Latest Sightings: July 2010

This page exists as a convenient news service. None of the reports have been verified or checked by the Notts Birdwatchers' Records Committee.

The locations and species shown on this page should encourage seasoned and would-be birders alike to get out and about in the county with bins and scopes. Some birders may wish to view sightings of scarce and rarer species only.

Records of certain species will not appear here during the breeding season - but please send in your reports regardless.

Fri 30th Jul

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 Little Egret [Clifton Pond], Grasshopper Warbler [Wheatear Field].
• Budby Common - 1 Green Sandpiper, Linnet, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Skylark, 1 Meadow Pipit, 3 Yellowhammer, 1 Common Kestrel.
• Besthorpe Nature Reserve - Marsh Harrier, 3 Little Egret, Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Sedge Warbler, Common Tern

Thu 29th Jul

• Collingham - 1 Eurasian Wigeon, 5 Little Egret, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper.
• Cotham Flash - 1 Green Sandpiper.
• Kilvington Lakes - 1 Little Egret, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Kingfisher, c.180 Northern Lapwing.

Wed 28th Jul

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Red Knot, 15 Black-tailed Godwit [Clifton Pond], 2 Green Sandpiper, 7 Little Egret, 35 Common Tern, 1 Common Sandpiper. 2 Eurasian Teal, 1 Eurasian Wigeon.
• Meden Pumping Station - Green Sandpiper, Common Buzzard, Swallow.
• Budby Common - Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Green Woodpecker, Yellowhammer.

Tue 27th Jul

• Clumber - 10 Common Kestrel, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay.

Mon 26th Jul

• Collingham Gravel Pits - 5 Little Egret, 5 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper.
• Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 1 Little Egret, 6 Green Sandpiper.
• Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Little Egret, 2 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 6 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper [Clifton Pond], Grasshopper Warbler [Wheatear Field], Oystercatcher [over].
• Netherfield Lagoons - c.100 Lesser Black-backed Gull, c.100 Northern Lapwing, c.100 Black-headed Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Herring Gull, 5 Common Tern, 11 Cormorant, c.50 Coot, 4 Little Grebe, 20 Tufted Duck, Mallard, Moorhen, 8 Mute Swan, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Green Woodpecker, Goldfinch, Reed Warbler, 10 Sand Martin, 20 Swallow, 40 Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Collared Dove, Blue Tit, 5 Long-tailed Tit, Yellow Wagtail, Blackcap, Reed Bunting.
• Bentinck Void - Eurasian Wigeon [female].
• Clumber Park - Eurasian Nuthatch, Stock Dove, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Willow Tit, Robin, Common Redstart, 2 Mandarin Duck [pair], Cormorant, Chaffinch [feeding chicks].

Sat 24th Jul

• Budby Common- 3 Treecreeper. 4 Goldcrest, 1 Hobby, 1 Common Kestrel, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Stonechat, 5 Coal Tit, 7 Yellowhammer, 4 Tree Pipit, 8 Willow Warbler.

Fri 23rd Jul

• Budby Common - 5 Green Woodpecker, 3 Tree Pipit, 4 Stonechat [incl 2 juveniles], 3 Common Redstart [male, female and juvenile], 5 Linnet, 7 Yellowhammer, Goldcrest [with large flock of tits and Treecreeper], Treecreeper.
• Budby - Yellow Wagtail.
• Arnold - 1 Willow Warbler [back garden].
• Arnot Hill Park - Pond/Overflow area: 6 Goldfinch, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Dunnock [1 ringed bird], 7 Greenfinch, 3 Grey Wagtail [flitting between reed beds], 1 Blackcap [ringed], 2 Coot [+6 young], 3 Black-headed Gull, 25 Red-crested Pochard [all wild birds, including ducklings], 14 Tufted Duck [with numerous broods], 7 Swallow, Mallard [numerous], Moorhen [numerous]. Rear of Old House/ Rose Garden: 18 Chaffinch, 32 Woodpigeon, 5 Carrion Crow, 5 Magpie, 2 Jackdaw, 6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 25+ Starling, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Wren, 1 Coal Tit, 6 Collared Dove, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Grey Heron, [seen flying off from neighbouring garden], Blackbird [numerous], House Sparrow [numerous], Robin [numerous].

Thu 22nd Jul

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Little Egret [Clifton Pond], c.200 Northern Lapwing [on Clifton & Tween Ponds], Grasshopper Warbler, Northern Wheatear.

Wed 21st Jul

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pond: Common Redshank, Dunlin, 2 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper. Tween Pond:, Common Shelduck.
• Warren Hill - 2 Green Woodpecker [Warren Hill Primary School].
• Clumber Park - Great White Egret, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Linnet.

Tue 20th Jul

• Carburton - Crossroads: 1 Turtle Dove, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Buzzard.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pond: Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin.
• Clumber Park - Great White Egret.
• Arnold - 8 Long-tailed Tit [garden feeder].

Mon 19th Jul

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Grasshopper Warbler [Wheatear Field].
• Dukeries Garden Centre - Common Buzzard.

