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August 2009
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Mon 31st Aug
Collingham - New Workings/Silt Pond: - 35 Northern Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Bennerley Marsh - 6 Northern Lapwing, 160 Black-headed Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 4 Common Pheasant, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Reed Bunting. North Marsh: Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker.
Clifton Pasture - 5 Common Buzzard, 2 Hobby.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Spotted Flycatcher, [Beeston Pond], Common Shelduck [near Visitor Centre], Common Kingfisher, 6 Red-rested Pochard [female + 5 juveniles on Clifton Pond].
Sun 30th Aug
Welbeck Lakes - Corn Bunting [flock in stubble field left of feeding station].
Blidworth - 2 Yellow Wagtail [in field near Providence Farm].
Kings Mill Reservoir - 1 Common Snipe, 1 Garganey [juvenile], 50+ Northern Lapwing, 1 Cormorant, 2 Common Greenshank, c.3 Common Kingfisher.
Cotham Flash - 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Greenshank.
Kilvington - West Lake: 2 Little Egret, 1 Spotted Redshank, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Northern Wheatear.
Arnold - 1 Common Buzzard [over Christ The King School].
Bennerley Marsh - Short-eared Owl [after dark], 3 Green Woodpecker, Common Kestrel, 4 Reed Bunting, 2 Meadow Pipit.
Greasley - 3 Common Kestrel, Hobby, 100 Swallow, 2 Yellowhammer.
Moorgreen - 200 Black-headed Gull, 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Herring Gull [juveniles], 2 Common Kestrel, Yellowhammer.
Wellow - 4 Common Buzzard [Eakring Road - calling].
Moorgreen Reservoir - 9 Common Pochard, 5 Little Grebe, 65 Greylag Goose.
Sat 29th Aug
Kings Mill Reservoir - 1 Garganey.
Eakring Meadows - 1 Spotted Flycatcher.
Clifton - Holme Pit: Green Woodpecker, 3 Common Kestrel, Sparrowhawk [female], 2 Common Buzzard, Hobby [pair hunting dragonflies], 2 Common Kingfisher, Willow Warbler, Tawny Owl.
Fri 28th Aug
Wellow - 2 Common Buzzard [Eakring Road].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Hobby [near church], Little Grebe, Common Buzzard, Whinchat [Wheatear Field], Common Snipe [Clifton Pit], Common Greenshank [Tween Pond].
West Leake - 16 Grey Partridge [2 coveys].
Thu 27th Aug
Radcliffe on Trent - Sparrowhawk [attacked and killed by Magpies after having attacked a Magpie on a feeder].
Bennerley Marsh - 2 Common Buzzard [male & female], Common Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Northern Lapwing, 4 Reed Bunting, Skylark.
Cottam - 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Northern Wheatear, 1 Hobby.
Clumber Park - Common Buzzard [soaring with juvenile].
Collingham - New Workings: 27 Northern Shoveler, 8 Little Egret, 4 Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Little Egret, 1 Spotted Redshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Black Tern, 3 Northern Wheatear.
Meden Pumping Station - Pectoral Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 40 Northern Lapwing, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Kingfisher.
Wed 26th Aug
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Ringed Plover, 5 Common Sandpiper.
Tue 25th Aug
Collingham - New Workings: 1 Yellow-legged Gull [juvenile], 3 Little Egret, 23 Northern Shoveler, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 5 Northern Shoveler, 1 Common Greenshank, 4 Common Snipe.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Redshank, 1 Common Greenshank, 4 Common Sandpiper.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Kingfisher [on posts in front of Kingfisher Hide], Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Mallard, Gadwall, Grey Heron, Northern Lapwing, Tufted Duck, Common Pochard, Red-crested Pochard, Greylag Goose [large numbers], Canada Goose [large numbers], Water Rail [heard in front of new hide].
Mon 24th Aug
Collingham - New Workings: 1 Northern Pintail, 23 Northern Shoveler, 4 Little Egret, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 1 Common Greenshank.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Greenshasnk, 5 Common Sandpiper.
Silverhill Trail - c.120 Goldfinch [on spilled rape seed], c.50 House Martin, 2 Bullfinch.
Sun 23rd Aug
Kilvington Lakes - West Lake: 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 5 Common Sandpiper, 27 Eurasian Teal, 12 Common Pochard, 1 Northern Shoveler. East Lake: 14 Grey Partridge, [2 adults & 12 juveniles].
Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Little Egret.
Woodborough - Bank Hill: 1 Ring-necked Parakeet.
Bennerley Marsh - 3 Green Woodpecker. North Marsh: Grey Wagtail, 70 Swallow.
Brinsley Pit Top - Common Buzzard, 3 Bullfinch.
Moorgreen Reservoir - 15 Common Pochard, 3 Little Grebe, Willow Warbler.
Greasley - 2 Common Buzzard, Great Black-backed Gull.
