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June 2013
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Sun 30th Jun
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Garganey.
Clumber Park - Common Whitethroat [family group], Sedge Warbler [family group], Reed Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, Yellowhammer, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit, Tree Pipit, Common Kestrel, 2 Common Buzzard.
Skegby Trail - 2 Eurasian Curlew [over].
Tiln - Melodious Warbler.
Kinoulton - Grey Partridge [calling], 10 House Martin, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Linnet, Red-legged Partridge, Skylark.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Tree Sparrow, Little Egret, Egyptian Goose, Gadwall.
Sat 29th Jun
Kilvington Lakes - 4 Little Egret, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Gull [adult briefly on West Lake at 07:20], 3+ Yellow-legged Gull.
Sherwood Forest NNR - c.50 Common Crossbill.
Lound - Sutton Grange: 2 Turtle Dove.
Wollaton Park - 1 Ring-necked Parakeet.
Budby Pumping Station - Green Sandpiper [left side of bridge].
Tiln - Melodious Warbler.
Kilvington Lakes - Little Gull.
Fri 28th Jun
Budby Pumping Station - Sedge Warbler.
Tiln - Melodious Warbler.
Gringley Lock - 2 Grey Wagtail [pair], 2 Barn Swallow [pair], 1 Grey Heron, 5 Goldfinch.
Thu 27th Jun
Tiln - Melodious Warbler.
Budby Pumping Station - Osprey.
Lound - Red-crested Pochard, Lesser Whitethroat, Marsh Harrier.
Edingley - Hobby.
Budby - c.250 Common Swift.
The Hook Nature Reserve - 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Reed Bunting, 20+ Barn Swallow, Sedge Warbler. Pinders Pond: 1 Little Grebe, 1 Treecreeper.
Harlow Wood - Woodcock [roding].
Gringley Carr - 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Kestrel, 30+ Northern Lapwing, 12+ Barn Swallow, 8+ Common Swift, 6 House Martin, 2 Goldfinch.
Wed 26th Jan
Tiln - Melodious Warbler.
Tue 25th Jun
Tiln - Melodious Warbler.
Budby Pumping Station - Black-tailed Godwit [far scrape from bridge].
Mon 24th Jun
Gringley Carr - 1 Marsh Harrier [male], 2 Corn Bunting, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 50+ Northern Lapwing.
Tiln - Melodious Warbler.
Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 1 Little Egret, 2 Turtle Dove.
Collingham Lakes - 2 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 4 Little Egret, 2 Eurasian Curlew.
Sun 23rd Jun
Hucknall - 2 Bullfinch [garden].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Egret [Wheatear Field scrape].
Tiln - Melodious Warbler.
Sat 22nd Jun
Buddy Pumping Station - Osprey,Common Sandpiper.
Newstead Abbey - Hobby.
Hoveringham - 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Corn Bunting, 4 Common Tern.
Silverdale- 1 Red Kite [over], 1 Hobby.
Tiln - Broom Wood: Melodious Warbler, Hobby, Barn Owl, 4 Chiffchaff, Dunnock, 3 Skylark, 6 Common Swift, 3 Oystercatcher.
Fri 21st Jun
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Green Sandpiper [Wheatear Field scrape].
Burton Meadows - 2 Greater Scaup [possible pair flying along river].
Edingley - Raven, Common Buzzard.
Tiln - Melodious Warbler.
Thu 20th Jun
Arnot Hill Park - 15 Tufted Duck [+3 broods], 12 Red-crested Pochard [+2 broods], 3 Greylag Goose [+1 brood], 6 Common Coot [+2 boods], 15 Moorhen [+6 broods], 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Heron. Front and rear of old house: 7 European Robin, 15 Blackbird, 3 Mistle Thrush, 1 Treecreeper, 4 Greenfinch, 12 Dunnock, 13 Goldfinch, 11 Blue Tit, 18 Woodpigeon, 5 Wren, 8 Great Tit, 3 Pied Wagtail, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 5 Carrion Crow, 1 Blackcap, 9 House Sparrow, 3 Magpie, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 16 Chaffinch, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Jackdaw, 13 Collared Dove, 1 Common Whitethroat.
Edingley - Common Buzzard, Raven, Blackcap, Chiffchaff.
Clifton - Corn Bunting [singing and showing well - fields towards Gotham].
Kilvington Lakes - 4 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Wed 19th Jun
Rainworth Heath - 1 Red Kite [drifted north], 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Tree Pipit.
Tue 18th Jun
Clifton - 1 Ring-necked Parakeet [in trees at Glapton Primary School at 15:30].
Newark - 1 Little Egret [flew south along Trent].
Lound - 1 Ringed Plover, 2+ Oystercatcher, 3+ Common Redshank, 2+ Common Shelduck, 7 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Common Tern, 1+ Turtle Dove [heard], 1 Eurasian Wigeon [drake].
Budby Pumping Station - Gadwall [good numbers], Common Buzzard, Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff.
Mon 17th Jun
Eastwood - White Stork [on roof].
Sun 16th Jun
Clumber Park - Common Kestrel, Common Shelduck, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, 27 Mute Swan, Common Buzzard, Bullfinch.
Oxton Bypass - Common Kestrel.
Worksop - Common Kestrel.
Sat 15th Jun
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Common Pochard, 1 Egyptian Goose, 55 Gadwall, 1 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Common Tern, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler, 5 Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 6 Reed Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 15 Common Swift.
Budby Pumping Station - Hobby, 2 Ostercatcher [with young].
Sherwood Forest Country Park - 1 Red Kite [drifting west], 1 Spotted Flycatcher.
