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December 2010
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Fri 31st Dec
Thrumpton- Smew [female flying up river].
Langar - 1 Eurasian Curlew [circling and calling over fields between Priory Place and Bottom House Farm].
Arnold - 42 Bohemian Waxwing [Douro Drive]
Gamston - 65 Bohemian Waxwing [Langstrath Drive/Beckside]
Woodthorpe - Villiers Road: 1 Blackcap [female in garden daily], 5 Redwing [garden].
Bingham - 36 Bohemian Waxwing [Grantham Road garden & Forest Road].
Edwalton - 100+ Bohemian Waxwing [along Alford Road].
Bartin-in-Fabis - 2 Whooper Swan, 4 Bewick's Swan [with Mute Swans in field just south of A453 along road to Gotham].
Sutton-in-Ashfield - 1 Firecrest [path to Teversal Trail from Stoneyford Road].
Norton - Common Buzzard.
Clumber - Common Pheasant, Jay, Robin, Blue Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Welbeck Lake - Grey Heron, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Willow Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Common Pheasant.
Hucknall - Siskin [male in garden].
Thu 30th Dec
Sherwood Heath - 1 Merlin, 1 Common Kestrel, 2 Jay, 1 Marsh Tit, 4 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 50 Lesser Black-backed Gull [over].
Barton-in-Fabis/Thrumpton - 52 White-Fronted Goose [on stubble field between Barton & Thrumpton], Merlin, 4 Bewick's Swan, 2 Whooper Swan [Barton Lane].
Clifton - 30+ Bohemian Waxwing [Green Lane].
Budby Common - Great Grey Shrike, 3 Treecreeper, Coal Tit, Siskin, Goldcrest, 8 Bullfinch, c.120 Lesser Redpoll, 6 Goldcrest, 3 Green Woodpecker, 4 Eurasian Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 20+ Great Tit, 10+ Blue Tit, 8 Carrion Crow, 8 Jay, 3 Woodpigeon. Pumping Station: c.80 Gadwall, 2 Eurasian Wigeon, 5 Mute Swan, c.100 Coot, 10+ Mallard, 20+ Great Tit, 20+ Blue Tit, 4 Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Reed Bunting.
Gedling - 70 Bohemian Waxwing [Priory School grounds].
West Bridgford - c.50 Bohemian Waxwing [over Radcliffe Road], c.200 Pink-footed Goose [skein heading south], Sparrowhawk, Redwing, Long-tailed Tit.
Holme Pierrepont- 15 Common Goldeneye, 2 Smew [pair], 3 Common Redshank, 4 Eurasian Teal [3 males & 1 female].
Gamston - 2 Siskin [pair In alders at Morrisons].
Welbeck - Robin Hood Trail: 3 Common Buzzard, Wren, Long-tailed Tit.
Wellow - 30 Bohemian Waxwing.
Edwalton - 100 Bohemian Waxwing [Wellin Lane - entrance to golf course].
Rufford Country Park - 1 Brambling.
Woodthorpe - Villiers Road: 1 Blackcap [female in garden daily].
Wed 29th Dec
Holme Pierrepont - Sparrowhawk, Bullfinch, 15 Common Goldeneye, 2 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Redshank, 20 Gadwall.
Attenbourgh Nature Reserve - 2 Water Rail, 2 Bittern, Bullfinch, Eurasian Teal, Common Buzzard, Treecreeper, 12+ Tree Sparrow.
Gamston - c.150 Bohemian Waxwing [Langstrath Drive/Beckside].
Nuthall - Old Railway Line: 2 Blue Tit, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Great Tit, 6 Linnet.
Arnold - 30 Redwing [garden]
West Bridgford- 4 Bohemian Waxwing [Charnwood Grove at 13:15 - very mobile].
Welbeck Lakes - Treecreeper.
Rainworth - 16 Wren [roosting in nextbox].
Woodthorpe - Villiers Road: 1 Blackcap [female in garden daily].
