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July 2013

 

Wed 31st Jul

Newark - Sugar Factory: 15 Green Sandpiper, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Eurasian Teal.

Collingham Lakes - 11 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper [silt pond].

Bentinck Void - Common Sandpiper.

Tue 30th Jul

Mansfield Woodhouse - Hobby.

Kilvington Lakes - 4+ Yellow-legged Gull.

Holme Pierrepont - Blott's Pit: 1 Common Scoter [female].

Mon 29th Jul

Holme Pierrepont - Blott's Pit: 1 Common Scoter [female].

Collingham Lakes - 5 Little Egret, 3 Dunlin [silt pond], 3 Green Sandpiper.

Kings Mill Reservoir - 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern [2 adults, 2 chicks], 1 Common Kingfisher, Sand Martin [numerous], House Martin [numerous], Northern Lapwing [numerous].

Sun 28th Jul

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Red Kite, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Turtle Dove, 5 Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Hobby, Oystercatcher.

Holme Pierrepont - Blott's Pit: 1 Common Scoter [female].

Sherwood Forest NNR - Marsh Tit, Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, Blue Tit, Great Tit.

Kinoulton - c.20 Common Swift, c.12 House Martin.

Sat 27th Jul

Arnot Hill Park - Blackbird, House Sparrow, Eurasian Starling [adults and young], Dunnock. Pond Area: 19 Tufted Duck, 18 Red-crested Pochard, 13 Coot, 36 Moorhen, 6 Greylag Goose, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Blackcap, 1 Cormorant. Park & old railway line area: 6 Magpie, 12 European Robin, 4 Great Tit, 2 Jackdaw, 5 Eurasian Sparrowhawk [2 adults with young in Sensory Garden], 3 Wren, 16 Long-tailed Tit, 27 Chaffinch, 13 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 5 Blue Tit, 6 Carrion Crow.

Collingham Lakes - 8 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult].

Sherwood Forest NNR - 1 Hobby, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk.

Budby Pumping Station - Hobby.

Oxton - Black Kite [kite species - believed to be black - flying low to north-east over fields heading towards Beanford Lane at 15:30].

Bevercotes Pit Woods - 2 Whimbrel [over to east].

Fri 26th Jul

Kinoulton - Hobby, c.6 Linnet, Yellow Wagtail, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, 2 Sedge Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Song Thrush, 2 Wren.

Besthorpe NWT - Little Egret.

Thu 25th Jul

Langford Lowfields RSPB - Red Kite.

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Green Sandpiper, Caspian Gull, Little Egret.

Collingham Lakes - 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Eurasian Curlew, 3 Whimbrel, 3 Whimbrel, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Eurasian Curlew, 1 Yellow-legged Gull.

Dunham Pools - 1 Common Sandpiper.

Wed 24th Jul

Dunham Pools - 1 Curlew Sandpiper.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Barton Island: Little Egret [flying in to reserve].

Worksop - 2 Coal Tit [pair].

Tue 23rd Jul

Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool:- 3 Little Egret.

Collingham Lakes - 1 Little Egret, 4 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Redshank.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Little Egret, 1 Eurasian Curlew, 1 Yellow-legged Gull

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Mon 22nd Jul

Hickling - Red Kite.

Sun 21st Jul

Clumber Park - 2 Red-crested Pochard [males], 1 Mandarin Duck, Tufted Duck [several females with small young], Gadwall [1 female with young].

Clipstone Forest - 1 Hobby [A614].

Calverton - Red Kite [Springwater Golf Course].

Sat 20th Jul

Budby Pumping Station - Hobby, Blackcap, Green Sandpiper, Common Kingfisher, 2 Oystercatcher.

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull.

Fri 19th Jul

Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 3 Little Egret [including 1 colour-ringed bird], 1 Green Sandpiper.

Collingham Lakes - 7 Little Egret, 2+ Ringed Plover, 3 Common Redshank, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper.

Kilvington Lakes - 3 Little Egret, 3 Common Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Yellow-legged Gull.

West Bridgford - 1 Hobby [Abbey Park].

Hucknall - Whyburn Lane: 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Little Owl.

Thu 18th Jul

Shelton - 1 Red Kite, 2 Common Buzzard.

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - 2 Common Greenshank, Ruff, Caspian Gull.

Wed 17th Jul

Collingham Lakes - 1 Common Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull.

Newstead Abbey - Spotted Flycatcher, Goldcrest.

Tue 16th Jul

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - 2 Little Egret.

Burntstump Country Park - 3 Red Kite [in air together].

Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 6 Little Egret, 1 Turtle Dove, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Collingham Lakes - 7 Little Egret [including 1 colour-ringed bird], 5 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Greenshank.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 European Golden Plover, 3 Yellow-legged Gull.

