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February 2009
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Sat 28th Feb
Bennerley Marsh - 85 Eurasian Wigeon, 38 Eurasian Teal, 40 Northern Lapwing, 5 Common Snipe, 2 Grey Partridge, Stonechat [female], 33 Meadow Pipit, 7 Reed Bunting, 2 Skylark.
Newstead - 3 Skylark [1 singing], 6 Meadow Pipit, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull.
Cuckney Churchyard - Blackcap [male], Yellowhammer.
Welbeck Lakes - 7 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Great Crested Grebe, Sparrowhawk [female raiding feeding station], Goosander [male], 3 Common Buzzard, Grey Heron.
Forest Town - 15 Bohemian Waxwings [in garden on Old Mill Lane].
Gringley Carr - 20+ Whooper Swan, 10+ Bewick's Swan, 6 Corn Bunting, Reed Bunting, Skylark, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Linnet, Robin, Fieldfare, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Rook, Starling, Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Eurasian Wigeon, Gadwall, Common Shelduck, Moorhen, Northern Lapwing, Common Kestrel, Common Pheasant.
Fri 27th Feb
Welbeck Lakes - 2 Merlin [pair].
Clifton Grove - 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Common Kestrel,
East Leake - 70 Northern Lapwing, 40 Black-headed Gull, 6 Eurasian Teal.
Sutton Bonington - 100+ Fieldfare [flock - Hungary Lane].
Meden Pumping Station - Hen Harrier, Mute Swan, Cormorant.
Bennerley Marsh - North Marsh: Short-eared Owl, 2 Sparrowhawk [male & female], Common Kestrel [male], Jack Snipe, 4 Common Snipe, 2 Goosander [2 females to South-west], 7 Eurasian Teal, 35 Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker.
Thu 26th Feb
Hucknall - 1 Peregrine [on fence at bottom of garden overlooking open countryside].
Bennerley Marsh - 2 Corn Bunting, 6 Reed Bunting, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat [male & female], 2 Green Woodpecker, Kingfisher, Kestrel [male], 50 Eurasian Wigeon, 40 Eurasian Teal, 60 Northern Lapwing.
Wed 25th Feb
Ollerton - 10 Bohemian Waxwing [side of Tesco car park].
Tue 24th Feb
Wysall - 1 Reeves Pheasant [male along Bradmore Road].
Warsop Vale Country Park - c.40 Meadow Pipit.
Ollerton - c.25 Bohemian Waxwing [Sherwood Energy Village].
Kings Mill Reservoir - Red Kite [through to West].
Sherwood Forest - Visitor Centre: 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 8 Common Buzzard.
Rufford Country Park - 11 Bohemian Waxwing [by main car park].
Hucknall - 50+ Bohemian Waxwing [on trees opposite Cypress Court - flew North-east].
Cotham Flash - Barn Owl, 1 Whooper Swan, 2 Sparrowhawk [both female], Common Buzzard, 8 Gadwall.
Watnall - 100+ Bohemian Waxwing [on Hillcrest Close from 08:00 to 08:30 at least].
East Leake - 7 Common Buzzard, [in field on South-side of Brickyard Lane feeding with mnumerous Woodpigeons], c.35 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Reed Bunting [at sewage works].
Mon 23rd Feb
Burton Joyce - - 1 Little Egret [by railway line and sewage works on new road].
Barton in Fabis - 1 Peregrine [high over wood], 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Kestrel, 200+ Canada Goose, 60+ Greylag Goose [with Canadas], 11 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, 1 Bullfinch [male], 6 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 3 Great Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 14 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Stonechat [male], 2 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, 3 Robin, 1 Wren, 4 Goosander [flew down river], 5 Corn Bunting, 1 Egyptian Goose, 22 Northern Lapwing, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Grey Heron.
Collingham - New Workings: 28 Common Goldeneye, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Langford Lowfields - 3 Northern Pintail, 1 Water Rail, 32 Common Redshank, 8 Common Snipe.
Kings Mill Reservoir - Red-crested Pochard [female].