Sat 22nd Aug
Bennerley Marsh - 2 Green Woodpecker, 6 Common Pheasant, 3 Reed Bunting, Common Kestrel, 290 Canada Goose.
Greasley - 2 Corn Bunting, 2 Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, 600 Black-headed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, 250 Swallow, 6 Red-legged Partridge.
Moorgreen - Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Willow Tit, 9 Coal Tit, Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 16 Common Pochard, 2 Little Grebe.
Budby Pumping Station - Osprey [through north to south at 09:45], Sparrowhawk [female], Common Kestrel [pair with young], 58 Northern Lapwing [including 30 young], Linnet, Bullfinch, Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, 6+ Spotted Flycatcher, Common Sandpiper, Common Kingfisher, Grey Heron, Little Grebe, Common Buzzard, Swallow, White Wagtail, Chiffchaff, Goldfinch.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Hobby, Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel.
Fri 21st Aug
Collingham - New Workings: 17 Northern Shoveler, 1 Mandarin Duck [eclipse drake], 3 Little Egret, 5 Ringed Plover.
Meden Pumping Station - 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Buzzard [male & female], Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Common Kingfisher.
Thu 20th Aug
Cossall - 55 Swallow [to west], Common Kestrel.
Bennerley Marsh - Hobby, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull [immature], 300 Canada Goose.
Arnot Hill Park - 2 Black Swan [courting and nest building. Cob bird increasingly aggressive especially to Mutes], 3 Mute Swan, 6 Greylag Goose, 2 Canada Goose, 35 Tufted Duck, 19 Red-crested Pochard, 38 Moorhen, 1 Cormorant [juvenile], 3 Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Herring Gull, 6 Black-headed Gull, 4 Grey Wagtail [pond overflow area], 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Blackcap. Rose Garden/Rear of Old House: 27 Woodpigeon, 6 Common Crow, 2 Jackdaw, 5 Magpie, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Sparrowhawk, Dunnock, Tree Sparrow, Collared Dove, Starling, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Wren, Robin, Blackbird, 4 Pied Wagtail, 5 Song Thrush, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Bullfinch. Old Railway Line: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Treecreeper. Bowling Green Feeders: 4 Great Tit, 7 Blue Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Wren, 3 Magpie.
Sherwood Forest - Tawny Owl, Wood Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff.
Wed 19th Aug
Collingham - New Workings: 17 Northern Shoveler, 8 Little Egret, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 3 Common Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 1 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank.
Kilvington - West Lake: 3 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Common Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpiper.
Tue 18th Aug
Kilvington Lakes - 1 Northern Wheatear, 5 Common Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret, 1 Common Greenshank, 10 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Common Buzzard, 3 Common Kestrel.
Mon 17th Aug
Bennerley Marsh - Hobby, Barn Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 50 Black-headed Gull, 150 Canada Goose. North Marsh: Hobby, Common Kestrel, 5 Reed Bunting, Jay.
King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Common Tern, 7 Northern Lapwing, 1 Wood Sandpiper [on pipe near dam at 20:00], 1 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Cormorant, 2 Gadwall.
Collingham - New Workings: 19 Northern Shoveler, 5 Little Egret, 6 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 5 Common Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper. Silt Pond: 1 Eurasian Wigeon, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 5 Little Egret.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Common Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpiper.
Sun 16th Aug
Welbeck Lakes - 2 Honey Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 4 Common Buzzard.
Bennerley Marsh - Common Whitethroat, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting, 75 Canada Goose, 3 Grey Heron.
Greasley Church - 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat.
Moorgreen Reservoir - 5 Grey Wagtail, 70 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 4 Common Pochard, 3 Gadwall, 2 Northern Shoveler.
Sat 15th Aug
Collingham - New Workings: 10 Little Egret, 3 Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, 2 Common Redshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Redshank, 1 Common Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpiper.
Budby Pumping Station - 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Grebe, Blackcap [numerous], Great Crested Grebe [with 3 very young chicks], Sparrowhawk, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Green Woodpecker, Gadwall, 47 Greylag Goose, 35 Northern Lapwing [including 10 young], 1 Goldcrest, Goldfinch.
Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 2 Black Swan, 3 Mute Swan, 14 Canada Goose, 6 Greylag Goose, 28 Tufted Duck, 46 Moorhen, 22 Red-crested Pochard, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, 13 Black-headed Gull, 3 Herring Gull, 3 Grey Wagtail, 1 Cormorant, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler. Bowling Green Feeders: 15 Chaffinch, 5 Magpie, 4 Great Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 3 Woodpigeon, 2 Wren, Dunnock, Tree Sparrow, Blackbird, Robin [5 juveniles], Starling, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Song Thrush. Rose Garden/Rear of Old House: 2 Jackdaw, 9 Common Crow, 1 Sparrowhawk [female], 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 16 Goldfinch, 5 Blue Tit, 1 Nuthatch, 4 Great Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Robin, 1 Chiffchaff, 18 Woodpigeon, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Tawny Owl [heard nightly - spotted on 2 occasions], 2 Magpie.
