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April 2013
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Tue 30th Apr
Kirklington - Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, Coot, Moorhen, Common Kestrel, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Grey Heron, Eurasian Starling, Carrion Crow, Rook, Jackdaw, European Robin, Blackbird, Skylark, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, House Sparrow, House Martin, Barn Swallow, Yellowhammer, Woodpigeon, Collard Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Linnet, 30+ Common Pheasant, Reed Bunting.
Hoveringham - Sailing Lake: Carrion Crow, 40+ Yellow Wagtail [mix of adults and juveniles], Pied Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting, Carrion Crow, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Coot, Mallard, Greylag Goose, Barn Swallow, House Martin, Common Whitethroat [singing in dyke by entrance gate].
Bentinck Void - 5 Northern Wheatear.
Arnold - Plains Estate: 20+ Bohemian Waxwing [feeding on Norway Maple off Ramsey Drive].
Gringley Carr - 5 Northern Wheatear, Whinchat, 2 White Wagtail, 5 Northern Wheatear.
Skegby - 6 Northern Wheatear [fields off Dawgate Lane], 12 Yellowhammer.
Beeston Canal - Skylark, 2 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Willow Tit [feeding low on overhanging tree roots].
Mansfield Woodhouse - Common Swift.
Kinoulton - Common Cuckoo, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, 4 Yellowhammer, 2 Reed Bunting, Willow Warbler, c.4 Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Canada Goose, 6 Mallard, Blackcap.
Mon 29th Apr
Rufford Country Park - 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 1 Common Shelduck [drake], 1 Red-crested Pochard.
Besthorpe NWT - Meering: 1 Green Sandpiper.
Collingham Lakes - 4 Common Goldeneye, 2 Ringed Plover [Silt Pond].
Barton-in-Fabis - 2 Black-tailed Godwit [Cottages Flash].
Colwick Country Park - Willow Warbler, 20+ Greylag Goose, Blackcap [female], 12+ Common Tern, 6 Cormorant, Great Tit, 30+ Canada Goose, Common Coot, Moorhen, 10 Tufted Duck [5 pairs].
Woodborough - Common Cuckoo [heard], Common Swift, 6 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldfinch, 4 Common Pheasant, Red-legged Partridge, 6 Chaffinch.
Holme Pierrepont - 8 Great Tit, 10+ European Robin, 18+ Magpie, 8+ Blackbird, 3+ Goldfinch, 7+ Common Pheasant, 8+ Dunnock, 30+ Eurasian Starling, 66+ Woodpigeon, 2 Grey Heron, 4+ Jackdaw, 6+ House Sparrow, 3 Mistle Thrush, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Kestrel, 3 Rook, 30+ Canada Goose, 14 Chaffinch, 4 Wren, 18+ Carrion Crow, 1 Song Thrush, 10 Willow Warbler, 14 Mute Swan, 22 Tufted Duck, 12 Common Coot, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Blue Tit, Moorhen, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Reed Bunting, 6 Blackcap, 9 Common Tern, 2 Common Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 14 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Mallard, 1 Common Goldeneye, 3 Bullfinch, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 3+ Yellow Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 4 Grey Wagtail, 2 Cormorant, 10+ Greylag Goose.
Sun 28th Apr
West Bridgford - 2 Common Swift [Abbey Park].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 2 Blackcap, 1 Marsh Tit, Willow Warbler [numerous], Chiffchaff, Lesser Redpoll, 4 Common Redstart[singing males], 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 30+ Common Crossbill, 4 Tree Pipit, 1 Common Cuckoo, 1 Yellowhammer, 4 Willow Warbler.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Whinchat, 2 Oystercatcher, Common Shelduck, 2 Yellow Wagtail [Clifton Pond], Red-crested Pochard [pair at Visitor Centre and leucistic pair on Tween Pond].
Sat 27th Apr
Colwick Country Park - 3 Long-tailed Tit, 15 Blue Tit, 23 Great Tit, 7 Wren, 11 Robin, 6 Chiffchaff, 12 Willow Warbler, 7 Dunnock, 2 Greenfinch, 18 Chaffinch, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Pied Wagtail, 6 Eurasian Starling, 2 Song Thrush, 13 Blackbird, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 9 Sand Martin, 2 Common Pheasant, 4 Common Whitethroat, 13 Blackcap, 3 Jackdaw, 9 Magpie, 11 Carrion Crow, 30 Woodpigeon, 23 Mallard, 21 Tufted Duck, 1 Dunlin, 7 Cormorant , 30 Rook, 15 Greylag Goose.
