Sightings Archive: May 2010

Mon 31st May

• Clumber Park - Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Swallow, Common Swift, House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Reed Bunting, 1 Turtle Dove, Hobby.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Common Scoter [female on Clifton Pond].
• Tollerton - 1 Cuckoo [singing].
• Cotham Flash - Barn Owl, Long-eared Owl, Little Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cuckoo, c.3 Grasshopper Warbler [reeling], Common Kestrel.
• Bestwood Mill Lakes - 14+ Common Swift, 28+ House Martin, 8 Swallow, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler, 8 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 22+ Long-tailed Tit.

Sun 30th May

• Budby Pumping Station - Woodcock, Tawny Owl.
• Bestwood Mill Lakes - 1 Mandarin Duck [male feeding with Greylag Geese], 1 Bullfinch [male].
• Cuckney - 2 Common Buzzard [behind church].

Fri 28th May

• Blidworth Woods 3 Woodcock [roding], Cuckoo [calling].
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pink-footed Goose [Barton Flash].

Thu 27th May

• Colwick Park - c.100 Swift, Sand Martin, House Martin, Swallow, 4 Blackcap, Common Tern, Little Grebe, c.40 Long-tailed Tit [across site - many juveniles].
• Hickling- 2 Common Crane [pair circling low].

Wed 26th May

• Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Sanderling, 1 Common Sandpiper.
• Teversal - Silverhill Trail: Cuckoo, Grasshopper Wabler, Willow Tit.

Tue 25th May

• Norton - Common Buzzard, Barn Owl [quartering], 4 Northern Lapwing [display flight]. Pied Wagtail.
• Five Lane Ends - 2 Common Kestrel [hovering at junction].
• Clumber Park - 4 Stock Doves, 6 Jackdaw. Robin, Coal Tit, 3 Mandarin Duck [male], Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chaffinch, Mallard, Common Pheasant, Carrion Crow [attacking Jackdaws], Jackdaws, Stock Dove.

Mon 24th May

• Lambley - Red Kite [Spring Lane].

Sun 23rd May

• Sherwood Holiday Parks - 1 Cuckoo, Tree Pipit, 2 Mandarin Duck [pair], 2 Garden Warbler, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail.
• Ruddington - Red Kite [golf course side].
• Budby Pumping Station - Corn Bunting, Little Grebe, Reed Bunting, Oystercatcher, Common Shelduck, Yellow Wagtail, Common Kestrel.
• Woodborough - Roe Hill: 2 Common Swift, Common Buzzard, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Common Pheasant, Goldcrest, 4 Yellowhammer.

Sat 22nd May

• Bestwood Country Park - c.20 House Sparrow, 6 Blackcap, c.10 Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 3 Jay, Swift, Mandarin Duck, 4 Common Whitethroat, 3 Stock Dove, c.10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark.

Fri 21st May

• Cuckney - Red-legged Partridge.
• Bennerley Marsh - 2 Common Redshank, 16 Northern Lapwing, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Gadwall, Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Common Whitethroat, 5 Swallow, 2 Common Swift, Jay. Chat Corner: 3 Skylark, 3 Reed Bunting, Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Great Spotted woodpecker, Common Redshank [over].
• Eastwood Lock/Shipley Lock - Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler, Grey Wagtail, 6 Swallow.
• Budby Common - Cuckoo [calling in flight], Green Woodpecker, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Yellowhammer, Meadow Pipit.
• Cotgrave - Nottingham Canal: Reed Warbler. Bullfinch. Yellowhammer. Reed Bunting. 2 Cuckoo [chasing each other]. Common Whitethroat. Blackcap. Stock Dove. Common Tern.

Thu 20th May

• Blidworth Woods - 8 Carrion Crow, 5 Jay, 10+ Blackbird, 2 Song Thrush, 50+ Great Tit, 10+ Blue Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Coal Tit, 2 Blackcap, 10+ Willow Warbler, 10+ Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Tree Pipit, 5 Yellowhammer [east side], Green Woodpecker [heard], 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Tawny Owl [heard close to north car park], 30+ Woodpigeon, 2 Red-legged Partridge, Common Pheasant, 2 Goldfinch, 50+ Chaffinch, 3 Robin, 20+ Wren. plus: Brown Hare.
• Bennerley Marsh - 3 Common Redshank, 11 Northern Lapwing, 2 Gadwall, 2 Grey Heron, Green Woodpecker, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat. Chat Corner: 4 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Reed Bunting, Cuckoo.
• Wollaton Park - 6 Jay, 6 Mistle Thrush, Treecreeper, Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock, Crows [numerous], Jackdaw, Magpie, Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Grey Heron, Coot, Moorhen, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Pochard, Gadwall.

