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April 2010
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Fri 30th Apr
Kilvington - 1 Whimbrel.
Thu 29th Apr
Bennerley Marsh - 2 Common Tern, Common Redshank, 12 Northern Lapwing, 2 Gadwall, Eurasian Teal, Green Woodpecker, 5 Bullfinch, 2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 3 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Swallow. Chat Corner:. 14 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 7 Reed Bunting, Grasshopper Warbler, 7 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Common Kestrel.
Clumber Park - Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Mandarin Duck [males], 2 Common Pheasant, Eurasian Nuthatch, Jackdaw, Robin.
Wed 28th Apr
Cotham Flash - 1 Northern Wheatear, 2 Common Swift, 1 Cuckoo.
Nottingham - Red-crested Pochard [male on canal near London Road].
Bennerley Marsh - Chat Corner:. Whinchat [male], 4 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Skylark, Green Woodpecker. Marsh: 2 Common Tern, Common Redshank, 16 Northern Lapwing, 2 Gadwall, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat [top cut].
Tue 27th Apr
Welbeck - Common Buzzard [several], Common Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Hobby.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Kingfisher, Garden Warbler.
Bennerley Marsh - 2 Common Tern, Common Redshank, 15 Northern Lapwing, 2 Gadwall, Common Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Swallow, 2 Common Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker. Chat Corner: Grasshopper Warbler, 5 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Grey Partridge, Common Kestrel, Green Woodpecker.
Kilvington Lakes - 1 Goosander, 2 Common Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Northern Wheatear.
Mon 26th Apr
Norton - 10 Northern Lapwing, Common Buzzard [hunting rabbits].
Clumber Park - - 2 Mandarin Duck, Common Pheasant, 2 Stock Dove. South Lawns: Common Kestrel, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Cuckoo, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Mute Swan.
Leapool - 1 Red Kite [between roundabout and Burnstump Hill - near Robin Hood Garden Centre].
Sun 25th Apr
Blidworth Bottoms - 2 Cuckoo [pair].
Clifton Grove - 5 Ring Ouzel, Grasshopper Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Bullfinch [male & female], Blackcap, 4 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk.
Barton in Fabis - 3 Corn Bunting, 1 Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Buzzard, 6 Skylark.
Welbeck Lakes - 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker [males], Common Buzzard, Hobby, Mandarin Duck.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Chiffchaff, 6 Common Shelduck, Swallow, Common Swift, Marsh Harrier [femlae soaring before heading north], Goldfinch, Skylark.
Kilvington Lake- 1 Whimbrel [on West Lake in the evening before flying].
Cotham Flash- 1 Cuckoo, 2 Common Snipe, 6 Eurasian Teal, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Northern Wheatear.
NWT Brierley's Meadow - 1 Grasshopper Warbler.
Langford Lowfields - 1 Cuckoo, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, [reeling], 1 Reed Warbler [singing], 2 Lesser Whitethroat [singing].
Gunthorpe - Swallow, Sand Martin, House Martin.
Sat 24th Apr
Stanton on the Wolds - Cuckoo [calling].
King's Mill Reservior - 1 Whooper Swan [at 18:30].
Hoveringham- 4 Little Gull [Railway Lake].
Welbeck - Robin Hood Trail: 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Northern Lapwing. Dukeries Garden Centre: 4 Common Buzzard [mobbed by corvids].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Common Buzzard, Linnet, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldfinch, Song Thrush, Pied Wagtail, Bullfinch, Marsh Harrier [female].
Welbeck Lakes - Northern Lapwing, Common Buzzard, 3 Mandarin Duck [2 male & 1 female], Grey Heron, Stock Dove Chaffinch, Gadwall, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk [male], Common Kestrel [male], Willow Warbler
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Oystercatcher, Reed Bunting, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat.
Fri 23rd Apr
Budby Pumping Station - 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Oystercatcher, Blackcap, Common Buzzard.
Thu 22nd Apr
Attenborough Nature Reserve- Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Ross's Goose [presumed escape], Common Swift, Common Tern, Sand Martin, Swallow, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Oystercatcher, Tree Sparrow [Wheatear Field].
Clumber Park - 2 Mandarin Duck, 1 Stock Dove.
Cuckney - Barn Owl [hunting].
Carburton - Grey Heron [fishing near narrow old bridge].
Wed 21st Apr
Cotham Flash - 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Fieldfare.
Clumber Park - Great Spotted Woodpecker [male], 2 Mandarin Duck [pair], 2 Stock Dove [pair], 2 Common Pheasant [pair], 3 Robin, 3 Chaffinch [male].
