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June 2009
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Tue 30th Jun
Collingham - New Workings: 3 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper. Village: 1 Spotted Flycatcher.
Kilvington Lakes - 1+ Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Clifton Pastures - 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Willow Warbler, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 1 Dunnock, 2 Common Whitethroat, 1 Wren, 1 Reed Bunting, 7 Skylark, 50+ Common Swift, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Linnet.
Sun 28th Jun
Lound Gravel Pits - 1 Turtle Dove [Cross Lane], 1 Grasshopper Warbler [reeling], 1 Barn Owl [hunting over Clayworth Common], 1 Whimbrel [over to north], 1 Oystercatcher [Neatholme Pit], 1 Ringed Plover [Neatholme Pit], 3 Eurasian Wigeon [drakes - Neatholme Works Pit], 3 Green Woodpecker, [Neatholme Lane ], 3 Lesser Whitethroat [singing], 2 Reed Warbler [singing], Garden Warbler [numerous], Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Garden Warbler, Gadwall [with 5 ducklings], Common Kingfisher, 7 Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon.
Cotham Flash - Hobby, Green Woodpecker [juvenile ], Great-spotted Woodpecker, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Common Kestrel [3 recently fledged juveniles].
Annesley Plantation - 6 Yellow Wagtail.
Bennerley Marsh - 5 Grey Heron, Little Grebe [juvenile], 30 Northern Lapwing, 3 Common Kestrel [adult and 2 juveniles], 30 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Tern, 12 Skylark, 25 Common Swift, 5 House Martin, 7 Common Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler.
Moorgreen Reservoir - 6 Grey Wagtail, 7 Coal Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, 7 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Green Woodpecker.
Annesley Pit Top - 2 Little Ringed Plover, 40 Northern Lapwing.
Sat 27th Jun
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Red-crested Pochard [with 9 young], 3 Eurasian Teal, Northern Shoveler, 2 Common Pochard, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Shelduck, Oystercatcher, Lesser Whitethroat.
Bennerley Marsh - 41 Black-Headed Gull, 20 Northern Lapwing, Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker, 30 Common Swift, Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Blackcap.
Meden Pumping Station - Little Egret, Sedge Warbler, Common Kingfisher, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk.
Budby Pumping Station - 3 Nightjar, Tree Pipit, Hobby, Common Buzzard, Yellowhammer, Gadwall, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest [young], 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Northern Shoveler [female with a single duckling], Grey Wagtail [young], Yellow Wagtail [young], Sparrowhawk [female], Little Egret, Northern Lapwing, Sedge Warbler,
Kilvington - Red Kite [adult bird - not wing tagged], 10 Little Egret [site record].
Kneeton - 2 Spotted Flycatcher [in garden to north end of village].
Fri 26th Jun
West Leake - 4 Yellowhammer, 2 Sparrowhawk.
Bennerley Marsh - Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron, 24 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Tern, 20 Northern Lapwing, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 25 Common Swift.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Buzzard [over river], 3 Eurasian Teal, 6 Northern Shoveler, Gadwall [with 6 chicks].
Collingham - New Workings: 3 Little Egret.
Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 2 Eurasian Wigeon [drakes], 4 Green Sandpiper.
Langford Lowfields - 1 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 9 Little Egret.
Thu 25th Jun
Collingham - New Workings: 5 Little Egret, 6 Green Sandpiper.
Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 1 Eurasian Wigeon [drake], 2 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Little Egret.
Bennerley Marsh - 2 Common Tern, 2 Black-headed Gull, 7 Common Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 3 Common Kestrel. North Marsh: 12 Sand Martin, 4 Reed Bunting, Green Woodpecker. Plus: 2 Dingy Skipper Butterfly, 3 Emperor Dragonfly.
Wed 24th Jun
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Gadwall [with young], 3 Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Shelduck, Euurasian Teal [Tween Pond], COmmon Buzzard, 2 Common Pochard, Oystercatcher.
Carburton Lakes - Marsh Harrier [over], Common Buzzard.
Tue 23rd Jun
Clifton Pastures - 1 Willow Warbler, 4 Common Whitethroat, 1 Yellowhammer, 8 Reed Bunting, 2 Hobby, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Sedge Warbler [brook], 200+ Common Swift, 5 Goldfinch, 18 Linnet [3 flocks], 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Yellow Wagtail [top field near Larkhill].
Mon 22nd Jun
Budby Pumping Station - 3+ Nightjars, Woodcocks [several], Tawny Owl.
