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December 2011

Sat 31st Dec

Colwick Country Park - 8+ Goldcrest, 4+ Lesser Redpoll, 2+ Siskin, 2+ Common Goldeneye, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Black Swan, 5 Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, Common Pochard, 1+ Northern Shovlker, Gadwall, 60+ Northern Lapwing, 40+ Cormorant.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Iceland Gull [juvenile on West Lake only from 11:40 to 12:00 - flew north-east], 1 Goosander [East Lake].

Cotham Flash - Pykett's Pond: Smew [drake], 500 Fieldfare.

East Bridgford - Garden Centre: 2 Common Kestrel, Redwing, Fieldfare, 1 Red Kite.

Hoveringham - 2 Pink-footed Goose, 38 White-fronted Goose, Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, Common Kingfisher, 3 Common Buzzard.

Fri 30th Dec

Bilsthorpe - c.1000 Fieldfare, 2 Siskin, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Yellowhammer.

Cotham Flash - Pykett's Pond: Smew [drake].

Lambley Dumbles - 1 Rough-legged Buzzard [between Spring Lane and Catfoot Lane].

Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Little Egret, 1 Caspian Gull [1st winter], 1 Iceland Gull [juvenile/1st winter from 12:20 To 12:35 - flew north], 1 Treecreeper.

Holme Pierrepont - Kittiwake [deceased juvenile].

Thu 29th Dec

Gonalston- 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Redwing, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 Robin, 2 Reed Bunting.

Netherfield Lagoons - Siberian Chiffchaff.

Wed 28th Dec

Cotham Flash - Pykett's Pond: Smew [drakes].

Gedling Pit Top - 2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Snipe.

Netherfield Lagoons - Caspian Gull, Iceland Gull, Siberian Chiffchaff [along the brook on the access path from Teal Close], 10 Redwing, 5 Carrion Crow, 5 Black-headed Gull, 60+ Great-black Backed Gull, 60+ Northern Lapwing, Wren, 5 Blackbird, 3 Magpie, 5 Eurasian Wigeon, Robin, 30 Common Pochard, 18 Cormorant, 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Mute Swan, 5 Woodpigeon, 2 Rook, Bullfinch, 2 Long-tailed Tit.

Trowell - 2 Common Buzzard [near Balloon Woods crossroads].

Hoveringham - 20+ Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Goldfinch, 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Kestrel, 3 Common Buzzard.

Tue 27th Dec

Holme Pierrepont - 1 Smew [drake on Blott's Pit].

Highfields Park - Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Coal Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Long-tailed Tit, Pied Wagtail, Goldcrest, Goosander, Grey Heron, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Teal, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck.

Eakring - 50+ Fieldfare [field opposite National Grid offices], 15 Long-tailed Tit [Eakring Flash].

Retford - Hallcroft 2 Mute Swan [over], Common Kestrel.

Mon 26th Dec

Gedling Pit Top - 2 Common Kestrel , 1 Merlin.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 20 Goosander [Works Pond], Common Buzzard [over Delta], Fieldfare, Goldcrest, Eurasian Wigeon, Gadwall, Eurasian Teal, Northern Shoveler, Common Gull, Little Grebe, Little Egret, Common Goldeneye.

Cotham - Pykett's Pond: 2 Smew [drakes], 60 Fieldfare.

Netherfield Lagoons - 6 Siskin, 3 Water Rail, 9 Reed Bunting, 3 Little Egret, 1 Common Kestrel, 3 Common Goldeneye, 18 Common Pochard, 6 Robin, 250+ Northern Lapwing, 49 Redwing, 11 Fieldfare, 14 Northern Shoveler, 1 Common Kingfisher, 17 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Grey Wagtail, 300+ Black-headed Gull, 18 Eurasian Wigeon, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Little Grebe, 11 Blackbird.

Holme Pierrepont - 1 Smew [drake on Blott's Pit], 2 Common Buzzard.

Sun 25th Dec

Cinderhill - 60+ Lesser Redpoll [on birch - rear of Hollydene Crescent].

