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August 2011
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Wed 31st Aug
Bingham - 7 Common Buzzard, Black Kite [possible - too high to be sure but notch obvious in tail], 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven.
New Kingston - 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, 6 Common Buzzard, 1 Hobby.
Tue 30th Aug
Bentinck Void - 1 Northern Wheatear.
Collingham Pits - 4 Ruff, 3 Dunlin, 2 Common Greenshank, 1 Common Snipe, 9 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Little Egret, 2 Common Swift, 2 Yellow Wagtail.
Mon 29th Aug
Collingham Pits - 6 Little Egret, 1 Dunlin, 6 Ruff, 3 Common Greenshank, 10 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 3 Little Egret, 3 Red-crested Pochard [eclipse adult drakes], 3 Yellow-legged Gull [adults].
Colwick Country Park - 500+ House Martin, 100+ Sand Martins, 5 Common Swift, 28 Cormorants, 1 Red-crested Pochard.
Trent Bridge Cricket Ground - Hobby.
Calverton Pit Top- 2 Northern Wheatear, Whinchat.
Sun 28th Aug
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Little Egret, 1 Ross's Snow Goose, Northern Shoveler, Common Buzzard, 1 Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, c.30 Common Swift, Barn Swallow, House Martin, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Common Sandpiper, Common Redstart [heard only], 2 Little Owl, 10+ Yellow Wagtail, Red-legged Partridge [with brood of small chicks]. Scrub Area: Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Blackcap [male, female and juveniles], Bullfinch [Female and juveniles].
King's Mill Reservoir - 1 Ruddy Turnstone, House Martin, Barn Swallow, c.20 Common Swift.
Sat 27th Aug
Budby Pumping Station - 6 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Hobby [hunting Goldfinches], Goldfinch.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Marsh Harrier [female].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Green Sandpiper [Clifton Pond Reed-beds], 2 Common Sandpiper [Clifton Pond], 1 Common Snipe [Clifton Pond], 1 Dunlin [juvenile, Clifton Pond spit], 200 Northern Lapwing [Clifton Pond spit], 30 Eurasian Teal [around Clifton Pond], 25 Northern Shoveler [around Clifton Pond], 3 Eurasian Wigeon, 10 Common Pochard, 6 Common Swift [first thing, around Barton Lane bridge], 6 Little Egret [around reed-beds], c.300+ Greylag Goose [Clifton Pond], c.250+ Canada Goose [Clifton Pond].
Fri 26th Aug
Collingham Pits - 11 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 7 Ruff, 9 Common Snipe, 4 Common Greenshank, 10 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Little Stint [adult - near winter plumage - on Clifton Pond gravel islands], 3 Common Sandpiper [around Clifton Pond], 1 Common Snipe [around Clifton Pond], 1 Dunlin [juvenile, around Clifton Pond], 4 Common Swift [around Barton Lane bridge], c.175 Barn Swallow, c.175 House MArtin, Sand Martin, Willow Warbler.
Thu 25th Aug
Gotham - 1 Common Redstart [male], 1 Hobby, 500+ Barn Swallow [south].
Stanton on the Wolds - 2 Spotted Flycatcher.
Bentinck Void - 1 Common Sandpiper.
Wed 24th Aug
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Green Sandpiper, Eurasian Curlew [over at dusk].
High Holbeck - Common Buzzard.
Worksop - Water Meadows: Common Buzzard [soaring].
New Kingston - 2 Hobby, 15 Common Buzzard, 3 Sparrowhawk, 5 Common Kestrel, 250 Barn Swallow [south].
Collingham Pits - 12 Little Egret, 4 Ringed Plover, 1 Ruff, 1 Common Snipe, 3 Common Greenshank, 8 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 5 Little Egret, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [2nd Summer], 1 Turtle Dove.
Kinoulton - 13 Common Buzzard.
Clumber Park - Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Sparrowhawk.
Tue 23rd Aug
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 13 Little Egret [visible at 19:45 but only 3 by 20:30 - most flew over into bushes on top of the island].
King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Cormorant, 10 Eurasian Teal, Gadwall, 116 Northern Lapwing, c.20 Barn Swallow, c.10 House Martin, c.10 Sand Martin, Grey Wagtail, Blackcap, Willow Warbler.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Green Sandpiper [Tween Pond Scrape], 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Dunlin, 50+ Eurasian Starling, 1 Ross's Snow Goose [escape - with Greylags], 13 Little Egret [visible at 19:45 but only 3 by 20:30 - most flew over into bushes on top of the island], 6 Grey Heron, 10 Common Tern, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 50+ Northern Lapwing, 30 Common Tern.
