobby, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Blue-headed Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 6 Northern Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 2 Grey Partridge, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Shelduck. Lagoons: 5 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 2 Pochard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 7 Common Whitethroat, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Northern Wheatear, 17 House Martin, 4 Common Tern
Annesley Pit Top - 4 Northern Wheatear, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Blackcap, 1 Tree Sparrow [near the Newstead entrance], 1 Great Crested Grebe [rare on this site].

Tue 24th Apr

Annesley Pit Top - 1 Grasshopper Warbler.
Brierley Forest Park - 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Whinchat [still on wetland area], 2 Green Woodpecker [Stubbing Hill Farm], 2 Blackcap [along Rooley Lane]. Please Note: visitors to this site should refrain from walking into the wetland area, it is fenced off for a reason - many thanks.
Annesley - Wood Warbler [singing in woodland opposite the old colliery - beyond the horse paddock: SK515532].
Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Curlew, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail [all new workings], 3 Northern Wheatear [ploughed field adjacent to new workings], 3 Whinchat [2 males and 1 female adjacent stubble field].
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Mon 23rd Apr

Netherfield - 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Shelduck, 2 Northern Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Blue-headed Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Common Whitethroat. Also: Plenty of Hirundines.
Attenborough NR - 2 Northern Wheatear, Sedge Warbler, Shelduck, 1 Garden Warbler, Jay, Yellow Wagtail.
Brierley Forest Park - 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Whinchat [wetland area].

Sun 22nd Apr

Lound - Chainbridge NR Scrape: 1 Pintail [male], 4 Red-crested Pochard [males], 8 Teal, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Common Tern, 2 Shelduck, 1 Kestrel. Chainbridge NR Wood: 1 Garden Warbler, 3+ Blackcap. Chainbridge Pit: 2 Wigeon, 1 Shelduck, 2 Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Lapwing [including a partial leucistic bird with sandy-buff coloured head, neck, mantle and wing coverts. Windsurf Pit: 2 Red-crested Pochard [males], 3+ Blackcap, 4+ Chiffchaff, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler. Water Ski Pit: - c.50 Common Swift, 1 Lesser Whitethroat. Cross Lane: 1 Grasshopper Warbler. Neatholme Scrape: 2 Common Tern, 3+ Redshank, 1 Ringed Plover [flew south], 5 Wigeon, 5+ Reed Bunting, 13 Cormorant, 1 Sparrowhawk [male], 2 Lesser Whitethroat. Neatholme Pit: 1 Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 2 Shelduck, 1 Pintail [male], 2 Yellow Wagtail. Blaco Pits: 2 Northern Wheatear, 2 Shelduck, 105 Mute Swan. Neatholme Works Pit: 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Shelduck, 1 Common Whitethroat. Neatholme Lane: 1 Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4+ Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Whitethroat, 2 Willow Tit, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Pied Wagtail, 6+ Reed Bunting, 3+ Chiffchaff, 10+ Blackcap, 1 Kestrel [immature male]. Also: Arctic Tern [possible through], 50+ Willow Tit.
Clayworth Common - 2 Northern Wheatear, 5+ Reed Bunting, 1 Kestrel.
Nottingham - London Road: 2 Common Tern.
Silverhill Wood CP - 3+ Grasshopper Warbler.
Netherfield Lagoons - Fly-ash Pit: Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Common Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 6 Willow Warblers. New Workings: 2 Ring Ouzel, Whinchat [male], c.7 Northern Wheatear, Greenland Wheatear [male], 7 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, White Wagtail, 22 Linnet, 2 Shelduck, 3 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Grey Partridge, 12 Common Swift, 5 House Martin, 2 Yellowhammer, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 26 Linnet, 23 Sand Martin, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Meadow Pipit, 7 Skylark, 3 Common Tern, 3 Bullfinch, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Oystercatcher.
Brierley Forest Park - 1 Grasshopper Warbler.
King's Mill Reservoir - 1 Common Tern [through to the north 08.45].
Hoveringham - 2 Ringed Plover, c.5 Oystercatcher, 2 Northern Wheatear, 1 Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Willow warbler, Chiffchaff.
Eakring - Penny Pasture: 1 Whinchat [male]. Eakring Meadows: 1 Common Redstart [male].
Bestwood Country Park - 2 Common Whitethroat.
Bestwood Mill Lakes - 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Blackcap.
Bentinck Void - 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 8 Northern Wheatear, 2 Common Sandpiper.