Costock - 5 European Golden Plover, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel, c.20 Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Carrion Crow, c.100 Fieldfare, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock, Common Pheasant, Merlin [probable, flying low].

Sat 24th Dec

Oxton Estate - 6 Eurasian Jay, 20 Grey Partidge, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Yellowhammer.

Fri 23rd Dec

Cotham Tip - Iceland Gull [juvenile on fields by tip].

Gedling Pit Top- 40+ Lesser Redpoll, 4+ Short-eared Owl.

Hoveringham - 11 Little Egret in one field next to level crossing by stream].

Thu 22nd Dec

Newark - Waitrose Car Park: 3 Bohemian Waxwing [in trees before flying west].

Norton - Common Kestrel, Red-legged Partridge.

Gedling Pit Top - Rough-legged Buzzard.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Marsh Tit, Redwing, Fieldfare, 4 Common Goldeneye.

Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 40 Greater White-fronted Goose. Sailing Lake: 4 Barnacle Goose, 51 Common Goldeneye, 11 Little Egret, 18 Grey Heron, 2 Jack Snipe [showing well - pond next to Sailing Lake in corner nearest Sailing Club gate].

Wed 21st Dec

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull [2nd winter].

Gedling Pit Top - Rough-legged Buzzard.

Hoveringham - 35 Greater White-fronted Goose.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Common Snipe [Clifton Pond], 54 Goosander [Clifton Pond - in to roost].

Tue 20th Dec

Gedling Pit Top - Rough-legged Buzzard, Short-eared Owl, Green Woodpecker, Common Kestrel, Skylark.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Smew [female still on Main Pond].

Mon 19th Dec

Hoveringham - Sailing Lake: 3 Barnacle Goose, c.30 Common Goldeneye, 6 Little Egret, 1 Common Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, c.200 Fieldfare.

Sun 18th Dec

Arnold - 2 Grey Wagtail [garden].

Clayworth Common - 3 Whooper Swan.

Skegby - c.150 Pink-footed Goose [over south-east].

Gedling Pit Top - Rough-legged Buzzard, Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, c.30 Redwing, c.50 Lesser Redpoll, Mealy Redpoll, Bullfinch, Goldfinch, 3 Goosander, Eurasian Sparrowhawk.

Clumber Park - 30+ Northern Shoveler, 3 Mandarin Duck [males], c.10 Siskin, 1 Brambling, 1 Common Buzzard.

Hoveringham - 1 Long-tailed Duck, 36 Greater White-fronted Goose, 45 Common Pochard, 6 Common Goldeneye, 12 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, 12 Siskin, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, Marsh Tit.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Eurasian Wigeon, 19 Northern Shoveler, 15 Common Goldeneye, 1 Smew, Goosander, Common Kingfisher.

Costock - 2 Common Buzzard, c.150 Fieldfare, 12 Chaffinch, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Eurasian Starling, 1 Common Kestrel.

Sat 17th Dec

Hoveringham - 1 Long-tailed Duck.

Gedling Pit Top - Rough-legged Buzzard.

Calverton - 450 European Golden Plover, c.50 Lesser Redpoll, Mealy Redpoll.

Clumber Park- Kittiwake [adult], 20+ Siskin, 4 Eurasian Nuthatch, Muscovy Duck.

Fri 16th Dec

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - 1 Great White Egret [Chainbridge Scrape].

Gedling Pit Top - Rough-legged Buzzard.

Girton Pits - 8 Common Goldeneye, 1 Great Northern Diver [juvenile on Sailing Lake], 1 Little Egret, c.1300 European Golden Plover [in adjacent riverside field With 100s of Lapwing], Northern Lapwing [numerous], 100 Fieldfare, 50 Redwing.

Collingham Pits - 85 Eurasian Wigeon, c.350 Eurasian Teal, 1 Northern Pintail, 5 Common Goldeneye, 9 Common Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 50 Fieldfare.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Smew [female still on Main Pond].

Carburton - Grey Heron, Mute Swan.

