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April 2011

 

Sat 30th Apr

Calverton - 3 Tree Pipit [all singing males].

Clumber Park - 4 Common Redstart [2 pairs], Common Whitethroat [numerous], 3 Lesser Whitehroat, 6 Lesser Redpoll, Common Tern, Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, 2 Hobby, Sparrowhawk [female], Common Kestrel [female], Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Cuckoo [male], House Martin, Sand Martin, Barn Swallow, Reed Bunting.

Budby Pumping Station - 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Garder Warbler.

Bentinck Void - Ring Ouzel, Northern Wheatear.

Netherfield Lagoons - 4 Common Swift, 45 House Martin, 55 Sand Martin, 23 Barn Swallow, 3 Garden Warbler, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 9 Common Whitethroat, Garganey [male still on Slurry Lagoon], 2 Common Kestrel, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 12 Common Tern.

Carburton - 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Common Buzzard, 4 Willow Tit.

Attenboroungh Nature Reserve - Garganey [male], Sedge Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Common Tern, Common Swift [through to north-east], Sand Martin [through to north-east], 1 Ruddy Turnstone.

Kinoulton - 6 Common Whitethroat, 3 Reed Bunting, 4 Yellowhammer, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 8 Chaffinch, 5 Skylark, 3 Carrion Crow, 20+ Rook, Magpie.

Hoveringham- Sailing Lake: 2 Garganey [males], Black Tern, 2 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Shelduck, 3 Northern Shoveler, 4 Oystercatcher, Common Buzzard, Northern Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 7 Linnet. Railway Lake Area: Ring Ouzel [male], Northern Wheatear, Common Whitethroat, 2 Oystercatcher, Common Pochard, Arctic Tern [possible].

Fri 29th Apr

Budby Heath - Cuckoo, Tree Pipit, Green Woodpecker, Jay.

Clumber Park - Cuckoo.

Colwick Country Park - 20+ Common Swift, c.100 House Martins, 250+ Sand Martin.

Kimberley - 25 Bohemian Waxwing [garden].

Holme Pierrepont - 2 Hobby, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Eurasian Teal [pair on A52 Pit], Common Kingfisher [crossing rowing lake].

Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Common Snipe, 1 Dunlin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Common Kingfisher, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Eurasian Teal, 5 Common Pochard, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Stock Dove.

Girton Gravel Pits - Common Sandpiper, Gargeney, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Common Shelduck, Oystercatcher.

Thu 28th Apr

Maythorne - 2 Red Kite [over - moving off towards Southwell].

Wed 27th Apr

Hoveringham - 1 Goosander [female with injured wing on river bank], 6 Common Swift, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Northern Wheatear [in field between Sailing Club track And Coneygre Farm].

Tue 26th Apr

Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Garganey [male on Slurry Lagoon], c.40 House Martin.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Garganey [male], Green Sandpiper, Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Common Shelduck.

Wellow - Cuckoo, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff.

Arnot Hill Park - Pond area: 37 Tufted Duck, 19 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Cormorant, 4 Coot, 2 Blackcap, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Carrion Crow, 2 Grey Wagtail, Mallard, Moorhen. Rear of Old House/Rose Garden: 1 Chiffchaff, 22 Chaffinch, 29 Greenfinch, 3 Magpie, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Mistle Thrush, 1 Jackdaw, 18 Goldfinch, 2 Pied Wagtail, 14 Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Blackbird, House Sparrow, Wren, Dunnock, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove. Old Railway Line: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Treecreeper, Robin, Blackbird, Dunnock, Blue Tit, Great Tit.

Mon 25th Apr

Gringley Carr - 1 Corn Bunting [on wires], 5+ Grey Partridge [roadside].

Blidworth Woods - Tree Pipit, 8 Skylark, Yellowhammer, 4 Green Woodpecker, Grey Partridge, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Common Pheasant, Northern Lapwing, c.80 Woodpigeon.

Hickling - 2 Bohemian Waxwing, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 4 Reed Bunting, 6 Linnet.

Langar - 1 Whimbrel [over north at 15:30].

Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Hobby, 1 Garganey [male on Slurry Lagoon], 10 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Shelduck, 5 Grasshopper Warbler, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 64 Barn Swallow [north], 14 House Martin, 10 Common Tern, Lesser Whitethroat, Cuckoo, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Garganey [male], Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Blackcap, Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Common Shelduck, Common Tern, Eurasian Teal, Sparrowhawk, Tree Sparrow, Reed Bunting, 2 Hobby [north over Church Pond].

Bestwood Mill Lakes - Red Kite [drifted west].

Sun 24th Apr

Kinoulton - Grasshopper Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat , Blackcap, 4 Skylark, 3 Yellowhammer, Stock Dove, 20+ Woodpigeon, 5 Barn Swallow, 2 House Martin, Common Kestrel, 6 Chaffinch, 6 Greenfinch, 2 Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush.

Oxton Estate - 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Buzzard.

Holme Pierrepont - Common Swift, Cuckoo, Grasshopper Warbler.

Sat 23rd Apr

Arnold - Eurasian Curlew [open], 1 Garden Warbler.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Black Tern, Chiffchaff, Grasshopper Warbler, 50+ House Martin, Reed Bunting, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler.

Huthwaite - Castlewood Park: 2 Northern Wheatear.

Colwick Country Park- 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, 14 Blackcap, 3 Common Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 7 Barn Swallow, 11 Sand Martin, 4 Common Tern, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Mandarin Duck, 1 Eurasian Curlew [over - north], Mallard.

Fri 22nd Apr

Gringley Carr - 2 Cuckoo, Tawny Owl [calling at 15:00], Corn Bunting, Tree Sparrow, Linnet, Meadow Pipit, 2 Red-legged Partridge, c.6 Northern Lapwing, 2 Reed Bunting, c.6 Common Whitethroat, 2 Common Kestrel, 2 Willow Warbler.

Holme Pierrepont - Common Sandpiper [end of Rowing Course].

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Bellmoor Lake: 12 Black Tern, 2 Common Tern, 1 Red-crested Pochard [male], 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler.

Welbeck Lake - 6 Greylag Goose, Robin, Chaffinch, Common Pheasant.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Gull [chased off by other gulls], 40 Black-headed Gull [gull island], Black Tern [4 feeding around Clifton Pond], Garganey [male on Tween Scrape], 3 Goldeneye, Goosander [female on Clifton Pond], Common Sandpiper, 3 Oystercatcatcher, Northern Wheatear [female on new scrape], c.3 Grasshopper Warbler [Wheatear Field - one showing well], 15+ Common Whitethroat, Eurasian Teal, Gadwall, Green Sandpiper, Northern Lapwing, Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting.

Brinsley - Grasshopper Warbler [Erewash Meadows].

Besthorpe NWT- 62 Mute Swan [in adjacent field - largely 1st summer birds], 1 Common Greenshank, Turtle Dove [heard].

West Bridgford - Barn Swallow [through Abbey Park].

Welbeck Lake - 6 Greylag Goose, Robin, Chaffinch, Common Pheasant.

Carburton - Grey Heron.

Clumber Park - 2 Jay, 2 Robin, 4 Mandarin Duck [2 males], Eurasian Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mute Swan.

Thu 21st Apr

Besthorpe - Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Shelduck, 2 Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff.

Blidworth Woods - 6 Common Buzzard, 5 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Tree Pipit, 4 Skylark, c.30 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, c.50 Chaffinch, 6 Wren, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Treecreeper, c.10 Blackbird, 4 Red-legged Partridge, 5+ Common Pheasant, c.100 Woodpigeon, c.30 Rook, Carrion Crow, c.20 Great Tit, c.10 Blue Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Coal Tit.

Mansfield - 2 Common Swift [east over Berry Hill Road], 1 Bullfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Blackcap, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Woodpigeon, 1 Sparrowhawk, 5 Blackbird, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Dunnock.

King's Mill Reservoir - 4 Gadwall, 7 Eurasian Teal, c.50 Sand Martin, c.15 Barn Swallow, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler.

Teversal - Yellow Wagtail.

Wed 20th Apr

Woodthorpe - 2 Red Kite, [one wing-tagged bird - glided slowly north towards Dorket Head].

