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April 2010

 

Fri 30th Apr

Kilvington - 1 Whimbrel.

Thu 29th Apr

Bennerley Marsh - 2 Common Tern, Common Redshank, 12 Northern Lapwing, 2 Gadwall, Eurasian Teal, Green Woodpecker, 5 Bullfinch, 2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 3 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Swallow. Chat Corner:. 14 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 7 Reed Bunting, Grasshopper Warbler, 7 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Common Kestrel.

Clumber Park - Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Mandarin Duck [males], 2 Common Pheasant, Eurasian Nuthatch, Jackdaw, Robin.

Wed 28th Apr

Cotham Flash - 1 Northern Wheatear, 2 Common Swift, 1 Cuckoo.

Nottingham - Red-crested Pochard [male on canal near London Road].

Bennerley Marsh - Chat Corner:. Whinchat [male], 4 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Skylark, Green Woodpecker. Marsh: 2 Common Tern, Common Redshank, 16 Northern Lapwing, 2 Gadwall, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat [top cut].

Tue 27th Apr

Welbeck - Common Buzzard [several], Common Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Hobby.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Kingfisher, Garden Warbler.

Bennerley Marsh - 2 Common Tern, Common Redshank, 15 Northern Lapwing, 2 Gadwall, Common Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Swallow, 2 Common Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker. Chat Corner: Grasshopper Warbler, 5 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Grey Partridge, Common Kestrel, Green Woodpecker.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Goosander, 2 Common Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Northern Wheatear.

Mon 26th Apr

Norton - 10 Northern Lapwing, Common Buzzard [hunting rabbits].

Clumber Park - - 2 Mandarin Duck, Common Pheasant, 2 Stock Dove. South Lawns: Common Kestrel, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Cuckoo, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Mute Swan.

Leapool - 1 Red Kite [between roundabout and Burnstump Hill - near Robin Hood Garden Centre].

Sun 25th Apr

Blidworth Bottoms - 2 Cuckoo [pair].

Clifton Grove - 5 Ring Ouzel, Grasshopper Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Bullfinch [male & female], Blackcap, 4 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk.

Barton in Fabis - 3 Corn Bunting, 1 Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Buzzard, 6 Skylark.

Welbeck Lakes - 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker [males], Common Buzzard, Hobby, Mandarin Duck.

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Chiffchaff, 6 Common Shelduck, Swallow, Common Swift, Marsh Harrier [femlae soaring before heading north], Goldfinch, Skylark.

Kilvington Lake- 1 Whimbrel [on West Lake in the evening before flying].

Cotham Flash- 1 Cuckoo, 2 Common Snipe, 6 Eurasian Teal, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Northern Wheatear.

NWT Brierley's Meadow - 1 Grasshopper Warbler.

Langford Lowfields - 1 Cuckoo, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, [reeling], 1 Reed Warbler [singing], 2 Lesser Whitethroat [singing].

Gunthorpe - Swallow, Sand Martin, House Martin.

Sat 24th Apr

Stanton on the Wolds - Cuckoo [calling].

King's Mill Reservior - 1 Whooper Swan [at 18:30].

Hoveringham- 4 Little Gull [Railway Lake].

Welbeck - Robin Hood Trail: 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Northern Lapwing. Dukeries Garden Centre: 4 Common Buzzard [mobbed by corvids].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Common Buzzard, Linnet, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldfinch, Song Thrush, Pied Wagtail, Bullfinch, Marsh Harrier [female].

Welbeck Lakes - Northern Lapwing, Common Buzzard, 3 Mandarin Duck [2 male & 1 female], Grey Heron, Stock Dove Chaffinch, Gadwall, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk [male], Common Kestrel [male], Willow Warbler

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Oystercatcher, Reed Bunting, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat.

Fri 23rd Apr

Budby Pumping Station - 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Oystercatcher, Blackcap, Common Buzzard.

Thu 22nd Apr

Attenborough Nature Reserve- Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Ross's Goose [presumed escape], Common Swift, Common Tern, Sand Martin, Swallow, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Oystercatcher, Tree Sparrow [Wheatear Field].

Clumber Park - 2 Mandarin Duck, 1 Stock Dove.

Cuckney - Barn Owl [hunting].

Carburton - Grey Heron [fishing near narrow old bridge].

Wed 21st Apr

Cotham Flash - 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Fieldfare.