Budby Pumping Station - 1 Common Cuckoo, 1 Common Swift, 1 Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard [several].
Keyworth - Whinchat.
Holme Pierrepont - Hobby, Lesser Scaup [drake].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Hobby.
Netherfield Lagoons - Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, 4 Common Tern, Barn Swallow, Sand Martin.
Fri 26th Apr
Sherwood Forest NNR - 1 Northern Wheatear.
Top Valley - 20 Bohemian Waxwing [Tesco].
Holme Pierrepont - Hobby [A52 pit - 11:30], Lesser Scaup [drake], 1 Northern Wheatear.
Kilvington Lakes - 1 Common Goldeneye, 4 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 1 Eurasian Curlew, 25 Common Redshank, 1 Common Greenshank, 5 Common Sandpiper.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Red-rumped Swallow.
Thu 25th Apr
Clumber Park - 5 Common Crossbill.
Cresswell Crags - 1 Ring Ouzel.
Holme Pierrepont - Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Northern Wheatear, Willow Warbler, Reed Bunting, Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Hobby, Lesser Scaup.
Meden Vale - garden: 10+ Lesser Redpoll, 10+ Siskin, 10+ Linnet, 6 Goldfinch.
Keyworth - 1 Ring Ouzel, 2 Whinchat, 24 Northern Wheatear, 3 Green Woodpecker.
Kilvington Lakes - 8 Whimbrel, 2 Common Redshank, 1 Common Greenshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 2 Oystercatcher, 8 Northern Shoveler, 4 Common Shelduck, 1 Gadwall, 2 Eurasian Wigeon, 4 Eurasian Teal.
Hangar Hill Wood- Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Common Redstart, Yellowhammer, Chiffchaff.
Maun Valley Trail - Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Barn Swallow, Sand Martin, Common Cuckoo, Lesser Whitethroat, Lesser Redpoll.
Welbeck Colliery - Green Woodpecker, Northern Lapwing, Dunnock, Skylark.
Wed 24th Apr
Arnold - 3 Bohemian Waxwing [Boyd Close].
Colwick - 3 Bohemian Waxwing [near school on Vale Road].
Sutton Lawn Dam - Common Sandpiper [opposite slipway].
Redhill - c.25 Bohemian Waxwing.
Highfields Park - Eurasian Jay, Blackcap, 7 Eurasian Teal, Common Pochard [pair], Mistle Thrush [pair], Song Thrush, Stock Dove.
Bennerley Marsh - 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Redshank, 22 European Golden Plover, 3 Gadwall.
Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 3 Dunlin, 1 Eurasian Curlew.
Maun Valley Trail - Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap [males].
Holme Pierrepont - Lesser Scaup.
Tue 23rd Apr
Holme Pierrepont - Lesser Scaup.
Kinoulton - Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, c.4 Reed Bunting, 3 Yellowhammer, 3 Blackcap, 2 Yellow Wagtail [males], 6 Barn Swallow, Chiffchaff, Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard.
Sherwood Forest NNR - 4 Common Redstart [2 pairs].
Skegby Trail - Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 3 Tree Sparrow, Linnet [male], 2 Fieldfare.
Hickling - Water Rail [dead individual].
Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Redshank, 1 Common Whitethroat, 9 Chiffchaff, 12 Blackcap, 6 Willow Warbler, 3 Barn Swallow, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Water Rail, 5 Common Buzzard, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk.
Hucknall - garden: 2 Siskin, 2 Yellowhammer, 2 Lesser Redpoll [female], Goldfinch, 1 Greenfinch [male], Collared Dove, 1 Brambling [female ground-feeding with male Chaffinch & House Sparrow.
Mon 22nd Apr
Skegby Trail - Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Common Buzzard.
Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 1 White Wagtail, 20 Yellow Wagtail.
Keyworth - 23 Northern Wheatear
King's Mill Reservoir - 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap [female], Barn Swallow, House Martin, 2 Eurasian Teal, 3 Northern Lapwing.
Sun 21st Apr
Kinoulton - 2 Yellow Wagtail [males], Common Whitethroat, Grey Heron, Common Buzzard, c.6 Reed Bunting, 3 Chiffchaff, 6 Barn Swallow.