Kings Mill Reservoir - Mediterranean Gull [adult in the roost at 17:15].
Watnall - c.500 Bohemian Waxwing [Chilton Drive].
Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 3 Black Swan, 4 Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Goose, 9 Canada Goose, 35 Tufted Duck, 12 Red-crested Pochard. Rear of old house: 1 Grey Heron [flying off from neighbouring garden 09:00], 35 Redwing, 12 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush, 150 Starling, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, 3 Goldcrest, 10 Collared Dove, 30 Woodpigeon, 4 Jackdaw, 1 Sparrowhawk. Rose Garden/rear of council building: 50+ Chaffinch, 30+ Goldfinch, 30+ Greenfinch, 6 Great Tit, 9 Blue Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Pied Wagtail. Old railway line: Robin, Dunnock, Nuthatch, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Tree Sparrow, Magpie, Common Crow.
Sun 22nd Feb
Shelford - 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Common Redshank, 107 Eurasian Wigeon, 70 Fieldfare, 80 Mute Swan.
Bennerley Marsh - Jack Snipe, 12 Golden Plover, 20 Northern Lapwing, 2 Stonechat [male & female], 2 Green Woodpecker.
Woodborough & Calverton - 2 Common Buzzard, Grey Partridge, 5 Common Pheasant, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Greenfinch.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Coneries Pond: 1 Ruddy Shelduck, Mandarin Duck [female], Gadwall, 6 Common Pochard, Greylag Goose, c.50 Canada Goose, c.50 Mallard, 10 Tufted Duck, 6 Egyptian Goose, 6 Mute Swan, 3 Great Crested Grebe. Clifton Pond: 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, c.100 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 4 Cormarant, 1 Robin, 1 Blue Tit, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Dunnock, 3 Tree Sparrow, c.50 Northern Lapwing, c.40 Northern Shoveler, 10 Canada Goose, c.30 Greylag Goose, 10 Coot, 2 Moorhen, c.20 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Carrion Crow, 1 Jackdaw, 2 Magpie, c.20 Woodpiegon, 6 Common Goldeneye. Tween Pond: 2 Eurasian Teal, 1 Oystercatcher, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Common Shelduck, 6 Gadwall, 1 Red-crested Pochard [female], 2 Goldfinch, 9 Starling.
Clifton Pastures - 1 Peregrine, 3 Common Buzzard, 60+ Golden Plover [with Lapwing], 100+ Northern Lapwing, 7 Grey Heron, 1 Stonechat [male], 3 Corn Bunting, 1 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch, 6 Meadow Pipit, 5 Reed Bunting, 23 Skylark, 4 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Wren, 2 Mallard [Fairham Brook], 2 Mute Swan.
Hucknall - 2 Siskin [garden].
Cotham Flash - 1 Whooper Swan, 2 Ringed Plover.
West Leake Hills - 8 Common Buzzard.
Sat 21st Feb
Bennerley Marsh & Newthorpe Sewerage Works - 110 Northern Lapwing, Common Snipe, 70 Eurasian Wigeon, 37 Eurasian Teal, 100 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Ruddy Shelduck [coming to feed almost out of the hand].
New Kingston - 3 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Red Kite, 8 Common Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Kestrel.
Cuckney Churchyard - Jay, Goldcrest, Redwing, Fieldfare, Common Snipe, 2 Stonechat [pair], Black Redstart [female on a post in the horse paddock].
Welbeck Lakes - 5 Great Crested Grebe, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Willow Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Common Buzzard, 2Of Sparrowhawk [pair harrying a Common Buzzard], Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.
Kilvington - 1 Hen Harrier [female].
Stoke Bardolph - Sewage Works: 2 Common Kestrel [pair], Common Kingfisher [feeding along stream], 4 Bullfinch [3 males & 1 female], 3 Chiffchaff [singing along concrete discharge channel].
Fri 20th Feb
Bennerley Marsh - Peregrine [among the Lapwing], 190 Northern Lapwing, 70 Eurasian Wigeon, 30 Eurasian Teal, 6 Northern Shoveler, Gadwall [single] Common Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker.