Tue 28th Dec
Daneshill Lakes - 8+ Goldcrest, 3+ Treecreeper, 15+ Siskin, 1 Common Buzzard.
Ranskill - 1 Bohemian Waxwing [on wire next to Great North Road - c.200 yards north of crossroads].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 32 Great Crested Grebe [on river], Bullfinch, Bittern, Water Rail.
Gamston - Langstrath Drive/Beckside: 37 Bohemian Waxwing [on aerials, temporarily].
Woodthorpe - Villiers Road: 1 Blackcap [female in garden daily].
Mon 27th Dec
Clumber Park - 8 Hawfinch [including 1 male in chapel area and 7 in tall trees upstream from bridge over lake], Great Grey Shrike [South Lawn], Common Buzzard, 3 Goosander, Lesser Redpoll, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Willow Tit, Marsh Tit.
Arnold - Bohemian Waxwing [Douro Drive].
Kilvington - 5 Pink-footed Goose [in field with Greylags].
Nuthall - 1 Common Kestrel, Fieldfare, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 8 Goldfinch.
Colwick - 10 Bohemian Waxwing [Ramblers Close].
Hucknall - garden: Bramling, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 50+ Eurasian Starling.
Sun 26th Dec
Caythorpe - 7 Whooper Swan, Merlin.
Castle Marina - 30+ Bohemian Waxwing.
Clifton - Barton Lane: 2 Whooper Swan, 4 Bewick's Swan.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Red-crested Pochard [visitor centre], Common Goldeneye [male on river], Eurasian Wigeon [numerous on river], Northern Shoveler, Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Teal, 6 Bullfinch [1 male].
Norton - 4 Whooper Swan [in field with geese - near raptor watchpoint].
Gamston - 1 Green Woodpecker [male near Grantham Canal], c.50 Bohemian Waxwing [Langstrath Drive/Beckside].
Blidworth - 1 Brambling [garden feeder].
Budby Common - 1 Great Gey Shrike, 23 Cormorant [over], 2 Bohemian Waxwing [Budby Village], 2 Siskin, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldfnch, Jay.
Sat 25th Dec
Norton - Kennels: Common Buzzard [white/pale individual seen regularly].
Gunthorpe- Trent Weir: 1 Common Kingfisher, 3 Smew [male & 2 females], 1 Goosander, 50+ Coot, 50+ Tufted Duck, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 10+ Cormorant, 30+ Mallard.
Worksop - 2 Brambling [Wallingbrook Rise].
Arnold - garden: Goldcrest, 6 Redwing, Fieldfare, Bullfinch [female], Coal Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, 2 Goldfinch, Robin, Wren, 3 Blackbird.
West Bridgford - 6 Redwing [Newstead Drive - feeding on berries].
Fri 24th Dec
Oxton Estate - 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.
Worksop - 2 Brambling [Wallingbrook Rise], 2 Blackcap [females at Meadow Lea].
Ravenshead- 2 Common Raven.
Sutton-in-Ashfield - 12 Bohemian Waxwing.
Keyworth - 45+ Bohemian Waxwing [30+ on Fairway - feeding on remaining fruit on prunus tree in domestic garden].
West Bridgford - 28 Bohemian Waxwing [Stanhome Drive].
Hucknall - garden: 20+ Fieldfare, c.3 Brambling, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest.
Arnold - 1 Goldcest [garden].
Thu 23rd Dec
Gamston - 1 Blackcap [young male in garden].
Rufford Country Park - Firecrest, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [female], willow Tit, 21 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Goldcrest, 5 Eurasian Nuthatch, 8 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Treecreeper, Jay, 110 Greenfinch.
Hoveringham - Railway Lake: Eurasian Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Shelduck, Goosander, Little Egret, Water Rail, Common Buzzard.
Arnold - 6 Bohemian Waxwing [Douro Drive at 13:00].
Hucknall - 8 Fieldfare [garden].
Wed 22nd Dec
Mansfield - c.50 Bohemian Waxwing [junction of Hamilton Way and Lower Oakham Way].