Upper Morton - 2 Common Buzzard [soaring].
Tue 20th Apr
Bilsthorpe- Red Kite [drifting west over A614].
Ollerton - 1 Ring Ouzel [between Ollerton and Rufford].
Bennerley Marsh - Common Shelduck, 8 Eurasian Teal, 11 Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Kestrel, Willow Warbler. Water Treatment Works: 2 Northern Wheatear [horse field by treatment works' gate], 50 House Martin, 7 Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Common Kestrel. Chat Corner: Common Buzzard, 2 Meadow Pipit, Skylark, 3 Bullfinch.
Kilvington - West Lake: 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Northern Wheatear, 3 Dunlin, 3 Common Redshank, 2 Ringed Plover.
Balderton - Houe Martin.
Silverhill Trail - c.40 Fieldfare.
Annesley Pit Top - 7 Ring Ouzel, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Common Swift.
Sutton in Ashfield - Barn Owl [road-side casualty near Caudwell Dam].
Mon 19th Apr
Bestwood Village - Mill Lakes: 1 Pink-footed Goose.
Clifton Grove - Holme Pit: Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat, 6 Common Buzzard, Red-tailed Hawk, Sand Martin [several], House Martin [several], Swallow [several], 6 Common Kestrel, 2 Goldcrest, 6 Eurasian Nuthatch.
Harlow Wood - 2 Tree Pipit [singing].
Fountaindale - 1 Mandarin Duck [male].
Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 1 Little Egret, 6 Ringed Plover, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Mallard [with 8 young].
Sun 18th Apr
Budby Pumping Station - Sparrowhawk, Oystercatcher, Common Buzzard, Reed Bunting, Great Crested Grebe.
Oxton Estate - 100+ European Golden Plover.
Kilvington- Red Kite [through south].
Welbeck Lakes - Northern Lapwing, Common Buzzard [carrying a duck], 4 Mandarin Duck [3 male & 1 female].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Grasshopper Warbler [Wheatear Field].
Bennerley Marsh - 5 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Swallow, Jay, Green Woodpecker, 5 Northern Lapwing, Jay. Chat Corner: Grasshopper Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Reed Bunting, Skylark, 2 Green Woodpecker, Common Kestrel.
Moorgreen Reservoir And Woods - 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Bullfinch, Jay, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Northern Lapwing.
Sat 17th Apr
Bentinck Void - Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, Jack Snipe. Plus: Roe Deer.
Cotham Flash - 1 Grasshopper Warbler [by metal gates], 2 Green Woodpecker [pair], 1 Common Buzzard.
Welbeck Lakes - Blackcap, Common Buzzard [being mobbed], Tawny Owl, Goldcrest.
Budby Pumping Station - 2 Oystercatcher [pair], Little Grebe, Hobby [through at 10:05], Cuckoo [male].
Fri 16th Apr
Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 70 Tufted Duck [highest head count for over a year], 3 Coot [recent arrivals - no Coots have been present on park since 2008], 18 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Common Pochard, 1 Cormorant [daily visitor], 2 Canada Goose, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Grey Wagtail, 6 Swallow. Rear of Old House/ Rose Garden: 37 Greenfinch, 28 Goldfinch, 1 Sparrowhawk [female], 5 Mistle Thrush, 4 Song Thrush, 1 Eursian Nuthatch, 45 Woodpigeon, 22 Collared Dove, 2 Jackdaw, 18 Carrion Crow, 60+ Starling, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Goldcrest, Chaffinch, Tree Sparrow, House Sparrow, Blackbird, Wren, Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock. Old Railway Line: 1 Treecreeper, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Jay. Bowling Green feeders: 6 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Coal Tit, 7 Magpie, 1 Blackcap [ringed], 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Woodpigeon, 6 Chaffinch.
Sherwood Forest - Blackcap, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Blue Tit.
Cotham Flash - Grasshopper warbler [singing nearby], 12 Fieldfare [over].
Clumber Park - 5 Common Buzzard, Cuckoo [heard].
Worksop - Common Buzzard [above Sainsbury's].
Ranby - 2 Common Buzzard [attacked by corvids near prison].
Bennerley Marsh - 2 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 8 Northern Lapwing, 6 Eurasian Teal, 2 Gadwall. Chat Corner: Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 5 Skylark, 8 Meadow Pipit, 3 Green Woodpecker. Shipley Gate: 2 Swallow, Sand Martin, Grey Wagtail. North Marsh:. 5 Reed Bunting, 2 Swallow, 16 Sand Martin.