Wed 19th May

• Pleasley - Cuckoo [mobbed by Pied Wagtail].
• Awsworth Canal - 1 Common Tern, 1 Grey Heron.
• Bennerley Marsh - 50+ Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Cuckoo, 3 Common Redshank, 10 Northern Lapwing, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Swallow, Common Kestrel, 1 Grey Heron. Chat Corner:. 26 Meadow Pipit, 7 House Martin, 5 Common Whitethroat, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Grey Heron.

Tue 18th May

• Bennerley Marsh - 4 Common Redshank, 7 Northern Lapwing, 2 Gadwall, 2 Cormorant, 5 Swallow, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat.

Mon 17th May

• Papplewick Moor - 2 Corn Bunting [males in song], 2 Reed Bunting [males in song], 2 Yellowhammer [pair], 6 Northern Lapwing, Common Whitethroat, Linnet, Yellow Wagtail, Skylark. plus: 3 Brown Hare.
• Woodborough - Roe Hill: 5 Common Buzzard [circling high], Cuckoo [heard], 2 Bullfinch [pair].
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Ring-necked Duck [Clifton Pond this afternoon].

Sun 16th May

• Welbeck Lake - 4 Mandarin Duck [3 males & 1 female].
• Basford - 2 Lesser Whitethroat.
• Grantham Canal - Cropwell Butler to Kinoulton: 4 Bullfinch [2 pairs], 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Cuckoo.

Sat 15th May

• Clumber Park - 3 Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker [eating grated cheese], Robin, Jackdaw [mobbed by other crows], Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Mandarin Duck [pair], 2 Common Pheasant [pair], Chaffinch.
• Welbeck Lake - 2 Mandarin Duck [males - one probable juvenile].
• Norton- 5 Northern Lapwing, Common Shelduck, Common Buzzard, Barn Owl.
• Basford - 2 Grey Wagtail [pair over River Leen].
• Bennerley Marsh - 12 Northern Lapwing, 2 Gadwall, Sparrowhawk, 3 Meadow Pipit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, Green Woodpecker. Chat Corner:. 7 Common Whitethroat, 2 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 4 Reed Bunting, Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard.

Thu 13th May

• Kirklington - Southwell Trail: Common Buzzard, Cuckoo, Red-legged Partridge, Grey Partridge.
• Welbeck Lake - Common Buzzard [attacking Woodpigeon in flight], 2 Common Shelduck [pair].
• Clumber Park - Great Spotted Woodpecker [female], Eurasian Nuthatch, Robin, Stock Dove, Jackdaw, 2 Common Pheasant [dark variety].
• Norton - Common Buzzard, Barn Owl [hunting].
• Arnot Hill PArk - Pond Area: 16 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Common Pochard, 35 Tufted Duck, 2 Canada Goose, 2 Greylag Goose, 2 Coot, Mallard [numerous], Moorhen, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Blackcap, 8 Common Swift. Rear of Old House/Rose Garden: 2 Coal Tit, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 14 Goldfinch, 26 Greenfinch, 38 Chaffinch, 28 Woodpigeon, 11 Carrion Crow, 2 Jay, 9 Magpie, Robin, Blackbird, Starling, Dunnock, Blue Tit, Great Tit, House Sparrow, 1 Sparrowhawk. 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 17 Collared Dove, 1 Blackcap.
• Cresswell Area - 4 Northern Lapwing [display flights].

Wed 12th May

• Newstead - Red Kite [over village].

Tue 11th May

• Bennerley Marsh - 2 Gadwall, 7 Northern Lapwing, 2 Swallow, Common Swift, 2 Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat. Chat Corner: Northern Wheatear, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, 5 Reed Bunting, Common Kestrel. Water Treatment Works: 70 House Martin, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler.
• Nottingham City Centre - 6 Common Swift.

Sun 9th May

• Bestwood Mill Lakes - 2 Common Swift, 1 House Martin, 2 Bullfinch, 8 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat.