Basford - 38 Bohemian Waxwing [Marshall Volvo], Sparrowhawk.
Wheatcroft Garden Centre - 50+ Bohemian Waxwing.
West Bridgford - 20 Bohemian Waxwing [Newstead Drive].
King's Mill Hospital - 1 Green Woodpecker.
Tue 21st Dec
Mansfield - c.34 Bohemian Waxwing [junction of Hamilton Way and Lower Oakham Way].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Smew [immature male still opposite new outflow], 50 Northern Shoveler, 60+ Eurasian Teal, 40 Goosander [Coneries], 130 Gadwall [Church Pond].
Arnold - 250 Pink-footed Goose [over at 12:50].
Ollerton - 5 Bohemian Waxwing [cemetery opposite Plough public house].
Sutton-in-Ashfield - Outram Street: 22 Bohemian Waxwing.
West Bridgford - Acorn Bank: 100+ Bohemian Waxwing.
Hucknall - NG15 7EF: 2 Brambling, Bullfinch [male].
Mon 20th Dec
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Smew [immature male still opposite new outflow].
Tollerton - Homestead Farm: 100+ Yellowhammer.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Bittern [over river path], Water Rail [river path], 150 Coot, 120 Eurasian Wigeon, 32 Northern Lapwing, 6 Bullfinch, Redwing, Fieldfare.
Chilwell - 150 Bohemian Waxwing [Ranson Road/Eldon Road].
Keyworth - 10+ Redwing, 2 Bullfinch.
King's Mill Reservoir - 6 Bohemian Waxwing, 1 Water Rail [in dyke next to main road], 20 Northern Lapwing, 1 Grey Wagtail.
Watnall- Cloverlands Estate: 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Grey Wagtail.
Sun 19th Dec
Langford Lowfields - 1 Common Buzzard [with very white rump - distant view only], 1 Eurasian Curlew, 2 Common Snipe, 5 Common Goldeneye, 3 Northern Pintail [males], 1 Water Rail, Siskin, Bullfinch, Chaffinch.
Hoveringham - 400 Eurasian Wigeon, 150 Common Goldeneye, 2 Northern Shoveler, Common Redshank, Common Buzzard.
Toton - 90+ Bohemian Waxwing [High Road - corner of Kensington Close and Swiney Way - corner of Minton Close].
Rufford Country Park - 4 Bohemian Waxwing [over main car park], 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [main car park].
Budby South Forest - 1 Great Grey Shrike [on western part of heath].
Worksop - 2- Brambling [Wallingbrook Rise], 1 Bohemian Waxwing [Meadow Lea].
Kilvington - 2 Smew [males], 2 Eurasian Curlew, 40 Pink-footed Goose [over], 1 Goosander, Barnacle Goose [with Canada Geese].
Holme Pierrepont - Rowing Course: Common Goldeneye, c.20 Gadwall, 3 Eurasian Teal, 5 Common Redshank, c.15 Northern Lapwing.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Bittern [in flight towards Long Eaton], 1 Smew [immature male on river opposite the new 5 gate outflow fishing in amongst the narrow boats moored on bankside], 40 Goosander [river], c.200 Tufted Duck [river], 50 Common Gull [Church Pond and Clifton Pond], 350 Eurasian Wigeon [flock feeding on Barton Meadows - roosting on Clifton Pond], 60 Eurasian Teal, 4 Eurasian Curlew [over - had been feeding on Barton Meadows earlier].
Hoveringham - Great White Egret [Railwway Lake].
Chilwell - 50+ Bohemian Waxwing [retail park and Corn Mill pub].
Watnall - Cloverlands Estate: 8 Bohemian Waxwing, 10 Goldfinch, 7 Blue Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 2 Chaffinch [male], 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper.
Sat 18th Dec
Cotham Flash- Barn Owl, 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk.
Cotham Tip - Glaucous Gull [3rd Winter], Iceland Gull [juvenile], Caspian Gull [adult].