Sat 21st Apr

Lound - Cross Lane: 1 Grasshopper Warbler, Cuckoo.
Rampton Quarry - 1 Ringed Plover, 6 Lapwing, 7 Shelduck, 1 Northern Wheatear, 2 Lesser Whitethroat.
Collingham Pits - 4 Ringed Plover, 3 Redshank, 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Swallow, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Skylark, 16 Lapwing, 2 Yellowhammer, 1 Kestrel [male], 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Tern [through], 1 Common Swift [through], 2 Northern Wheatear.
Normanton on Trent - 9 Oystercatcher, 6 Curlew.
Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover, 7 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Common Tern, 2 Northern Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Shelduck, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Ring Ouzel [males, but not seen after 2pm], Common Swift [two passages, 30+ and 20+], 7 House Martin.
Hucknall - 1 Bullfinch [feeding in garden].
Annesley Pit Top - 2 Cuckoo, 4 Reed Bunting, 4 Yellowhammer, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Shelduck, 4 Gadwall.
Attenborough NR - 2 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Spotted Crake [showed for 1 minute in left hand corner of works pit at 10:55am], Pintail [pair on Coneries], 2 Northern Wheatear, 2 Whinchat [males in sheep-field near the flash], 6 Reed Warbler, 5 Common Swift, 1 Goldeneye. Main Pit: 8 Common Tern, 1 Goosander [male with injured wing]. Erewash Field: 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler. Sailing Pit: 2 Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 3 Common Tern, 2 Swallow, 2 Sand Martin. Church Pond: 14 Common Tern [platform]. Tween Pond Scrape: 5 Lapwing.
Gunthorpe - 4 Cuckoo, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 9 Snipe, 2 Redshank, 1 Common Tern, 8 Sedge Warbler, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Common Whitethroat, 12 Blackcap, 6 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Grasshopper Warbler.
Bentinck Void - 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Shelduck, Common Sandpiper, 3 Northern Wheatear.
East Leake - Manor Farm area: Red Kite, Hobby, Common Buzzard, Sand Martin, House Martin, Swallow, Lesser Whitethroat.

Fri 20th Apr

Lound - Chainbridge Pit: 1 Northern Wheatear, 1 Snipe, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat. Neatholme Scrape: 2 House Martin [among many Sand Martins], 2 Common Tern, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper. Neatholme Pit: 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Lesser Whitethroat. Cross Lane: 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 House Martin, 2 Common Swift [over]. Parish Park: 1 Lesser Whitethroat. Chainbridge NR Scrape: 1 Pintail [male]. Blaco Pits: 1 Ringed Plover. Chainbridge Pit: 6 Red-crested Pochard [including 5 males].
Bramcote - 2 Mistle Thrush.
Newton - House Martin.
King's Mill Reservoir - Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Hobby.
Attenborough NR - Spotted Crake, 1 Dunlin [Tween Pond], Grasshopper Warbler [Erewash Field].
Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Cuckoo, 2 Ring Ouzel [males around the new gravel extractions at 3.30pm], 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Tern, 4 Bullfinch, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 2 House Martin. Butterflies: 2 Small White, 3 Green-veined White, 3 Peacock, 1 Holly Blue, 3 Speckled Wood.
Annesley Pit Top - 1 Curlew [briefly], 2 Redshank, 4 Shoveler, 18 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap.