Netherfield Lagoons - 3 Blackcap, Chiffcaff, Common Whitethroat, Linnet, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler.
Rufford Country Park - Cirl Bunting [unconfirmed report].
Wollaton - Common Buzzard [Hall].
Worksop - A60 Broad Lane: 1 Northern Wheatear [male].
Keyworth - 34 Northern Wheatear, 1 Whinchat, 1 Yellow Wagtail.
Bilborough - 15 Bohemian Waxwing [Harvey Hadden].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 1 Common Cuckoo, 5 Tree Pipit, 2 Blackcap, 7 Willow Warbler, 1 Stonechat [male].
Nottingham University - 9 Eurasian Jay [near Lenton Park Abbey].
Sat 20th Apr
King's Mill Reservoir - Bohemian Waxwing, Arctic Tern, Common Snipe.
Calverton - Watchwood and Foxcovert Plantation: Northern Wheatear [Calverton Pit Top], 2 Tree Pipit, Common Cuckoo, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Lesser Redpoll, Bullfinch, linnet, 2 Common Buzzard.
Skegby Trail - Great Tit, Blue Tit, Willow Tit, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Skylark, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Canada Goose, Mandarin Duck [pair over], Yellowhammer, Eurasian Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Stock Dove, Willow Warbler, 5 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Common Redstart [male & female].
Kinoulton - Yellow Wagtail, 3 Skylark, Song Thrush, Blackcap, Common Kestrel, 3 Common Buzzard, 4 Reed Bunting, 2 House Martin.
Colwick Woods - Garden Warbler [singing], Willow Warbler [singing], Blackcap.
Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 1 Arctic Tern, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting, 2Common Sandpiper, 1 Northern Wheatear, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Green Woodpecker, 12 Yellow Wagtail, 14 Pied Wagtail.
Netherfield Lagoons - 1 White Wagtail, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Northern Wheatear, 7 Common Tern, 4 Sedge Warbler, 3 Reed Warbler, 6 Common Whitethroat, 1 Common Buzzard, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler.
Sutton Bridge - Black Redstart [male].
Worksop - House Martin [Forest Lane].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Buzzard, Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, 5 Willow Warbler, 4 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 6 Common Tern, 2 Great-spotted Woodpecker [drumming], 1 Green Woodpecker.
Fri 19th Apr
Hoveringham - Gonalston Lane: 20 Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail.
West Bridgford - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker [drumming on bird box in park].
Winthorpe - 12 House Martin.
Worksop - c.20 Siskin [Meadow Lee at 09:45].
Besthorpe NWT - Meering: 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper [one on adjacent river bank], 2 Yellow Wagtail. Mons Pool: 1 Little Egret, 4 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 3+ House Martin, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Sedge Warbler.
Collingham Lakes - 17 Northern Shoveler, 6 Common Goldeneye, 1 Dunlin, 1 Black-tailed Godwit [Ferry Lane Lake], 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail.
Budby Pumping Station - 1 Osprey [flying down river Meden towards Budby], 2 Blackcap.
Clumber Park - 1 Common Swift, 20+ Barn Swallow, 20+ Sand Martin, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Common Sandpiper [pair Hardwick Village wetland], 3 Mandarin Duck [2 males & 1 female].
Welbeck Watchpoint - 1 Osprey [with primary missing on right wing], 6 Common Buzzard.
Worksop - Little Owl [Dukeries Industrial Estate].
Sherwood Pines - 1 Common Cuckoo [calling].
Walesby - 5 Yellow Wagtail [public footpath from Walesby to Bevercotes Pit Wood].
Sutton Bridge - Black Redstart [male].
Thu 18th Apr
Bilsthorpe - 1 Black Redstart [female in garden].
Mapperley - 12 Bohemian Waxwing [tree on St Jude's Avenue].
Calverton - Hollinwood Lane: 1 Common Redstart [female/1st year male], 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackbird, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Bullfinch [pair].
Calverton Pit Area - 1 Sand Martin [through], 3 Barn Swallow [over], 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Blacked-backed Gull [over], 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel [pair], 1 Tree Pipit, 8 Meadow Pipit, 4 Skylark, 12 Northern Wheatear [10 males & 2 females], 4 Northern Lapwing, 5 Linnet, 6 Tufted Duck [3 Male, 3 Female], 2 Moorhen, 4 Coot, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Red-legged Partridge.