Thu 15th Dec

Arnot Hill Park - Northern Pintail [tame bird on pond]

Costock - 2 Marsh Tit, 30 Fieldfare, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 20+ Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch.

Highfields Park - 28 Goosander, 2 Northern Shoveler, 2 Mistle Thrush.

Wollaton Park - Red-crested Pochard [pair].

Gedling Pit Top - Rough-legged Buzzard, 1 Common Snipe.

Wed 14th Dec

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - 1 Great White Egret [Chainbridge Scrape].

Costock - 8 European Golden Plover [roosting on winter wheat].

Gonalston - 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Gedling Pit Top - Rough-legged Buzzard.

Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 65 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 26 Tufted Duck, 13 Red-crested Pochard, 21 Moorhen [1 ringed bird], 2 Grey Wagtail 1 Grey Heron [over - mobbed by 3 Carrion Crow]. Bowling Green Feeders: Tree Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Dunnock, Blackbird, Wood Pigeon, 2 Wren, 17 Collared Dove, 3 Magpie, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Mistle Thrush, 18 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Robin. Rear of Old House/Rose Garden: 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Goldcrest, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Nuthatch, 50+ Eurasian Starling, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk [over Gedling Borough Council Depot].

Tue 13th Dec

Hoveringham - 36 Greater White-fronted Goose [Railway Lake].

Girton Pits - 1 Great Northern Diver [juvenile on Sailing Lake].

Gedling Pit Top - Rough-legged Buzzard.

Mon 12th Dec

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - 1 Great White Egret [Chainbridge Scrape], 1 Little Egret, 3 Northern Pintail, 15 Greater White-fronted Goose.

Gedling Pit Top - Rough-legged Buzzard.

Gonalston - 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 Wren, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 2 Robin, 2 Great Tit, 10 Long-tailed Tit.

Welbeck - Robin Hood Trail: 3 Common Kestrel, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Pheasant [males], Blackbird, Chaffinch, Robin, 300+ Woodpigeon, 100+ Fieldfare.

Barton-in-Fabis - 1 Ross's Snow Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 8 Egyptian Goose, 100 Greylag Goose, 5 Canada Goose, 100 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing. Barton Flash: 50 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose.

Sun 11th Dec

Gedling Pit Top - Rough-legged Buzzard.

Girton Pits - 2 Goosander [redheads on A1133 pit], 1 Mediterranean Gull [adult winter on Spalford Pit].

Gunthorpe - 2 Eurasian Wigeon, Green Woodpecker, Black-headed Gull, Hearing Gull, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Mallard, Fieldfare, Redwing.

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - 1 Great White Egret [Chainbridge Scrape], 1 Little Egret, 3 Northern Pintail.

Barton-in-Fabis - 4 Bean Goose, 1 Greater White-fronted Goose [in fields between Barton and Thrumpton].

Sat 10th Dec

Gedling Pit Top - Rough-legged Buzzard.

Kinoulton - c.30 European Golden Plover, c.50 Northern Lapwing, c.60 Fieldfare, 3 Common Buzzard, 3 Bullfinch, Common Kestrel, c.4 Greenfinch, 20 Goldfinch.

Costock - c.40 European Golden Plover [circling over], c.150 Fieldfare, 4+ Bullfinch, 3 Common Buzzard.

Langford Lowfields - 1 Short-eared Owl, 3 Whooper Swan, 1 Little Egret, 5 Tree Sparrow.

Bentinck Void - Short-eared Owl, Goosander.

Fri 9th Dec

Radford - Red-legged Partridge [out in the open and around buildings].

Cotham Flash - 4 Short-eared Owl, 1 Woodcock, 17 Grey Partridge, 15 Yellowhammer, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Common Buzzard.

Thu 8th Dec

Arnot Hill Park - 19 Tufted Duck, 12 Red-crested Pochard, 16 Moorhen [1 ringed bird], 1 Grey Heron, 2 Grey Wagtail [1 ringed bird], 8 Canada Goose, 27 Tree Sparrow, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, 1 Blackcap [female], 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 3 Goldcrest, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush, 22 Redwing, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 50+ Eurasian Starling, 1 Eurasian Jay, 25 Collared dove, 15 Long-tailed Tit.