Sat 8th May

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Whimbrel [2+ small flocks through to the north-east following the Trent], Bar-tailed Godwit [07:30], 3+ Arctic Tern [Sailing Pit].
• Sherwood Forest/Budby Common- 2 Cuckoo, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Common Redstart, 5+ Tree Pipit, 2 Garden Warbler

Thu 6th May

• Hoveringham - Railway Lake:- 8 Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Northern Lapwing, Swallow, c.15 Common Swift, Common Tern, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Reed Bunting, 2 Reed Warbler, 6 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 2 Common Kestrel.
• Redhill Cemetery - 6+ Goldfinch, 2 Goldcrest, 3 Common Swift, 5 Swallow, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Sparrowhawk [male], 1 Blackcap [singing], 3 Willow Warbler, 7 Mallard [over], 1 Garden Warbler [singing], 4+ House Martin, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Common Pheasant, 2 Jay.
• Dorket Head - 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Hobby [18:20].
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 10 Arctic Tern [3 north-east past Church & 7 on Coneries], 2 Whimbrel [low north and onwards over Stapleford], Hobby [north-east over Corbett's Meadow], 8 Common Shelduck, [Clifton Pond - gull island], 1 Common Sandpiper [Tween Scrape].
• Bennerley Marsh - Common Tern, Common Redshank, 10 Northern Lapwing, 3 Common Swift, 5 Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting, Common Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker. Water Treatment Works: 50 House Martin, 20 Swallow, Grey Wagtail. Chat Corner: Northern Wheatear, 6 Skylark, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Reed Bunting, Meadow Pipit.

Wed 5th May

• Rufford Country Park - Blackbird [white individual].
• Cresswell - Cuckney Road: 3 Northern Shoveler, [1 male & 2 female], 7 Northern Lapwing, 6 Jackdaw, 1 Common Kestrel.

Tue 4th May

• Sherwood Forest - 2 Mandarin Duck, Great Spotted Woodpecker.
• Holme Pierrepont - Common Swift [numbers into 3 figures], Grasshopper Warbler, Whinchat [male hopping between fence wire and around A52 pit], Cuckoo [heard], Common Whitethroat, Hobby, Common Buzzard, 3+ Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker [drumming].
• Cresswell - Cuckney Road: 4 Greylag Goose, 5 Northern Lapwing, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Northern Shoveler [male].
• Norton - 4 Northern Lapwing, Common Buzzard. plus: Red Fox [stalking nesting ducks, moorhens and coots],.

Mon 3rd May

• Bestwood Country Park - 5 Great Black-backed Gull [over Warren Hill to north].
• Oxton Estate- 5 Common Swift,2 Oystercatcher, 8 Yellowhammer
• Lambley Dumbles - 6 Common Buzzard.
• Clumber Park - Cuckoo [female showing well], Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Yellow Wagtail [2 pair], Lesser Whitethroat, Black Redstart [male], Hobby.

Sun 2nd May

• Bunny - Common Buzzard.
• Attenborough Nature Reserver - Grasshopper Warbler [Wheatear Field].
• Clumber Park - 2 Cuckoo [pair with Rufous coloured female], Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtail [males], Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Swallow, Common Swift, House Martin, Water Rail, Reed Bunting.
• Harlow Wood - Cuckoo, 5 Tree Pipit [singing].

Sat 1st May

• Welbeck Lakes - Green Woodpecker, 4 Corn Bunting, 2 Blackcap [pair], 2 Common Shelduck, Sparrowhawk [male].
• Forest Town - Osprey [flying south from Newlands Ponds - then circling, being mobbed by Common Buzzard before heading south-west].
• Netherfield Lagoons- Whinchat, Northern Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Buzzard [over], Grasshopper Warbler [heard].
• Sherwood Forest - Common Redstart [male singing], 3+ Garden Warbler, 1 Tree Pipit.
• Wellow - 2 Common Swift, Swallow, Green Woodpecker, Common Whitethroat, Yellowhammer, Chiffchaff, Sillow Warbler.

Many thanks to:

Sandy Aitken, Simon Barsby, Mervyn Bartle, Graham Beeley, A. Bell, Ian Blackmore, Jonathan Boyce, Robin Brace, Dee Burrows, Paul Buxton, Andy Capstick, Robert Cave, Leslie Fisher, Chris Horton, Gary Hunt, Gill Hunt, Kevin Hutchby, Chris Johnson, Dave Jones, William Laidler, Tom Malarkey, Brian Marriott, Andrew Mart, Neil Matthews, D Morley, Paul Morris, Lin Rogers, Tom Shields, D Skye, Julie Smith, Dave Viles, Janet Viles, Morgan Viles, Sam Viles, Thomas Viles, Brian West, Mark Whatling.