Sightings Archive: Jun 2010

Wed 30th Jun

• Normanton - Grasshopper Warbler [Corkhill Lane].
• Langford Lowfields - 6 Oystercatcher [along river], Common Redshank, Hobby, 2 Little Egret.

Mon 28th Jun

• Norton - Common Buzzard, Barn Owl, Sparrowhawk.
• Bentinck Colliery - Little Owl [nearby].
• A616 - Common Buzzard [Cuckney - Cresswell].
• Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Hobby, Common Kestrel, Grey Heron, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Great Created Grebe, Common Swift, Swallow, House Martin, Skylark, Yellowhammer, Common Whitethroat, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Goldfinch.
• Collingham - Spotted Flycatcher, Little Egret, 3 Hobby, 2 Oystercatcher, Common Shelduck, Common Redshank.

Sun 27th Jun

• Norton- Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard [hunting rabbit].
• Arnold - 3 Common Buzzard [over Henry Mellish Rugby Club].
• Stapleford - 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker [Trowell vicinity].
• Cuckney - 3 Red-legged Partridge.
• Clumber Park - Common Pheasant [with 7 young].

Sat 26th Jun

• Clumber Park - Ford: 2 Hobby, Common Buzzard, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, 6 Yellow Wagtail [young], Swallow, Common Swift, House Martin, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 6 Mute Swan [3 pairs with young also], Reed Bunting.
• Nottingham - 1 Red-crested Pochard [Nottingham Canal].

Fri 25th Jun

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 49 Northern Lapwing, c.100 Sand Martin, 4 Common Kingfisher, 8 Red-crested Pochard, c.50 Common Tern, 4 Gadwall, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap.
• Bennerley Marsh - 2 Common Redshank, 35 Northern Lapwing, 4 Black-headed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, 2 Common Swift, 4 Swallow. Chat Corner: 2 Skylark, 3 Reed Bunting. North Marsh: Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, 7 Reed Bunting, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 15 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow.

Thu 24th Jun

• Bennerley Marsh - 45 Northern Lapwing, 3 Common Redshank, 6 Black-headed Gull, 3 Grey Heron, 3 Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Blackcap. North Marsh: 8 Reed Bunting, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 45 Swallow, 12 Sand Martin. Chat Corner: 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, 3 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting, 2 Grey Heron.
• Sherwood Forest - Jay, Magpie, 5 Pied Wagtail, Jackdaw, Wren.

Wed 23rd Jun

• Arnold - Lime Lane: Red Kite, 1 Common Buzzard.

Tue 22nd Jun

• Bentinck Void - Grasshopper Warbler [reeling - edge of Salmon Lane].

Mon 21st Jun

• Bilborough - Tawny Owl [Coventry Lane].
• Collingham - 2 Spotted Flycatcher [pair.
• Sherwood Forest - Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Sun 20th Jun

• Kilvington - Hobby, Little Egret, Common Kestrel [2 males], 4 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk [female], Oystercatcher [pair with 1 young], Common Tern [pair with 1 chick].
• Budby Common - 3+ Cuckoo [heard Only], 3 Common Redstart [separate male, female & juvenile], 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Tree Pipit, 4+ Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel, 4+ Great Spotted Woodpecker [including juveniles], 3+ Garden Warbler.
• Manton- Kestrel [A57].
• Ranby - Sparrowhawk [prison].

Fri 18th Jun

• Kirklington - 2 Red Kite.
• Bennerley Marsh - 2 Common Redshank, 11 Northern Lapwing, 5 Black-headed Gull, Common Tern, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 2 Common Swift, 5 Swallow, Jay. Water Treatment Works: 45 Common Swift, 30 House Martin, 14 Swallow, 5 Sand Martin, Willow Warbler. Chat Corner: 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Skylark, 3 Reed Bunting, 5 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat.

Thu 17th Jun

• Papplewick Moor - 20+ Corn Bunting , 4 Yellowhammer, 3 Reed Bunting, 6 Northern Lapwing, 2 Cuckoo, 2 Goldfinch, Chaffinch, 5+ Skylark, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Common Pheasant, 10+ Woodpigeon, 4 Blackbird.
• Castle Marina - 1 Red-crested Pochard [male].