Langford Lowfields - 1 Brambling [with finch flock in maize patch], 9 Whooper Swan [through low north-east], 3 Northern Pintail [all males], Little Owl, 2 Smew [red-heads], 6 Common Goldeneye, 2 Eurasian Curlew, 1 Jack Snipe, 4 Common Snipe, 1 Woodcock, 1 Common Redshank, 3 Water Rail.
Hucknall - Brambling, Fieldfare, Redwing, Blackbird, Jay, Magpie, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, 20+ Goldfinch, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Robin, Eurasian Starling, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Common Kestrel [female].
Nuthall - Mornington Crescent: 22 Bohemian Waxwing, 50 Redwing
Newark & Balderton - 10 Bohemian Waxwing [Elston Close], 2 Bullfinch, 10 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Redwing, 1 Common Snipe [Sustrans Track].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Bittern [1 Clifton Pond, 1 flew towards Delta, 1 Smew [on river], Common Snipe, Egyptian Goose, Bullfinch, Fieldfare, Redwing, White-cheeked Pintail [escape - visitor centre], 80 Gadwall [Church Pond], 120 Coot [Church Pond], 2 Whooper Swan [Clifton Pond], 60 Eurasian Teal [Clifton Pond], 140 Eurasian Wigeon [Clifton Pond], 40+ Goosander [difficult to count - scattered along the Trent].
Chilwell - 90+ Bohemian Waxwing [retail park and Corn Mill pub].
Fri 17th Dec
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pond: 2 Bittern, 2 Whooper Swan.
Holme Pierrepont- 2 Smew [pair], Eurasian Curlew, 5 Common Redshank, 10+ Common Goldeneye [mainly female].
Sookholme - Great White Egret [Sookholme Brook].
Hoveringham - Gonalston Lane: 1 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret.
Keyworth - 50+ Bohemian Waxwing.
Brackenhurst - Eurasian Curlew [south over First Park].
Thu 16th Dec
East Leake - Meadow Park: 3 Bullfinch [males in trees south of Nixon Walk].
Wed 15th Dec
Stanton Hill - Common Buzzard [worming in paddocks].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pond: 3 Bittern [in to roost at 15:30, 15:37 and 15:45], 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Water Rail, 4 Common Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 1 Green Woodpecker.
Tue 14th Dec
Shirebrook - 200+ Bohemian Waxwing.
Holme Pierrepont - Blott's Pit 550 Eurasian Wigeon, 150 Eurasian Teal, Grey Heron [albino], Mediterranean Gull, 15 Common Goldeneye.
Stapleford - c.60 Bohemian Waxwing [Pasture Road].
Balderton - 2 Bohemian Waxwing [Lacey Green].
Arnold - 6 Bohemian Waxwing [Kilbourne Road].
Mon 13th Dec
Carlton - 18 Bohemian Waxwing [in trees at recreation ground - Valley Road Park].
Sun 12th Dec
Calverton - Woodcock [St Wilfrid's School field - for over 90 minutes].
Langford Lowfields - 1 Bittern, 1 Water Rail, 2 Smew [females], 4 Northern Pintail [3 male & 1 female].
Nuthall - c.70 Bohemian Waxwing [present for about 15 minutes at Mornington Crescent].
Colwick Park - 3 Lesser Redpoll, 30+ Siskin, 1510 Fieldfare [flock heading east at 13:20], Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Common Goldeneye, 1 Mandarin Duck, 210 Eurasian Wigeon, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 30+ Long-tailed Tit [single flock].
Clifton Grove - Holme Pit: 2 Bittern [still on pit mid-morning], 55 European Golden Plover [high over Barton-in-Fabis to north-east].
Langwith - 10 Bohemian Waxwing [main road across from Jug and Glass pub].
Shirebrook - 50+ Bohemian Waxwing [Carter Lane Social Club - feeding on rowans in car park].
Caunton - Brambling [garden].
Sat 11th Dec
Nuthall - 30 Bohemian Waxwing [Mornington Crescent].
Caunton - Brambling [garden].
Kilvington- 1 Woodcock, 3 Goosander [1 male & 2 female].