Pinxton - 2 Blackcap, 2 Linnet, 1 House Martin.

Tue 19th Apr

Blidworth Woods - Merlin [mobbed by Carrion Crow].

Netherfield Lagoons - Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Willow Warbler, 5 Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 7 Common Tern, 5 Barn Swallow, 10 Sand Martin, Common Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, c.5 Northern Shoveler, 8 Gadwall, 8 Common Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, 3 Eurasian Teal, 2 Great Crested Grebe , 3 Reed Bunting, 1 Pied Wagtail.

Bennerley Marsh - 2 Common Redshank, 6 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Gadwall.

Collingham Pits - 1 Common Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 White Wagtail.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Greater Scaup [1st summer female on West Lake], 1 Green-winged Teal [West Lake], 1 Little Egret [East Lake], 1 Dunlin, 3 Common Redshank.

Wellow - 2 Common Buzzard.

Colwick Woods - 1 Barn Swallow.

Mon 18th Apr

Holme Pierrepont - Northern Wheatear [rough field north-east of rowing lake].

Colwick Woods - Common Buzzard [pair].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Gadwall, 4 Eurasian Teal, 2 Common Shelduck, 2 Red-crested Pochard, c.16 Reed Warbler.

Bennerley Marsh - 2 Common Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail.

Collingham Pits - 1 Dunlin, 3 Common Redshank, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Tern, 1 Common Cuckoo [heard], 1 White Wagtail, 2 Northern Wheatear, 1 Garden Warbler [heard].

Newstead Village - 5 Common Buzzard [high west].

Dukeries - Robin Hood Way: 4 Common Buzzard, Skylark.

Whaley Thorns - Cresswell Road: Northern Lapwing, 4 Common Buzzard.

Welbeck Lake- 2 Grey Heron, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Tufted Duck, 4 Grey Partridge.

Clumber Park - 8 Mandarin Duck [6 males], Robin, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Mute Swan.

Sun 17th Apr

Budby Common - 6 Brambling [north-east corner in flash with other birds], Eurasian Nuthatch.

Gedling Pit Top - 1 Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker, 3+ Barn Swallow, Common Buzzard, 10+ Skylark, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Blackcap, 5 Yellowhammer.

Holme Pierrepont - 2 Yellow Wagtail [edge of rowing course].

Bentinck Void - 3 White Wagtail.

Netherfield Lagoons - 9 Common Pochard, 9 Common Tern, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 14 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 7 Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Shelduck, 17 Blackcap, 5 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Green Woodpecker.

Nuthall - Old Railway: Mistle Thrush, Yellowhammer, Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 7 Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Robin, 4+ Blue Tit, Great Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, Tree Sparrow, Wren, Dunnock, 4 Barn Swallow, 2 House Martin.

Bennerley Marsh - 2 Common Redshank.

Kinoulton - Cuckoo, 5 Linnet, 2 Sedge Wabler, 3 Reed Bunting.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Garganey, 3 Red-crested Pochard, 4 Common Goldeneye, 2 Common Shelduck, c.40 Sand Martin, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat.

Sat 16th Apr

Clifton Grove - 1 Hobby [above Clifton Wood].

Kilvington West Lake - 2 Eurasian Wigeon, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Eurasian Curlew [heard], 2 Common Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Grasshopper Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Northern Lapwing, Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron, Gadwall, Red-crested Pochard, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Coot, Egyptian Goose, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Wren, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Woodpigeon, Mute Swan, Reed Bunting, Cormorant, Coot, Common Pheasant, 2 Common Shelduck, 1 Oystercatcher.

Kinoulton - 3 Common Kestrel, 2 Common Buzzard, 4 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, 5 Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer, 3 Barn Barn Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat.

Bentinck Void - Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 5 Northern Wheatear, 4 Grasshopper Warbler, Ring Ouzel, Barnacle Goose.

Arnold - Bullfinch [pair in garden].

Fri 15th Apr

Clifton Grove - Rough Wood: Ring Ouzel [female on the edge of the Rough Wood], c.3 Brambling.