Jacksdale - Wharf Green: 2 Robin, 10+ Blue Tits, 2 Great Tit, Bullfinch [female], 2 Long-tailed Tit [pair], Cormorant, 12+ Carrion Crow, 2 Green Woodpecker [pair], Wren, 3 Blackbird, 8 House Sparrow, 4 Chaffinch.
Cotham Flash - 1 Whooper Swan, 1 Bittern.
Clifton Pasture - 2 Mute Swan, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Stonechat [male], 10 Meadow Pipit, 36 Skylark, 9 Reed Bunting, 20+ Linnet, 7 Goldfinch, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Moorhen [brook], 1 Song Thrush, 11 Greenfinch [near allotments], 1 Wren, 2 Dunnock, 2 Chaffinch [near houses].
Thu 19th Feb
Arnot Hill Park - 4 Mute Swan [2 pairs of juveniles], 14 Canada Goose, 8 Greylag Goose, 55 Tufted Duck [plus a hybrid - possibly x Scaup], 12 Red-crested Pochard, [3 pairs - 6 drakes], 4 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 12 Common Crow, 4 Jackdaw, 26 Woodpigeon, 35 Greenfinch, 18 Goldfinch, 8 Magpie [group], 200+ Starling, Redwing [part of large mixed flock], Fieldfare [part of large mixed flock], 2 Sparrowhawk [circling over old railway line].
Spalford Warren - 5+ Common Crossbill [at drinking pool - still present after 4 months].
East Leake - Gravel Pits: 30 Northern Lapwing, 20 Golden Plover, 14 Eurasian Teal, 2 Mistle Thrush.
Hucknall - 20 Bohemian Waxwing [flying around the top end of Bolingey Way].
Woodborough & Calverton - 3 Bullfinch, 2 Chaffinch, 5 Common Pheasant, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, 10+ Fieldfare.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Bullfinch [pair].
Jacksdale - Wharf Green: 10+ Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit [pair], 2 Bullfinch [pair], Greenfinch, 10+ Goldfinch, 4 Blackbirds, Green Woodpecker, Cormorant [over], 6 Mallard [over], 2 Moorhen, 3+ Robin.
Wed 18th Feb
Woodborough & Calverton - 2 Bohemian Waxwing [feeding on rose hips in garden].
Cotham Flash - 1 Whooper Swan.
Kilvington - 1 Whooper Swan [West Lake].
Tue 17th Feb
Holme Pierrepont - Water Ski: 1 Smew [male], 4 Gadwall, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Pied Wagtail, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Cormarant, Coot, Moorhen, Mallard, Carrion Crow, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Common Pochard, Common Gull. Finger Ponds: 1 Lesser Scaup, 3 Smew [1 male & 2 female], Tufted Duck, Mallard, 3 Common Kingfisher, 1 Woodcock, Pied Wagtail, Great Tit, Common Pochard, Northern Shoveler, Grey Heron, Long-tailed Tit, Robin, Magpie, Wren, Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, Blackbird, Common Pochard, Moorhen, Blue Tit. A52 Pit: 1 Caspian Gull, Common Gull, Black-headed Gull, 1 Stonechat, 1 Sparrowhawk, Common Goldeneye, Tufted Duck, Common Pochard, Eursian Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Teal, Cormorant, Coot, Moorhen, Wren, Crow, Woodpigeon, Mallard, Feral Pigeon, Magpie. Blotts Pit: Common Goldeneye, Eurasian Wigeon, Eurasian Teal, Northern Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Common Pochard, Long-tailed Tit.
Woodborough & Calverton - 2 Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, 3 Common Pheasant, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit,
Blidworth - Tippings Wood: 6 Bullfinch, 1 Woodcock, 25+ Goldfinch.
Woodborough - 1 Ring-necked Parakeet.
