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January 2009
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Sat 31st Jan
Clifton Pastures - 1 Hen Harrier [hunting along Fairham Brook 15:30 - 17:00].
East Leake - 1 Red Kite [Brickyard Lane/Manor Farm].
Barton-in-Fabis - 4 Bewick's Swan, 1 Whooper Swan, 1 Ruddy Shelduck.
Hoveringham - Sailing Lake: 2 Glaucous Gull [juvenile / 1st winter], 1 Iceland Gull [4th winter].
Langford Lowfields - 1 Marsh Harrier [through].
Collingham - New Workings: 4 Green Sandpiper, 5 Northern Pintail, 1 Water Rail, 1 Little Egret.
Misson Bank - 7 Bewick's Swan, 6 Whooper Swan [north of the B1396].
Wilford - 37 Bohemian Waxwing [along Main Road near school].
Rufford Country Park - 8 Hawfinch [car park], 1 Common Buzzard [over], Siskin, Lesser Redpoll, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Marsh Tit.
Netherfield Lagoons - 197 Eurasian Teal [Slurry Lagoon], 1 Common Buzzard [high over Deep Pit].
Cuckney Churchyard - Jackdaw, Redwing, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush.
Budby Pumping Station - Eurasian Teal, Gadwall, 9 Mute Swan, Common Kingfisher, 15 Greylag Goose, 4 Little Grebe, Common Buzzard.
Welbeck Lakes - Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Willow Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 3 Grey Heron, Eurasian Nuthatch, Little Grebe, 7 Pink-footed Goose [over to West], 3 Common Buzzard, Siskin [small flock], Lesser Black-backed Gull, Fieldfare, Greylag Goose, 4 Gadwall, 4 Goosander [males].
Collingham - New Workings: 5 Northern Pintail, 18 Common Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail, 3 Green Sandpiper.
Fri 30th Jan
Eakring Flashes - Eakring Flash: 3 Goosander. Eakring Meadows: 1 Jack Snipe.
Bestwood Country Park - Lamin's Lane: 1 Common Buzzard [being mobbed by corvids], 2 Cormorant [over], 3 Yellowhammer, 8+ Tree Sparrow, c.50 Linnet [flock feeding in field By junction], c.25 Pied Wagtail [flock feeding with linnet].
Carburton Lakes - Lesser Redpoll, Goldfinch.
Thu 29th Jan
Rufford Country Park - 2 Hawfinch [car park].
Clumber Park - c.8 Hawfinch [behind chapel].
Spalford Warren - 7 Common Crossbill [at the drinking pool].
East Leake - Red Kite [low over Meadow Park].
Bennerley Marsh - 5 Stonechat [2 male & 3 female], 7 Reed Bunting, 320 Northern Lapwing, 5 Golden Plover, Common Redshank, 72 Eurasian Wigeon, 7 Eurasian Teal, 2 Northern Shoveler.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Bahama Pintail [the oft seen escape near Visitor Centre].
Wed 28th Jan
Kings Mill Reservoir - Mandarin Duck [drake with Tufted Ducks].
Arboretum - 35 Siskins.
Beeston - c.100 Bohemian Waxwing [in trees half way along Salisbury Street].
Tue 27th Jan
Clifton Pastures - 1 Short-eared Owl [Fairham Brook], 1 Peregrine [on pylon], 12 Skylark, 4 Stonechat [3 males & 1 female], 8 Meadow Pipit, 4 Reed Bunting, 1 Wren, 23 Linnet, 14 Northern Lapwing [heading West], 1 Common Kestrel, 6 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Mistle Thrush [Fairham Field].
West Leake - 1 Red Kite, 9 Grey Partridge, 4 Common Kestrel, 1600+ Woodpigeon.
Calverton - William Lee Park: 2 Goldcrest, 200+ Redwing, c.40 Goldfinch, 2 Brambling, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, c.100 Northern Lapwing, 5 Skylark.
Arnot Hill Park - 3 Whooper Swan.