Thu 19th Apr

Lound - Horse Paddocks near Lound: 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Swallow. Chainbridge NR Scrape: 1 Pintail [male], 4 Teal. Windsurf Pit: 1 Willow Tit. Water Ski Pit: 11 Red-crested Pochard [including 8 males], 200+ Sand Martin, Swallow. Chainbridge Pit: 1 Cormorant, 200+ Sand Martin, c.10 House Martin, Swallow [several]. Neatholme Scrape: 18+ Cormorant, 1 Common Tern, 3 Wigeon, 2 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher [plus many large gulls - mostly immature]. Neatholme Lane: 1 Kingfisher, Blackcap [several], 1 Lesser Whitethroat.
Trent Bridge - 1 Common Swift.
Colwick CP - 100 House Martin, 30 Swallow, 300 Sand Martin.
Collingham - New Workings: 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Girton GPs - 1 Goldeneye [transitional 1st summer].
Langford Lowfields - 1 Cuckoo.
King's Mill Reservoir - 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Northern Wheatear, 2 Sedge Warbler, 5 Common Swift, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Osprey [over to the west].
Ratcliffe on Soar - Power Station: 3 House Martin, 2 Common Buzzard.
Edwinstowe - 1 Swallow [River Maun].
Annesley Pit Top - 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Northern Wheatear [male], 16+ Willow Warbler.

Wed 18th Apr

Lound - Hallcroft/Bellmoor: 1 White Stork [reported circling high on thermals over the Bellmoor Pit area before heading off east at 2.00pm]. Neatholme Pit: 1 Common Swift. Chainbridge NR Scrape - 1 Pintail [male].
Attenborough NR - Grasshopper Warbler [Erewash Field - visible and reeling at the same time].
Bunny Old Wood - 1 Cuckoo, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Blackcap, 1 Willow Tit, Bullfinch [pair], 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Netherfield Lagoons - Ring Ouzel [field adjacent to New workings area at 11:00], 8 Grasshopper Warbler, Savi's Warbler [possible: heard briefly and seen even more briefly], 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 7 Sedge Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Shelduck.
Attenborough NR - 1 Little Gull [Church Pond], 2 Common Swift, c.20 House Martin, 2 Grasshopper Warbler [Erewash Field].
Newstead - 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 House Martin.

Tue 17th Apr

Lound - Neatholme Pit: 1 Common Sandpiper. Neatholme Lane: Lesser Whitethroat. Water-ski Pit: 5 Red-crested Pochard [4 males & 1 female]. Neatholme Scrape: 2 Common Tern, 23 Cormorant, 2 Redshank. Cross Lane: 1 Sedge Warbler. Windsurf Pit: 1 Willow Tit, Tawny Owl.
Hoveringham - Black-tailed Godwit.
Holme Pierrepont - Northern Wheatear, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Shelduck, 2 Blackcap, Chiffcaff, Willow Warbler, 2 Shoveler, Teal, 4 Wigeon, 1 Goldeneye [female], Curlew [heard], Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker [drumming], 2 Sand Martin, 1 swallow.
Eakring Flash - 1 Grasshopper Warbler [reeling].
Welbeck - 4 Common Buzzard.
Attenborough NR - Grasshopper Warbler [showing well near the path - Erewash Field], c.30 Linnet, 2 Shelduck, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting, Kingfisher, 2 Common Buzzard.
Annesley Pit Top - 1 Cuckoo, 1 Redshank, 13 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel.

Mon 16th Apr

Lound - Blaco Pits: 2 Whooper Swan, 100 Mute Swan. Neatholme Pit: 100 Sand Martin, 6 Shelduck. Neatholme Scrape: 1 Common Tern, 2 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 8 Shelduck. Neatholme Lane: 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap. Clayworth Common: 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Common Buzzard. Water Ski Pit: 6 Red-crested Pochard [4 male]. Chainbridge N R Scrape: 3 Black-tailed Godwit [early evening], 1 Pintail [male], 2 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Red-crested Pochard [male], 6 Shelduck. Bellmoor Pit: 1 Little Gull [1st summer], 1 Sedge Warbler.
Attenborough NR - Works Pit: 2 Shelduck, 3 Teal. Main Pit: 8 Common Tern, Pochard [male]. Erewash Field: 5 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, Snipe, Grasshopper Warbler. Sailing Pit: 3 Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, 27 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow.
Cottam Lagoons - Wood Sandpiper [opposite Torksey Lock].
Collingham - New Workings:- Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank [near village], 1 Fieldfare.
Holme Pierrepont - 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat [all in the workings opposite Blott's Country Club], 1 Red-headed Pochard [rowing course].