Kilvington Lakes - 1 Peregrine, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Whooper Swan, 4 Ringed Plover, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Grey Partridge, 5 Goosander, 24 Northern Lapwing, 49 Common Pochard, 38 Tufted Duck, 53 Eurasian Wigeon, 67 Eurasian Teal, 7 Gadwall, 3 Common Shelduck.
Clifton Pastures - Peregrine [on pylon], 16 Corn Bunting, 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Reed Bunting, 22 Skylark, 9 Goldfinch, 1 Siskin, 1 Grey Heron, 20+ Fieldfare, 19 Linnet, 3 Red-legged Partridge, 4 Common Pheasant [2 male & 2 female], 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Mute Swan.
Mon 16th Feb
Arnot Hill Park - 3 Black Swan, 4 Mute Swan, 12 Red-crested Pochard, 70 Tufted Duck, 80 Black-headed Gull, 10 Herring Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Sparrowhawk, 50 Redwing, 12 Fieldfare, 10 Common Crow, 4 Jackdaw, 50 Chaffinch, 50 Goldfinch, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit.
Clifton Pastures - 5 Common Buzzard, 3 Corn Bunting, 4 Reed Bunting, 1 Stonechat [male], 39 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit, 2 Grey Heron [Fairham Brook ], 24 Northern Lapwing [headed East], 6 Red-legged Partridge, 12 Grey Partridge.
Woodborough & Calverton - Greenfich, Chaffinch, Common Pheasant, 30+ Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit.
Sun 15th Feb
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Shelduck, 50 Fieldfare.
Arnot Hill Park - 3 Cormorant [over at 12:30].
Welbeck Lakes - 205 Greylag Goose, 3 Pink-footed Goose, Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Great Spotted Woodpecker [female], Great Crested Grebe, 3 Common Buzzard.
Epperstone - 2 Bullfinch [males in Cross Keys car park].
Selston - 150 Bohemian Waxwing [various points along Portland Road].
Bennerley Marsh - Jack Snipe, 8 Common Snipe, 200 Northern Lapwing, 50 Golden Plover, Common Redshank, 82 Eurasian Wigeon, 40 Eurasian Teal, 10 Northern Shoveler, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker.
Cossall - 75 Redwing, Jay.
Woodborough & Calverton - 2 Bullfinch [pair], Goldfinch [male], 4 Robin, Dunnock, Common Pheasant, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Magpies, Carrion Crow.
Sat 14th Feb
Lound - 1 Oystercatcher, 37 Northern Pintail, 1 Whooper Swan, 1 Common Shelduck.
Cuckney Churchyard - Grey Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Eurasian Teal, Common Snipe, Common Buzzard.
Welbeck Lakes - Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Tit, Coal Tit, 275 Greylag Goose, 2 Pink-footed Goose, Common Buzzard, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, [across from feeding station], Woodpigeon, Dunnock, Redwing, Treecreeper, Grey Heron, 1 Whooper Swan [to West].
Selston - c.75 Bohemian Waxwing [Portland Road/Mansfield Road/Windsor Road].
Arnold - 1 Goldcrest [garden].
Woodborough & Calverton - 2 Bullfinch [pair], 6 Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Moorhen, 3 Chaffinch.
Carburton Lakes - Whooper Swan, 3 Pink-footed Goose, Goldfinch.
Hoveringham - 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Common Shelduck, 1 Common Redshank, 24 Common Goldeneye, 1 Tawny Owl, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Green Woodpecker, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron.
Arnot Hill Park - 3 Northern Pintail [2 male &3 female].
Fri 13th Feb
Wollaton Park - 2 Ring-necked Parakeet [pair inspecting nesting hole], 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, [Sweet Chestnut Avenue], 6 Siskin [in Alders by lake].
Mapperley Plains - 250+ Fieldfare [fields at junction to Woodborough].
Thu 12th Feb
Keyworth - Garden: 2 Goldcrest [pair], 1 Blackcap, 2 Fieldfare, 3 Brambling [2 male & 1 female], 1 Reed Bunting [female].
Kilvington Lakes - 3 Goosander, 1 Peregrine, 4 Jack Snipe, 8 Common Snipe.