Kings Mill Reservoir - Mediterranean Gull [adult in roost at 16:15].
Wollaton Park - Red-crested Pochard [female], c.30 Siskin.
Mon 26th Jan
Clifton Pastures - 4 Stonechat [2 pairs], 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Linnet, 7 Goldfinch, 13 Greenfinch, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 7 Mistle Thrush,1 Common Kestrel, 5 Pied Wagtail, 4 Reed Bunting.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Bittern [in flight from Delta Hide at 16:20], Goosander [female], 2 Lesser Redpoll [near village].
Sun 25th Jan
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Kingfisher, Willow Tit [Delta gate], 9 Goosander, Red-crested Pochard [female on Tween Pond], Common Shelduck, 2 Stonechat [pair on Wheatear Field].
Warren Hill - 1 Lesser Redpoll [on nyjer and sunflower feeders].
Bennerley Marsh - 170 Northern Lapwing, Common Snipe, 45 Eurasian Wigeon, 8 Eurasian Teal, 2 Grey Partridge, 8 Meadow Pipit.
Budby Pumping Station - 2 Mandarin Duck [pair], 25 Gadwall, 15 Eurasian Teal, 1 Peregrine [over], 12 Lesser Redpoll.
Wollaton - Harrison's Plantation: 2 Cananda Goose, 2 Tufted Duck, 12 Mallard, 12 Black-headed Gull, 3 Magpie, 6 Woodpigeon, 3 Great Tit, 3 Blackbird, 2 Wren, 2 Robin, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Blue Tit, Treecreeper, 2 Cormorant, Grey Heron, Goldcrest, Coot, Moorhen, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch.
Sat 24th Jan
Colwick - 1 Bohemian Waxwing [a deceased individual after having flown into window].
Clifton Pastures - 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Stonechat [male & female], 1 Meadow Pipit, 100+ Starling, 16 Canada Goose [heading West ], 60+ Northern Lapwing, 6 Greenfinch, 18 Goldfinch, 1 Common Kestrel.
Kings Mill Reservoir - Mediterranean Gull [adult in roost at 16:15].
Gedling Pit Top - 1 Short-eared Owl, Common Snipe, Meadow Pipit, Skylark.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Bittern [viewed From Delta Hide flying into reed-bed].
Rufford Country Park - Barnacle Goose [by Mill], Water Rail [on floating island - East side of lake], 2 Hawfinch [male and female behind yews by main car park at 14:20], Siskin, Marsh Tit.
Bestwood Country Park - Mill Lakes: c.150 Siskin, c.10 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Cormorant, 5+ Common Pochard, 2 Eurasian Teal. Leen Pastures: 2 Willow Tit, 1 Jay, 1 Great Tit, 1 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Green Woodpecker. Woodland: 1 Goldcrest, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 Jay.
Cuckney Churchyard - Jay, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Redwing, 3 x Bohemian Waxwing, Grey Wagtail.
Welbeck Lakes - 2 Grey Heron, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk [male and female harrying a Crow], Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Eurasian Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Common Kingfisher.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Main Pit: 18 Goosander. Clifton Pit: Common Shelduck, 38 Eurasian Wigeon, 4 Common Goldeneye. Delta Gate: Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [female], Willow Tit, Marsh Tit. Delta: Bittern[16:54].
Fri 23rd Jan
Bennerley Marsh - 69 Eurasian Wigeon, 38 Eurasian Teal, 100 Northern Lapwing, 12 Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, Common Redshank. North Marsh: 10 Common Snipe, 19 Eurasian Teal, 140 Pied Wagtail, 5 Grey Wagtail.
Keyworth - 4 Brambling [3 male & 1 female], 1 Blackcap [male ingarden].
Thu 22nd Jan
Carrington - 53 Bohemian Waxwings [next to the Total garage on Hucknall Road at 15:00].
Keyworth - 4 Brambling [3 male & 1 female], 1 Blackcap [male in garden].