Clumber Park - Great Spotted Woodpecker [male], 2 Mandarin Duck [pair], 2 Stock Dove [pair], 2 Common Pheasant [pair], 3 Robin, 3 Chaffinch [male].

Upper Morton - 2 Common Buzzard [soaring].

Tue 20th Apr

Bilsthorpe- Red Kite [drifting west over A614].

Ollerton - 1 Ring Ouzel [between Ollerton and Rufford].

Bennerley Marsh - Common Shelduck, 8 Eurasian Teal, 11 Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Kestrel, Willow Warbler. Water Treatment Works: 2 Northern Wheatear [horse field by treatment works' gate], 50 House Martin, 7 Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Common Kestrel. Chat Corner: Common Buzzard, 2 Meadow Pipit, Skylark, 3 Bullfinch.

Kilvington - West Lake: 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Northern Wheatear, 3 Dunlin, 3 Common Redshank, 2 Ringed Plover.

Balderton - Houe Martin.

Silverhill Trail - c.40 Fieldfare.

Annesley Pit Top - 7 Ring Ouzel, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Common Swift.

Sutton in Ashfield - Barn Owl [road-side casualty near Caudwell Dam].

Mon 19th Apr

Bestwood Village - Mill Lakes: 1 Pink-footed Goose.

Clifton Grove - Holme Pit: Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat, 6 Common Buzzard, Red-tailed Hawk, Sand Martin [several], House Martin [several], Swallow [several], 6 Common Kestrel, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Eurasian Nuthatch.

Harlow Wood - 2 Tree Pipit [singing].

Fountaindale - 1 Mandarin Duck [male].

Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 1 Little Egret, 6 Ringed Plover, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Mallard [with 8 young].

Sun 18th Apr

Budby Pumping Station - Sparrowhawk, Oystercatcher, Common Buzzard, Reed Bunting, Great Crested Grebe.

Oxton Estate - 100+ European Golden Plover.

Kilvington- Red Kite [through south].

Welbeck Lakes - Northern Lapwing, Common Buzzard [carrying a duck], 4 Mandarin Duck [3 male & 1 female].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Grasshopper Warbler [Wheatear Field].

Bennerley Marsh - 5 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Swallow, Jay, Green Woodpecker, 5 Northern Lapwing, Jay. Chat Corner: Grasshopper Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Reed Bunting, Skylark, 2 Green Woodpecker, Common Kestrel.

Moorgreen Reservoir And Woods - 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Bullfinch, Jay, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Northern Lapwing.

Sat 17th Apr

Bentinck Void - Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, Jack Snipe. Plus: Roe Deer.

Cotham Flash - 1 Grasshopper Warbler [by metal gates], 2 Green Woodpecker [pair], 1 Common Buzzard.

Welbeck Lakes - Blackcap, Common Buzzard [being mobbed], Tawny Owl, Goldcrest.

Budby Pumping Station - 2 Oystercatcher [pair], Little Grebe, Hobby [through at 10:05], Cuckoo [male].

Fri 16th Apr

Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 70 Tufted Duck [highest head count for over a year], 3 Coot [recent arrivals - no Coots have been present on park since 2008], 18 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Common Pochard, 1 Cormorant [daily visitor], 2 Canada Goose, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Grey Wagtail, 6 Swallow. Rear of Old House/ Rose Garden: 37 Greenfinch, 28 Goldfinch, 1 Sparrowhawk [female], 5 Mistle Thrush, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Eursian Nuthatch, 45 Woodpigeon, 22 Collared Dove, 2 Jackdaw, 18 Carrion Crow, 60+ Starling, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, Chaffinch, Tree Sparrow, House Sparrow, Blackbird, Wren, Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock. Old Railway Line: 1 Treecreeper, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay. Bowling Green feeders: 6 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Coal Tit, 7 Magpie, 1 Blackcap [ringed], 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Woodpigeon, 6 Chaffinch.

Sherwood Forest - Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Blue Tit.

Cotham Flash - Grasshopper warbler [singing nearby], 12 Fieldfare [over].

Clumber Park - 5 Common Buzzard, Cuckoo [heard].

Worksop - Common Buzzard [above Sainsbury's].

Ranby - 2 Common Buzzard [attacked by corvids near prison].

Bennerley Marsh - 2 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 8 Northern Lapwing, 6 Eurasian Teal, 2 Gadwall. Chat Corner: Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 5 Skylark, 8 Meadow Pipit, 3 Green Woodpecker. Shipley Gate: 2 Swallow, Sand Martin, Grey Wagtail. North Marsh:. 5 Reed Bunting, 2 Swallow, 16 Sand Martin.