Hucknall - 5 Redwing [garden].
Selston - 75+ Bohemian Waxwing [Mansfield Road/Portland Road].
Wed 11th Feb
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Ruddy Shelduck [on Coneries Pond near Visitor Centre].
Barton in Fabis - 4 Bewick's Swan [in fields behind the village].
Arnot Hill Park - 12 Bohemian Waxwing.
Calverton - William Lee Park & Surrounds: 100+ Redwing, 80+ Fieldfare, 2 Coal Tit, 6 Skylark, 1 Sparrowhawk [female], 1 Stonechat [male in field behind park], 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Common Buzzard [Oxton Woods area].
Wellow - 100+ Skylark.
Tue 10th Feb
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Barton Fields: 1 Peregrine, 5 Common Buzzard.
East Leake - 15 Pink-footed Goose [over at 08:00].
Clifton Pastures - 1 Merlin [female ], 4 Common Buzzard, 5 Common Snipe, 1 Common Kingfisher, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Sparrowhawk [male], 4 Goldfinch, 1 Fieldfare.
Colwick Country Park - 1 Mandarin Duck [male], Red-crested Pochard [male & Female], 1 Common Kingfisher.
Holme Pierrepont - 1 Bohemian Waxwing [outside Blotts], 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Bullfinch [Skylarks Nature Reserve].
Daneshill Gravel Pits - Black-throated Diver [still present at dusk].
Arnot Hill Park - 1 Common Buzzard [08:15 for an hour], 4 Mute Swan, 60 Tufted Duck, 12 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Black Swan, 60 Black-headed Gull, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 8 Greater Black-backed Gull, 2 Jackdaw, 8 Carrion Crow, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, 3 Goldcrest, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 10 Great Tit, 18 Blue Tit, 30+ Chaffinch, 30+ Greenfinch, 20+ Goldfinch, 4 Pied Wagtail, 6 Wren, 3 Robin, 12 Bohemian Waxwing [daily at 09:00 on Cotoneaster], 1 Sparrowhawk [circling rear of house], 12 Woodpigeon, 30+ Collared Dove, 25 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare.
Mon 9th Feb
Wildgoose Farm - 1 Common Buzzard.
Lound - Neatholme Scrape: Northern Pintail, 4 Lesser Redpoll.
Clayworth Common - c.380 Skylark [two flocks of 80 and 300 feeding on snow-covered fields], 30 Whooper Swan.
The Willows - Brambling, Tree Sparrow, Yellowhammer.
Chainbridge NR Scrape - 200+ Eurasian Teal, 8 Northern Pintail, 4 Common Snipe, 1 Oystercatcher.
Calverton - William Lee Park Area: 50+ Redwing, 30+ Fieldfare, 20+ Goldfinch, 2 Woodcock.
Clifton Pastures - 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Merlin [female ], 1 Peregrine [on pylon], 5 Skylark, 2 Reed Bunting, 21 Fieldfare, 3 Common Snipe, 12 Goldfinch, 1 Cormorant [headed East], 1 Wren.
Bramcote - 25+ Fieldfare [Russley Road].
Arnold - 26 Fieldfare [in garden].
Sun 8th Feb
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Common Shelduck.
The Willows - 8+ Brambling [noted 2 ringed], 2 Yellowhammer.
Clayworth Common - c.480 Skylark, Whooper Swan.
Blaco - Common Buzzard [perched].
Lound - 5 Willow Tit, 6 Northern Pintail [males], 1 Oystercatcher, 68 Common Goldeneye, 3 Jay, 18 Goosander, 30 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing, 6 Bullfinch. Village: 1 Mistle Thrush. Chainbridge Lane: 1 Common Kingfisher [flew along dyke]. Chainbridge NR Scrape: 4 Northern Pintail [2 pairs], 200 Eurasian Wigeon, 120 Northern Shoveler, 1 Common Shelduck, 2 Great Crested Grebe. Cross Lane: 15+ Siskin, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Common Buzzard. Neatholme Lane: 10+ Goldfinch, 4 Bullfinch [2 pairs], 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker. Linghurst Wood: 2 Bullfinch [pair], 1 Siskin, 2 Mistle Thrush. Neatholme Pit: Green Woodpecker. Neatholme Works Pit: Goosander [male]. Chainbridge Pit: - 2 Goosander [pair], 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe.