Wed 21st Jan
Sutton Bonington - Red Kite [very visible on road over rail bridge on A6006].
Kilvington Lakes - 6 Goosander, 2 Common Goldeneye, 12 Grey Partridge, 1 Peregrine, c.20 Skylark, 16 Common Snipe, 1 Northern Pintail.
Sutton-in-Ashfield - c.175 Pink-footed Goose [North-west over town centre].
Jacksdale - Wharf Green: Robin, 10+ Starling, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Bullfinch [pair], 6+ Goldfinch, Common Kingfisher, 6 Moorhen, 6+ Coot , Mute Swan, 10+ Mallard, Cormorant [over], 4 Blue Tit, 2 Blackbird, 10+ Redwing.
Bennerley Marsh - 77 Northern Lapwing, 8 Common Snipe, Common Redshank, 5 Grey Partridge, 62 Eurasiann Wigeon, 3 Eurasian Teal, 3 Stonechat [1 male and 2 females], 9 Meadow Pipit, 5 Reed Bunting, 16 Fieldfare, 18 Redwing. North Marsh: Peregrine, [to West], 9 Common Snipe, Water Rail, 3 Eurasian Teal.
Tue 20th Jan
Idle Bank - 12 Bewick's Swan, 3 Whooper Swan, 2 Mute Swan.
Ollerton Pit Top - Barn Owl [quartering the area].
Barton in Fabis - 4 Bewick's Swan, Ruddy Shelduck [still present in fields SW of Barton, late afternoon.
Bennerley Marsh - Jack Snipe, 5 Common Snipe, 3 Golden Plover, 39 Northern Lapwing, 4 Grey Partridge, 59 Eurasian Wigeon, 4 Eurasian Teal, 4 Goosander [to South], Stonechat [female].
Edwinstowe - 1 Twany Owl [Sherwood Forest].
Mon 19th Jan
Cotham - Glaucous Gull [juvenile on land-fill site].
Wollaton Park - c.50 Redwing [in field left off main exit gate].
Clifton Pastures - 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Stonechat [male & female], 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting, 5 Skylark, 1 Chaffinch, 7 Goldfinch.
Sun 18th Jan
Spalford Warren - Ferruginous Duck.
Kilvington - 5 Northern Pintail [3 males & 2 females on West Lake].
Clumber Park - 2 Mandarin Duck [male & female], 2 Goosander [male & female], 1 Common Goldeneye [female], 1 Common Shelduck, 1 Northern Shoveler [male], c.12 Hawfinch [in chapel grounds].
Hoveringham - 30 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Goldeneye, 50 + Tufted Duck.
Holme Pierrepont - A52 Pit: Lesser Scaup [12:00], 950 Eurasian Wigeon, 11 Common Goldeneye, 29 Northern Shoveler, 32 Gadwall, 3 Common Redshank, Green Woodpecker, Common Kingfisher. Finger Ponds: 2 Greater Scaup [male & female]. Rowing Course Pond: 2 Smew [males].
Epperstone - 1 Bullfinch [female].
Mapperley Plains - 1 Common Buzzard [field at the rear of the Traveller's rest PH].
Rainworth - 15 Bohemian Waxwing.
Gringley Carr - 20+ Fieldfare, c.15 Mute Swan, c.3 Common Kestrel, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker.
Sat 17th Jan
Cuckney Church - 22 Eurasian Teal, Common Kestrel.
Cuckney Dam - 800+ Greylag Goose, 1 Common Shelduck [female], 1 Mandarin Duck [male], 1 Northern Pintail [female], c.4 Pink-footed Goose [with Greylags].
Welbeck Lakes - 3 Common Buzzard, 20 Goosander, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker [pair], 9 Gadwall, Common Kestrel, Treecreeper, Eurasian Nuthatch, 3 Little Grebe.
Carburton Lakes - Raptor Watch-point: Goshawk, 14 Goosander.
Teversal Trail - 2 Bullfinch, Yellowhammer.
Fri 16th Jan
Newark - c.2 Common Kingfisher [River Devon].