Thu 15th Apr

Mansfield- Common Buzzard [Berry Hill area - still visiting garden].

Wed 14th Apr

Cuckney- 2 Shelduck [on pond], Barn Owl.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Arctic Tern [Main Pond].

Hoveringham Gravel Pits - Common Redshank, Ringed Plover, Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Northern Lapwing, 3 Yellow Wagtail [mixed with about 10 Pied Wagtail on meadow by old Railway Lake], 3 Oystercatcher, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 6+ Eurasian Wigeon.

Tue 13th Apr

Stanton on the Wolds - Common Swift.

Netherfield Lagoons - Hobby.

Mon 12th Apr

Redhill Cemetery - 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6+ Goldfinch, 1 Sparrowhawk [male], 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Swallow, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit.

Sherwood Forest - Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Willow Warbler.

Budby Heath - Yellowhammer, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff.

Sun 11th April

Bentinck Void - Marsh Harrier [to east-south-east], Grasshopper Warbler.

Clifton Grove - 3 Oystercatcher, Cuckoo, 2 Sedge Warbler.

Bennerley Marsh - Willow Warbler, 100 European Golden Plover, 8 Northern Lapwing, 3 Eurasian Teal, Sparrowhawk. Chat Corner: 8 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, Grey Heron.

Greasley - Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron.

Colliers Wood - 2 Mandarin Duck [male & female], Green Woodpecker.

Moorgreen Reservoir & Woods - 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Coal Tit, 4 Eurasian Nuthatch, Jay, Common Buzzard, Tawny Owl, 10 Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Bullfinch [pair], Lesser Redpoll, Blackcaps [several].

Sat 10th Apr

Bentinck Void- Grasshopper Warbler, Eurasian Curlew.

Hoveringham - Great White Egret [n small creek near Sailing Lake early morning but flew into private area near Coneygre Farm].

Netherfield Lagoons - 3 Grasshopper Warbler [around large pit], 3 Sedge Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 4 Oystercatcher, 6 Blackcap, 1 Sparrowhawk.

Newstead - 3 Common Buzzard [over cemetery].

Bennerley Marsh - 420+ European Golden Plover [including 300+ over], 7 Northern Lapwing, 2 Eurasian Teal, 2 Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker. Chat Corner: 5 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, Common Kestrel.

Westhorpe - 1 Blackcap [male].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Northern Wheatear [male], Yellow Wagtail, 2 Oystercatcher.

West Bridgford - Sparrowhawk [inside City Ground].

Nottingham University - Boating Lake 3 Blackcap [males], 6 Chiffchaff, Eurasian Nuthatch, Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit.

Clifton Grove - Common Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail.

Wollaton - 2 Ring-necked Parakeet [over The Wollaton public house towards Wollaton Park at 17:10].

Fri 9th Apr

Welbeck Lakes - Common Buzzard, Cuckoo [male], Tawny Owl, 4 Oystercatcher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mandarin Duck.

Budby Pumping Station - Northern Wheatear [male], Chiffchaff, Cuckoo.

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 4 Common Shelduck, 22 Goldfinch, 2 Oystercatcher, Northern Lapwing, 8 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel [pair].

Woodthorpe - 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Song Thrush.

Bestwood Village - 12 Common Buzzard, 10 Chiffchaff, 3 Swallows, 1 House Martin, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Common Kingfisher [duck ponds].

Giltbrook - 2 Common Buzzard [over Ikea car park].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Grey Heron [several across reserve], 2 Northern Shoveler [pair near quarry works], Grasshopper Warbler, [Tower Hide], Common Whitethroat [near river by the sluice].

Thu 8th Apr

Besthorpe Nature Reserve - Chiffchaff [fairly widespread], 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Reed Bunting [2+ pairs], 2 Swallow, 2 Bullfinch [pair], Sparrowhawk, 3 Great-crested Grebe, 2 Northern Lapwing, Common Kingfisher [ditch near Mons Pool].

Bennerley Marsh - 160 European Golden Plover, 9 Northern Lapwing, 6 Eurasian Teal, Green Woodpecker, Common Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 3 Chiffchaff, Swallow, Sand Martin. Chat Corner:. 5 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff.

Arnold - Willow Warbler [singing].

