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June 2011
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Thu 30th Jun
Besthorpe NWT - South: 3 Little Egret, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Green Sandpiper.
Collingham Gravek Pits - 6 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - West: 2 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Clumber Park - 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Common Kestrel, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk.
Wed 29th Jun
Kilvington Lakes - West: 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Beeston to Nottingham - Canal Walk: Mute Swan, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, 3 Grey Heron, 1 Common Tern, Crow, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, 1 Green Woodpecker, Blackbird. Song Thrush, House Sparrow, Wren, Dunnock, Common Swift, Sand Martin, House Martin, 2 Common Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap [male], Chiffchaff. 16 Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Goldfinch, 1 Common Pheasant.
Colwick Woods - Common Buzzard.
Tue 28th Jun
King's Mill Reservoir - 37 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Redshank, c.250 Common Swift, c.300 Sand Martin, c.100 House Martin, c.50 Barn Swallow.
Kinoulton - Hobby [pair, one feeding on kill, other calling], Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Yellowhammer, 3 Skylark, 4 Common Whitethroat, Grey Heron, Coot, 2 Moorhen.
Collingham Pits - 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Wood Sandpiper [present early morning], 1 Green Sandpiper.
Collingham Silt Pond - 1 Green Sandpiper.
Besthorpe NWT - South: 1 Green Sandpiper. North: 1 Green Sandpiper.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Little Egret.
Clifton - Garden: Long-tailed Tit [with young], Great Tit [with young], Blue Tit [with young], Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Mallard.
Mon 27th Jun
Bleasby Lakes - 5 Garden Warbler [including juveniles], Lesser Whitethroat, Hobby, Common Buzzard.
Highfields Park - 4 Goldcrest [2 adults & 2 young].
Caunton - Red Kite [quartering low over Mill Lane before drifting west].
Sun 26th Jun
Pinxton - Hobby.
Mansfield - 2 Common Quail [singing in fields west-north west of town].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Avocet [Tween Scrape], Little Egret, Red-crested Pochard [pair], Reed Warbler.
King's Mill Reservior - Tufted Duck, 4 Greylag Goose, 2 Grey Heron, Common Pochard, 2 Common Tern, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Blackcap [male], 2 Collared Dove, 2 Blackbird, 20+ Northern Lapwing, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 House Sparrow, 2 Magpie.
Sat 25th Jun
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Avocet [Tween Scrape].
Collingham Pits - 2 Little Egret, 4 Green Sandpiper.
West Bridgford - 1 Siskin [juvenile - feeding on nyger and fat-ball].
Fri 24th Jun
Collingham Pits - 2 Little Egret.
Besthorpe NWT - South: 1 Dunlin, 5 Green Sandpiper.
West Bridgford - 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk [male with garden kill].
Norton - Common Kestrel [Infield Lane].
Thu 23rd Jun
Blidworth Woods - 9 Tree Pipit, 6 Yellowhammer, 5 Green Woodpecker, 2 Jay, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Calverton Colliery - 2 Tree Pipit, 12 Common Whitethroat, 8 Linnet, 20+ Skylark, 3 Green Woodpecker, 10+ Swift, 4 Barn Swallow, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 50+ Woodpigeon, 5 Northern Lapwing.
Gedling Pit Top - 4+ Common Cuckoo, 1 Common Buzzard [hunting], 1 Green Woodpecker.
Brackenhurst - Spotted Flycatcher.
Beeston to Nottingham - Canal: Mute Swan, Cormorant, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Grey Heron, Common Pheasant, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Moorhen, Coot, Eurasian Starling, Woodpigeon, Green Woodpecker, Barn Swallow, House Martin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Blue Tit, House Sparrow, Wren, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Robin.
Wed 22nd Jun
Collingham Pits - 1 Green Sandpiper.
Besthorpe NWT - South: 4 Green Sandpiper.
Beeston to Nottingham - Canal: 6 Sand Martin, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Blackbird, 1 Wren, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Moorhen, 23 Mallard, 3 Mute Swan.
Mon 20th Jun
Besthorpe NWT - South: 2 Green Sandpiper..
Kilvington - West Lake: 4 Little Egret, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [2nd Summer].
King's Mill Reservoir - 7 Northern Lapwing.
Sun 19th Jun
West Bridgford - 1 Siskin [juvenile - feeding on nyger and fat-ball].
Mansfield - Quail [singing - west-north-west of Mansfield.
Calverton - Hobby [next to fish farm].
Sat 18th Jun
Holme Pierrepont - 2 Red-necked Phalarope [A52 pit].
Budby Heath - Tree Pipit, Woodcock.
Warsop - Red Kite [to south-west].
Hoveringham - 1 Barn Owl, 1 Yellow Wagtail [small Railway Lake].