Mon 15th Jul

Collingham Lakes - 2 Common Gull, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Ringed Plover.

Sun 14th Jul

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - 4 Turtle Dove.

Clumber Park - 1 Red-crested Pochard [male], Spotted Flycatcher, 124 Mute Swan, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Common Crossbill, Tree Pipit, Skylark, Sedge Warbler, 4 Cormorant.

Sat 13th Jul

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Black-headed Gull, Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Common Tern, Coot, Cormorant, Dunnock, Egyptian Goose, Gadwall, Goldfinch, Great Crested Grebe, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, Greylag, Herring Gull, House Martin, Jackdaw, Northern Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Little Egret, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Oystercatcher, Common Pochard, Red-crested Pochard, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, European Robin, Sand Martin, Sedge Warbler, Stock Dove, Barn Swallow, Tree Sparrow, Tufted Duck, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Woodpigeon, Wren.

Budby Pumping Station - Hobby, Egyptian Goose.

Kinoulton - 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 3 Linnet, 4 Greenfinch, Song Thrush, Yellowhammer, 3 Reed Bunting, 2 Moorhen, c.17 Barn Swallow, 2 Stock Dove.

Fri 12th Jul

Gringley Lock - 4 Grey Wagtail [pair and 2 juveniles], 2 Barn Swallow, European Robin, Blackbird.

Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 2 Green Sandpiper.

Collingham Lakes - 2 Little Egret, 9 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 1 Yellow-legged Gull.

Kilvington Lakes - Yellow-legged Gull.

Clumber Park - 2 Willow Tit.

Woodthorpe - Raven [single over at 11:00 ad a pair at 15:00. High to west], 2 Tree Pipit.

Kinoulton - Grey Heron, Linnet, Common Whitethroat, 6 Reed Bunting, 3 Skylark, Yellowhammer, Greenfinch, c.10 House Martin, c.10 Barn Swallow, Song Thrush, 20 Eurasian Starling, 6 House Sparrow, Red Kite [over houses].

Thu 11th Jul

Edwinstowe - Red Kite [east].

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - North: 3 Little Egret, 1+ Turtle Dove, 1 Little Owl, 2 Common Tern, 6 Common Shelduck [including 4 immature].

Nottingham - 1 Common Buzzard [over ice arena].

Clumber Park- 2 Woodcock

Wed 10th Jul

Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 7 Little Egret, [including 3 colour-ringed birds], 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Turtle Dove.

Collingham Lakes - 12 Little Egret [including 1 colour-ringed bird], 5 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull.

Basford - Common Kestrel [church tower].

Tue 9th Jul

Carburton - Turtle Dove.

Mansfield Woodhouse - Hobby.

Mon 8th Jul

Collingham Lakes - 8 Little Egret, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [3rd summer].

Sun 7th Jul

Cossall - Common Kingfisher [Nottingham Canal].

Budby Common - Tree Pipit, Green Woodpecker, Yellowhammer, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - c.300 Northern Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, Black-headed Gull [including numerous recently fledged birds].

Sat 6th Jul

Budby Pumping Station-

Budby Pumping Station - 1 Yellow-legged Gull. [right side of bridge on far scrape], Red Kite, Green Sandpiper, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Kingfisher, Common Crossbill [calling].

Fri 5th Jul

Clifton - Osprey [over].

Silverdale - 3 Common Buzzard.

Thu 4th Jul

Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 4 Little Egret, 2 Turtle Dove.

Collingham Lakes - 1 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Kilvington Lakes - 4 Little Egret, 2 Yellow-legged Gull.

Wed 3rd Jul

Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 4 Green Sandpiper.

Kilvington Lakes - 2 Little Egret, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 3 Yellow-legged Gull.

Kingston on Soar - 1 Little Egret [opposite church].

Collingham Lakes - 1 Little Egret, 2 Common Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher.

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 2 Little Egret, 1 Yellow-legged Gull.

Misterton Carr - 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Kestrel [pair], 2 Pied Wagtail [pair at pumping station].

Holme Pierrepont - 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Pied Wagtail [family group], 1 Greenfinch.

Tue 2nd Jul

Ploughman Wood NWT - Marsh Tit, Grey Partridge, Eurasian Nuthatch, Coal Tit.

Misterton Carr - Marsh Harrier [female], Common Kestrel.

Mon 1st Jul

Collingham Lakes - 20 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Greenshank.

Farndon - 4 Oystercatcher [river Trent].

Budby Pumping Station - 6 Northern Lapwing, 1 Oystercatcher.

Tiln - Melodious Warbler.

 

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