Sun 15th Apr

Lound - 2 House Martin. Chainbridge NR Scrape: - Little Gull [single briefly before it flew off to the west], Red-crested Pochard [5 male, 1 female], 1 Pintail [male]. Parish Park: - 4 Willow Warbler, 8 Blackcap [7 male and 1 female]. Neatholme Lane: 8 Willow Warbler, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Blackcap. Neatholme Scrape: 2 Redshank, 4 Goldeneye, 3 Wigeon, 2 Teal. Neatholme Pit: - 100+ Sand Martin. Cross Lane: - 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap.
Normanton-on-Trent - Common Sandpiper, Curlew, Redshank, Lapwing.
Dunham Lakes - 30 Sand Martin, 6 Shelduck, Kingfisher.
King's Mill Reservoir - 6 Little Gull [circled for 30 minutes then flew east very late on].
Lady Bay Bridge - 5 Sand Martin.
Holme Pierrepont - Blott's Pit: 17 Wigeon, 12 Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff. A52 Pit: 29 Wigeon, Shoveler, 3 Goldeneye, 17 Blackcap, 7 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, Redshank, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull [through to SW], 2 Great Black-backed Gulls [through to NE], 2 Common Gull [Adult & Immature].
Attenborough NR - Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler [several], 2 Shelduck, 7 Common Tern.
Bentinck Void - Grasshopper Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 4 Blackcap, Dunlin, Curlew, Ringed Plover.
Hoveringham - Railway Lake and former new workings: 1+ Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, 26 Goldeneye, 36 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 5 Wigeon, 1 Lesser Whitethroat [along Gonalston Lane].

Sat 14th Apr

Bentinck Void - Grasshopper Warbler.
Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Common Tern, 15+ Sand Martin, 5 Barn Swallow, 1 Common Buzzard, 7 Willow Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler.
Annesley Pit Top - 12 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 31 Coot, 24 Tufted Duck, 10 Skylark, 4 Gadwall, 2 Knot [through to north east], 4 Grey Partridge, 14 Yellowhammer. Butterflies: 3 Brimstone, 2 Orange Tip, 8 Peacock, 1 Common Blue, 1 Comma, 2 Small White, 2 Green-veined White.
Attenborough NR - 6 Common Tern, 4 Egyptian Goose, Shoveler, Teal, Gadwall, Lapwing, Tree Sparrow.
Wollaton Park - 2 Swallow
Basford - Willow Warbler.

Fri 13th Apr

Lound - 1 Common Tern.
Gunthorpe - - 1 Grasshopper Warbler [reeling], 4 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 10 Swallow, 46 Sand Martin, 10 Snipe, 2 Willow Tit, 40 Linnet.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Red-throated Diver [dam end], 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Shelduck, Mandarin [drake], 3 Common Buzzard, 25 Swallow [single group on Great Lakes].
Budby Common - 2 Green Woodpecker, 7 Yellowhammer, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Tree Sparrow, 2 Reed Bunting [at Pumping Station].
Nottingham University - Jubilee Campus: 1 Goosander [female on main lake], 2 Grey Wagtail [in front of Atrium], 1 Reed Bunting [male in willow between main & NCSL lakes].

Thu 12th Apr

Lound - Sheep Fields: - 1 Curlew, 6 Oystercatcher. Tiln Gravel Pit: 19 Pink-footed Goose [flew off 7.45am to NW]. Chainbridge NR Scrape: 3 Red-crested Pochard [2 males], 2 Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher. Water Ski Pit: 8 Red-crested Pochard [6 males], 15 Sand Martin. Tiln Wood: 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff. Tiln New Workings: 30 Sand Martin, 1 Common Buzzard. Neatholme Scrape: 2 Redshank, 4 Oystercatcher, 15 Shelduck. Neatholme Pit: 80 Sand Martin, 2 Oystercatcher. Blaco Pits: 2 Whooper Swan, 2 Oystercatcher, 125 Mute Swan. Neatholme Lane: 6 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 9 Blackcap. Plus: 1 Roe Deer [stag at north end of Chainbridge NR Scrape].