Mon 22nd Aug
Bentinck Void- 2 Whinchat, 1 Northern Wheatear, 1 Ringed Plover.
Norton - Common Buzzard.
Collingham Pits - 2 Ruff, 17 Little Egret, 1 Dunlin, 1 Spotted Redshank, 3 Common Greenshank, 12 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 3 Little Egret, 1 Eurasian Curlew, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Kinoulton - Barn Swallow [mixed flock], House Martin [mixed flock with juveniles], Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker.
Sun 21st Aug
Annesley Pit Top - 1 Common Greenshank.
Stanton on the Wolds - Little Egret [visiting garden ponds], Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, Tree Sparrow.
Clifton Pastures- Short-eared Owl, 5 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 7 Linnet, 8 Skylark, 1 Meadow Pipit, 4 Red-legged Partridge.
Sat 20th Aug
Sutton in Ashfield - 2 Common Swift [south-west at 15:00].
Fri 19th Aug
Carburton - 3 Common Buzzard.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 2 Common Buzzard.
Budby Pumping Station - Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard.
Clumber Park - 3 Eurasian Nuthatch, Robin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Cormorant.
Thu 18th Aug
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Ruff [female or juvenile on the Cifton Pond spit], 3 Common Greenshank [2 on Clifton Pond and 1 on Tween Scrape], 2 Dunlin [Clifton Pond spit], 200+ Northern Lapwing [Clifton Pond spit], 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult on Tween Scrape].
35 Eurasian Teal [Clifton Pond], 25 Northern Shoveler [Clifton Pond], 6 Little Egret [around Clifton Pond reed-bed], 1 Lesser Whitethroat [around Tower Hide], 10+ Common Whitethroat [Wheatear Field path area], 2 Willow Warbler [Barton Lane].
Besthorpe NWT - 3 Little Egret, Common Redshank, Green Woodpecker.
Collingham Pits - 4 Northern Shoveler, 10 Little Egret, 1 Ruff, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Common Greenshank, 17 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 9 Northern Shoveler, 9 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier [juvenile through at 10:30], 1 Common Snipe, 1 Dunlin, 3 Yellow-legged Gull [adult and 3rd summers], 1 Northern Wheatear.
Welbeck - 5 Common Buzzard, 3 Common Pheasant.
Wed 17th Aug
Beckingham Marshes - Northern Wheatear, c.20 Yellow Wagtail.
Clumber Park - 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Buzzard, Cormorant, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, 3 Chaffinch.
Norton - 3 Red-legged Partridge.
Tue 16th Aug
Eakring Flash - 2 Yellow-legged Gull [adults in field east of flash], 1 Herring Gull, c.500 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
Collingham Pits - 1 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 12 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 10 Little Egret, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult], 2 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Common Swift.
West Bridgford - Abbey Park: 1 Chiffchaff [garden], 1 Greenfinch, 10+ Goldfinch.
Cresswell Crags - Common Buzzard, 3 Common Kestrel, 7 Mute Swan [adults with young].
Mon 15th Aug
Besthorpe NWT - South: 2 Common Greenshank [fly-overs].
Collingham Pits - 13 Little Egret, 4 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 5 Little Egret, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult]/
Sun 14th Aug
Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 1 Mediterranean Gull [juvenile moulting to first-winter], 3 Yellow-legged Gull [2 adults, 1 juvenile].
Collingham Pits - 5 Common Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow-legged Gull [adult and juvenile], 6 Little Egret, 1 Common Kingfisher, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Little Owl
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 6+ Little Egret, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult], 1 Common Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, 1 Dunlin, Eurasian Wigeon, Gadwall, Eurasian Teal , Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Barn Swallow, Sand Martin, Egyptian Goose, Ross's Snow Goose [presumed escape], Barnacle Goose [presumed escape], 1 Common Kingfisher.
Sat 13th Aug
Collingham Pits - 4 Dunlin, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret, 2 Common Kingfisher.
Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult].
Fri 12th Aug
Besthorpe NWT - South: 1 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Collingham Pits - 12 Little Egret, 8 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 5 Little Egret, 5 Ruff [fly-through party At 11:50], 1 Eurasian Curlew, 2 Common Greenshank, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult], 1 Northern Wheatear.
Thu 11th Aug
East Bridgford & Gunthorpe Locks - 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Kestrel, 6 Pied Wagtail, 1 Cormorant , 6 Mallard, 3 Mute Swan, 4 Coot, 3 Moorhen, 20+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull [possible].
