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August 2013

 

Sat 31stAug

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Little Stint.

Netherfield Lagoons - Spotted Crake, Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe, Northern Lapwing, 4 Common Snipe, Reed Warbler, Goldfinch, Grasshopper Warbler.

Lound - Marsh Harrier [female], Hobby.

Fri 30th Aug

Netherfield Lagoons - Spotted Crake, 2 Garganey.

Kinoulton - Hobby, Raven [over], Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, Blackcap.

Newington Flash - 3 Common Greenshank, 14 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, 4 Common Buzzard.

Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Dunlin, 1 Ringed Plover, c.50 Northern Lapwing, 7 Little Egret, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Gadwall, 3 Great Black-backed Gull. Meering: 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, 5 Eurasian Teal, 5 Stock Dove.

Collingham Lakes - 2 Green Sandpiper, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Gadwall, Northern Lapwing.

Thu 29th Aug

Gedling Pit Top - 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel.

Idle Valley - 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Eurasian Curlew, 4 Ruff, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, 2 Little Egret.

Netherfield Lagoons - Spotted Crake [showing well at 17:00].

Newington Flash - 12 Ruff, 4 Dunlin, 6 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, Common Greenshank.

Bingham - 1 Osprey, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel.

Wed 28th Aug

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Pectoral Sandpiper.

Ranby - Red Kite.

Clifton Grove - Cottages Flash: 11 Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 12 Common Snipe, 2 White Wagtail, Little Owl, Tawny Owl.

Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Spotted Crake.

Wellow - 5 Common Buzzard [Eakring Road].

Tue 27th Aug

Dukes Wood - 2 Marsh Tit, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Common Buzzard.

Mansfield - Grey Wagtail [Titchfield Park].

Mon 26th Aug

Dunham Lagoons - Pied Flycatcher.

Hickling - Raven.

Clumber Park - Hobby [over heath opposite side of lake to visitor centre at 17:00 then near dam at 17:50].

Idle Valley - Misson Quarry: Garganey, 3 Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Little Egret.

Misson - Slaynes Lane: 3 Northern Pintail [early morning].

Newington Flash - 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 3 Common Greenshank, 2 Dunlin.

Sun 25th Aug

Collingham Lakes - 4 Little Egret, 12+ Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, 1 Ruff, 3 Common Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Flycatcher.

Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 2 Green Sandpiper.

Newington Flash - 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Dunlin, 3 Ruff, 5 Eurasian Curlew, Common Sandpiper, 5 Little Egret.

Sat 24th Aug

Newington Flash - Little Stint, 5 Curlew Sandpiper.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Red Kite, 3 Common Kestrel, 3 Common Greenshank, 7 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Eurasian Curlew, 2 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe.

Idle Valley - Misson Quarry: Garganey, Ruff, Common Greenshank, Green Sandpiper.

Budby Pumping Station - 2 Common Greenshank, Little Egret.

Kings Mill Reservoir - 17 Black-tailed Godwit [16 flew south - 1 in south-west corner].

Fri 23rd Aug

Wollaton Park - 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Green Rosella [escape].

Newington Flash - Little Stint, 17 Ruff, 6 Common Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin, 12 Ringed Plover.

Kings Mill Reservoir - 1 Black-tailed Godwit [in shallows of nature reserve], 1 Common Kingfisher, Grey Heron, 50+ Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Snipe.

Austerfield - Austerfield Floods: 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Ruff, 4 Common Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret.

Thu 22nd Aug

Skegby Trail - Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Yellowhammer, 15 Tree Sparrow, Blackbird, 10 Mistle Thrush, Green Woodpecker, 100+ Woodpigeon, Stock Dove, Common Pheasant, Grey Partridge, Red-legged Partridge, Common Buzzard [immature calling], Barn Swallow, House Martin.

Collingham Lakes - 8 Little Egret, 8 Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff [Silt Pond], 1 Common Snipe, 3 Common Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper.

Wellow - 4 Common Buzzard.

Newark - Sugar Factory: 3 Grey Wagtail [female with 2 juveniles], 2 Green Sandpiper, 50+ House Martin, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Common Gull.

Bothamsall - Pig Farm: 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 220 Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Idle Valley - Newington to Austerfield: 1 Little Stint, 5 Common Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 2 Dunlin.

Wed 21st Aug

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Garganey, Common Snipe, 1 Common Shelduck, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Collingham Lakes - 1 Common Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 50 Eurasian Teal, 2 Yellow-legged Gull.

Newington Flash - Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Greenshank, 3 Little Egret, Dunlin, c.50 Common Snipe, 3 Ruff.