King's Mill Reservoir - 1 Cormorant, 5 Greylag Goose, 6 Eurasian Teal, 4 Gadwall, 5 Barn Swallow, c.10 Sand Martin, Grey Wagtail, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap.

Bentinck Void - 2 Northern Wheatear, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail.

Budby Common - 1 Cuckoo [conifer canopy - calling for 2 hours], c.30 Brambling [north-east corner].

Dukeries Garden Centre - 4 Common Buzzard [high].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 2 Grey Heron, 2 Oystercatcher.

Welbeck Abbey Lake - 4 Common Shelduck, Grey Heron, Common Kestrel, Common Redstart, 20+ Greylag Goose.

Cresswell Area - 2 Common Kestrel, 2 Greylag Goose, Green Woodpecker [very vocal], 4 Canada Goose.

Thu 14th Apr

Gedling Pit Top - 2 Grasshopper Warbler.

Collingham Pits - 2 Ringed Plover, 5+ Yellow Wagtail, 4 White Wagtail [Ferry Farm Pit - early morning]. Silt Pond: 2 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Little Egret, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 3 Common Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Teversal 2 Mandarin Duck [pair displaying at Silverhill Wood].

Kinoulton - Kinoulton Canal & Vimy Ridge: Cuckoo, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler, Yellowhammer, 8 Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Coot, 3 Wren, 4 Chaffinch.

Wed 13th Apr

Bennerley Marsh - 80 European Golden Plover.

Gedling Pit Top - Red Kite, Northern Wheatear.

Hucknall - 4 Bullfinch [2 males & 2 females in garden].

Tue 12th Apr

Besthorpe NWT Reserve - Shag [old works].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 8 Common Tern [Clifton Pond], 1 Garden Warbler [Coneries river side], 1 Common Whitethroat, 15+ Blackcap [including 1 Female].

Holme Pierrepont - Common Sandpiper [edge of river downstream from sluice gates].

Clumber Park - Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Nuthatch, Robin, 2 Stock Dove, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Great Crested Grebe.

Welbeck Lake - Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron.

Norton- Common Buzzard.

Mon 11th Apr

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler.

Collingham Pits - 1 Eurasian Wigeon, 6 Northern Shoveler, 1 Common Goldeneye, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 White Wagtail, 15 Meadow Pipit. Silt Pond: 1 Common Snipe, 100 Sand Martin, 1 Sedge Warbler.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 European Golden Plover, 2 Common Redshank.

King's Mill Reservoir - 8 Eurasian Teal, 2 Gadwall, 1 Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Snipe, 4 Barn Swallow, Blackcap, Chiffchaff.

Epperstone - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Sun 10th Apr

Epperstone - 1 Mistle Thrush [ground], 2 Long-tailed Tit [hedgerow], 4 Tree Sparrow [hedgerow].

Gedling Pit Top - Short-eared Owl, 21 Bohemian Waxwing.

Budby Common - 1 Cuckoo, 10+ Brambling, c.15 Lesser Redpoll.

Arnold - 1 Bullfinch, 1 Chiffchaff [garden].

Kinoulton - Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 2 Barn Swallow, 5 Yellowhammer, 3 Skylark, Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Northern Lapwing, 3 Chaffinch, 2 Linnet, 3+ Greenfinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit.

Blidworth - Common Buzzard [Rigg Lane].

Sat 9th Apr

Clumber Park - Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Jay, 9 Mandarin Duck.

Harlow Wood - Tree Pipit [singing].

Whaley Thorns - 3 Common Buzzard.

Netherfield Lagoons - 3 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 6 Common Buzzard, 410 Sand Martin, 9 Barn Swallow, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Northern Wheatear [Slurry Lagoon], 6 Common Whitethroat, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Common Kingfisher, 9 Willow Warbler, 7 Chiffchaff, 4 Common Pochard, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Common Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 House Martin, 18 Canada Goose, 8 Northern Lapwing, 18 Greylag Goose, 20 Common Tern, 28 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Mute Swan, 6 Robin, 20+ Magpie, 14 Black-headed Gull,6 Common Gull, Cormorant, Grey Wagtail, 6 Chaffinch, 8 Dunnock, 3 Wren, 3 Common Pheasant, Reed Bunting.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 15+ Blackcap, 6 Common Tern, Sedge Warbler.

