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July 2009
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Fri 31st Jul
Collingham - New Workings: 3 Little Egret. Silt Pond: c.620 Greylag Goose, c.350 Northern Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 2 Green Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 2 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 11 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Shelton - 1 Red Kite [seen from Kilvington].
Thu 30th Jul
Kilvington Lakes - West Lake: 13 Little Egret [one ringed bird], 5 Common Buzzard, Ringed Plover. East Lake: Yellow-legged Gull.
Bennerley Marsh -30 Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Common Tern, 50 Northern Lapwing, Grasshopper Warbler [Lindley Plant], Hobby, Common Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Common Whitethroat, 120 Common Swift, 55 House Martin, 30 Swallow, Sedge Warbler, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Mistle Thrush, Green Sandpiper [river flash below Halls Lane]. North Marsh:, 6 Reed Bunting, 30 Common Swift, 25 Swallow, Green Woodpecker.
Wed 29th Jul
East Drayton - 2 Green Sandpiper.
Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 6+ Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Egret, 2 Common Tern, 2 Common Kingfisher
Collingham - New Workings: 3 Little Egret, 1 Mandarin Duck [elipse drake ], 1 Green Sandpiper. Silt Pond:- 5 Green Sandpiper.
Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 2 Green Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 2 Green Sandpiper.
Tue 28th Jul
Arnot Hill Park - Red Kite [over Arnot Hill Park at 08:00. Flew off north].
Attenborough Nature Reserve- c.3 Little Egret [Clifton Pit], 1 Hobby [Delta Reed-bed], 1 Sparrowhawk [Delta Wood], Common Swift [a few], Sand Martin, Common Kingfisher [Wet Marsh].
Mon 27th Jul
Keyworth - Black Kite [possible east over Platt Lane - flew towards Clipston-on-the-Wolds at 12:30].
Collingham - New Workings: 10 Little Egret, 1 Mediterranean Gull [1 juvenile, present to 06:50 at least], presumably the same bird seen at 09:00 on Langford Lowfields Silt Pond], 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult], 3 Green Sandpiper. Silt Pond 3 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Tern [pair & 3 juveniles].
Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 1 Green Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 1 Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington - East Lake: 5 Little Egret, 3 Common Sandpiper.
Arnot Hill Park - Pond area: 2 Black Swan, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Goose [plus 6 feral birds over], 2 Canada Goose, 60+ Mallard, 35 Moorhen [including juveniles], 18 Tufted Duck [plus 5 broods], 24 Red-crested Pochard [+3 broods - numbers of this species are on the increase on the pond], 1 Grey Heron [juvenile], 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Blackcap, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Black-headed Gull, 1 Garden Warbler. Bowling Green Feeders: 3 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 5 Magpie, 7 Woodpigeon, 3 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 8 Goldfinch, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch. Rear of Old House/Rose Garden: 2 Jackdaw, 14 Common Crow, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Song Thrush, 10 Chaffinch, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Sparrowhawk [female with catch], 25 Collared Dove, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 15 Tree Sparrow, 2 Wren, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Goldfinch.
Sun 26th Jul
Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 1 Common Greenshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, 10+ Oystercatcher.
Gunthorpe - Black Kite [possible at approximately 12:35. Large raptor drifting north-east. Slightly forked long-ish tail; appeared generally mid-brown colour - under and upper parts].
Budby Common - 1 Stonechat [male], 2 Yellowhammer [singing], 10+ Swallow, 10+ House Martin.
Welbeck Lakes - 12 Great Crested Grebe [with 2 young], 12 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Nuthatch, Willow Tit, Chiffchaff, Swallow, House Martin, 1 Hobby, 2 Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Gadwall, 1 Spotted Flycatcher.
Greasley Church - Yellow Wagtail, 2 Linnet, 10 Lesser Redpoll.
Moorgreen - 3 Common Buzzard, Tawny Owl, Common Kestrel, 2 Yellowhammer, Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Common Pochard [male].
Bennerley Marsh - 25 Back-headed Gull, 60 Northern Lapwing, Common Kestrel, 3 Grey Heron.
Sat 25th Jul
Rufford Park - Common Sandpiper.
Budby Pumping Station - Common Buzzard, Hobby, Yellowhammer, Tawny Owl, Tree Pipit, 7+ Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Linnet, Goldfinch, Goldcrest, Little Grebe, Common Kingfisher.
Treswell - 1 Common Buzzard.
Bennerley Marsh - 30 Black-Headed Gull, 55 Northern Lapwing, 12 Grey Partridge, Common Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, 3 Green Woodpecker, Common Kestrel.
Moorgreen - 2 Grey Wagtail, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 5 Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk, 3 Common Buzzard.
Fri 24th Jul
Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool 6 Little Egret, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern, 2 Common Kingfisher, Willow Tit.
Wellow - 4 Common Buzzard.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Little Egret [1 on Wet Marsh, 2 on Clifton Pit], 3 Black-tailed Godwit.