Cotham Flash - 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Barn Owl, 1 Little Owl, 1 Common Buzzard.
Clifton Grove - 4 Bittern [Holme Pit].
Girton - 41 Common Goldeneye [sailing lake & A1133 Pit], 1 Water Rail [a1133 Pit], 2 Common Redshank [Spalford Pit]
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Red-crested Pochard [pair near visitor centre], 1 Common Goldeneye [male on Church Pond].
Langford Lowfields - 1 Little Egret, 2 Northern Pintail, 3 Common Goldeneye, 2 Water Rail, 3 Eurasian Curlew, 2 Barn Owl, 1 Common Kingfisher, 2 Stonechat [pair], Bearded Tit [heard], 1 Tree Sparrow, 2 Brambling.
Pinxton - 15 Bohemian Waxwing, 1 Willow Tit, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Sparrowhawk, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 60+ Redwing.
King's Mill Reservoir - 4 Cormorant, 2 Greylag Goose, c.10 Gadwall, 3 Common Snipe, 1 Ring-billed Gull, c.20 Long-tailed Tit, Lesser Redpoll.
Beeston - 20 Bohemian Waxwing [Padge Road/Humber Road].
Watnall - 10 Bohemian Waxwing [Cloverlands Estates].
Fri 10th Dec
Southwell - Grey Wagtail [minster graveyard].
Giltbrook - 30 Bohemian Waxwing [Smithurst Road/Halls Lane].
Thu 9th Dec
Beckingham - Common Redshank
Eastwood - c.80 Bohemian Waxwing [car park behind HSBC].
Teversal - 25 Bohemian Waxwing [Wild Hill].
Colwick - 2 Woodcock, Mandarin Duck, Black Swan, 17 Magpie, Great Tit [partial albino].
Nuthall - 30 Bohemian Waxwing [Mornington Crescent - departed west].
Keyworth - 23 Bohemian Waxwing, 2 Bullfinch.
Huthwaite - 10 Bohemian Waxwing [Clegg Hill Drive].
Hucknall - 19 Bohemian Waxwing [Greenwood Avenue].
Wed 8th Dec
Chilwell - Lesser Whitethroat [Eskdale Primary School].
Giltbrook to Newthorpe - 6 Bohemian Waxwing.
Arnold - 1 Common Snipe [garden].
Hickling - Little Owl, Common Buzzard, Bullfinch, Yellowhammer, Woodcock, Redwing, Fieldfare, Sparrowhawk, Reed Bunting, Coal Tit, Tree Sparrow.
Gonalston - Great White Egret [pit west of level crossing].
Brackenhurst - 2 Woodcock, 8 Siskin, 1 Goldcrest [Orwin's].
Pinxton - 15 Bohemian Waxwing.
Chilwell - 30 Bohemian Waxwing [near Corn Mill].
Nottingham - 1 Red-crested Pochard [male on Nottingham-Beeston Canal].
Tue 7th Dec
Caunton - Brambling [garden].
Clifton Grove - Red-breasted Merganser [Beeston Weir], 4 Common Goldeneye, 8 Goosander.
Edwalton - 22 Bohemian Waxwing [Earleswood Drive - in tree opposite post office].
Langar - Newlands Farm: 2 Eurasian Curlew, 20+ Northern Lapwing.
Sneinton to Colwick - 1 Blackcap [Male], 3 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldfinch, 3 Blackbird, 3 Magpie, 2 Woodpigeon, 7 Greylag Goose [over west].
Mon 6th Dec
Edingley - 1 Barn Owl [hunting at 14:00], 3 Woodcock [flushed from side of road], 1 Brambling [garden feeder].
Nuthall - 10 Bohemian Waxwing [Mornington Crescent, feeding on rowan at 08:15].
Giltbrook - Bohemian Waxwing [numerous - Brackenfield Drive].
Stapleford - Common Buzzard [over towards Melbourne Estate].
Sun 5th Dec
Clifton Pastures - Barn Owl [hunting - Fairham Brook].