Thu 15th Apr
Mansfield- Common Buzzard [Berry Hill area - still visiting garden].
Wed 14th Apr
Cuckney- 2 Shelduck [on pond], Barn Owl.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Arctic Tern [Main Pond].
Hoveringham Gravel Pits - Common Redshank, Ringed Plover, Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Northern Lapwing, 3 Yellow Wagtail [mixed with about 10 Pied Wagtail on meadow by old Railway Lake], 3 Oystercatcher, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 6+ Eurasian Wigeon.
Tue 13th Apr
Stanton on the Wolds - Common Swift.
Netherfield Lagoons - Hobby.
Mon 12th Apr
Redhill Cemetery - 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6+ Goldfinch, 1 Sparrowhawk [male], 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Swallow, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Coal Tit.
Sherwood Forest - Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Willow Warbler.
Budby Heath - Yellowhammer, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff.
Sun 11th April
Bentinck Void - Marsh Harrier [to east-south-east], Grasshopper Warbler.
Clifton Grove - 3 Oystercatcher, Cuckoo, 2 Sedge Warbler.
Bennerley Marsh - Willow Warbler, 100 European Golden Plover, 8 Northern Lapwing, 3 Eurasian Teal, Sparrowhawk. Chat Corner: 8 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, Grey Heron.
Greasley - Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron.
Colliers Wood - 2 Mandarin Duck [male & female], Green Woodpecker.
Moorgreen Reservoir & Woods - 7 Chiffchaff, 3 Coal Tit, 4 Eurasian Nuthatch, Jay, Common Buzzard, Tawny Owl, 10 Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Bullfinch [pair], Lesser Redpoll, Blackcaps [several].
Sat 10th Apr
Bentinck Void- Grasshopper Warbler, Eurasian Curlew.
Hoveringham - Great White Egret [n small creek near Sailing Lake early morning but flew into private area near Coneygre Farm].
Netherfield Lagoons - 3 Grasshopper Warbler [around large pit], 3 Sedge Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 4 Oystercatcher, 6 Blackcap, 1 Sparrowhawk.
Newstead - 3 Common Buzzard [over cemetery].
Bennerley Marsh - 420+ European Golden Plover [including 300+ over], 7 Northern Lapwing, 2 Eurasian Teal, 2 Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker. Chat Corner: 5 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, Common Kestrel.
Westhorpe - 1 Blackcap [male].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Northern Wheatear [male], Yellow Wagtail, 2 Oystercatcher.
West Bridgford - Sparrowhawk [inside City Ground].
Nottingham University - Boating Lake 3 Blackcap [males], 6 Chiffchaff, Eurasian Nuthatch, Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit.
Clifton Grove - Common Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail.
Wollaton - 2 Ring-necked Parakeet [over The Wollaton public house towards Wollaton Park at 17:10].
Fri 9th Apr
Welbeck Lakes - Common Buzzard, Cuckoo [male], Tawny Owl, 4 Oystercatcher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Mandarin Duck.
Budby Pumping Station - Northern Wheatear [male], Chiffchaff, Cuckoo.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 4 Common Shelduck, 22 Goldfinch, 2 Oystercatcher, Northern Lapwing, 8 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel [pair].
Woodthorpe - 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Song Thrush.
Bestwood Village - 12 Common Buzzard, 10 Chiffchaff, 3 Swallows, 1 House Martin, 4 Goldcrest, 2 Common Kingfisher [duck ponds].
Giltbrook - 2 Common Buzzard [over Ikea car park].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Grey Heron [several across reserve], 2 Northern Shoveler [pair near quarry works], Grasshopper Warbler, [Tower Hide], Common Whitethroat [near river by the sluice].
Thu 8th Apr
Besthorpe Nature Reserve - Chiffchaff [fairly widespread], 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Reed Bunting [2+ pairs], 2 Swallow, 2 Bullfinch [pair], Sparrowhawk, 3 Great-crested Grebe, 2 Northern Lapwing, Common Kingfisher [ditch near Mons Pool].
Bennerley Marsh - 160 European Golden Plover, 9 Northern Lapwing, 6 Eurasian Teal, Green Woodpecker, Common Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 3 Chiffchaff, Swallow, Sand Martin. Chat Corner:. 5 Skylark, 2 Chiffchaff.
Arnold - Willow Warbler [singing].