Kilvington Lakes - East Lake: 6+ Yellow-legged Gull [3rd summer/adult ], 2 Common Sandpiper. West Lake: 2 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Wilford - Kingfisher [river Trent, east of Wilford Bridge].
Thu 23rd Jul
Collingham - New Workings: 2 Little Egret, 1 Mandarin Duck [eclipse drake], 4 Green Sandpiper. Silt Pond: 3 Green Sandpiper.
Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 2 Green Sandpiper.
Langford Lowfields - Silt Pond: 1 Mediterranean Gull [juvenile].
Kilvington - East Lake: 4+ Yellow-legged Gull [3rd summer/adult]..
Barton-in-Fabis - 2 Common Buzzard.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Yellow-legged Gull [Tween Pond]. Cifton Pond: 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Little Egret.
Kings Mill Reservoir - Kingfisher.
Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 3 Grey Heron, 3 Mute Swan, 6 Canada Goose, 5 Greylag Goose, 22 Red-crested Pochard [influx of feral birds], 25 Tufted Duck, 3 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Dunnock, c.30 Collared Dove, Wren, Robin, Tree Sparrow, Blackbird, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 12 Black-headed Gull, 7 Common Swift, 18 Swallow, 2 Blackcap. Rose Garden/Rear of House 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Chiffchaff, 17 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 9 Greenfinch, 5 Common Crow, 2 Jackdaw, 8 Magpie, 36+ Common Starling, 1 Sparrowhawk, 30+ Woodpigeon, 5 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Treecreeper.
Wed 22nd Jul
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Green Sandpiper [Works Pond - beach, 2 Kingfisher [river] , 2 Little Egret [Clifton Pond].
Bennerley Marsh - 80 Black-headed Gull, 5 Common Tern, 60 Northern Lapwing, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, 110 House Martin, 70 Swallow, 10 Common Swift, 2 Sand Martin, Common Kestrel, 3 Green Woodpecker, Kingfisher.
Lenton - 1 Grey Wagtail.
Tue 21st Jul
Collingham - Silt Pond: 1 Wood Sandpiper [present 08:20 to 08:40 at least]. New Workings: 3 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Besthorope Gravel Pits - 1 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 3 Little Egret, 3 Yellow-legged Gull [3rd summer/adult], 3 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper.
Mon 20th Jul
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Common Buzzard, 1 Little Egret.
Sun 19th Jul
Collingham - New Workings: 7 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 1 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 1 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 2 Little Egret, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult], 2 Common Sandpiper.
Rufford Country Park - Spotted Flycatcher, Marsh Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Red-crested Pochard [female near the Mill].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 45+ Common Tern, 180 Black-headed Gull [including 30 young], 200 Northern Lapwing, 1 Black Tern [moulting adult on Main Pond], 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult on Tween Pond Scrape]. Clifton Pond: Arctic Tern [2nd year bird], 1 Common Redshank, 1 Common Snipe, 6 Northern Shoveler, 4 Eurasian Teal, Common Tern, 2 Little Egret [feeding in reeds], 8 Red-crested Pochard [pair in eclipse with 6 young], 24 Black-tailed Godwit [mid-morning], 1 Common Greenshank.
Kings Mill Reservoir - Muscovy Duck, 4 Black-tailed Godwit [west at 07:45], 2 Common Pochard, 1 Common Tern.
Bennerley Marsh - 60 Black-headed Gull, 45 Northern Lapwing, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Grasshopper Warbler [2 juveniles], 5 Common Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Common Kestrel.
Greasley Church - Lesser Whitethroat, Yellowhammer.
Moorgreen - 3 Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, 3 Cormorant, 2 Gadwall, Common Pochard [male], 2 Goldcrest, Chiffchaff.
Sat 18th Jul
Bennerley Marsh - 140 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Tern, 20 Northern Lapwing, 6 Grey Heron, 7 Reed Bunting, 4 Meadow Pipit, 5 Common Whitethroat, 50 House Martin, 40 Common Swift, Green Woodpecker. North Marsh: Hobby, 2 Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff, Linnet, 70 Swallow, 5 Sand Martin.
Bentinck Void - 1 Cuckoo, 1 Common Tern.
Fri 17th Jul
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Little Egret [Clifton Pond].
Besthorpe NWT - 5 Little Egret, 3 Common Kingfisher.
Cinderhill - 1 Ring-necked Parakeet [possible escapee on Blackthorne Drive].
Thu 16th Jul
Bennerley Marsh - Common Buzzard, 3 Common Kestrel, 2 Jay, 2 Green Woodpecker, 5 Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 3 Common Tern, 90 Black-headed Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 50 Northern Lapwing.
Kings Mill Reservoir - Red-crested Pochard [eclipse drake].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Jay [Delta], Gadwall [with 4 young].
Wed 15th Jul
Collingham - New Workings: 5 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Langford Lowfields - 2 Dunlin, 3 Green Sndpiper.
Cotham Flash - 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult], 1 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 7 Little Egret, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Tue 14th Jul
Budby - Common Redstart [female].