Sun 18th Jul

• Budby Common- 2 Stonechat, 5 Tree Pipit, 1 Common Buzzard.
• Oxton Estate - 1 Common Buzzard, 8 Yellowhammer, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Grey Partridge, 1 Common Redstart, 6 Common Swift.
• Clumber Park - Great Spotted Woodecker, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch.

Sat 17th Jul

• Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 19 Tufted Duck [plus 17 ducklings], 9 Red-crested Pochard [plus 18 ducklings [mixture of wild & feral birds], 1 Cormorant, 9 Swallow, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Coot, 2 Canada Goose, Mallard, Moorhen. Rose Garden/Rear of Old House: 14 Greenfinch, 1 Goldcrest, 21 Chaffinch, 7 Magpie, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 9 Goldfinch, 3 Wren, 30+ Starling, Dunnock, Blackbird, Collared Dove, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Blue Tit [including 2 ringed birds], Robin, Carrion Crow.
• Clumber Park - Great White Egret [from ornamental bridge - present all day round edge of lake], Common Crossbill, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Tree Pipit, Blackcap.

Fri 16th Jul

• Budby Pumping Station - Red Kite [through low].
• Dukeries Garden Centre - 2 Common Buzzard [pair, soaring].

Thu 15th Jul

• New Basford - River Leen: 5 Garden Warbler.
• Beeston - River Trent: 3 Common Kingfisher, 1 Common Sandpiper, Swallow, Common Tern, Black-headed Gull.

Wed 14th Jul

• Meden Pumping Station - Common Sandpiper, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Kestrel.

Mon 12th Jul

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Little Egret.

Sun 11th Jul

• Newark - Red Kite [Sconce Hill].
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Egret, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Egyptian Goose, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Great Crested Grebe, Black-headed Gull, Common Tern, Cormorant, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Starling, Northern Lapwing, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Common Kestrel, Woodpigeon, Stock Dove, Robin, Blackbird, Magpie.

Sat 10th Jul

• Clumber Park- Common Buzzard, Yellow Wagtail, Yellowhammer, Linnet, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting, Goldfinch, Greenfinch.

Fri 9th Jul

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pond: 7 Black-tailed Godwit, Little Egret.

Thu 8th Jul

• Budby Common - 2 Stonechat, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Tree Pipit, Yellowhammer.

Wed 7th Jul

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher [flying near Beeston Lock].
• Harlow Wood- Tawny Owl.
• Sherwood Forest - Treecreeper, Blue Tit, Collared Dove, Jackdaw, 2 Spotted Flycatcher [near Major Oak].

Tue 6th Jul

• Grantham Canal - Cropwell Locks: 2 Marsh Tit, 1 Grasshopper Warbler [reeling], 3 Common Buzzard.

Sun 4th Jul

• Bulwell - 3 Northern Lapwing.
• Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 1 Sanderling [through].

Sat 3rd Jul

• King's Mill Reservoir - Black-tailed Godwit.
• Langford Lowfields - Hobby, 5 Little Egret, 6 Common Tern.
• Clumber Park - Hobby, Common Buzzard, Yellowhammer, Linnet, Swallow, House Martin, Common Swift, Sand Martin, Skylark, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting.
• Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area & Overflow: 2 Common Pochard, 37 Tufted Duck [plus broods], 2 Canada Goose, 12 Red-crested Pochard [plus broods]], 2 Coot, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, Mallard, Moorhen [with broods], 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Greenfinch. Rear of Old House/Rose Garden: 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Green Woodpecker [grass bank at rear of Civic Centre], 1 Blackcap, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, Robin, Dunnock, Blackbird, Chaffinch, Blue Tit.

Fri 2nd Jul

• Budby Common - 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark, 2 Green Woodpecker, Common Kestrel, 4 Yellowhammer, Tree Pipit [singing], 3 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 6 Carrion Crow, 2 Magpie.
• Meden Pumping Station - Common Buzzard, Reed Bunting, Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Oystercatcher, Common Kestrel.

Thu 1st Jul

• Lound - 30+ Mute Swan, 50+ Coot, 10+ Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Little Egret, 20+ Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Pochard, Great Crested Grebe, 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 6 Moorhen, 3 Grey Heron, 10+ Swallow, 20+ Tufted Duck , 4 Goldfinch, 2 Chaffinch.
• Dukeries Garden Centre - Common Buzzard [visiting empty Rook nests].
• Welbeck- Common Buzzard [Robin Hood Trail].
• King's Mill Reservoir - Black-tailed Godwit.

Many thanks to:

Simon Barsby, Chris Bell, Ian Blackmore, Michael J Blount, R Box, Robin Brace, Darren Chapman, Rich Colis, Nigel Davies, Chris Horton, Gary Hunt, Gill Hunt, Chris Johnson, William Laidler, Jonathan Lee, Tom Malarkey, James Owen, Robert Parkes, Andy Saint, Tom Sexton, Tom Shields, D Skye, Ken Stevenson, Jenni Taylor, David Viles, Janet Viles, Sam Viles, Tom Viles, Lynn Wilkinson.