Collingham - 1 Spotted Flycatcher. New Workings: 2 Little Egret.
Wellow - Tawny Owl, Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Bestwood Country Park - Pit Top: 1 Cuckoo [on ground], 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Black-headed Gull [2 singles to west].
Woodborough - Cuckoo [Bank Hill Farm].
Sun 21st Jun
Bennerley Marsh - 100 Common Swift, 120 House Martin, 5 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Common Kestrel, 2 Grey Partridge.
Moorgreen Reservoir & Woods - Little Grebe [adult and young], 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Common Buzzard, Jay, Garden Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff.
Soar Valley - West Leake - Kingston: Barn Owl, Common Kingfisher, 3 Common Buzzard, Red-legged Partridge. Zouch - Kegworth: 3 Common Buzzard.
Sherwood Forest/Budby Common - 1 Common Redstart [male], 1 Cuckoo, Tree Pipit [numerous], 1 Green Woodpecker [male], 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker [female & fledged youngster], 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Blackcap [male], 3 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler [numerous], 3 Yellowhammer [singing males], 1 Skylark, 3+ Treecreeper [including juveniles].
Sat 20th Jun
Kilvington Lakes - 1 Little Egret.
King's Mill Reservoir - Mandarin Duck [drake briefly], Red Kite [to south].
Gringley Carr - 2+ Yellow Wagtail, 3+ Common Whitethroat, 1 Jay.
Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Cuckoo, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Willow Tit, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 4 Garden Warbler, 1 Common Kingfisher, 2 Bullfinch, 30+ Common Swift.
Fri 19th Jun
Collingham - New Workings: 7 Little Egret.
Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 3 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 1 Little Egret.
Bennerley Marsh - Short-eared Owl [old Sheep Field], 2 Common Kestrel, 2 Common Tern, 220 House Martin, 90 Common Swift, 12 Skylark, Willow Warbler, 3 Common Whitethroat.
Thu 18th Jun
Woodborough - Cuckoo [calling from farm at bottom of Bank Hill].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Gadwall [with juveniles], 4 Northern Shoveler, 1 Arctic Tern [in an unusual 1st Summer plumage on Clifton Pit. Bill and legs all black; white forehead; wings and structure of Arctic], 30 Common Tern [Clifton Pond plus more around reserve], 1 Hobby, 5 Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher [Clifton Pond]. Tween Pond Scrape and Clifton Pond: 12 Northern Shoveler, 6 Common Pochard, 8 Eurasian Teal, 1 Eurasian Wigeon.
Carburton - 3 Mandarin Duck [2 female & 1 eclipse male at crossroads].
Wed 17th Jun
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Eurasian Wigeon [drake], 3 Oystercatcher, Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Eurasian Teal, 3 Common Pochard, 2 Northern Shoveler.
Tue 16th Jun
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Eurasian Wigeon [drake], 3 Oystercatcher, Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Eurasian Teal, 3 Common Pochard, 2 Northern Shoveler.
Cotham Flash - 2 Common Tern.
Budby Pumping Station - 4 Nightjar, Woodcock [several], Cuckoo, Common Buzzard, Oystercatcher, Common Whitethroat.
Mon 15th Jun
Collingham - New Workings: 3 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 1 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington - 2 Little Egret [West Lake].
Sun 14th Jun
Bennerley Marsh - Grasshopper Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat.
Greasley - Yellowhammer, Common Buzzard.
Moorgreen Reservoir - Spotted Flycatcher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Grey Wagtail, 2 Common Buzzard.
Jacksdale - Canal path: 1 Common Kingfisher [flying from canal to Erewash], c.8 Blackcap [adults and young].
Burnstump Country Park - 1 Common Buzzard [mobbed By Rooks near rookery].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Curlew [near Kingfisher Hide], 2 Oystercatcher.
Budby Pumping Station - 3+ Woodcock, 3+ Nightjar.
Stapleford - Trowell border: Skylark, Common Whitethroat, Sparrowhawk.
Sat 13th Jun
Edingley - 1 Red Kite [heading towards Farnsfield].
Woodborough - 1 Cuckoo [Bank Hill].
Rufford Country Park - 1 Blackbird [albino].
Fri 12th Jun
Bennerley Marsh - Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 40 House Martin, 25 Common Swift, 7 Skylark, 5 Reed Bunting, 7 Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 2 Grey Partridge, 3 Common Pheasant, 2 Linnet. North Marsh: 2 Common Tern, Grey Wagtail, 7 Reed Bunting.