River Leen - Montague Street: Common Kingfisher.

Wellow - Common Buzzard.

Tue 20th Aug

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 50+ Northern Lapwing, 1 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper.

Kilvington Lakes - 11 Little Egret, 1 Eurasian Curlew, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5+ Yellow-legged Gull.

Mon 19th Aug

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 15+ Little Egret [Coneries Roost], 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Garganey, 10 Common Swift, Yellow-legged Gull.

Budby Pumping Station - 3 Common Kingfisher, Green Sandpiper, Grey Partridge.

Sun 18th Aug

Hodsock Farm - 7 Grey Partridge.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - c.90 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Greenshank [06:20].

Clipstone Forest - 7+ Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Bennerley Marsh - 7 Canada Goose, 2 Grey Heron, 35 Goldfinch, 4 Barn Swallow, Green Woodpecker.

Cossall - 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Whitethroat, 38 Barn Swallow, 40 House Martin, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Old Moor Wood - 2 Common Buzzard, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Black-headed Gull, 6 Barn Swallow.

Spring Wood - Hobby, Common Kestrel, 2 Skylark, 4 Linnet, 2 Yellowhammer, 2 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 14 Northern Lapwing, 150 Jackdaw.

Sat 17th Aug

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 14+ Little Egret [Coneries Roost], 1 Garganey, 12 Common Swift, Yellow-legged Gull.

Clipstone Forest - 5 Common Buzzard, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Blackcap, 1 Eurasian Jay, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff.

Mapperley Park - 2 Tawny Owl.

Budby Pumping Station - 2 Common Crossbill, Hobby, Common Kingfisher, 2 Green Sandpiper, Eurasian Sparrowhawk.

Welbeck Lakes - 2 Spotted Flycatcher.

Bothamsall Flash - Common Sandpiper, 1 Hobby.

Misson Quarry - 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2Green Sandpiper, 1 Ruff, 18 Ringed Plover, 8 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 26 Common Snipe, 6 Common Tern, 2 Oystercatcher.

Sherwood Forest NNR - 4 Spotted Flycatcher [east side of Ladysmith Plantation].

Fri 16th Aug

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - 1 Little Owl [the Willows]. Misson Quarry: 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Ruff, 2 Common Greenshank, 50+ Common Snipe, c.15 Ringed Plover, Little Egret.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Garganey, 1 Mediterranean Gull 3 Yellow-legged Gull.

Collingham Pits - 2 Common Greenshank, 8 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper, 4 Ringed Plover.

Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: Eurasian Curlew, 22 Little Egret [in roost], Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper.

Newark - Sugar Factory: 7 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Common Buzzard, 1 Grey Wagtail, 3 Eurasian Teal.

Thu 15th Aug

Worksop - 1 Common Kingfisher [along river by cricket club towards town centre].

Wed 14th Aug

Wellow - 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk.

Clifton - Spotted Flycatcher [Fairham Brook].

Tue 13th Aug

Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Collingham Lakes - 7 Little Egret, 3 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper.

Wellow - 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat.

Wollaton Park - Common Sandpiper.

Mapperley - 2 Raven.

Welbeck Watchpoint - 9+ Common Buzzard, 1 Corn Bunting [briefly, perched on wires], 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Blackcap [adult and juvenile], 2 Common Whitethroat, 5 Yellowhammer, 5 Stock Dove, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Wren.

Mon 12th Aug

Highfields Park - 3 Grey Heron, Eurasian Wigeon, Eurasian Jay, 30+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Mistle Thrush.

Newark - Sugar Factory: 7 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Buzzard, 9 Eurasian Teal.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Garganey, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Redshank, 24 Little Egret [in roost], 1 Eurasian Teal, 12 Northern Shoveler, 30 Common Swift 30 [over Coneries at dusk], 25 House Martin [over Clifton Pond], 15 Sand Martin [Clifton Pond].

Sun 11th Aug

Oxton Bypass - Red Kite.

Clipstone Forest - 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Eurasian Jay.

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - 2 Green Sandpiper [tarmac yard], 3 Oystercatcher [Walters Lane Pit], 1 Ruff [Walters Lane Pit], 2 Common Greenshank [Walters Lane Pit], 3 Common Sandpiper [Neatholme Scrape].

Mapperley Park - 1 Tawny Owl.

Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Little Egret, 12 Northern Lapwing, 4 Grey Heron, 6 Common Tern, Magpie, Carrion Crow, 20 Black-headed Gull, Common Swift.

Sat 10th Aug

Bentinck Void - Green Sandpiper, Dunlin.

Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 2 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper.