Bennerley Marsh - 2 Jack Snipe, Common Snipe, Common Redshank, 120 Northern Lapwing, 9 Grey Partridge, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 62 Eurasian Wigeon, 12 Eurasian Teal, 2 Stonechat [male & female], Green Woodpecker.
Cossall Marsh - 26 Fieldfare, Tawny Owl.
Clifton Grove - 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 62 Fieldfare, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 26 Tufted Duck, 1 Gadwall, 1 Cormorant, 16 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch , 1 Wren, 1 Mistle Thrush, 22 Long-tailed Tit, 7 Blue Tit.
Welbeck Lakes - 5 Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Redpoll, Goldfinch, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Jay, 12 Goosander, 9 Gadwall, Goldeneye [first winter male].
Thu 15th Jan
Bennerley Marsh - 220 Northern Lapwing, 30 Golden Plover, 4 Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, 62 Eurasian Wigeon, 7 Eurasian Teal, 5 Grey Partridge, Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Common Gull, 350 Black-headed Gull.
Rufford Country Park - 4 Hawfinch.
Barton in Fabis - 4 Bewick's Swan [with Mute Swans between Barton and Thrumpton], Ruddy Shelduck.
Wed 14th Jan
Welbeck Lakes - Eurasian Nuthatch, 20+ Goosander, 1 Red-breasted Merganser [identified by black wing-bar in flight], Common Goldeneye.
Clumber Park - 1 Goosander [female], Marsh Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 Greater Scaup [female].
Bennerley Marsh - 59 Eurasian Wigeon, 6 Eurasian Teal, 2 Goosander [to South], 39 Northern Lapwing, 9 Common Snipe, Common Redshank, 3 Goldcrest, Lesser Redpoll, Fieldfare, 3 Reed Bunting.
Newthorpe Sewerage Works - 120 Pied Wagtail, 4 Grey Wagtail, 2 Meadow Pipit.
Bestwood Mill Lakes - 3 Common Snipe, 2 Gadwall, 4 Eurasian Wigeon, 6 Eurasian Teal, 20+ Siskin, 1 Common Kingfisher.
Kilvington - 1 Northern Pintail [East Lake], 1 Dunlin [West Lake], 1 Peregrine.
University Park Lake - 10 Goosander.
Tue 13th Jan
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Bittern [opposite Delta Hide], Common Shelduck.
Sutton Bonington - Barn Owl [Melton Road - quartering field on North side opposite Agricultural College].
Mon 12th Jan
Moorgreen Woods - Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 1 Goshawk [female attacking Woodpigeon].
Keyworth - 3 Brambling [in garden].
Lound - Oystercatcher -[Walters Lane].
Attenborough - c.80 Bohemian Waxwing [Nottingham Road opposite Vauxhall garage].
Watnall - Field West of M1: 250+ Golden Plover, 25+ Northern Lapwing.
Bennerley Marsh - 57 Eurasian Wigeon, Jack Snipe, 11 Common Snipe, 42 Northern Lapwing, 2 Stonechat [male & female].
Clifton Grove - Marsh Harrier [male over Beeston Rylands at 13:55 - towards Beeston Weir], 7 Common Goldeneye [on river, near outlet], 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Coal Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Common Buzzard.
Sat 10th Jan
Bestwood Country Park - Pit Tip: 1 Bullfinch, 1 Common Kestrel. Mill Lakes: 1 Little Grebe, 1 Common Kingfisher, 3 Bullfinch, 100+ Siskin, 10+ Lesser Redpoll, 1 Redwing, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Green Woodpecker. Broad Valley: 22+ Yellowhammer [in stubble field]. Bestwood Quarry: 3 Redwing, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Common Kestrel. Woodland: 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Budby - 2 Whooper Swan [in field behind Dukeries Antiques Centre], 2 Raven [in flight over NE corner of training range].
Bennerley Marsh - 48 Golden Plover, 22 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Snipe, 31 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Eurasian Teal, 2 Stonechat [male & female], 5 Redwing.
