Sightings Archive: Sep 2009

Wed 30th Sep

• Kilvington - 2 Northern Pintail [West Lake].

Tue 29th Sep

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Greenshank [Clifton Pit].
• Bennerley Marsh - Short-eared Owl [Chat Corner at 16:10], Sparrowhawk, 70 Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Eurasian Teal, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Skylark, 5 Linnet, Reed Bunting.

Mon 28th Sep

• Collingham - New Workings/Silt Pond: 2 Little Egret.
• Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 4 Green Sandpiper.
• Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult winter].
• Hoveringham - 400+ Greylag Goose.

Sun 27th Sep

• Kilvington - Garganey, 2 Common Buzzard, 15 Golden Plover.
• Pykett's Pond - 2 Hobby [juveniles].
• Budby Pumping Station - Red Kite [through at 13:45], 2 Sparrowhawk, Linnet, Siskins [flock], Eurasian Teal, 2 Northern Shoveler [pair], 2 Common Kingfisher, 2 Skylark, 4 Little Grebe [including 2 juveniles], 4 Common Buzzard, Long-tailed Tit [large flock], Greenfinch, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Fieldfare [small flock].
• Bennerley Marsh - 70 Black-headed Gull, Grey Wagtail [the Gilt Brook], Common Kestrel, Sedge Warbler, Common Snipe.
• Newthorpe - Little Owl, Stonechat, 10 Yellowhammer, 2 Linnet.
• Greasley - 2 COmmon Buzzard, 9 Swallow [to south-west], House Martin [to south-west].
• Moorgreen Reservoir - 70 Greylag Goose, 2 Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail, 3 Water Rail.
• Moorgreen Woods - 5 Common Buzzard, 3 Common Kestrel, 2 Jay, 5 Mistle Thrush.

Sat 26th Sep

• Cotham Flash - Hobby [juvenile], 12 Common Snipe.
• Kilvington - 2 Sparrowhawk, 8 Common Buzzard, 3 Common Kestrel.
• Budby Pumping Station - 4 Common Snipe, Common Kingfisher, Red Kite [through 10:45 from Warsop direction], Grey Wagtail, Hobby, Water Rail [left of bridge], Willow Warbler, Sparrowhawk [female], Common Kestrel [female], Yellowhammer, Yellow Wagtail, Stock Dove.
• Bennerley Marsh - 70 Black-headed Gull, 5 Eurasian Teal, 2 Green Woodpecker, 90 Meadow Pipit, 3 Redwing, Blackcap, Common Kestrel. North Marsh: 30 Meadow Pipit, Eurasian Teal, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Common Kingfisher, 3 Jay, Common Kestrel.
• Brinsley Pit Top - Little Owl, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Jay.
• Moorgreen Reservoir - 3 Grey Wagtail, Common Pochard.
• Moorgreen Woods - Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 3 Jay.
• Cinderhill 1 Northern Wheatear [Blackthorne Drive area].
• Clifton Pastures - 6 Golden Plover, 50+ Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Buzzard, 4 Corn Bunting.
• Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 2 Black Swan, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Goose, 9 Canada Goose, 19 Tufted Duck, 17 Red Crested Pochard, 2 Black Headed Gull, 3 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 24 Moorhen, Mallard [numerous plus hybrids], 1 Garden Warbler. Rear of Old House/Rose Garden: 50+ Eurasian Starling, 5 Song Thrush, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Bullfinch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Robin, Dunnock, Blackbird, Tree Sparrow, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Sparrowhawk [over at lunchtime], 1 Treecreeper. Old Railway line: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Fri 25th Sep

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Snipe.
• Cotham Flash - Cotham Flash: 20 Common Snipe.
• Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Northern Wheatear.
• Penny Pasture Common - Pied Flycatcher [female].
• Budby Pumping Station - 6 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing.
• Arnot Hill Park - 1 Tawny Owl.

Thu 24th Sep

• Colwick Country Park - 1 Black Swan [Trout Lake].
• Bestwood Country Park - Mill Lakes: 6 Gadwall, 4 Eurasian Teal, c.50 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Little Grebe, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Common Pochard, 3 Great Crested Grebe [juvenile and adults]. Pit Top: c.10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Common Kestrel, c.30 Goldfinch, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay. Woodland: 1 Jay, 3 Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Robin, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Warbler.

Wed 23rd Sep

• Cotham Flash - 5 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank.
• Kilvington - West Lake: 2 Yellow-legged Gull [adult winter and 2nd winter].

Mon 21st Sep

• Collingham - New Workings/Silt Pond: 3 Little Egret, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper.
• Cotham Flash - 7 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank.
• Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Little Egret, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Greenshank, 4 Yellow-legged Gull.