Wildgoose Farm - c.100 Linnet [on wires].
Hucknall - 4 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Song Thrush.
Arnold - 26 Fieldfare [in garden].
Bestwood Mill Lakes - c.35 Siskin.
Clifton Pastures - Merlin [female in pursuit of Skylark], 400+ Skylark, 50+ Corn Bunting, 4 Fieldfare, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Common Kingfisher [Fairham Brook], 2 Wren, 1 Common Kestrel, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Stonechat, 37 Northern Lapwing [headed South-west], 3 Mistle Thrush, 6 Common Snipe.
Bennerley Marsh - 25+ Golden Plover, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Redwing, 100+ Northern Lapwing.
Netherfield Lagoons - 3 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Peregrine [through at 07:55 with Moorhen in talons], 400+ Eurasian Teal, 8 Common Goldeneye [including male and 5 females on River Trent], 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Stonechat [female], 100+ Golden Plover, 250+ Fieldfare, 300+ Redwing, 1 Common Kingfisher, 2 Common Snipe, 150+ Linnet [first field], Goldfinch, Willow Tit, Goldcrest.
Clumber Park - 4 Mandarin Duck [2 male & 2 female near classical bridge], 5 Goosander [2 male & 3 female], 4+ Gadwall, 20+ Redwing, 5+ Fieldfare, 5+ Eurasian Nuthatch, 4 Marsh Tit, 2 Treecreeper, 1 Common Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker [calling], 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker [drumming in wood beyond classical Bridge].
Sat 7th Feb
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Whooper Swan, 4 Bewick's Swan, 1 Ruddy Shelduck, 1 Stonechat.
Lound Sewage Works - 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Goldcrest, Grey Wagtail.
Wildgoose Farm - 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Blaco Pits - 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Dunlin [low to North over frozen pit), 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Common Buzzard. Neatholme Pit: 30 Whooper Swan [including 5 immature birds], 1 Common Redshank [heard]. The Willows: 3 Tree Sparrow, 3 Brambling. Neatholme Lane: 1 Tawny Owl. Neatholme Scrape: 7 Northern Pintail [including 4 males], 1 Barn Owl. Chainbridge NR Scrape: 1 Northern Pintail.
Annesley Pit Top - 5 Red-legged Partridge.
Welbeck Lakes - Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Willow Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Redwing, Fieldfare, Sparrowhawk [male raiding bird feeders], 1 Stonechat [male], Common Buzzard, Great Black-backed Gull. Plus: Stoat [in white pelage].
Clumber Park - 1 Red Kite [over], Hawfinch [chapel area].
West Bridgford - Bohemian Waxwing [large flock feeding at side of Lady Bay Bridge on Boots recreation ground].
Burton Joyce - Fieldfare [large flocks to North-east], Redwing [some with Fieldfare].
Bakersfield - c.35 Fieldfare [in garden].
Hucknall - 50+ Fieldfare [mainly over at 11:15 plus one showing aggression towards Blackbirds in garden].
Arnold - 12 Fieldfare [in garden].
Cotham Tip - 2 Grey Wagtail [over to North].
Kilvington - 3 Goosander [2 male & 1 female].
Hoveringham Gravel Pits - Glaucous Gull [1st Winter], Mediterranean Gull [1st Winter], Tawny Owl, Little Owl.
Fri 6th Feb
Thorneywood - c.35 Redwing.
Compton Acres - 70 Fieldfare.
Holme Pierrepont - Smew [male on Blott's Pit].
Wollaton Park - Mediterranean Gull [adult on lake].
Sherwood Forest Country Park - 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [on oak tree before being disturbed by dog].