Fri 14th Aug
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 2 Honey Buzzard.
Thu 13th Aug
Collinghsm - New Workings: 7 Little Egret, 4 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, 4 Common Redshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Sandpiper [Clifton Pit], Jay.
Tue 11th Aug
Collingham - New Workings: 7 Little Egret, 4 Dunlin, 2 Common Redshank, 2 Common Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 3 Common Sandpiper.
Sun 9th Aug
Hoveringham - Railway Pit: 1 Hobby, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Willow Tit.
Welbeck Lakes - 5 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk [female], Hobby.
Budby Pumping Station - Green Woodpecker, Green Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail [juveniles], 1 Grey Wagtail [juvenile], Little Grebe, Bullfinch [male], 28 Northern Lapwing [including 14 young], Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher [female], Blackcap, Goldcrest.
Sat 8th Aug
Collingham - New Workings: 6 Little Egret, 2 Dunlin, 5 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper. Silt Pond: 2 Common Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 1 Common Greenshank.
Kilvington - West Lake: 8 Little Egret [including 1 colour-ringed individual], 1 Dunlin, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper.
Bentinck Void - Common Sandpiper, Northern Wheatear.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Redshank [Clifton Pond], Marsh Harrier [juvenile north-west over Clifton Pond towards the village], 3 Common Buzzard, Common Kingfisher, Little Egret.
Bennerley Marsh - 90 Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 120 Northern Lapwing, 112 Canada Goose, Greylag Goose [not common at Bennerley], 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Common Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 5 Common Pheasant, 2 Meadow Pipit. North Marsh: 125 Swallow [to south-west], 5 Sand Martin, Common Kestrel, Sparrowhawk.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard.
Fri 7th Aug
Stanford on Soar - c.80 Greylag Goose [in stubble field at Stanford Hills].
Thu 6th Aug
Collingham - New Workings: 6 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper. Silt Pond: 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 8 Northern Shoveler, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Whinchat.
Kilvington - East Lake: 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Common Sandpiper. West Lake: 2 Little Egret, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper.
Wed 5th Aug
Bennerley Marsh - 5 Common Kestrel [4 juveniles at Awsworth sub-station], 145 Northern Lapwing, 30 Black-headed Gull, 3 Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 4 Grey Heron, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit.
Collingham - New Workings: 11 Little Egret. Silt Pond: 1 Common Sandpiper.
Langford Lowfields - 2 Common Greenshank Cotham Flash: 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper Kilvington - West Lake: 2 Little Egret, 1 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Turnstone.
Wellow - Eakring Road: Red Kite, Common Buzzard.
Tue 4th Aug
Kings Mill Reservoir - 2 Common Tern, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 Cormorant, 2 Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Stanford on Soar - 30 Greylag Goose [in stubble field at Stanford Hills].
Mon 3rd Aug
Collingham - New Workings: 5 Little Egret, 1 Common Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper. Silt Pond: c.660 Greylag Goose, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 4 Little Egret, 3 Common Sandpiper.
Loscoe Dam - 2 Common Kingfishers,
Stanford on Soar - 30 Greylag Goose [in stubble field at Stanford Hills].
Sun 2nd Aug
Clumber Park - 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Common Sandpiper, 50+ Tufted Duck, 2 Mandarin Duck.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 2 Turtle Dove.
Welbeck Lakes - Gargeney [female at 16:08 for 10 minutes].
Kings Mill Reservoir - 1 Common Sandpiper.
Hoveringham - Railway Pit: 1 Little Egret, 1 Eurasian Wigeon, 1 Common Pochard, 4 Common Buzzard, 1 Hobby, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Tern.
Bennerley Marsh - 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, 115 Northern Lapwing, 80 Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Common Tern, Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 5 Common Whitethroat, 10 Common Pheasant, Green Sandpiper, 70 Swallow. North Marsh: Hobby, Common Buzzard, 14 Swallow, 5 Sand Martin, 2 Bullfinch, Green Woodpecker.
Sat 1st Aug
Bennerley Marsh - 85 Northern Lapwing, 23 Black-headed Gull, 150 Commong Swift [through south-east], 25 Swallow, 3 Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Common Tern, 5 Grey Heron, Green Woodpecker.
Moorgreen - Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Common Pochard [male], Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Grasshopper Warbler [1 reeling after the rain], 15 Common Tern, and ChurchMarsh Harrier [low to north-east over Barton Lane and on downstream over Main Pond around 17:00], 1 Little Egret [in trees with Cormorants on Coneries]. Clifton Pond: Mediterranean Gull [juvenile], 2 Little Egret [2 feeding in reedbed], 4 Northern Shoveler, 2 Common Pochard, 8 Eurasian Teal.
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