Giltbrook - Stonechat [female], Willow Tit.
Moorgreen Reservoir - Merlin [female], Common Kestrel, 40 Lesser Redpoll, 95 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush, 7 Bullfinch.
Newthorpe - Barn Owl [after dark].
Keyworth - 10 Redwing.
Rufford Country Park - 1 Red-crested Pochard [female near mill], 1 Common Snipe [over].
East Leake - 1 Red Kite [between East Leake and the A6006].
Keyworth - Blackcap [in garden].
Nottingham - Red-crested Pochard [male on Nottingham Canal near London Road].
Fri 9th Jan
Clifton Pastures - 24 Golden Plover [heading SW], 50+ Northern Lapwing [heading SW], 2 Stonechat, 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Skylark, 4 Meadow Pipit, 20+ Greenfinch.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - New Workings: Whooper Swan. Coneries Pond: 35 Eurasian Teal, 20 Common Pochard. Clifton Pit: 5 Common Goldeneye, 32 Goosander, Common Shelduck, 22 Northern Shoveler. Delta: Bittern [fly past], Water Rail, Woodcock [dusk].
Broxtowe Country Park - 1 Jack Snipe [probable, feeding on large oval shaped flat field].
Thu 8th Jan
Barton in Fabis - 4 Bewick's Swan [with Mute Swans between Barton and Thrumpton].
Farnsfield - 3 Bullfinch [on Forest Walk between Bilsthorpe and Farnsfield].
Hayton Common - 27 Whooper Swan.
Clayworth Common - - 108 Mute Swan, 2 Black Swan.
Lound - 5 Northern Pintail [males], 5 Goosander, 1 Oystercatcher, 10 Tree Sparrow, 3 Willow Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Barn Owl.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - c.50 Eurasian Wigeon [circling the river], c.6 Common Goldeneye, Goldcrest, Smew [female on Clifton Pond].
Wed 7th Jan
Wollaton Park - 2 Parakeet [exact species unknown].
Arnot Hill Park - 3 Black Swan, 5 Greylag Goose, 30 Canada Goose, 60+ Black-headed Gull [arriving daily at 08:00 sharp], 1 Herring Gull, 1 Greater Black-backed Gull, 10 Red-crested Pochard, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant [over 14:00], 3 Grey Wagtail, 12 Pied Wagtail, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 12 Coal Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 8 Great Tit, 4 Eurasian Nuthatch, 8 Goldcrest, 10 Siskin, 45 Chaffinch, 25+ Greenfinch, 17 Goldfinch, 21 Woodpigeon, 34 Collared Dove, 4 Dunnock, 6 Wren, 4 Carrion Crow, 2 Jackdaw, 100+ Starling, 12 Magpie [including a regular group of 8 at the feeding station].
Netherfield - 3 Goldcrest, [in one bush in a private garden], 47 House Sparrow [Bourne Mews], 7 Blackbird, 1 Sparrowhawk [male], 2 Goldfinch, 7 Long-tailed Tit.
Blidworth - Tippings Wood 13 Linnet, 1 Lesser Redpoll.
Bennerley Marsh - 42 Eurasian Wigeon, 7 Eurasian Teal, 26 Northern Lapwing, 22 Golden Plover, 14 Common Snipe, 5 Common Gull, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2 Reed Bunting.
Newthorpe Sewerage Works - 175 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 33 Meadow Pipit, 2 Goldcrest.
Sutton in Ashfield - 1 Hawfinch [present in garden for last two weeks].
Clifton Pastures - 30+ Corn Bunting, 18 Linnet, 20+ Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Stonechat [male], 1 Common Snipe, 37 Fieldfare, 17 Skylark, 1 Common Kingfisher [with prey - Fairham Brook ], 2 Grey Heron, 19 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Common Pheasant, 14 Northern Lapwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 3 Chaffinch.
North Leverton - 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Grey Heron.