Wed 11th Apr

Lound - 1 Northern Wheatear. Neatholme Pit: 2 Curlew [one flew north and one on banks of pit]. Neatholme Works Pit: 1 Redshank. Neatholme Scrape: 1 Oystercatcher, 10 Shelduck, 2 Goldeneye, 1 Willow Warbler. Water Ski Pit: 3 Red-crested Pochard [2 male & 1 female], 3 Sand Martin.
Elton - 2 Oystercatcher [flying low and calling - headed south].
Askham - 2 Tree Sparrow [on feeder in a garden near the church].
Arnold - 4 Common Buzzard.
Attenborough NR - 2 Goldeneye, Common Buzzard, 2 Shelduck, Swallow, Willow Warbler, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Little Grebe, Reed Bunting.
Colwick CP - 7 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Sand Martin, Swallow, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Linnet. Trout Lake: Black Swan, Mandarin [drake], 2 Red-crested Pochard [male & female].
Moorgreen Reservoir - 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Treecreeper, Nuthatch [numerous], Coal Tit [numerous], 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Wood Warbler.
Hucknall - 2 Bullfinch [male & female in garden all week].

Tue 10th Apr

Lound - Bellmoor: 1 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap. Chainbridge Wood NR: 1 Blackcap, 1 Willow Tit. Chainbridge Pit: 1 Redshank, 3 Goldeneye, 20+ Sand Martin. Chainbridge NR Scrape: Red-crested Pochard [pair], 1 Snipe, 4 Oystercatcher, 3 Sand Martin. Neatholme Scrape: 1 Ruff, 1 Oystercatcher, 8 Shelduck. Cross Lane: 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap. Windsurf Pit: 3 Red-crested Pochard [1 male & 2 female].
Annesley Pit Top - 2 Shelduck, Yellowhammer [numerous], Linnet [numerous], 1 Reed Bunting.
Teversal - Ring Ouzel [Silverhill Pit Top - flew off west].
Nuthall - Old Railway: 2 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff.

Mon 9th Apr

Dunham Lakes - 1 Wigeon, 1 Shoveler, 5 Fieldfare, 4 Oystercatcher.
Attenborough NR - Cetti's Warbler.

Sun 8th Apr

Lound - Chainbridge Pit: 1 Little Gull [adult winter flying over between approx 16.00 to 17:00. Parish Park: 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap. Neatholme Lane: 1 Willow Warbler [near Water Ski Pit], 4 Blackcap. Chainbridge NR Scrape: - Red-crested Pochard [pair]. Windsurf Pit: 1 Red-crested Pochard [male]. Neatholme Scrape: 1 Ruff. Neatholme Works Pit: 4 Goldeneye [2 pairs]. Hayton Common: 1 Common Buzzard.
Sutton - 1 Swallow [south of village over A638].
Sutton nr Retford - 1 Swallow.
Lound - Little Gull [adult winter], 1 Common Buzzard.
Hoveringham - Little Gull [adult summer on Railway Lake].
Attenborough NR - Cetti's Warbler [showed very well], Northern Wheatear, 4 Sand Martin, 6 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff.
Hoveringham GPs - New Works Pit: Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover. Railway Lake: 21 Goldeneye, 6 Goosander, 5 Wigeon, Redshank, Blackcap, 2 Grey Partridge. Gibsmere Fields: 2 Oystercatcher, 20 Fieldfare.

Sat 7th Apr

Sneinton - Common Buzzard.
Lound - 6+ Chiffchaff, 7 Red-crested Pochard. Neatholme Scrape: 1 Swallow, 40+ Sand Martin, 4 Redshank, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper.