Sutton Bridge - Black Redstart [male].
Beeston Canal - 1 Common Cuckoo [calling], 6 Chiffchaff, 8 Sand Martin, 1 Blackcap.
Ploughmans Wood - 2 Marsh Tit
Bentinck Void - 1 Common Sandpiper, c.30 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap [3male & 1 female].
Wed 17th Apr
Bentinck Pit Top - 2 Ring Ouzel [male & female], 3 Ringed Plover, 3 Northern Wheatear.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Common Redstart, 1 Grasshopper Warbler.
RSPB Langford Lowfields - 1 Northern Wheatear, 20+ Yellow Wagtail.
Cotham Flash - 3 Northern Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail.
Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 1 Northern Wheatear, 20+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Oystercatcher.
Hazleford Lock - 3 Willow Warbler [singing], 10+ Barn Swallow, 20+ Sand Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Linnet, 3 Chiffchaff [singing], 2 Song Thrush, 2 Common Kingfisher.
Lambley - Barn Owl [Catfoot Lane - heard].
Newark - 1 Common Swift [over Beaumont Cross].
Beeston Canal - 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 20 Sand Martin.
Besthorpe NWT - Meering: 3 Green Sandpiper. Mons Pool: 1 Little Egret, 1 Eurasian Curlew.
Collingham Lakes - 7 Northern Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 3 Common Goldeneye, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper [Ferry Lane Lake], 1 Common Sandpiper [Silt Pond].
Bevercotes Pit Wood - 2 Common Shelduck [pair], 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Northern Lapwing, 2 Cormorant, 1 Barn Swallow.
Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Green Woodpecker.
Tue 16th Apr
Calverton - Firecrest [Hollinwood Lane].
Beeston Canal - 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler, 10 Sand Martin.
Hickling - Grantham Canal: 3 Tree Sparrow, c.6 Yellowhammer, 5 Chaffinch, Greenfinch, 2 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Barn Swallow.
Kinoulton - 2 Siskin, Barn Swallow.
Bilsthorpe - 1 Barn Swallow.
RSPB Beckingham Marshes - 9+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Northern Wheatear, 1 Little Egret, 2 Common Shelduck, c.20 Eurasian Teal, 2 Gadwall, 4 Northern Lapwing, c.20 Tree Sparrow, 7 Linnet, 3 Sand Martin, Barn Swallow, Skylark, Meadow Pipit.
King's Mill Reservoir - Greater Scaup [drake in summer plumage].
Cotham Flash - 2 Sedge Warbler.
Cotham - 2 Brambling [male], 1 Barn Swallow.
Balderton - 1 Short-eared Owl [Staple Lane].
Clumber Park - 2 Mandarin Duck [pair], Common Goldeneye.
Ravenshead - Osprey [high - heading north-east].
Mon 15th Apr
Annesley Pit Top - Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, Chiffchaff, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Greylag Goose, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Mute Swan, Little Grebe, Chaffinch, Northern Lapwing, Mallard, Bullfinch.
Holme Pierrepont- Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Sand Martin, Common Tern [rowing course], Common Redstart [grassland opposite Skylarks].
Eakring Flash - 1 Osprey [circled low at 09:55 before heading north].
Penny Pasture - 2 Common Snipe, 1 Northern Wheatear [field to west], c.30 Linnet [field to north].
Kinoulton - 2 Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren, c.6 Yellowhammer, c.4 Reed Bunting, c.4 Skylark, Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel.
Clumber Park - Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, 3 Common Swift.
Lady Bay - 8+ Bohemian Waxwing.
Gonalston - 3 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Blackcap, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting.
Skegby Trail - Blackbird, Song Thrush, Euroean Robin, 5 Fieldfare, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Skylark, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, Blackcap [male], 3 Barn Swallow [north-west], Grey Partridge, Common Kingfisher.
Keyworth - 2 Reed Bunting [pair in garden].
Sun 14th Apr
Ravenshead - 1 Red Kite.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Gull, Whimbrel, Eurasian Curlew, 4 Oystercatcher, Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Teal, Common Goldeneye, Linnet, Bullfinch, Sand Martin, Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel.