Hickling - Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting, 4 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap, 2 Barn Swallow.

Welbeck Lake - Common Buzzard, Great Crested Grebe.

Fri 8th Apr

Newstead & Annesley Country Park - 1 Ringed Plover, 1 White Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff, 9 Willow Warbler, 26 Coot [4 young], 16 Northern Lapwing, 5 Yellowhammer, 1 Reed Bunting, 6 Mute Swan.

Bestwood Country Park - Pit Tip: 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat. Mill Lakes: 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Blackcap, 1 Common Snipe, 3 Great Black-backed Gull [over north-west]. Broad Valley: 1 Northern Wheatear [male in Spinney Field], 1 Common Buzzard.

Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Little Gull, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 9 Common Whitethroat, 2 Northern Wheatear, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Common Tern, 1 Common Kingfisher, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk [female], Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Sand Martin, Barn Swallow.

Penny Pasture Common - 3 Common Snipe, 8+ Northern Wheatear [6 in field east of Tug Bridge Farm, 2 in field north of the common], 1 Common Whitethroat.

Mansfield - 1 Common Buzzard [south over Spider Park, Berry Hill Road].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Northern Wheatear [New Scrape], 2 White Wagtail, 2 Common Shelduck, 2 Common Buzzard, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 1 Common Tern, c.20 Linnet [Wet Meadow], 12 Northern Shoveler, 2 Eurasian Teal, 10 Gadwall, 1 Goosander, 2 Common Goldeneye, c.20 Northern Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Common Kingfisher.

Kinoulton - Kinoulton Grantham Canal & Vimy Ridge: 3 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 2 Mute Swan, Coot, 3 Chaffinch, Great Tit, 2 Yellowhammer, 19 Fieldfare, 2 Canada Goose.

Thu 7th Apr

Newstead & Annesley Country Park - Red Kite [over middle lagoon - drifted north].

Holme Pierrepont - 1 Common Tern, 3 Common Buzzard [over main rowing course].

Bennerley Marsh - 1 Northern Wheatear.

Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Northern Wheatear, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Common Tern, 11 Willow Warbler, 7 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Common Buzzard, 7 Barn Swallow, 53 Sand Martin, 2 Oystercatcher, 410 Bohemian Waxwing [over site to north-east, calling, at around 15:00], 2 Common Pochard.

Wed 6th Apr

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Tern, 3 Yellow Wagtail.

Clumber Park - 2 Barn Swallow, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Cuckoo [calling].

Carburton Lake - 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Shelduck, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 Chiffchaff, 30 Jackdaw.

Wellow - 2 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Buzzard.

Colwick Country Park - 1 Barn Barn Swallow, 45 Sand Martin [over river at 16:00], 12 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Buzzard, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Black Swan, 2 Common Kingfisher.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Common Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 6 European Golden Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, 4 Common Redshank, 6 Barn Swallow.

Kinoulton - Grantham Canal & Vimy Ridge: 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Reed Bunting, Mute Swan, Coot, 4 Yellowhammer, 2 Linnet, c.3 Chaffinch.

Tue 5th Apr

Budby Pumping Station - Cuckoo [heard], 1 Yellow Wagtail.

Collingham - 6 Eurasian Wigeon, 7 Northern Shoveler, 8 Common Goldeneye, 3 Ringed Plover, 4 Common Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Barn Swallow.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Little Egret, 38 European Golden Plover, 2 Common Redshank.

Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Common Tern, Common Whitethroat, c.60 Sand Martin [excavating], 18 Gadwall, 12 Northern Shoveler, 8 Eurasian Teal, 9 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Sparrowhawk [displaying].

Clumber Park - Blackcap, Common Buzzard.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Oystercatcher, Common Redshank, 2 Common Shelduck, 4 White Wagtail [with Pied Wagtail in wet meadow - Wheatear Field].

Mon 4th Apr

Forest Town - Black Redstart [male at Crown Farm Industrial Estate].

Bennerley Marsh - 1 Common Redstart [male].