Bingham - Red Kite [over low at 15:00, heading South], Redwings [large numbers], Fieldfare [good numbers].
Hucknall - Bullfinch [male], Song Thrush.
Thu 5th Feb
Clifton Pastures - Merlin [female seen catching Skylark], 80+ Corn Bunting.
Barton-in-Fabis - 2 Woodcock [flushed from hedgerow near Barton Flash], Red-tailed Hawk [over - now into its 3rd year in this area].
Netherfield Lagoons - 150+ Golden Plover, 45+ Northern Lapwing [mixed flock with GOlden Plover flew over at approximately 14:30 - landed on field close to Severn Trent Water land], 57 Fieldfare, 33 Redwing, 1 Little Owl, 250+ Eurasian Teal, 21 Common Pochard, 17 Northern Shoveler, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Siskin, 17 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Common Kingfisher, 1 Green Woodpecker.
Bennerley Marsh - Goosander [male to West], 59 Common Snipe, 270 Golden Plover, 190 Northern Lapwing, 68 Eurasian Wigeon, 47 Eurasian Teal, 5 Redwing, Green Woodpecker.
Newthorpe Sewerage Works - 110 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 29 Meadow Pipit.
Wed 4th Feb
Hucknall - Siskin [female].
Bennerley Marsh - 120 Northern Lapwing, 230 Golden Plover, 15 Common Snipe, 49 Eurasian Wigeon, 17 Eurasian Teal, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, 2 Green Woodpecker.
Newthorpe Sewerage Works - 80 Pied Wagtail, 7 Grey Wagtail, 17 Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit [possible].
Cotham Tip - 2 Glaucous Gull [juveniles - view only from outer perimeter fence off Grange Lane].
Nottingham - Red-crested Pochard [on Nottingham Canal behind Premier Inn off London Road].
Clifton Pastures - 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Stonechat [1 male & 1 female], 50+ Corn Bunting, 4 Reed Bunting, 17 Skylark, 100+ Fieldfare, 9 Linnet, 13 Goldfinch, 12 Golden Plover [heading East], 8 Common Snipe [Fairham Brook], 2 Wren, 2 Mallard, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch.
Carburton Lakes - Goosander, Common Shelduck.
Tue 3rd Feb
Basford - Goldcrest, Linnet.
Newstead Village - 8 Bohemian Waxwing, 1 Common Kestrel [near entrance to Newstead Abbey], 12 Fieldfare [on playing field.]
Clifton Pastures - 56 Corn Bunting, 4 Reed Bunting, 4 Stonechat [3 male], 31 Golden Plover, 100+ Skylark [flock], 200+ Fieldfare, 34 Redwing, 1 Common Snipe, 20+ Linnet, 1 Common Kingfisher, 1 Eurasian Teal [Fairham Brook ], 2 Grey Heron, 1 Common Buzzard, 7 Goldfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 17 Northern Lapwing [headed West], 2 Wren, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Meadow Pipit, 3 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Common Pheasant [male].
Mon 2nd Feb
Clifton Pastures - 16 Skylark, 14 Goldfinch, 29 Redwing, 7 Fieldfare,4 Stonechat.
Sun 1st Feb
Bennerley Marsh - 220 Northern Lapwing, 190 Golden Plover, 2 Common Snipe, 72 Eurasian Wigeon, 12 Eurasian Teal, 2 Stonechat [male & female], 100 Fieldfare, 25 Redwing. North Marsh: 3 Goosander [over to South], 7 Eursian Teal, 2 Common Snipe.
Moorgreen Woods - 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, [male & female], 1 Treecreeper, 2 Bullfinch [males], 1 Tawny Owl, Siskin, Eurasian Nuthatch.
Farnsfield - Wilson's Field: c.50 Bohemian Waxwing [in trees between Wilson's Field and Farnsfield Cricket Club].
Clifton Pastures - 2 Stonechat [2 Male & 2 Female], 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Corn Bunting, 19 Skylark, 14 Goldfinch, 1 Wren.
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