Sun 20th Sep

• Budby Pumping Station - 1 Dunlin, Common Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk [male], Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, Bullfinch [male], Siskin [small flock].
• Budby Woods - Common Buzzard, Common Kingfisher.
• Nottingham - Common Kestrel [Wilkinson Street area].
• Bennerley Marsh - 20 Northern Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 40 Black-headed Gull, Green Woodpecker, 5 Meadow Pipit, Sedge Warbler.
• Greasley - Honey Buzzard [to south at 13:04], 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 7 Grey Partridge, Corn Bunting, 3 Yellowhammer, 5 Linnet.
• Moorgreen Woods - 5 Common Buzzard, 3 Common Kestrel, Tawny Owl, 3 Willow Tit, Coal Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch.
• Moorgreen Reservoir - 70 Greylag Goose, 4 Common Pochard, 2 Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail.
• Bulwell - 1 Common Buzzard [over Snape Wood].

Sat 19th Sep

• West Bridgford - 1 Common Buzzard.
• Budby Pumping Station - 2 Common Snipe, 8 Common Buzzard, Hobby, Osprey [female, through], Mandarin Duck, 6 Northern Shoveler [female], 12 Eurasian Teal [female], Common Kingfisher, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 2 Little Grebe.
• Holme Pierrepont - 50+ Blackcap, 30+ Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, 40+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Common Snipe, 45 Eurasian Wigeon, 6 Northern Shoveler, 8 Eurasian Teal, 4 Gadwall, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Grey Wagtail.
• Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Northern Pintail, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 73 Northern Lapwing, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Water Rail, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 House Martin, 2 Common Buzzard.

Fri 18th Sep

• Collingham - New Workings: 4 Little Egret, 3 Common Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper.
• Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 1 Green Sandpiper.
• Langford Lowfields - Silt Pond: 1 Little Stint, 1 Common Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper.
• Cotham Flash - 4 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper.
• Kilvikngton - West Lake: 2 Ringed Plover.
• Ruddington - 6 Common Buzzard [circling, being mobbed by corvids].

Thu 17th Sep

• West Leake - 14 Pink-footed Goose [north-west in early morning].
• Silverhill Wood - 2 Grey Wagtail.
• Bennerley Marsh - Whinchat [female], Stonechat [female], Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Eurasian Teal, Green Woodpecker, 2 Common Kestrel.
• Wellow - 3 Bullfinch, 2 Common Buzzard.

Wed 16th Sep

• Collingham - New Workings/Silt Pond: 3 Little Egret, 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Snipe, 3 Eurasian Curlew, 2 Green Sandpiper.
• Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper.
• Cotham Flash - 5 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank.
• Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin.
• Nottingham - 1 Common Kingfisher [canal near Sainsbury's, Castle Boulevard].

Tue 15th Aug

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Marsh Harrier [female low over other side of river at 15:30ish], Red Kite [being mobbed by buzzards], 2 Common Buzzard.
• Meden Pumping Station - 8 Corn Bunting [right side of bridge in hedge], Common Kestrel, Great Cressted Grebe, Little Grebe, Bullfinch.

Mon 14th Aug

• Collingham - New Workings/Silt Pond: 39 Northern Shoveler, 9 Little Egret, 2 Eurasian Curlew [over], 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail.
• Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper.
• Cotham Flash - 2 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank.
• Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin.
• Stapleford - 2 Sparrowhawk [pair near Trowell].

Sun 13th Aug

• Bennerley Marsh - 40 Northern Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Meadow Pipit. North Marsh: 2 Grey Wagtail, Common Kingfisher, Jay.
• Milnhay Water Treatment Works - 2 Grey Wagtail.
• Brinsley Pit Top - Little Owl.
• Moorgreen . Common Pochard, 75 Greylag Goose, Chiffchaff.
• Newthorpe - Tawny Owl.

Sat 12th Sep

• Budby Pumping Station - Common Kestrel [male], Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, White Wagtail, Bullfinch [male], 1 Swallow, Chiffchaff, Common Kingfisher [male].
• Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 1 Osprey [15:00].
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Ruddy Shelduck [female on Tween Pond].
• Stapleford - Red Kite [probable, high to south-west].
• Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area and Front of Old House: 2 Black Swan, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Goose, 18 Red-crested Pochard, 29 Tufted Duck, 32 Moorhen, 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Greater Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Blackcap, 1 Sparrowhawk [female with kill on bank], 6 Woodpigeon, 2 Common Crow, 1 Northern Wheatear. Rear of Old House/Rose Garden: 2 Jackdaw, 12 Common Crow, 100+ Eurasian Starling, 4 Song Thrush, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Heron [flying over], Chaffinch [numerous in mixed flock], Greenfinch [numerous in mixed flock], Goldfinch [numerous in mixed flock], Wren, Tree Sparrow, Blackbird, Robin, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch. Old Railway Line: 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Sparrowhawk [male], Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Chaffinch, Blackbird. Bowling Green Feeders: 13 Collared Dove, 5 Woodpigeon, 3 Pied Wagtail, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Goldfinch.

Fri 11th Sep

• Mansfield - Black Redstart [male showing well on top of outpatient clinic of King's Mill Hospital].
• Huthwaite - Silverhill Trail: 7 Bullfinch, 2 Willow Tit.
• West Bridgford - 1 Chiffchaff [singing on Wilford Embankment].