King's Mill Reservoir - 9 Eurasian Teal, 5 Common Snipe, 1 Barn Swallow, 10 Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap.

Kinoulton - Grantham Canal: Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Yellowhammer, Grey Heron, 3 Greenfinch, Stock Dove, Green Woodpecker [yaffling], Great Spotted Woodpecker [drumming], 2 Mute Swan, 4 Mallard, Reed Bunting.

Sun 3rd Apr

Epperstone - 1 Common Buzzard, 4 Tree Sparrow, 12 Goldfinch.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 Goosander [Main Pond], 8 Common Goldeneye [Clifton Pond], 2 Oystercatcher [Clifton Pond], 4 Common Tern [Tween Pond], 2 Red-crested Pochard [pair on Main Pond], 2 Common Shelduck [Tween Pond], c.30 Sand Martin, c.12 Barn Swallow.

Collingham Pits - 1 Red Kite, 2 Barn Swallow, Blackcap.

Welbeck Lakes - 1 Osprey [through at 15:03].

Rufford Country Park - Willow Warbler.

Hickling - Barn Swallow.

King's Mill Reservoir - Barn Swallow.

Sat 2nd Apr

Balderton - 1 Bohemian Waxwing [Lacey Green].

Hoveringham - Sandwich Tern - [flying north at 17:20 and 1 flying south at 18:30 - presumably the same bird?]. Railway Lake: 8 Common Goldeneye, Northern Lapwing, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Egret, Green Woodpecker [calling], Tufted Duck [numerous], Coot. Riverside: Common Kingfisher, 5 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Sand Martin [numerous], 1 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 1 Goosander [female], 2 Eurasian Teal, Mallard, 4 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, Chaffinch, Blackbird, Wren, Dunnock, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Song Thrush, Stock Dove, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow [numerous], Mute Swan, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Woodpigeon [numerous], Moorhen, Magpie, Canada Goose.

Calverton - Little Owl [Bonner Hill].

East Drayton - 2 Barn Swallow.

Bentinck Void - Red-crested Pochard [female], 2 Willow Warbler.

Netherfield Lagoons - Grey Heron, Cormorant, 20+ Magpie, 7 Robin, 2 Reed Bunting, 5 Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, 8 Tufted Duck, 20+ Coot, 23 Moorhen, 13 Canada Goose, 10+ Mallard, 4 Yellowhammer.

Fri 1st Apr

Clumber Park - 2 Hawfinch, Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Yellowhammer, Blackcap, Marsh Tit, Common Buzzard, Treecreeper, Eurasian Nuthatch.

Eakring - Dukes Wood: 1 Red Kite, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Common Buzzard.

Pinxton - 1 Common Swift.

Spalford Warren Nature Reserve - 4 Coal Tit, 4+ Great Tit, 4+ Blue Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Greenfinch, 20+ Chaffinch, Brambling, 4 Goldfinch, Dunnock, Blackbird, 2 Robin, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Green Woodpecker.

Nuthall - 22 Bohemian Waxwing [Larkfields Infant School at 16:45].

Collingham Pits - 16 Common Goldeneye, 2 Little Egret, 1 Ringed Plover, 3 Common Redshank, 100+ Sand Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail.

Beechdale - c.20 Bohemian Waxwing [Opposite swimming baths].

University of Nottingham - c. 45 Bohemian Waxwing [Jubilee Campus].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 7 Common Goldeneye, 2 Common Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Willow Warbler.

Langwith to Cuckney - Red Kite [flying west - north of Park Hall Farm], Common Buzzard.

King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Little Grebe, 5 Eurasian Teal.

Arnot Hill Park - Wren, Robin, Blackbird, House Sparrow, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Eurasian Starling. Pond Area: 3 Cormorant, 49 Tufted Duck, 21 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Common Pochard, 2 Canada Goose, 4 Coot, 37 Moorhen, 15 Goldfinch, 24 Greenfinch, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap, 2 Grey Wagtail. Rose Garden/Rear of Old House: 1 Chiffchaff [ringed], 30+ Chaffinch, 22 Greenfinch, 2 Song Thrush, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Jackdaw, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Sparrowhawk.

 

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