Strawberry Hill Heaths SSSI - 1 Brambling, 1 Siskin, 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Sand Martin, 2 Little Grebe, Eurasian Nuthatch, Woodcock, Skylark.
Nottingham - Canal side: 2 Grey Wagtail.
Colwick Woods - Barn Swallow.
Sherwood Forest NNR - c.20 Lesser Redpoll, 30+ Siskin, 2 Common Crossbill [1 male & 1 female], 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Barn Swallow.
Clifton Grove - Red-breasted Merganser [male on river Trent].
Annesley Pit Top - 6 Little Grebe, 6 Mute Swan, Common Pochard, 8 Mallard, 10 Tufted Duck, 2 Barn Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, Merlin, 20 Coot, 3 Moorhen, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 8 Northern Lapwing, Blackbird, European Robin, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Great Tit, 3 Marsh Tit, 5 Chaffinch, 6 Yellowhammer, 6 Reed Bunting, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Stock Dove, 12 Carrion Crow, 3 Jackdaw, 6 Rook.
Sat 13th Apr
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Spoonbill, Little Gull, 5 Common Tern.
Norwood - Chiffchaff [golf course].
Nottingham - 1 Chiffchaff [St. Mary's Church].
Newark - Sugar Factory:3 Common Kestrel, 1 Chiffchaff, 14 Eurasian Teal, 4 Eurasian Wigeon, 6 Sand Martin, 5 Common Buzzard, 20 Redwing, 4 Willow Tit [2 pairs].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 1 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Tawny Owl.
Budby Pumping Station - 8 European Golden Plover, 3 Mandarin Duck [2 males & 1 female], 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Sand Martin, 1 Barn Swallow, c.30 Redwing, 2 Common Snipe, Chiffchaff.
Ollerton - Little John's Fisheries: c.4 House Martin.
Fri 12th Apr
Kinoulton - Chiffchaff, 4 Common Snipe, c.4 Linnet, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer, Northern Lapwing.
Bennerley Marsh - 1 Goosander [female], 45 Eurasian Wigeon, 4 Gadwall, 30 Eurasian Teal, 70 European Golden Plover, 28 Northern Lapwing, 2 Grey Heron, 10 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 14 Goldfinch, 2 Lesser Redpoll, Song Thrush. Chat Corner: 70 Redwing, 50 Fieldfare, 1 Meadow Pipit, 5 Canada Goose [over], 2 Greylag Goose, 2 Gadwall, 8 Eurasian Teal, 2 Common Snipe, Common Kestrel.
Annesley Woodhouse - 25 Redwing, 6 Bullfinch, 1 Blackcap [male].
Mansfield Woodhouse - 2 Barn Swallow [north].
Holme Pierrepont - Skylarks Nature Reserve: 1 Green Woodpecker.
Lambley - 2 Raven [cronking - Catfoot Lane].
Hazleford Lock - 2 Barn Swallow, 10+ Sand Martin, 2 Chiffchaff.
Gedling - Barn Swallow [Arnold Lane].
Caythorpe - 1 Ring Ouzel [male], c.300 Redwing, c.170 Fieldfare.
Hoveringham Gravel Pits - 1 Black Redstart [female - sailing club track], 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, 1 Northern Wheatear, 1 Arctic Tern, 2 Dunlin.
Colwick Woods - 10 Redwing [singing], 6 Common Goldeneye, 4 Sand Martin, 6 Barn Swallow.
Thu 11th Apr
Colwick Woods - 6 Redwing [singing].
The Hook Nature Reserve - 1 Barn Owl, 5+ Eurasian Wigeon, 3 Eurasian Teal, 1 Bullfinch.
Kinoulton - Eurasian Curlew, Yellowhammer, Wren, Common Buzzard, c.10 Redwing, c.10 Fieldfare, Reed Bunting, c.5 Siskin, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Twite [sub-station scrape], 2 Linnet, 1 Little Egret, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Chiffchaff.
Besthorpe NWT - Meering: 25 European Golden Plover [field to north], 2 Common Redshank. Mons Pool: 1 Little Egret, 2 Common Redshank.
Collingham Lakes - 49 Mute Swan, 1 Little Egret, 13 Common Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 4 Ringed Plover, 1 Sand Martin.