Stanford on Soar - Red Kite [over Stanford Hills to south-east].
Collingham - New Workings: 1 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington - 5 Little Egret [West Lake].
Burton Meadows - 1 Common Tern [along river], 1 Cuckoo, Sand Martin [river bank colony], Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat [abundant], Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting.
Thu 11th Jun
Woodborough - Cuckoo, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 20 + Swallow, Chiffchaff, 3 Chaffinch, 4 Dunnock, 2 Robin [young], 2 Red-legged Partridge [pair], 5 Common Pheasant, Green Woodpecker, Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 2 Jackdaw.
Wed 10th Jun
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Dunlin, Oystercatcher, Common Redshank. Clifton Pond: Black-tailed Godwit, Little Egret. Barton Flash: Common Greenshank. Tween Pond: Ruddy Shelduck.
Tue 9th Jun
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Dunlin.
Sutton Bonington- 1 Red Kite [low over Trowell Lane, 100 yards from the Star Inn].
Ollerton - Energy Village: 1 Green Woodpecker [in deciduous trees alongside railway], 2 Skylark.
Mon 8th Jun
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Osprey [present between 10:35 - 10:45].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pond: Common Redshank, Common Greenshank, Ringed Plover, Cuckoo.
Wellow - Red Kite [14:05 drifting east at tree height], Common Buzzard.
Collingham - New Workings: 1 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 4 Little Egret.
Ollerton - Goldfinch [Energy Village].
Sun 7th Jun
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Black Tern, Common Redshank [Clifton Pond], Common Greenshank, Ringed Plover, Cuckoo.
Blidworth - Tippings Wood: 3 Common Whitethroat, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Chiffchaff.
Stanford on Soar - 2 Bullfinch [in garden at Stanford Hills].
Kinoulton - Common Whitethroat [male].
Sat 6th Jun
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Great White Egret [flew along River Trent], Dunlin, Common Redshank [Tween Pond, Eurasian Teal, Ruddy Shelduck.
Bennerley Marsh - 8 Grey Partridge, 44 House Martin, 25 Common Swift, 2 Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, 5 Skylark, 9 Reed Bunting, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Green Woodpecker, 3 Common Kestrel.
Cotham Flash - 2 Little Egret [over - early morning].
Carburton Lakes - Osprey, Common Buzzard, Hobby, Sparrowhawk, Sand Martin, Common Shelduck, Long-tailed Tit.
Langar - 1 Barn Owl [hunting over fields either side of gated road to Colston Bassett. Several kills made].
Fri 5th Jun
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Ruddy Shelduck, Oystercatcher [Tween Pond], 4 Northern Shoveler, c.20 Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon [Wet Marsh].
Carburton Lakes - Hobby, 3 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Common Shelduck.
Collingham - 2 Dunlin [New Workings].
Kilvington - 4 Little Egret [West Lake].
Bennerley Marsh - 14 Northern Lapwing, 4 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 House Martin, 12 Common Swift.
Ollerton - Energy Village Red-legged Partridge, Skylark.
Thu 4th Jun
Budby Common - 3 Stonechat [juveniles].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Buff-breasted Sandpiper [16:15 - 20:00].
Hucknall - 1 Common Buzzard [mobbed by single Carrion Crow, Annesley Road].
Wed 3rd Jun
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 1 Osprey [11:00 - 11:20].
Newton - Red Kite [Equestrian Centre].
Cinderhill - 1 Common Crane [a possible - north over A610, SK542427, at 15:35. Large bird, long neck - extended in flight, long legs, wings straight (not arched at any point in the stroke), wings square ended with 'fingers' - being harried by Crow].
Clifton Pastures - 2 Hobby, 2 Common Buzzard, 13 Reed Bunting, 6 Common Whitethroat, 3 Linnet, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Sedge Warbler [brook], 7 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, Wren, 40+ Common Swift.
Mapperley Plains - 2 Common Buzzard [Lambley Road].
Carburton Lakes - Osprey, Common Buzzard, Oystercatcher.
Tue 2nd Jun
Carburton Lakes - Marsh Harrier, Common Buzzard, Northern Lapwing.
Mapperley Plains - 2 Common Buzzard.
Mon 1st Jun
Kilvington - 1 Common Sandpiper [West Lake].
Kings Mill Reservoir - 4 Black Tern [between 15:45 and 16:15].
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