Holme Pierrepont - 3 Oystercatcher [Blott's], Common Shelduck [Blott's], Yellow Wagtail, [adjacent Regatta Lake], Pied Wagtail.

Cotham Flash- 2 Common Crane.

Collingham - Trent Lane and Gravel Pits: Grey Heron, Yellowhammer, Green Woodpecker, Skylark, Reed Bunting, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Oystercatcher, Northern Lapwing, Common Kestrel, Sand Martin.

Wellow - 15+ Linnet, 4 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 2 Skylark.

Retford.- 2 Swallow [on wires at Whitehouses].

Wed 7th Apr

Wellow - 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker.

Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Sedge Warbler [singing males].

Tue 6th Apr

Bennerley Marsh - 3 Eurasian Wigeon, 6 Eurasian Teal, 10 Northern Lapwing, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull. North Marsh:. 5 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.

Aldercar Flash - 7 Gadwall, 7 Eurasian Teal, Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe.

Mansfield - Common Buzzard [visiting a garden on Berry Hill Lane for past few weeks].

Bulwell Hall Park - Mandarin Duck.

Ratcliffe on Soar - Red Kite [on A453 at 13:15 just past power station], Common Buzzard.

Mon 5th Apr

Welbeck Lakes - 3 Osprey [through, all travelling west at 10:45, 15:00 and 17:30], Blackcap, Goldcrest, 2 Common Shelduck, Reed Bunting, 2 Mandarin Duck [pair].

Budby Pumping Station - Osprey [through west at 14:40].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Sedge Warbler, Blackcap.

Sun 4th Apr

Bestwood Country Park - Mill Lakes: 1 Mandarin Duck [male at south end of lake, present since 24th April], 1 Pink-footed Goose [at north end of lake, present since February. Possibly injured].

King's Mill Reservoir - 3 Sandwich Tern.

Holme Pierrepont - 1 House Martin, 80+ Sand Martin.

Clumber Park - 7 Mandarin Duck [4 male & 3 female].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Bahama Pintail [escape], Great Crested Grebe, Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 4 Red-crested Pochard, Common Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8 Goosander, 6 Reed Bunting, 2 Eurasian Teal, 2 Common Shelduck, 1 Northern Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Tree Sparrow, 3 House Sparrow, Common Kestrel, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Barn Swallow.

Sat 3rd Apr

Budby Pumping Station- 6 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 12+ Sand Martin, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff [singing], 2 Common Shelduck.

Caythorpe - River Trent: White Wagtail, 12 Oystercatcher, Grey Partridge, 5 Chiffchaff.

Bennerley Marsh - Yellow Wagtail, Swallow, Chiffchaff, 5 Bullfinch, 15 Northern Lapwing, 7 Eurasian Teal, 3 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Northern Shoveler. Chat Corner: 2 Sand Martin, 20 Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark, Common Buzzard, 2 Grey Partridge, 3 Common Pheasant, 2 Common Kestrel.

Thu 1st Apr

Bakersfield - 4 Swallow [over north].

Bingham - 1 Red Kite [over fields near industrial estate].

Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 2 Black Swan, 6 Greylag Goose, 4 Canada Goose, 1 Coot, 19 Red-crested Pochard, 42 Tufted Duck, 2 Common Pochard, 36 Moorhen, 1 Cormorant, 1 Blackcap [ringed], 6 Long-tailed Tit. Rear of Old House/Rose Garden: 35 Greenfinch, 28 Goldfinch, 50+ Chaffinch, 22 Great Tit, 19 Blue Tit, 2 Jay, 1 Jackdaw, 50+ Woodpigeon, 60+ Collared Dove [flock], 9 Magpie, 18 Carrion Crow, 6 Song Thrush, 14 Mistle Thrush, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Sparrowhawk [female], 2 Bullfinch [on prunus buds], 40+ Starling, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, House Sparrow. Old Railway Line: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Tawny Owl [heard]. Bowling Green Feeders: Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, House Sparrow, Robin, Dunnock, Blackcap, Wren, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Grey Heron [over].

Colwick Country Park - 40 Sand Martin, 12+ Chiffchaff, 35 Pied Wagtail, 2 Common Kingfisher [pair].

Bennerley Marsh - 12 Eurasian Teal, 2 Eurasian Wigeon, 10 Northern Lapwing, Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker. Chat Corner:. 3 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit. Shipley Gate: Chiffchaff. North Marsh: Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Bunting, 5 Common Pheasant.

 

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