Cotham Flash - 5 Short-eared Owl.

Wed 7th Dec

Wollaton - 2 Ring-necked Parakeet [Martin's Pond].

Tue 6th Dec

Hoveringham - Railway Lake 1 Mediterrean Gull [adult winter at 14:20]. Sailing Lake 1 Goosander, 1 Common Kingfisher, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult in roost].

Old Basford - Ring-necked Parakeet.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Greater Scaup [Church Pond].

Mon 5th Dec

Nottingham - Grey Wagtail [Trent Bridge].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Smew [Main Pond].

Sun 4th Dec

West Bridgford - Blackcap [male].

Holme Pierrepont - Rowing Course: 2 Greater White-fronted Goose.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Smew [Main Pond].

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Great White Egret [Chainbridge Scrape].

Sookholme - White Stork [Fretwell Centre - observed for 45 minutes, walking around the Fretwell Centre building and feeding in the adjoining sports fields].

Clumber Park - 3 Goosander, 2 Common Goldeneye, 2 Eurasian Teal, 1 Common Shelduck, 5+ Northern Shoveler, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Mallard.

Caunton - Common Buzzard

Clumber Park - Hawfinch [male in chapel area at 10:30], Tawny Owl [calling in chapel area], 3 Marsh Tit, Green Woodpecker, Great-spotted Woodpecker, Fieldfare, Common Buzzard, 3 Mistle Thrush, Eurasian Nuthatch, Treecreeper.

Kinoulton - 50 Skylark, Grey Wagtail, 2 Bullfinch, c.7 Fieldfare.

Sat 3rd Dec

Gringley Carr - 2 Short-eared Owl [hunting along the Idle bank], Barn Owl, 1 Common Buzzard, 6 Common Kestrel, Common Kingfisher [on river], 20 Red-legged Partridge, 50 Fieldfare.

Kinoulton - Grey Wagtail, Reed Bunting [mixed flock], Yellowhammer [mixed flock], Green Woodpecker, Common Buzzard.

Darfoulds - Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel.

Worksop - Common Buzzard [Sainsbury's].

Creswell Crags - 3 Common Buzzard.

Radcliffe-on-Trent - Rose-coloured Starling [juvenile] [opposite Radcliffe Animal Shelter - flew towards Radcliffe].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Willow Tit, 4 Bullfinch, Siskin, 1 Barnacle Goose, 7 Common Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 150 Eurasian Teal, 20 Northern Shoveler, 13 Common Pochard, 60 Gadwall, 40 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Water Rail, 2 Common Snipe, 600 Northern Lapwing, 1 Little Egret.

Burntstump Hill - 1 Common Buzzard [low across A60].

Fri 2nd Dec

Calverton Fish Farm - 2 Tawny Owl, 1 Barn Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker [Springwater Golf Course].

Costock - c.40 European Golden Plover [raptor also present].

King's Mill Reservoir - 1 Water Rail.

Pinxton - 1 Common Kestrel [female], 1 Mistle Thrush.

Thu 1st Dec

Holme Pit - 1 Bittern [flew across pit], 2 Water Rail [calling], 1 Mandarin Duck [drake], 2 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker.

Thrumpton - 4 Egyptian Goose, 50 Fieldfare, 18 Goldfinch.

Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 37 Greater White-fronted Goose, 3 Little Egret, 2 Goosander.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Northern Pintail [pair on Clifton Pond], Common Goldeneye [several across reserve], Redwing, Fieldfare, Common Pochard, Gadwall, Eurasain Wigeon, Eurasian Teal, Northern Shoveler, Red-tailed Hawk [in trees on river island], Northern Lapwing [numerous], Egyptian Goose, Tree Sparrow, Water Rail [Clifton Pond], Green Sandpiper [wet marsh].

 

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