Sightings Archive
August 2005
- Wed 31st Aug: Ossington - Common Buzzard over woods
- Wed 31st Aug: High Marnham - juv peregrine hunting away from power station.
- Wed 31st Aug: Bestwood - Little Owl x 1, Corn Bunting x 2, Tree Sparrow x 8, all on Goosedale Lane in the morning.
- Wed 31st Aug: Beeston Rylands - 200+ House Martins around the Marina in the morning.
- Wed 31st Aug: Attenborough - 2x Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail
- Tue 30th Aug: Beeston Rylands - Hobby, 6 Blackcaps, 4 Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, c40 House Martins
- Tue 30th Aug: Attenborough - Garganey still on clifton pit,Hobby[catching insects,over clifton pit],Yellow Wagtail,Shelduck[juv],common Sandpiper,Wigeon x2,Barnacle Goose.
- Mon 29th Aug: Netherfield - Female Garganey on the Ash Lagoon
- Mon 29th Aug: Holme Pierrepont / A52 Pit: - 3 Red crested Pochard, 2 Dunlin
- Mon 29th Aug: Holme Pierrepont (Blotts Pit) - Greenshank
- Mon 29th Aug: Attenborough - 1 Hobby, 4 Buzzards, 1 Goldeneye
- Mon 29th Aug: Annesley - Whinchat in horse paddock, 05.30PM
- Sun 28th Aug: Newton on Trent - Manx Shearwater 11.30 am flying low, heading towards the river Trent.
- Sun 28th Aug: Hucknall - Common Redstart: back garden, Hucknall 21st - 28th August.
- Sun 28th Aug: Cinderhill - At 20.15, a number of Herring Gulls, high and calling heading east from Cinderhill Island.
- Sun 28th Aug: Attenborough - Snipe x7,Yellow Wagtail x4,Shelduck[juv],Buzzard x2,Y.L.Gull,R.C.Pochard[female].
- Sat 27th Aug: Stoke Bardolph - 2 Yellow Wagtails[juvs].
- Sat 27th Aug: Normaton-on-Trent Holmes - Lapwing roost grown to 60, 7 Grey Partridge, 5 juv/adult Red leg Partridge.
- Sat 27th Aug: Hoveringham - 2 Green Sandpipers [Railway Pit], Common Sandpiper [Sailing Pit], 2 Egyptian Geese + 4 goslings [furtherest pit].
- Sat 27th Aug: Beeston Rylands - 5 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Willow Warblers, Chiffchaff, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, Treecreeper, 3 Swifts (heading west).
- Fri 26th Aug: Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Common Tern among the Black-headed Gulls.
- Fri 26th Aug: High Marnham - juv Peregrine around power station roosting on top of cooling towers
- Fri 26th Aug: Dunham-on-Trent Lakes - 46 Mute Swan, 100+Sand Martin, 40+ juv/adult Pied Wagtail
- Fri 26th Aug: Beeston Rylands - 4 Yellow Wagtails [on playing field], 14 Pied Wagtails, Blackcap.
- Fri 26th Aug: Attenborough - Little Gull [juv.]-- Clifton Pit, Shelduck, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat
- Fri 26th Aug: Attenborough - Garganey,yellow wagtail x7,common sandpiper,Y.L.Gull,G.B.B.Gull.
- Fri 26th Aug: Annesley - Osprey over the pit top,early morning
- Thu 25th Aug: Wollaton Park - Chiffchaff, lots of Willow Warblers, 3 Spotted Flycatchers
- Thu 25th Aug: Netherfield Lagoons - 43 Shoveler, 2 Teal, Garganey[f.], 2 Western Yellow-Legged Gulls, 2 Common Whitethroats, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler
- Thu 25th Aug: King's Mill Reservoir - 44 adult Mute Swans, 90 Lapwings, 15 Ruddy Ducks, 2 Kingfishers, 2 Common Terns, 1 Swift.
- Thu 25th Aug: Colwick Country Park - Blackcap, 2 Grey Wagtails, Yellow Wagtail[juv.], Western Yellow-Legged Gull, 2 Shoveler.
- Thu 25th Aug: Barnaby Moor - White Stork on private land in the afternoon.
- Thu 25th Aug: Attenborough - Wheatear,Y.L.Gull,Barnacle goose,Lesser Whitethroat
- Wed 24th Aug: Attenborough - Garganey,[female on wet marsh],Hobby x2[sth of river],Y.L.Gull[main pond],Common Sandpiper.
- Wed 24th Aug: Annesley - 2 Curlew Sandpipers on the pit top, early morning.
- Tue 23rd Aug: Kingsmill Reservoir - Male Pied Flycatcher by construction site, late afternoon. Mediterranean Gull in the gull roost.
- Tue 23rd Aug: Clifton Estate (Nottingham) - Male Hobby at around 16.10 chasing small birds. About a mile out side Clifton Estate heading towards Gotham
- Tue 23rd Aug: Attenborough - Garganey,female,[wet marsh/clifton pit],Common Sandpiper,Buzzard.
- Mon 22nd Aug: Langford Lowfields - 3 Little Egrets, 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Green Sandpipers.