Highfields Park - Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Greylag Goose, 9 Eurasian Teal, 2 Greenfinch, Coot, Moorhen, Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Grey Heron, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, European Robin, Blackbird, Canada Goose, Great Crested Grebe, Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, Dunnock, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow.
Welbeck Estate - 3 Common Buzzard [displaying], 3 Northern Lapwings, European Robin.
Wed 10th Apr
RSPB Beckingham Marshes - 1 Merlin [male], 2 Raven, 6 Little Egret, 40 Common Snipe, c.20 Eurasian Teal, 2 Common Shelduck, 1 Common Buzzard, Reed Bunting, Linnet, Tree Sparrow, Skylark, Meadow Pipit.
Mansfield - 2 Bohemian Waxwing [Sutton Road].
Ravenshead - 1 Brambling, 25+ Siskin.
Misson - Slaynes Lane: 1 Water Pipit, 2 Sand Martin, Common Shelduck, 45 Redwing [north-east].
Hoveringham - 2 Barn Swallow, 7 Sand Martin, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Redshank, 1 Whimbrel [flew north calling - over Railway Lake at 18:25], 2 Pink-footed Goose [possibly feral], c.300 Eurasian Wigeon.
Brierley Forest Park - 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Barn Swallow, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Bullfinch.
Holme Pierrepont - 60+ Sand Martin [rowing course].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 10 Common Crossbill, Siskin, Goldfinch, 2 Common Buzzard, 5+ Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Treecreeper, Long-tailed Tit.
Tue 9th Apr
Mapperley Golf Course - 2 Ring Ouzel.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Little Egret, 2 Common Shelduck, 2 Gadwall, Eurasian Teal, 1 Reed Bunting.
Wollaton Park - 20+ Redwing, Common Buzzard.
Colwick Woods - Chiffchaff.
King's Mill Reservoir - Water Rail [car park at 15:20].
Ravenshead - 1 Brambling, 10+ Siskin.
Gibsmere - Redwing [small flock], Fieldfare, Eurasian Starling, Northern Lapwing [heard], Skylark [heard], Chiffchaff [heard], Green Woodpecker, Oystercatcher, Tawny Owl, Common Kingfisher.
RSPB Langford Lowfields - 2 Common Shelduck, 5 Northern Pintail [2 males, 3 females], 3 Common Goldeneye [females], 1 Little Egret, 2 Water Rail, 3 Common Redshank, 1 Tawny Owl [calling at dusk], 1 Little Owl, 9 Fieldfare, 3 Redwing.
Mon 8th Apr
Sherwood Forest NNR - 16 Bohemian Waxwing [over].
Fountaindale - 2 Mandarin Duck [pair].
Hodsock Farm - c.100 Fieldfare, c.100 Redwing, 4 Common Buzzard, 4 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Greenfinch.
Skegby Trail - Red Kite [east].
Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 1 Eurasian Curlew, 3 Common Redshank, 1 Common Snipe, 4 Sand Martin. Meering: 45 Eurasian Wigeon [adjacent river bank], 112 European Golden Plover [adjacent field to north], 2 Common Redshank.
Collingham Lakes - 48 Mute Swan, 2 Little Egret, 50+ Eurasian Wigeon, 8 Common Goldeneye, 2 Common Redshank.
Kilvington Lakes - 1 Little Egret, 25 Eurasian Wigeon, 5 Common Goldeneye.
Hoveringham - 3 House Martin, 1 Common Goldeneye, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Egret.
Gedling Pit Top - 10 Long-tailed Tit, 20+ Wren, 4 Blue Tit, 20+ Great Tit, 40+ European Robin, 20+ Chaffinch, 20+ Greenfinch, 7 Bullfinch, 50+ Goldfinch, Chiffchaff, 100+ Skylark, 10+ Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 20+ Blackbird, 6 Magpie, 20+ Carrion Crow, 20+ Rook, 7 Common Snipe, 7 Song Thursh, Common Pheasant, Woodcock, 3 Little Grebe, 3 Greylag Goose, 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 10+ Black-headed Gull, 3 Short-eared Owl, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Northern Shoveler 9 Moorhen, 4 Mallard, 6 Eurasian Teal, 1 Mute Swan, 2 Common Buzzard, 11 Coot, 40+ Woodpigeon, 6 Gadwall, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Northern Lapwing.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 10+ Sand Martin, 1 Barn Swallow, 1 Goosander.