Fri 6th Apr

Netherfield Lagoons - Fly-ash Pit: 2 Snipe, 4 Chiffchaff. Deep Pit: Water Rail [calling]. Fishing Pit: Yellowhammer, Chiffchaff, 5 Sand Martin. New Workings: 2 Shelduck, Green Sandpiper.
Stoke Bardolph - Sewerage Works: 2500 Golden Plover, 30 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Chiffchaff [including one darker bird with alternative song].
Cuckney Flash - 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Redshank, Red-throated Diver [at raptor watchpoint], Willow tit, Marsh tit, 1 Swallow.
Attenborough NR- 10 Goldeneye, 4 Shelduck, Treecreeper, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Buzzard, Blackcap [several singing].
Annesley Pit Top - 1 Jay, 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Shelduck, 4 Yellowhammer, 2 Redshank, 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, Linnet [numerous], Lapwing [numerous], Skylark [numerous].

Thu 5th Apr

Lound - Blaco Pits: 7 Whooper Swan [still among Mute Swans]. Neatholme Scrape: 17 Shelduck. Neatholme Works Pit: 4 Red-crested Pochard [2 pair]. Water Ski Pit: 2 Red-crested Pochard [males]. Butterflies: plenty noted on the wing in the sunshine.
Bramcote - 3 Common Buzzard [over A52].
Wollaton Park - Woodcock.
Colwick CP- Orion Stretch: Green Woodpecker, 2 Pheasant [male & female]. Nature Reserve/Hall Lake: 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Smew [male & female]. Trout Lake: Black Swan, 2 Red-crested Pochard [male &female], 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap.

Wed 4th Apr

Hucknall - 3 Bullfinch [garden].

Tue 3rd Apr

Hoveringham - 2 Swallow [between Bulcote and Hoveringham].
Wollaton Park - Goldeneye [pair], 2 Red-crested Pochard [females].

Mon 2nd Apr

Littleborough - River Trent: 50+ Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Redshank, 60 Teal, 50 Wigeon, 10 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 26 Lapwing, 30 Sand Martin, 2 Stonechat.
Budby - North: 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Chiffchaff, 30 Redwing, 3 Common Buzzard. South: 2 Chiffchaff.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Red-throated Diver, 6 Goosander, 1 Sand Martin.
Dunham Lakes - 4 Oystercatcher, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 White Wagtail, 6 Wigeon, 30 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 1 Water Rail, 20 Fieldfare [coming to drink low down in reedbed], 3 Brambling, 1 Goldeneye, 2 Pochard.
Normanton-on-Trent - 4 Redshank, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 White-fronted Goose [in with the 150 Greylag & Canada Geese]
Colwick CP - Race Course: Snipe, 5 Meadow Pipit. Hall Lake/Nature Res: 2 Smew [Drake & Red-head], 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff. West Lake: Black Swan, Chiffchaff.
Nottingham University - 2 Grey Wagtail [Jubilee Campus - by Atrium].
Annesley Pit Top - 1 Green Woodpecker, 8 Yellowhammer, 1 Reed Bunting, 4 Goldfinch, c.9 Linnet, Skylark [numerous], 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, Goldfinch [numerous], 1 Jay, 1 Swallow, Lapwing [numerous].
Hucknall - 2 Bullfinch [pair in garden].

Sun 1st Apr

Lound - Blaco Pits: 2 Ringed Plover [pair], 156 Mute Swan. Neatholme Scrape: 1 Green Sandpiper.
Holme Pierrepont - Blott's Pit: 22 Goldeneye, 70 Wigeon, Redshank, Jack Snipe, 7 Skylark, 2 Kingfisher. A52 Pit: 600 Wigeon, 35 Goldeneye, 27 Shoveler, 2 Shelduck, 7 Redshank, Oystercatcher, Grey Partridge, 2 Sand Martin. Butterflies: 9 Peacock, 3 Brimstone, 3 Comma, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell.
Portland Park - 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Grey Heron. Butterflies: 2 Comma, 2 Brimstone, 1 Small Tortoishell, 1 Peacock.
Netherfield - 2 Northern Wheatear, 6 Shelduck [on new workings to left of entrance path].
Attenborough NR - Delta: 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Lesser-spotted Woodpecker, 1 Woodcock, 5 Chiffchaff.

 

 

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