Fri 17th Jun
Calverton Colliery - 9 Linnet, 4 Pied Wagtail, 4 Yellowhammer, c.40 Common Swift, 8 Barn Swallow, 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Common Pheasant, 2 Green Woodpecker, c.30 Skylark, 3 Meadow Pipit, Common Cuckoo, Magpie, Northern Lapwing, c.20 Rook, c.100 Woodpigeon.
Sherwood Forest Visitor's Centre - Wood Warbler.
Collingham Pits - 3 Little Egret.
Besthorpe South NWT - 1 Common Sandpiper.
Thu 16th Jun
Burton Joyce - Red Kite [briefly over Lambley Lane at 13:00].
King's Mill Reservoir - Ringed Plover, [mud bank near reed-beds], Pied Flycatcher [in trees lake-side of path.
Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 2 Oystercatcher, Hobby [taking Sand Martin in flight].
Wed 15th Jun
Beeston to Nottingham - Canal: 1 Chaffinch, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Blackbird, 1 Common Tern, 5 Moorhen, 1 Coot, 15 Mallard, 10 Mute Swan, 1 Cormorant.
Old Clipstone - 1 Common Cuckoo [near River Maun], 1 Gannet, [high over and heading towards Derbyshire], 2 Mandarin Duck [pair on river], 1 Wood Warbler.
Clumber Park - Great Spotted Woodpecker [feeding 3 young], 3 Mandarin Duck [male and 2 females in tree].
Tue 14th Jun
Gedling Pit Top - 2 Common Cuckoo [possibly up to 4 present], 1 Hobby [through], 2 Common Kestrel, 3 Green Woodpecker.
Woodborough - 2 Common Buzzard, 7 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Common Cuckoo.
Carburton - Common Buzzard [flight].
Clumber Park - Mandarin Duck [female], Great Spotted Woodpecker [feeding 3 young], Chaffinch, Jackdaw, 2 Stock Dove, Blue Tit [plenty of fledglings], Robin, Blackcap, 2 Wood Warbler, Treecreeper, Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Jay, Wren.
Norton - Barn Owl [with prey], Common Buzzard, 4 Northern Lapwing, Grey Heron.
Mon 13th Jun
Idle Valley - Reed Bunting, Greylag Goose, Sedge Warbler, Eurasian Wigeon, Oystercatcher, Common Whitethroat, Eurasian Jay, Chiffchaff, Lon g-tailed Tit, Wren [family].
Calverton Colliery - 2 Common Cuckoo, 3 Linnet, 5 Common Whitethroat, c.30 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, 2 Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, c.30 Rook, c.20 Eurasian Starling [juvenile flock], Common Buzzard, Northern Lapwing, 3 Common Pheasant, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Magpie, c.40 Barn Swallow.
Sat 11th Jun
Wellow - Common Cuckoo.
Kinoulton - 4 Tufted Duck, 5 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 1 Skylark, 2 Reed Warbler, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Egret [seen from garden flying towards north end of reserve].
Langford Lowfields - 1 Marsh Harrier [male], 1 Little Owl, Common Cuckoo [heard], Common Kingfisher, 5 Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Shelduck, Mallard, Oystercatcher, Northern Lapwing, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Grey Heron, Coot, Moorhen, Common Pheasant, 4 Cormorant, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Reed Bunting, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Eurasian Starling, Blackbird, Dunnock, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Yellowhammer, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Skylark, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Barn Swallow, Sand Martin, Common Swift, Barn Owl, Hobby, Woodpigeon, Stock Dove.
Fri 10th Jun
Besthorpe NWT - South: 1 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 1 Little Egret.
Rushcliffe Country Park - Red Kite [wing-tagged bird], 2 Common Buzzard, Eurasian Sparrowhawk.
Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 29 Tufted Duck, 17 Red Crested Pochard, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant, 2 Common Pochard, 4 Coot, 28 Moorhen, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Grey Wagtail [1 ringed bird], Rear of Old House/Rose Garden: Greenfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Pied Wagtail, Jay, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Goldfinch, Eurasian Nuthatch, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Chiffchaff, Collared Dove, Woodpigeon, 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Coal Tit, Wren.
Worksop - 5 Common Buzzard [near Sainsbury's - one mobbed by corvids].
Clumber Park - Tree Pipit. 2 Mandarin Duck [males],6 Great Crested Grebe [2 displaying], Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker [feeding young], Stock Dove, Jackdaw, 2 Common Cuckoo [seen and heard]. Ford Reed Beds: 6 Reed Bunting, 6 Reed Warbler. Lake Arm: Whooper Swan, 10 Sand Martin, 2 Reed Warbler.
Thu 9th Jun
Bestwood Mill Lakes - Mandarin Duck [male], Greylag Goose [and young].
Huthwaite - 1 Common Quail [singing, Castlewood Park].