Netherfield Lagoons - 3 Barn Swallow, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Ringed Plover, Marsh Harrier [possible - distant].
Sun 7th Apr
Keyworth - 1 Raven.
Sherwood Forest NNR - 2 Stonechat [male & female], 12 Siskin, 8 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Brambling.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Goosander [Clifton Pond], 1 Spotted Redshank, Common Redshank [Church Pond], Redwing [Barton Lane], Meadow Pipit [Wheatear Field], Oystercatcher [pair over Clifton Pond], Chiffchaff [several], 2 Common Shelduck [pair - Tween Pond], Common Gull [Tween Pond], 4 Gadwall, Eurasian Teal.
Southwell - Red Kite.
Sherwood Forest NNR - Chiffchaff, 5 Brambling, c.100 Redwing, 2 Marsh Tit, Lesser Redpoll, Siskin.
Sherwood Forest NNR - Mealy Redpoll, Short-eared Owl.
Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Long-tailed Duck.
Gringley Carr - Water Pipit.
Bentinck Void - Ring Ouzel, Northern Wheatear, 2 Eurasian Curlew, Woodcock.
Sat 6th Apr
West Bridgford - 2 Blackcap [male and female at Abbey Park].
NWT Besthorpe - 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Goldeneye [pair], 2 Song Thrush [pair], Pied Wagtail, Yellowhammer, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Eurasian Wigeon, Eurasian Teal 4 Reed Bunting [3 males, 1 female]. Mons Pool: 1 Little Egret, 5 Common Redshank, 1 White Wagtail [adjacent flooded field].
Collingham Lakes - 9 Common Goldeneye, 4 Common Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Budby Pumping Station - 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Common Shelduck, 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk [pair], 3 Mandarin Duck [males], 6 Common Gull, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Grey Partridge.
Stoke Bardolph - 1 Little Egret.
RSPB Langford Lowfields - 4 Common Shelduck, 5 Northern Pintail [2 males, 3 females], c.70 Eurasian Teal, c.30 Eurasian Wigeon, 4 Northern Shoveler, 4 Common Goldeneye [1 male, 4 females], 3 Little Egret, 2 Water Rail [calling], 1 Oystercatcher, 20 Northern Lapwing, 2 Ringed Plover, 5 Common Snipe, 1 Eurasian Curlew, 5 Common Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Sand Martin.
Fri 5th Apr
Bennerley Marsh. 70 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 27 Eurasian Teal, 130 Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron, 14 European Golden Plover, 16 Northern Lapwing, 2 Green Woodpecker. Chat Corner:. 10 Common Snipe, Grey Heron, 2 Meadow Pipit.
South Muskham Pits - 14 Common Goldeneye, 99 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher.
Sherwood - Red Kite.
King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Kittiwake [adults].
Beeston - Canal: 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck, 40+ Fieldfare.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Barn Swallow, Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, 2 Oystercatcher [mating].
Thu 4th Apr
Epperstone - 1 Jack Snipe.
Gamston Wood - 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Goldcrest, 20+ Redwing [some birds singing at roost].
Eaton Wood - 1 Woodcock, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Goldcrest.
Daneshill Lakes - 19 Northern Shoveler, 1 Common Kingfisher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Treecreeper, 10+ Redwing, 2 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 5 Bullfinch.
Skegby Trail - European Robin, Blackbird, 3 Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Nuthatch, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Common Buzzard.
Wed 3rd Apr
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Bittern [15:45 at Clifton Pond reedbeds].
Worksop - Bohemian Waxwing.
Clifton - Bohemian Waxwing.
Misson - Black Redstart.
Cotham Flash - Glaucous Gull.
Collingham Lakes - 9 Common Goldeneye, 4 Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 5 Common Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Dunlin, 4 Jack Snipe, 5 Common Snipe.
Scarrington - 4 Whooper Swan [adults in field south of village]. Flew towards A46 at 09:30].
Tue 2nd Apr
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Common Shelduck, Bittern, 2 Oystercatcher.
Worksop - 6 Northern Lapwing [B&Q warehouse].
Sherwood Forest NNR - Redwing [flock in song/sub-song].
Mon 1st Apr
Budby - 1 Kittiwake.
Worksop - Bohemian Waxwing.
Kilvington Lakes - Sanderling, 1 Jack Snipe.
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