Thu 10th Sep

• Bennerley Marsh - Whinchat [Chat Corner at 15:05], 20 Meadow Pipit, Common Kingfisher, 70 Northern Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Eurasian Teal. North Marsh: Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff.
• Gonalston - 8 Common Buzzard [in the air together].
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 Common Kingfisher, 12 Common Buzzard [up together over river].

Wed 9th Sep

• Wellow - Common Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff.
• Hoveringham - 2 Hobby [juveniles].

Tue 8th Sep

• Attenborough Nature Reserve -
• Budby Pumping Station - 3 Green Sandpiper, 35 Northern Lapwing, Gadwall, Eurasian Teal, 4 Spotted Flycatcher, Goldcrest, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk [female], Willow Tit.
• Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Hobby, Common Kestrel, 7 Common Buzzard, 1 Osprey.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Snow Goose [possible escapee / very white Greylag. Blueish/grey body, white neck, pink/cream legs, pink beak with black line along mouth. Seen on Clifton Pond], 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Common Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker [near Clifton Pond].
• Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 3 Mute swan, 2 Black Swan [still courting and nest building - cob very aggressive], 2 Greylag Goose, 29 Tufted Duck, 18 Red-crested Pochard [numbers fluctuate daily from 18 to 34], 26 Moorhen, 2 Grey Heron [1 juvenile], 1 Cormorant [juvenile chased off by Mute Swans], 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Garden Warbler, 16 Collared Dove, 1 Spotted Flycatcher. Rear of Old House/ Rose Garden: 22 Chaffinch, 19 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 27 Woodpigeon, 8 Common Crow, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Sparrowhawk, Dunnock [numerous], Robin [numerous], Tree Sparrow [numerous], Blackbird [numerous], Song Thrush [numerous], Wren [numerous], 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 50+ Eurasian Starling. Bowling Green Feeders: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Magpie, 2 Common Crow, 4 Woodpigeon, 5 Collared Dove, Wren [numerous], Robin [numerous], Tree Sparrow [numerous], Chaffinch [numerous], 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Sun 6th Sep

• Holme Pierrepont - Common Swift [c.20 sightings of passage birds], House Martin [moving south], Common Greenshank, 2 Grey Wagtail, 110 Northern Lapwing, Blackcap, Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 10 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret [in front of tall hide], 1 Common Snipe, 4 Red-crested Pochard, 1 Water Rail [heard], 10 Common Tern, 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Gadwall, 4 Northern Shoveler, 1 Common Shelduck [near Visitor Centre], 10 Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [juvenile], 2 Eurasian Wigeon.
• Bennerley Marsh - 50 Canada Goose, 30 Black-headed Gull, Common Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker, Common Kestrel.
• Newthorpe - Barn Owl.
• Greasley - Hobby, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 60 Northern Lapwing, 3 Yellowhammer, 7 Common Pheasant, 100 Swallow, 30 House Martin.
• Moorgreen Reservoir - Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, Grey Wagtail.
• Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 8 Common Buzzard, Osprey [present at 14:25].
• Budby Pumping Station - Common Buzzard, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Green Sandpiper, 12+ Eurasian Teal, Sedge Warbler, 2 Hobby, Sparrowhawk.

Sat 5th Sep

• Radcliffe on Trent - 3 Hobby [chasing Woodpigeons - Hollow Well field].
• Kilvington - 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Common Swift, Common Redstart [male in hawthorn at Flawborough end], 1 Ruff, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret.
• Cotham Flash - 1 Hobby, 2 Common Greenshank.
• Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Common Buzzard, 2 Hobby.
• Budby Pumping station - Common Sandpiper, House Martin, Swallow, Sand Martin, Sparrowhawk, 2 Hobby, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker [female], Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Green Sandpiper, Goldcrest, Blackcap [male].

Fri 4th Sep

• Collingham - New Workings/Silt Pond: 40 Northern Shoveler, 8 Little Egret, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 4 Green Sandpiper.
• Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 2 Green Sandpiper.
• Cotham Flash - 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank.
• Kilvington - West Lake: 2 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 White Wagtail.
• Holme Pierrepont - Northern Wheatear [car park next to rugby club at 12:45].

Thu 3rd Sep

• Cotham Flash - 1 Marsh Harrier [over, evening].

Tue 1st Sep

• Cotham Flash - 1 Dunlin, 5 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper.
• Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Little Egret, 2 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Northern Wheatear.

Many thanks to:

Simon Barsby, Mervyn Bartle, Gerald Bonham, Robin Brace, Dee Burrows, Andy Capstick, Jimmy Christmas, Leslie Fisher, Nigel Grice, Chris Horton, Gary Hunt, Gill Hunt, Kevin Hutchby, Dave Jones, William Laidler, Pete Leonard, Tim Lister, Tom Malarkey, John Mansfield, Darren Matthews, John Mowbray, Kevin Mullins, John Pemblington, Michael Stringer, Joe Taylor, A Whiteside.