King's Mill Reservoir - Hobby [chasing young Pied Wagtail], 74 Mute Swan. 13 Common Pochard. 30 Tufted Duck.
Clumber Park - 12+ Tree Pipit, 10+ Common Crossbill, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Yellowhammer, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Marsh Tit, 6+ Great Spotted Woodpecker [2 pairs, one pair feeding two fledged young], 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Hobby, 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 10+ Common Buzzard.
Lambley - Common Cuckoo [female - Green Lane].
Wed 8th Jun
Carburton - Osprey [13:05, flying towards dam].
Sandiacre - Red Kite [M1 near juntion 25 - near Nottinghamshire border].
Whitwell - 2 Yellowhammer.
Tue 7th Jun
Calverton - Springwater Golf Course: 2 Reed Bunting, 5 Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, 6 Moorhen, 5 Mallard, 3 Coot, 3 Robin, 2 Yellowhammer, 4 Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Bullfinch.
Mon 6th Jun
Calverton Colliery - c.40 Skylark, 2 Common Cuckoo, 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Northern Wheatear, 2 Northern Lapwing, 5 Willow Warbler, Common Kestrel, 10 Rook, 4 Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Grey Partridge, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Green Woodpecker, Common Pheasant, Magpie, 6 Yellowhammer, 10+ Woodpigeon, 12 Barn Swallow.
Whitwell - Bullfinch [pair].
Collingham Pits - 1 Dunlin.
Kilvington Lakes - 1 Red-necked Phalarope [on West Lake From 10:50], Common Quail [singing mid-late morning].
King's Mill Reservoir - 4 Gadwall, 5 Northern Lapwing, Stock Dove, c.250 Common Swift, c.50 Sand Martin, c.50 House Martin.
Caunton - Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, 3 Common Redstart [2 adults with fledgling].
Clipstone Forest - Watch Hill: 2 Tree Pipit, 1 Turtle Dove, 1 Woodcock [roding], 1 Tawny Owl.
Sun 5th Jun
Skegby Trail - Common Cuckoo [calling from Little Dawgates Wood ], Common Buzzard.
Rainworth - Hen Harrier [possible male].
Pinxton - Hobby.
Center Parcs - 4 Egyptian Goose, 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Sand Martin, 2 Marsh Tit, 2 Eurasian Jay.
Sat 4th Jun
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Bullfinch [bund], Oystercatcher [Coneries], Northern Shoveler, Common Shelduck, Red-crested Pochard, Blackcap, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting, Chiffchaff.
Kilvington Lakes - Common Quail [from watchoint, singing on and off between 06:20 and 08:10].
Clumber Park - Marsh Harrier [female], Whooper Swan, Hobby.
Budby Pumping Station - Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Tree Pipit, 2 Oystercatcher, Little Owl [in hawthorn left of bridge], 16 Common Crossbill [adults and young].
Clipstone Forest - Deerdale Lane: 41 Woodpigeon, 12 Blackbird, 11 Robin, 6 Greenfinch, 18 Chaffinch, 1 Skylark, 13 Carrion Crow, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 6 Barn Swallow, 2 Rook, 9 Chiffchaff [family feeding 2 fledglings], 10 Willow Warbler [pair feeding 3 fledglings], Wren, 4 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Coal Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Common Cuckoo, 1 Common Whitethroat, 2 Mallard, 2 Common Pheasant, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Yellowhammer, 1 Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Linnet, 5 Tree Sparrow, 9 Eurasian Starling, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Jackdaw, 4 Goldfinch.
Kinoulton - Hobby, Common Kestrel, 4 Skylark, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, 6 Common Whitethroat, Eurasian Sparrowhawk [chasing Mistle Thrush], Grasshopper Warbler [heard].
Fri 3rd Jun
Budby Pumping Staion - Osprey [12:46].
Collingham - 1 Spotted Flycatcher [in village].
Kilvington - North Lake: 1 Yellow-legged Gull [2nd summer].
Hucknall - 1 Common Cuckoo [calling ], 1 Bullfinch [male], 1 Common Kestrel [female].
Thu 2nd Jun
Carlton - White-tailed Sea Eagle [report of a bird very high over Cambridge Street then over Carlton Cemetery - if other observers saw this bird could you please send detailed reports to our recorder? Andy Hall. Could the original reporter also send in full details including contact details if possible. Many thanks].
Welbeck Lake - Common Buzzard [soaring].
Clumber Park - Great Spottted Woodpecker, Mandarin Duck, Great Crested Grebe [pair].
Wed 1st Jun
Wilford - Merlin [Ironmonger's Pond area].
Clumber Park - Lesser Whitethroat, Meadow Pipit, Tree Pipit, Common Buzzard, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting.
Besthorpe - South NWT: 3 Dunlin.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Sanderling, 1 Caspian Gull [1st summer], 1 Yellow-legged Gull [2nd summer].
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