Holme Pierrepont - 3 Oystercatcher [Blott's], Common Shelduck [Blott's], Yellow Wagtail, [adjacent Regatta Lake], Pied Wagtail.
Cotham Flash- 2 Common Crane.
Collingham - Trent Lane and Gravel Pits: Grey Heron, Yellowhammer, Green Woodpecker, Skylark, Reed Bunting, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Oystercatcher, Northern Lapwing, Common Kestrel, Sand Martin.
Wellow - 15+ Linnet, 4 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 2 Skylark.
Retford.- 2 Swallow [on wires at Whitehouses].
Wed 7th Apr
Wellow - 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker.
Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Sedge Warbler [singing males].
Tue 6th Apr
Bennerley Marsh - 3 Eurasian Wigeon, 6 Eurasian Teal, 10 Northern Lapwing, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull. North Marsh:. 5 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 2 Reed Bunting.
Aldercar Flash - 7 Gadwall, 7 Eurasian Teal, Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe.
Mansfield - Common Buzzard [visiting a garden on Berry Hill Lane for past few weeks].
Bulwell Hall Park - Mandarin Duck.
Ratcliffe on Soar - Red Kite [on A453 at 13:15 just past power station], Common Buzzard.
Mon 5th Apr
Welbeck Lakes - 3 Osprey [through, all travelling west at 10:45, 15:00 and 17:30], Blackcap, Goldcrest, 2 Common Shelduck, Reed Bunting, 2 Mandarin Duck [pair].
Budby Pumping Station - Osprey [through west at 14:40].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Sedge Warbler, Blackcap.
Sun 4th Apr
Bestwood Country Park - Mill Lakes: 1 Mandarin Duck [male at south end of lake, present since 24th April], 1 Pink-footed Goose [at north end of lake, present since February. Possibly injured].
King's Mill Reservoir - 3 Sandwich Tern.
Holme Pierrepont - 1 House Martin, 80+ Sand Martin.
Clumber Park - 7 Mandarin Duck [4 male & 3 female].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Bahama Pintail [escape], Great Crested Grebe, Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, 4 Red-crested Pochard, Common Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail, 8 Goosander, 6 Reed Bunting, 2 Eurasian Teal, 2 Common Shelduck, 1 Northern Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Tree Sparrow, 3 House Sparrow, Common Kestrel, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Barn Swallow.
Sat 3rd Apr
Budby Pumping Station- 6 Swallow, 4 House Martin, 12+ Sand Martin, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Reed Warbler, Chiffchaff [singing], 2 Common Shelduck.
Caythorpe - River Trent: White Wagtail, 12 Oystercatcher, Grey Partridge, 5 Chiffchaff.
Bennerley Marsh - Yellow Wagtail, Swallow, Chiffchaff, 5 Bullfinch, 15 Northern Lapwing, 7 Eurasian Teal, 3 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Northern Shoveler. Chat Corner: 2 Sand Martin, 20 Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark, Common Buzzard, 2 Grey Partridge, 3 Common Pheasant, 2 Common Kestrel.
Thu 1st Apr
Bakersfield - 4 Swallow [over north].
Bingham - 1 Red Kite [over fields near industrial estate].
Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 2 Black Swan, 6 Greylag Goose, 4 Canada Goose, 1 Coot, 19 Red-crested Pochard, 42 Tufted Duck, 2 Common Pochard, 36 Moorhen, 1 Cormorant, 1 Blackcap [ringed], 6 Long-tailed Tit. Rear of Old House/Rose Garden: 35 Greenfinch, 28 Goldfinch, 50+ Chaffinch, 22 Great Tit, 19 Blue Tit, 2 Jay, 1 Jackdaw, 50+ Woodpigeon, 60+ Collared Dove [flock], 9 Magpie, 18 Carrion Crow, 6 Song Thrush, 14 Mistle Thrush, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Sparrowhawk [female], 2 Bullfinch [on prunus buds], 40+ Starling, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, House Sparrow. Old Railway Line: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Tawny Owl [heard]. Bowling Green Feeders: Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, House Sparrow, Robin, Dunnock, Blackcap, Wren, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Grey Heron [over].
Colwick Country Park - 40 Sand Martin, 12+ Chiffchaff, 35 Pied Wagtail, 2 Common Kingfisher [pair].
Bennerley Marsh - 12 Eurasian Teal, 2 Eurasian Wigeon, 10 Northern Lapwing, Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker. Chat Corner:. 3 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit. Shipley Gate: Chiffchaff. North Marsh: Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Bunting, 5 Common Pheasant.
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