Jacksdale - Wharf Green: 2 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 6 Blue Tit, 3 Common Gull, Magpie, 4 Goldfinch, 4 Redwing.
Tue 6th Jan
Edwinstowe - 35+ Bohemian Waxwing [Lintin Avenue].
Barton in Fabis - 4 Bewick's Swan, c.30 Mute Swan.
Shelford - Stonechat [East of village].
Ravenshead - 18 Bohemian Waxwing [14:00 leave the B6020 near the Little John Inn onto Bretton Road. Birds in gardens but mobile].
Clifton Pastures - 7 Corn Bunting, 4 Golden Plover, 19 Northern Lapwing, c.25 Greenfinch [in mixed flock] c.25 Goldfinch [in mixed flock], 4 Reed Bunting, 4 Chaffinch, 1 Common Kestrel, 4 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit.
Clifton Grove - 3 Goosander [flew up river toward Clifton Bridge], 3 Common Buzzard, 100+ Fieldfare [back of Holme Pit], 2 Bullfinch [male & female], 6 Cormorant [Beeston Weir], 150+ Canada Goose [Barton Flash], 6 Redwing, 2 Mistle Thrush, 1 Jay, 1 Grey Heron.
Bakersfield - 10+ Goldfinch, 1 Blackcap [male], 3 Greenfinch, 1 Robin.
Langar - 1 Red Kite [flying from NW to SE over Langar Lane [ SK718342].
Hucknall - Garden: 3 Bullfinch [2 female & 1 male], 1 Grey Heron, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Coal Tit, c.6 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, c.9 Blackbird, 1 Wren, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, c.4 House Sparrow, 15 Goldfinch, c.7 Greenfinch, c.6 Chaffinch, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Woodpigeon, 2 Carrion Crow, c.4 Magpie, 10 Black-headed Gull.
East Leake - 1 Red Kite [15:00 - along Brickyard Lane - flying to roost in Cold Harbour Plantation], 10 Common Buzzard, 50 Golden Plover.
King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Common Snipe [over].
Thieves Wood - 30 Bohemian Waxwing [feeding on berries at the Coxmoor Golf Club end of the wood in first lay-by].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 121 Great Crested Grebe, 490 Common Pochard, 62 Eurasian Teal, 393 Tufted Duck, 158 Northern Shoveler, 12 Common Goldeneye, 69 Gadwall, 38 Goosander, 2 Stonechat, 1 Willow Tit, 35 Golden Plover.
Mon 5th Jan
Farnsfield - 2 Bullfinch [pair on Forest Walk between Bilsthorpe and Farnsfield].
Budby Village - 2 Whooper Swan [adult & immature in field behind antiques centre/tea room, apparently present since early December], 1 Water Rail, 80+ Siskin.
Holme Pierrepont - A52 Pit: Lesser Scaup [A52 pit].
Oxton Area - Set-aside Fields: 2 Common Buzzard, c.50 Skylark, 40 Meadow Pipit, 40 Fieldfare, 1 Brambling, c. 80 Yellowhammer, c.10 Reed Bunting, 11+ Corn Bunting.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Egret [Coneries Pond].
Chilwell - 10 Bohemian Waxwing [A6005 next to Ranson Road junction].
Jacksdale - Wharf Green: 3 Blackbird, Robin, 6+ Blue Tit, 2 Jay, 2 Coal Tit , Redwing, 20+ House Sparrow, 40+ Starling, 3 Common Gull, 4 Magpie, 6 Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Green Woodpecker.
Sun 4th Jan
Bennerley Marsh - 6 Goosander [over to West], 48 Eurasian Wigeon, 30 Northern Lapwing, 20 Golden Plover, 5 Common Snipe.
Giltbrook - 140 Redwing, Yellowhammer.
Moorgreen Reservoir - 38 Common Pochard, 2 Gadwall, Willow Tit, Green Woodpecker.