- Mon 22nd Aug: Attenborough - Ruff x3,juv's,briefly clifton pit C 18.00hrs,flew off east.Hobby,Wigeon,
- Sun 21st Aug: Syerston - Dead Turtle Dove
- Sun 21st Aug: Langford Lowfields - 4 Little Egrets, 2 Greenshank, Western Yellow Leg Gull
- Sun 21st Aug: Girton - 2 Northern Wheatears
- Sun 21st Aug: Besthorpe - Hobby
- Sun 21st Aug: Attenborough - Tawny Owl calling,C 22.00hrs,[Delta].Snipe x2.Y.L.Gull.
- Sat 20th Aug: Moorgreen Reservoir - Common Buzzard
- Sat 20th Aug: Mill Lakes, Bestwood - Spotted Flycatcher, adult at 13:30 near conservation area
- Sat 20th Aug: Mill Lakes, Bestwood - Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcaps[m. f.], Common Whitethroat
- Sat 20th Aug: Lowdham Grange - Long eared Owl
- Sat 20th Aug: Beeston Rylands - 4 Yellow Wagtails, 23+ Pied Wagtails plus 60+ Goldfinches feeding on thistles in set-aside field.
- Sat 20th Aug: Annesley Pit Top - c.7 Common Buzzards
- Fri 19th Aug: Colwick Country Park - 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers[juvs.] Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Common Gull[Race Course], Western Yellow-Legged Gull[river boom], 7 Shoveler, 2 Grey Wagtail, Common Sandpiper
- Fri 19th Aug: Beeston Rylands - Common Sandpiper [by the canal], Yellow Wagtail, 15+ Pied Wagtails, 30+ Swallows
- Fri 19th Aug: Attenborough - Black Tailed Godwit x5[briefly on clifton pit@07.50.],LRP,Ringed Plover,Buzzard x3,Y.L.Gull.
- Fri 19th Aug: Attenborough - 6 Egyptian Geese, 2 Common Sandpipers[new workings]
- Thu 18th Aug: Netherfield - c49 Shoveler, 370 Lapwing, Garganey [f.] Dunlin [singleton] + Common & Holly Blues + Common Darters, 4 Migrant Hawkers & 1 Black-Tailed Skimmer.
- Thu 18th Aug: Lound - Little Egret - 1 still present (3rd day?) on Chainbridge Nature Reserve from viewpoint. Peregrine - 1 imm Neatholme Pits area. Whinchat - 1 juvenile near Neatholme Bridge. Marsh Harrier - 1 immature/female along river. Also Common Tern, 3 Red-crested Pochard and 7 Green Sandpipers on Chainbridge Nature Reserve Scrape.
- Thu 18th Aug: Colwick Country Park - Willow & Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat and 2 Blackcaps [m.& f.] [ mostly in and around the migrant trap ]+ Azure & Red - Eyed Damselflies + Brown Wall [ stepping stones ]
- Wed 17th Aug: West Bridgford - Ring necked Parakeet over North Road , West Bridgford, Nottingham, 7 pm , flying northwards.
- Wed 17th Aug: Netherfield - c.22 Shoveler, Dunlin, Mediteranean Gull [ Ad.], Garganey [f,], Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat
- Wed 17th Aug: Netherfield - Spoonbill (later thought to be an African Spoonbill) on the ash lagoons, then flew NW @ 8.20am.
- Wed 17th Aug: Kingsmill Reservoir - Adult Mediterranean Gull til 10:30 am at least.
- Wed 17th Aug: Attenborough - Black Tern[still on sailing pit]+Y.L.Gull,LRP[clifton pit].
- Tue 16th Aug: Welbeck - Osprey fishing.
- Tue 16th Aug: Owthorpe - A male Reeve's Pheasant. On the road between the A46 and Owthorpe, just before "S" bend at top of hill.
- Tue 16th Aug: Clifton Grove - 2 Turtle Dove on telegraph wires behind Holme pit, 1 Hobby hawking dragonflys [Holme Pit].
- Tue 16th Aug: Attenborough - Juv Black Tern on right hand side of sailing pit as you look towards the visitor centre from 1915-2000, doing circuits back and forth, intermittently out of view and occasionally coming as close as the visitor centre. 2 adult Egyptian Goose with chick, Numerous Common Terns. And Cricket legend Graham Gooch jogging past Chilwell Retail Park in Essex CCC tracksuit!
- Mon 15th Aug: Goosedale Lane,Bestwood - Common Buzzard feeding in stubble field, Tree Sparrow x 32, Grey Partridge x 2, Nuthatch x 1
- Mon 15th Aug: Attenborough - Black Tern[sailing pit],Curlew x4[clifton pit],Y.L.Gull,Buzzard x2,Willow Tit
- Sun 14th Aug: Welbeck Raptor Watch-point - Common Buzzard, Western Yellow legged Gull
- Sun 14th Aug: Teversal - Spotted Flycatcher in the Churchyard.
- Sun 14th Aug: Silverhill/Hardwick wood - Buzzard
- Sun 14th Aug: Bilsthorpe - Muddy Field on A 614 at Bilsthorpe: 2 Green Sandpipers, Greenshank
- Sun 14th Aug: Bestwood Mill Lakes - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker[ with roaming tit flock]
- Sun 14th Aug: Attenborough - Barnacle Goose,Buzzard x2,Willow Tit.