Woodborough - Hobby [village].
Clumber Park - 18 Cormorant, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Mute Swan [plus young], 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Nuthatch, 3 Robin, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Willow Tit.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 5 Little Egret, 8 Black-tailed Godwit, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Common Shelduck.
Wed 10th Aug
Besthorpe NWT - South: 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Ruddy Turnstone [juvenile on new scrape].
Collingham Pits - 12 Little Egret, 1 Common Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 1 Eurasian Curlew, 1 Common Greenshank, 5 Yellow-legged Gull [adults].
Tue 9th Aug
Welbeck Lake - Grey Heron [fishing].
Clumber Park - 9 Cormorant, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, 3 Great Spotted Woodepecker, Great Crested Grebe, Robin, Chaffinch, Willow Tit.
Mon 8th Aug
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Common Greenshank, Oystercatcher, 6 Little Egret.
Collingham Pits - 5 Little Egret, 1 Common Snipe, 2 Spotted Redshank [06:30 to 06:40 - flew off south with Greenshank], 3 Common Greenshank, 11 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper.
Besthorpe NWT - South: 3 Little Egret, 1 Common Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 5 Little Egret, 1 Dunlin.
King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Cormorant, 3 Gadwall, 78 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Sat 6th Aug
Bestwood Park - Hobby [Beckhampton Road - heading towards Bestwood Country Park].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Greenshank [Tween Scrape].
Fri 5th Aug
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 5 Common Buzzard.
Norton - Common Buzzard.
Clumber Park - Eurasian Nuthatch, 11 Cormorant, Robin, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Grey Heron.
Costock - Hobby [chasing House Martins].
Collingham Pits - 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Snipe, 11+ Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper.
Besthorpe NWT - South: 1 Little Egret, 5 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 5 Little Egret, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Eurasian Curlew, 2 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Northern Wheatear.
Clifton - River Trent: Common Sandpiper, Common Buzzard , 4 Mute Swan, 2 Coot, Great Grested Grebe, 6 Canada Goose, Common Tern.
Clumber Park - 1 Common Crossbill [over South Lawns calling], 9 Common Buzzard, 13 Eurasian Nuthatch, 23 Willow Warbler, 1 Hobby, 4 Green Woodpecker, 3 Jay, 3 Marsh Tit, 5 Common Pochard [4 drakes, 1 duck], 1 Turtle Dove, 2 Common Kestrel.
Thu 4th Aug
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 22 Little Egret [Coneries roost], Black Tern [1 with Common Terns on the reedbed fence posts], 75+ Common Tern [most sitting on same fence posts and these later at dusk flying in tight flock to Church Pond with Black Tern], 1 Common Shelduck, c.60 Northern Lapwing, 20 Gadwall, 9 Grey Heron, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler. Delta: 2 Common Kingfisher, Eurasian Sparrowhawk. Clifton Pond: 5 Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 5 Eurasian Teal, 5 Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Sparrowhawk [male]. Works Pond: Mediterranean Gull [juvenile].
Wed 3rd Aug
Basford - 12 Herring Gull [over north].
Norton - Buskeyfield Lane: Yellowhammer, 3 Common Pheasant [males].
Collingham Pits - 25 Little Egret [1 colour-ringed bird], 12+ Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper.
Collingham Silt Pond - 1 Common Greenshank.
Besthorpe NWT - South: 5 Little Egret [including a different colour-ringed bird], 2 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 6 Little Egret, 2 Eurasian Curlew, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Yellow-legged Gull [adults].
Clumber Park - 16 Cormorant, Grey Heron, Great Crested Grebe, Robin, Treecreeper.
Tue 2nd Aug
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Greenshank [Tween Pond Scrape].
Collingham Pits - 21 Little Egret, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Turtle Dove, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Oystercatcher.
Mon 1st Aug
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Common Buzzard.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - c.200 Northern Lapwing, 4 Eurasian Teal, 8 Gadwall, 1 Common Pochard, 1 Red-crested Pochard, 10 Grey Heron. Tween Pond: 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Ringed Plover. Clifton Pond: 1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Oystercatcher, 6 Little Egret, Ross's Goose [escape].
Collingham Pits - 25 Little Egret [1 colour-ringed bird], 1 Spotted Redshank [juvenile], 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 4 Little Egret, 1 Common Greenshank, 1Yellow-legged Gull [adult], 1 Kittiwake [adult on West Lake from 11:30 to 12:10. Left south-west], 1 Northern Wheatear.
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