Moorgreen Woods - Goshawk [mobbed by Corvids], Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, 3 Common Pheasant.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 12 Bullfinch, 10+ Siskin [Delta Wood – near railway crossing], 1 Bittern [roosting left of Delta Hide], 1 Water Rail [Wet Marsh], 1 Smew [red-head on Main Pond], 2 Stonechat [Wheatear Field], 34 Goosander [Main Pond and Tween Pond], 1 Common Shelduck [Tween Pond], 12 Bullfinch.
Barton in Fabis - 4 Bewick's Swan [in fields betwen Barton-in-Fabis and Thrumpton].
Holme Pierrepont - A52 Pit: Lesser Scaup, Sanderling. Blott's Pit: Northern Pintail, 2 Smew.
Ravenshead - 20 Bohemian Waxwing [Blidworth Road].
Gamston - 30 Bohemian Waxwing [Portinscale Close/Beckside].
Gringley Carr - 2 Hen Harrier [male].
Langold Pit Top - 1 Hen Harrier [male].
Oxton - 1 Brambling, 15 Corn Bunting, Tree Sparrow, Yellowhammer [all in set-aside, 2km NE of large lay-by on Oxton Hill].
Gotham - 2 Common Kestrel.
Gedling Pit Top - 1 Short-eared Owl, Green Woodpecker, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Common Kestrel, Goldfinch [large flock], 1 Siskin [with Goldfinches], Meadow Pipit.
Arnold - 35 Bohemian Waxwing [Douro Drive at 12:00].
Rufford Country Park - 1 Hawfinch [near Ice House], 1 Barnacle Goose [near Mill].
Edwinstowe - 20+ Bohemian Waxwing [between Lintin Avenue and Manvers Cresent].
Watnall - - 50+ Bohemian Waxwing [Carman Close at 08:45].
Sat 3rd Jan
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Bittern [viewed from Delta Hide].
Bennerley Marsh - 32 Eurasian Wigeon, 30 Northern Lapwing, 9 Common Snipe, 2 Jay, Common Kestrel, 2 Meadow Pipit.
Moorgreen Reservoir - 28 Common Pochard, 7 Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe.
Moorgreen Woods 2 Raven, Tawny Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker, Common Kestrel. Plus: 5 Fallow Deer.
Basford - Redwing.
East Leake - 1 Red Kite, 10 Common Buzzard, 1 Barn Owl.
Gamston - 9 Bohemian Waxwing [Beckside, Morrison's end].
Edwinstowe - 44 Bohemian Waxwing [Lintin Avenue].
Ravenshead - 40 Bohemian Waxwing [Little John pub].
Girton - 1 Ferruginous Duck [male on pit adjacent to A1133 till dark].
Rufford Country Park - 9 Hawfinch.
Gringley Carr - 2 Hen Harrier [male and female present].
Holme Pierrepont - Eurasian Wigeon. Rowing Course: 3 Smew [1 drake & 2 redhead at East end until 09:25 when flushed towards Finger Ponds], 3 Common Redshank, 2 Common Goldeneye [female].
Clifton - 6 Corn Bunting [in bushes opposite the rough ground next to the Larkhill Village building site entrance].
Eastcroft - 1 Peregrine [on incinerator chimney].
Netherfield Lagoons - 60+ Linnet, 5 Reed Bunting, 1 Skylark, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Peregrine [through at 10:40], 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Sparrowhawk [female]. Ouse Dyke: 1 Common Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail.
Barton in Fabis - 2 Bewick's Swan, Ruddy Shelduck, 14 Egyptian Goose.
Sawley [Derbyshire] - Trent Lock Area: 1 Stonechat [male], Tree Sparrow, Redwing, Reed Bunting, Pink-footed Goose [with Canada Geese], Northern Lapwing, Fieldfare.
Fri 2nd Jan
Clumber Park - 4 Mandarin Duck [2 pairs from the bridge], Marsh Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Nottingham City Centre - Peregrine [female].