- Sat 13th Aug: Moorgreen Reservoir - Hobby [forced down by heavy rain]by the Rest-awhile benches.
- Sat 13th Aug: Holme Pierrepont - Garganey [A52 pit]
- Sat 13th Aug: Attenborough - Hobby[observed chasing hirundines,shortly after prolonged downpour,clifton/coneries],Green Sandpiper,Common Snipe x2,Y.L.Gull.
- Sat 13th Aug: Annesley Pit Top - 3 Common Buzzards, 2 Tree Pippits, 3 Meadow Pipits
- Fri 12th Aug: Grove Farm, Nottingham - University Sports Ground, Clifton Bridge: Mediterranean Gull[ad.]
- Fri 12th Aug: Attenborough - Clifton Pit: 2 Common Snipe, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, Wigeon[f.]; Western Yellow legged Gull[Sailing Lagoon]
- Wed 10th Aug: Netherfield - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Yellow Wagtail, Garganey[f.]-- [Slurry Lagoon], c.14 Shoveler, Peregrine Falcon, 14 Swifts passing through.
- Wed 10th Aug: Hucknall - Large flock of House Martins (app 100) over Hucknall golf course, Wigman Road at about 19:30
- Wed 10th Aug: Erewash Meadows - Little Egret [flew from the old Railway Embankment towards Jacksdale], 2 Crossbills flew West, Nightjar disturbed from the path alongside the railway line near the A610 Langley Mill by-pass.
- Wed 10th Aug: Edwinstowe - 2 Spotted Flycatchers, near to the major Oak @ 10:15am
- Wed 10th Aug: Colwick Country Park - Garden Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtails and 1 Yellow Wagtail
- Tue 9th Aug: Maun Valley Trail, Mansfield - Red Kite,hunting along the valley in the afternoon.
- Tue 9th Aug: Clumber Park - At 12.30pm, an Osprey flying very low over the A614 just past Clumber Park, also further south two Common Buzzards at Misk Hills circling and calling.
- Tue 9th Aug: Attenborough - Little Egret (Clifton Pond), Kingfisher, Reed Warbler x2
- Sun 7th Aug: Lound - Wood Sandpiper
- Sun 7th Aug: Hoveringham - 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Egyptian Geese + 6 goslings [Sailing Pit], Oystercatcher [River Trent], Brown Argus Butterfly [Railway Pit].
- Sat 6th Aug: Moorgreen Reservoir - Red crested Pochard (eclipse male)
- Sat 6th Aug: Lound - Wood Sandpiper [Neatholme], 8 Black-tailed Godwits.
- Sat 6th Aug: Attenborough - Black-tailed Godwit (Wet Marsh), Dunlin (Clifton Pond)
- Sat 6th Aug: Attenborough - Black Tailed Godwit,Dunlin,LRP x2,Oystercatcher,G.B.B.Gull,Y.L.Gull.
- Sat 6th Aug: Annesley Pit Top - Common Sandpiper, 3 Crossbills, thro, north
- Fri 5th Aug: Lound - Wood Sandpiper [by River Idle bridge], 5 Green Sandpipers [Neatholme Scrape], plus Greenshank, Black tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper.
- Fri 5th Aug: Attenborough - Common Buzzard, Dunlin, Oystercatcher [Clifton Pit], 7 Egyptian Geese + 3 day old chicks. Western Yellow Gull [Sailing Pit] + Emperor, Migrant Hawker and Ruddy Darter [Beeston Pit]
- Fri 5th Aug: Attenborough - Black Tailed Godwit x2[wet marsh],Dunlin x3,LRP x2,Snipe x3[clifton pit].G.B.B.Gull and Y.L.Gull[sailing pit]
- Thu 4th Aug: Lound - Wood Sandpiper[Neatholme Scrape], 3 Greenshank, Black tailed Godwit.
- Thu 4th Aug: Attenborough - Black Tailed Godwit x9,Dunlin x3,LRP x2,Snipe x2[clifton pit].
- Wed 3rd Aug: Netherfield - 400 Lapwing
- Wed 3rd Aug: Colwick Country Park - 2 Spotted Flycathers, Grey Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin.
- Tue 2nd Aug: Nottingham City Centre - 4x Grey Wagtails (2x Juv's.)
- Mon 1st Aug: Cotham Flash - Wood Sandpiper
- Mon 1st Aug: Attenborough - Green Sandpiper,Oystercatcher,LRP x2[clifton pit]
Contributions from: and thanks to:
Jamie Alexander, Simon Barsby, Mervyn Bartle, Paul Buxton, Jan-Paul Charteris, Neil Dracott, Phil Ellis, David Graham, Ian Hall, Robert Hoare, Gary Hobson, George Hudson, Derek Huskisson, Dave Jones, David Jones, John Mardell., Judith Mylne, Philip Norris, Ralph Radford, Matthew Reed, Mike Rust, Jonathan Skipper, Darren Starling, John Wilson