Tue 15th Jun

• Woodborough - Roe Hill: 2 Cuckoo, 2 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Yellowhammer, Common Pheasant, 5 Jackdaw.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Common Pochard, 2 Dunnock, 5 Grey Heron, 1 Common Kingfisher, 5 Common Tern, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 30+ Starling, Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Kestrel, 2 Reed Bunting, 3 Reed Warbler, 4 Egyptian Goose, 6 Red-crested Pochard, 20+ Sand Martin, 5 Common Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Great Tit, 3 Chaffinch, 4 Tree Sparrow, Pied Wagtail [juvenile], Gadwall, Black-headed Gull [including many with young].

Mon 14th June

• Welbeck Lakes - 6 Common Shelduck [3 pairs - some with young].

Sun 13th June

• Eakring - 2 Turtle Dove.
• Hoveringham - 2 Oystercatcher [with young], Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap [with young], Common whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat [with young], Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Common Tern.
• Clumber Park - Old Bridge: 6 Jackdaw, Mandarin Duck [female], 3 Stock Dove.

Sat 12th Jun

• Budby Pumping Station - Red Kite [north].
• Annesley - 2 Hobby [pair hawking for insects].
• Bennerley Marsh - 5 Black-headed Gull, Common Tern, 2 Common Redshank, 10 Northern Lapwing, Jay, 2 Common Whitethroat. Chat Corner: 5 Reed Bunting, 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 Linnet, Blackcap. Bennerley Marsh.

Fri 11th Jun

• Clifton Grove - 2 Linnet, 4 Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler [several], 3 Common Buzzard, 5 Common Whitethroat, 1 Red-legged Partridge, Northern Lapwing [several]. 3 Common Tern.
• Clumber Park - Jay [chased by Chaffinches], 6 Greylag Goose [with young], Wren, 4 Tufted Duck [2 pairs], Great Spotted Woodpecker.
• Cuckney - Red-legged Partridge.
• Norton - Tawny Owl, Barn Owl, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk.

Thu 10th Jun

• Caunton - Red Kite, 2 Common Kestrel.

Mon 7th Jun

• Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 14 Red-crested Pochard [including 3 broods], 24 Tufted Duck, 2 Coot, 2 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 1 Chiffchaff, 9 Goldfinch, 2 Blackcap, Mallard [numerous], Moorhen. Bowling Green: 1 Common Whitethroat, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Sparrowhawk [circling green], 1 Coal Tit [ringed bird]. Numerous: Chaffinch, Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit.
• Clumber Park - 2 Mandarin Duck [pair], Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Nuthatch, Jackdaw, 3 Stock Dove, Chaffinch.
• Norton - Common Buzzard [hunting rabbits], 2 Northern Lapwing, Sparrowhawk [attempted to strike Lapwing in flight], 5 Pied Wagtail, Robin.

Sun 6th Jun

• Welbeck- Robin Hood Trail: Common Buzzard [soaring].

Sat 5th Jun

• Norton - Barn Owl [quartering field].[

Fri 4th Jun

• Cotham Flash - Long-eared Owl [hunting over flashes], Little Owl, Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel, 5+ Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler [scarce in recent years at this site].
• Mansfield Woodhouse - Red Kite [drifting low - heading north].
• Nottingham - Canal: Red-crested Pochard.
• Woodborough- Roe Hill: 2 Jackdaw, Green Woodpecker, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 4 Common Pheasant, Blackcap, 2 Yellowhammer, 3 Skylark, Cuckoo [heard], Chaffinch, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch.

Thu 3rd Jun

• Five Lane Ends - Common Buzzard [carrying young rabbit into trees].
• Retford - Hallcroft Fishery area: 3 Common Buzzard [mobbed by corvids].
• Mansfield Woodhouse - Red Kite [drifting low - heading north].
• Sherwood Heath SSSI - Green Woodpecker [calling], Great Spotted Woodpecker [calling], 2 Linnet, Willow Warbler [calling], Cuckoo [calling].

Wed 2nd Jun

• Kilvington Lakes - West Lake: 2 Yellow-legged Gull [2nd summer birds].
• Mansfield Woodhouse - 2 Hobby [hawking insects].

Tue 1st Jun

• Clumber Park - 4 Mandarin Duck [2 pairs].

Many thanks to:

Wayne Ball, Simon Barsby, A Bell, Ian Blackmore, Robin Brace, Dee Burrows, Andy Clegg, Steve Clifton, Nigel Davies, Leslie Fisher. Helen Giles, Geoff Hickman, Chris Horton, Gary Hunt, Gill Hunt, Neil Hurrell, Kevin Hutchby, Chris Johnson, Dave Jones, William Laidler, Tom Malarkey, Brian Marriott, D Morley, Philip Norris, Shaggy, Tom Shields, Gary Telford, David Viles, Brendan Wright.