Colwick Country Park - Smew [female], Red-crested Pochard [male], 170 Common Pochard, 48 Eurasian Wigeon, 32 Northern Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, Mandarin Duck [male], 32 Herring Gull, 15 Great Black-backed Gull, 20 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 19 Common Gull, Black Swan, 3 Siskin, Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Rufford Country Park - 4 Hawfinch [in tall trees near Queen Mother's Walk picnic site], 2 Greenfinch [with Hawfinch], 3 Blackbird, 6 Woodpigeon, 2 Robin, Carrion Crow, 3 Blue Tit, c.15 Chaffinch, 2 Great Tit, 4 Treecreeper, 2 Jackdaw, 4 Moorhen, 2 Coal Tit, 6 Long-tailed Tit, Willow Tit, 4 Goldcrest, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Dunnock, 2 Collared Dove, c.100 Stock Dove, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 6 Coot, c.100 Black-headed Gull, c.100 Mallard, c.20 Canada Goose, c.15 Greylag Goose, c.20 Mute Swan, Water Rail [in man-made reed-bed near Scotland Bank Wood], Wren, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe, c.50 Tufted Duck, Red-crested Pochard [female in front of the mill with Tufted Ducks and Geese].
Budby Common - c.20 Bohemian Waxwing.
Welbeck Lakes - 9 Goosander, 200+ Greylag Goose, Common Goldeneye [male].
Budby Pumping Station - Lesser Redpoll, 2 Bullfinch [pair], Great Spotted Woodpecker [female], Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk [female], 6 Common Buzzard Common Crossbill.
Holme Pierrepont - 2 Smew [1 drake & 1 redhead on rowing course near 1500m mark].
Ravenshead - c.75 Bohemian Waxwing.
Rufford Country Park - 11 Hawfinch, 2 Stock Dove.
Penny Pasture/Eakring Meadows - 1 Jack Snipe, 8 Common Snipe.
Bilsthorpe - 1 Barn Owl, 1 Northern Lapwing.
Edwinstowe - 20+ Bohemian Waxwing [between Lintin Avenue And Manvers Cresent].
Jacksdale - Wharf Green: 4 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 4 Blue Tit, 10+ House Sparrow, Green Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk.
Thu 1st Jan
Bennerley Marsh - 47 Eurasian Wigeon, 65 Northern Lapwing, 40 Golden Plover, Jack Snipe, Snipe, Stonechat [male & female], Common Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker.
Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 1 Knot, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Redshank, 4 Common Snipe, 8 Goosander, 4 Gadwall, 1 Common Shelduck, 1 Grey Wagtail.
Clifton Pastures - 1 Peregrine, 7 Golden Plover.
Blidworth - Tippings Wood: 18 Northern Lapwing, 2 Golden Plover, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Bullfinch, 20+ Long-tailed Tit.
Edwinstowe - 20+ Bohemian Waxwing [between Lintin Avenue And Manvers Cresent].
Gringley Carr - Hen Harrier [female].
Clarborough - 2 Bohemian Waxwing.
Clumber Park - 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Hawfinch.
Rufford Country Park - 9 Hawfinch [main car park].
Holme Pierrepont - 3 Smew [1 male & 23 female on rowing course], Lesser Scaup [drake still on A52 pit], 6 Dunlin , 2 Common Redshank.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Smew [female on Works Pit/Main Pond, Little Egret [on Coneries], 2 Stonechat [Wheatear Field].
Hucknall - 1 Goldcrest, 1 Bullfinch (male), 1 Jay, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 15 House Sparrow, c.7 Greenfinch, c.5 Goldfinch, c.3 Chaffinch, 4 Starling, 3 Collared Dove, c.8 Blackbird, 2 Magpie, 1 Dunnock, 1 Woodpigeon.
Moorgreen Woods - 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 16 Siskin, 2 Willow Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Treecreeper.
Gamston - Blackcap [male in garden].
Barton in Fabis - 1 Merlin, 4 Bewick's Swan, Ruddy Shelduck [SW of village].
Clifton - 30 Corn Bunting [feeding next to the Larkhill building site, Nottingham Road].
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