Hucknall - c.15 Bohemian Waxwing.
Spalford Pit - Smew.
Collingham - Little Owl, Brambling, Blackcap.
Langford Lowfields - 7+ Bearded Tit.
Girton - Greater Scaup [female].
Giltbrook - c.110 Bohemian Waxwing [junction of Smithurst Road and Halls Lane.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pond: 2 Bittern, c.30 Goosander, Common Goldeneye, c.40 Northern Shoveler.
Caunton - 2 Bohemian Waxwing [in garden at 09:00].
Sat 4th Dec
Langford Lowfields - 3+ Bearded Tit, 2 Stonechat, c.55 Reed Bunting, 3 Northern Pintail [males], 6 Common Goldeneye, 1 Water Rail, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Barn Owl.
Mansfield - 52 Bohemian Waxwing [Nottingham Road - behind Tesco Express - roaming to Abbeydale Drive and Sunny Bank throughout morning].
Meden Vale - c.20 Bohemian Waxwing [near pit - feeding on hawthorn].
Giltbrook - 33 Bohemian Waxwing [Smithurst Road].
Arnold - 9 Bohemian Waxwing [Queen's Bower Road].
Fri 3rd Dec
Nottingham General Cemetery - Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Nottingham Rock Cemetery - Eurasian Nuthatch, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk, Robin, Blackbird.
Arnold - 1 Woodcock [Arnold Hill School].
Holme Pierrepont - 12+ Common Goldeneye, Smew [female], Common Snipe, Dunlin, Common Kingfisher.
Arnold - 6 Bohemian Waxwing [Merton Close at 08:00].
Colwick Park - 2 Bohemian Waxwing [Vale Road around 11:30], 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 310 Siskin, 3 Goosander [over], 2 Common Kingfisher, 1 Mandarin Duck [male], 5 Bullfinch, 1 Sparrowhawk [male].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Bittern [Clifton Pond c.14:00], 11 Common Pochard, 81 Eurasian Teal, 35 Northern Shoveler, 31 Goosander [Clifton & Main Ponds], 5 Common Goldeneye, 107 Gadwall, 112 Eurasian Wigeon, Great Black-backed Gull, 28 Common Gull, 8 Northern Lapwing, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Hickling - 2 Common Buzzard, 6 Common Snipe, Grey Wagtail, 2 Eurasian Teal, Barn Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker, 40+ Tree Sparrow, 40+ Skylark, 7 Yellowhammer, 3 Reed Bunting, Linnet, 2 Bullfinch, Redwing, Fieldfare.
Mapperley - 20+ Bohemian Waxwing, [13:00 in CO-OP car park].
Hoveringham - 5 Little Egret, 8 Eurasian Curlew, 3 Common Goldeneye, 100+ Common Pochard, 30 Eurasian Wigeon,5 Common Sandpiper, 5 Common Snipe, 4 Eurasian Teal.
Vernon Park - Common Gull.
Pinxton - 30+ Bohemian Waxwing, 2 Jack Snipe, 1 Common Pheasant, Redwing [large flock].
Thu 2nd Dec
Wollaton Park - Red-crested Pochard [male and female].
Wed 1st Dec
Clifton Grove - Red-breasted Merganser [Clifton Grove - river bend between The Grove and Clifton Woods].
Hickling - Willow Tit, Eurasian Curlew.
Woodborough Park Farm - 80+ Linnet, 30+ Skylark, 20+ Tree Sparrow, 2 Brambling, 30+ Reed Bunting, 30+ Chaffinch. Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Merlin [Delta], 11 Goosander, c.90 Northern Shoveler, c.70 Eurasian Wigeon, c.70 Gadwall, 2 Common Pochard, 3 Common Goldeneye [males - Clifton Pond], 18 Common Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Dunlin [Clifton Pond].
Arnold - 30 Bohemian Waxwing [Kilbourne Road area at 11:45].
Mansfield - 22 Bohemian Waxwing [Nottingham Road - Sainsbury's].
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