Mon 13th Jul
Collingham - New Workings: 3 Little Egret, 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 2 Yellow-legged Gull [adults].
Kilvington Lakes - 13 Little Egret, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult].
Arnot Hill Park - 3 Grey Heron [2 adults, 1 juvenile], 36 Tufted Duck [largest summer total], 4 Greylag Goose, 2 Canada Goose, 18 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Black Swan, 6 Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Tawny Owl, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, 5 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Sparrowhawk [female], 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jackdaw, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Magpie, Robin, Wren, Dunnock, Tree Sparrow, Starling, Song Thrush, 28 Collared Dove, 43 Woodpigeon, 9 Common Crow, 1 Garden Warbler, 4 Grey Wagtail [pond overflow area], 3 Pied Wagtail.
Sun 12th Jul
Hoveringham - Railway Pit: 1 Hobby, 2 Green Sandpiper, 15+ Oystercatcher.
Moorgreen - Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Wagtail, 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, Eurasian Nuthatch, 3 Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler.
Bennerley Marsh - 80 Black-headed Gull, 10 Northern Lapwing, 14 Grey Partridge, Common Kestrel, 7 Common Whitethroat, 160 House Martin, 70 Common Swift, 30 Swallow, 4 Little Grebe.
Fri 10th Jul
Collingham - New Workings: 5 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 2 Green Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 1 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West LAke: 12 Little Egret, 4 Dunlin.
Dunham Lakes - 1 Whooper Swan [injured bird still thriving], 2 Little Egret, 6 Oystercatcher [4 adults, 2 juveniles], 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Terns [2 adults, 1 juvenile], 2 Grey Heron, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting, Blackcap, Sand Martin, Mistle Thrush, Cormorant, Black-headed Gull, Pied Wagtail, Goldfinch.
Bennerley Marsh - Black-headed Gull, 5 Common Tern, 26 Northern Lapwing, Grey Heron, 2 Meadow Pipit, 7 Skylark, 7 Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap.
Thu 9th Jul
Collingham - New Workings: 2 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Langford Lowfields - 26 Black-tailed Godwit [in flight at 08:40].
Cotham Flash - 1 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 6 Little Egret.
Bennerley Marsh - 35 Black-headed Gull, 12 Northern Lapwing, 5 Common Tern, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Common Kestrel, 60 House Martin, 35 Common Swift, 17 Swallow.
Wed 8th Jul
Langar - 1 Barn Owl [hunting either side of gated road to Colston Bassett. Good sightings most mornings].
Mon 6th Jul
Collingham - New Workings: 3 Little Egret, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Kingfisher.
Besthorpe - 1 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 4 Little Egret.
Sun 5th Jul
Bennerley Marsh - 55 Black-headed Gull, 80 Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Common Whitethroat, 18 Swallow, 30 Common Swift, 5 Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark, 6 Reed Bunting, 15 Long-tailed Tit. North Marsh: 2 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Green Woodpecker.
Aldercar Flash - Nottinghamshire Side: Hobby, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Northern Lapwing, Gadwall.
Brinsley Pit Top - Little Owl, 2 Yellowhammer.
Moorgreen Reservoir - 2 Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler, Blackcap.
Moorgreen - Narrow Lane: Common Buzzard, 2 Yellowhammer, 3 Meadow Pipit, Red-legged Partridge.
Kings Mill Reservoir - Ruddy Shelduck [alighted briefly At 07:05 before leaving south after a few minutes].
Arnot Hill Park - 2 Grey Heron, 3 Mute Swan, 5 Greylag Goose, 2 Black Swan, 24 Tufted Duck [plus 3 broods of 9 ducklings], 17 Red-crested Pochard [plus 3 broods ranging from 5 to 8 ducklings all from the feral birds], 3 Blackcap, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Grey Wagtail, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, 5 Goldcrest, 6 Pied Wagtail, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Tawny Owl [no sign of juveniles], 2 Garden Warbler, 6 Magpie, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Sparrowhawk [female with catch], 2 Jackdaw, 2 Common Whitethroat, Red Kite [report of an individual bird over the park early morning - flew off north-east harrassed by 2 Common Crow].
Sat 4th Jul
Bennerley Marsh - 30 Black-headed Gull, 15 Northern Lapwing, Grey Partridge, 5 Grey Heron, 3 Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, 2 Common Kestrel, 140 Swallow, 25 Common Swift, 2 House Martin.
Fri 3rd Jul
Collingham - New Workings: 4 Little Egret, 1 Common Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, Besthorpe Gravel Pits, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 6 Little Egret.
Meden Pumping Station - Pectoral Sandpiper [left of bridge], Green Sandpiper [right of bridge], Willow Warbler, Reed Bunting, Little Grebe.
Wed 1st Jul
Bennerley Marsh - Hobby, 30 Black-headed Gull, 5 Common Tern, 20 Northern Lapwing, 35 Swallow, 60 Common Swift, 5 Skylark, 6 Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer, Green Woodpecker, Grey Partridge.
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