Collingham Lakes - 9 Little Egret, 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Turtle Dove.

Kilvington Lakes - 5 Little Egret, Little Gull.

Budby Pumping Station- 3 Little Egret, Tree Pipit [calling], Hobby, Green Sandpiper, Chiffchaff, 2 Eurasian Curlew [through], Common Kingfisher, Common Crossbill.

Fri 9th Aug

Kings Mill Reservoir - 2 Grey Heron, 70 Northern Lapwing, c.400 Coot

Thu 8th Aug

Netherfield Lagoons - 3 Little Egret, c.50 Northern Lapwing, 2 Reed Warbler, Northern Shoveler [female], 4 Grey Heron, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper [disturbed to west].

Bunny - Allotments: Green Woodpecker [adult and juvenile], Hobby,

Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 5 Little Egret, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Turtle Dove, 1 Common Cuckoo.

Collingham Lakes - 7 Little Egret, 1 Eurasian Curlew [silt pond], 1 Common Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpiper.

Kilvington Lakes - 7 Little Egret [including 1 colour-ringed bird from Besthorpe], 2 Common Sandpiper.

Wed 7th Aug

Highfields Park - Common Sandpiper.

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - 3 Oystercatcher [Tiln North], 1 Ruff [Walters Lane Pit], 1 Common Greenshank [Walters Lane Pit], 2 Common Shelduck [immatures on Walter Lane Pit], 5 Little Egret [3 on Chainbridge Scrape and 2 on Neatholme Fen], 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Common Sandpiper [Neatholme Scrape], 1 Little Gull [Neatholme Fen], 1 Green Sandpiper [tarmac yard], 3+ Common Buzzard.

Collingham Lakes - Common Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Eurasian Curlew.

Tue 6th Aug

Bentinck Void - Common Sandpiper.

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 300+ Northern Lapwing [Phase 1], Green Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Common Kingfisher.

Highfields Park - 1 Eurasian Wigeon [eclipse plumage], 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 Common Tern, 2 Cormorant, 6 Egyptian Goose [including young].

Besthorpe NWT - Ruff. Mons Pool: 5 Little Egret, 1 Common Snipe, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Turtle Dove, 4 Common Tern.

Collingham Lakes - 1 Sanderling, 5 Little Egret, 3 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult].

Hucknall - Blackcap [garden].

Mon 5th Aug

Gedling Pit Top - 2 Common Kestrel, 3 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 1 Grey Heron.

Dorket Head - Raven, 2 Common Buzzard.

Newark - Sugar Factory: 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Shelduck, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kingfisher, 1 Turtle Dove.

Bingham - Red Kite [west over A52 near Saxondale roundabout at 11:00].

Farnsfield - c.100 Eurasian Starling.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 15 Little Egret [Coneries Pond roost by 21:00], 25 Common Swift [feeding low over trees at end of Barton lane], 25 Common Tern [feeding over Coneries at dusk].

Sun 4th Aug

Bentinck Void - Common Sandpiper, Dunlin.

Woodthorpe - 1 Common Kestrel.

West Leake Hills - Raven.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Sandpiper [Works Pond], Yellow-legged Gull [adult on Tween Pond].

Clumber Park - 28 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Common Kestrel [juveniles], 4 Spotted Flycatcher [family group].

Sat 3rd Aug

Collingham Lakes - 9 Little Egret, 3 Dunlin [silt pond], 1 Common Redshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull.

Misson - Great White Egret.

Budby Pumping Station - Hobby, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Flycatcher [calling].

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Green Sandpiper, Ruff, 100+ Northern Lapwing.

Fri 2nd Aug

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Yellow legged Gull [1 3rd year bird on Tween Scrape], Black-tailed Godwit [2 roosting], 4 Northern Shoveler [Clifton Pond - gull island], Eurasian Curlew [2 juveniles low to the south-west over Barton Lane, Common Sandpiper [Clifton Pond].

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - 5 Little Egret, Common Greenshank, 2 Eurasian Curlew, 5 Common Snipe.

Mapperley Park - 1 Tawny Owl.

Barton in Fabis - Cottages Flash: 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper.

Thu 1st Aug

Langford Lowfields RSPB - Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 10 Common Snipe, 8 Yellow Wagtail, Common Kingfisher.

Budby Pumping Station - Hobby, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Buzzard, 5 Grey Heron.

Kinoulton - 2 Merlin, c.6 House Martin, 30 Eurasian Starling, c.6 House Sparrow.

Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Little Egret, c.200 Barn Swallow, 20+ House Martin, c.60 Eurasian Starling.

 

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