Fri 14th Jun
Gringley Lock - 2 Grey Wagtail [pair, male displaying], 2 Barn Swallow.
Stoke Lock - 6 Common Tern.
Sherwood Forest Country Park - Tree Pipit, Spotted Flycatcher, Coal Tit [feeding young], Blue Tit, Great Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Cuckoo, Hobby, Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff.
Thu 13th Jun
Kinoulton - Eurasian Jay, Common Buzzard, Common Swift, Barn Swallow, 4 House Martin.
Collingham Lakes - 1 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Ruddy Turnstone.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Plover [summer female].
Linby - Hobby.
Hoveringham - Sailing Lake: 50+ Common Swift.
Wed 12th Jun
Clifton Grove - Willow Tit
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Redshank [Tween Pond].
Welbeck - 1 Hobby.
Mon 10th Jun
Welbeck Watchpoint - Osprey, Eurasian Jay, Common Buzzard.
Kinoulton - Common Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker, 2 Stock Dove, 2 Yellowhammer, 2 Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, 4 Mute Swan, c.10 House Martin.
Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 2 Turtle Dove.
Collingham Lakes - 2 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Stint [Ferry Lane Lake], 1 Turtle Dove.
Kilvington Lakes - 1 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin.
Attenborough - 1 Oystercatcher.
Sun 9th Jun
Calverton - Turtle Dove [golf club].
Bentinck Void - 3 Oystercatcher, Common Cuckoo.
Hoveringham - Sailing Lake: Black Tern [pair].
Sat 8th Jun
Clifton Grove - Common Scoter [male on river], 1 Hobby, 11 Common Tern, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Grey Wagtail [Beeston Weir].
Clifton - Ring-necked Parakeet [near post office].
Welbeck Watchpoint - 3 Common Gull.
Fri 7th Jun
Kings Mill Reservoir - 2 Common Whitethroat [nesting].
Maun Valley Trail - Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Common Cuckoo, Bullfinch, Skylark, Yellowhammer.
Thu 6th Jun
The Hook Nature Reserve - 1 Reed Bunting, 2 Greenfinch.
Mansfield Woodhouse - 1 Red Kite.
Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 35 Gadwall, 1+ Turtle Dove.
Collingham Lakes - 8 Ringed Plover, 1 Turtle Dove.
Kilvington Lakes - 2 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Sanderling.
Dukes Wood to Kirklington - Barn Swallow, Common Swift, House Martin, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Goldfinch, Linnet, Wren, European Robin, Dunnock, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Marsh Tit, Mallard, Gadwall, Common Shelduck [pair], Common Pheasant, Grey Partridge, Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Carrion Crow, Rook, Magpie, Jackdaw, Yellowhammer, Skylark, Pied Wagtail, Blackbird, Eurasian Starling, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Song Thrush [heard], Northern Lapwing [heard].
Bassingfield- Hobby
Wed 5th Jun
Barton-in-Fabis - 1 Montagu's Harrier.
Maun Valley Trail - Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Bullfinch, Song Thrush, Common Buzzard, Grasshopper Warbler.
Kings Mill Reservoir - Black Tern.
Collingham Lakes - 1 Spotted Redshank.
Tue 4th Jun
Barton-in-Fabis - 1 Montagu's Harrier.
Rainworth Heath - 5 Common Crossbill [4 males, 1 female], 1 Woodcock [roding].
Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 1 Little Egret, 1 Turtle Dove.
Collingham Lakes - 1 Little Egret, 5 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Redshank.
Mon 3rd Jun
Skegby Trail - 1 Marsh Harrier.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler. Cliton Pond: 1 Eurasian Wigeon, 3 Red-crested Pochard, 1 Grey Heron, Northern Lapwing.
Clifton - 1 Hen Harrier.
Sun 2nd Jun
Welbeck - 1 Osprey, 1 Red Kite, 1 Hobby.
Clumber Park - 3 Mandarin Duck [all drakes].
Bentinck Void - 1 Northern Wheatear.
Rufford Country Park - Osprey.
Cuckney - Osprey.
Sat 1st Jun
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 Red-crested Pochard, Grasshopper Warbler [heard - hedges near Tower Hide], Common Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting, Sedge Warbler, Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher.
Gringley Carr - 4 Reed Bunting [2 pairs], 1 Reed Warbler, 12 Greylag Goose, c.14 Common Swift, c.8 Barn Swallow, Yellowhammer [heard].
Longdale Lane Woods - 3 Woodcock.
Arnot Hill Park - 1 Gadwall [drake - remaining 1 of a group of 5 which flew in over a week ago], 3 Greylag Goose, 29 Tufted Duck, 8 Common Coot, 37 Moorhen, 12 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Common Pochard, 1 Grey Heron, 3 Grey Wagtail, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Cormorant, 2 Goldcrest, 25 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blackcap, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Wren, 11 European Robin, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Jackdaw, 11 Carrion Crow, 8 Magpie, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 17 Greenfinch, 10 Goldfinch, Blackbird, Chaffinch, Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit.
Southwell Trail - Bilsthorpe to Farnsfield: Grey Partridge, Common Pheasant, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, European Robin, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Skylark, Yellowhammer, Pied Wagtail, Common Swift, Barn Swallow, Green Woodpecker, Common Shelduck [pair], Long-tailed Tit, Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, House Martin, Wren.
Kirklington - Tree Sparrow [garden]. Top Dam: Reed Bunting, Willow Warbler, Yellowhammer, Dunnock, Mistle Thrush, Blackbird, European Robin, Wren, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, Woodpigeon, Rook, Carrion Crow, Skylark [singing], Chiffchaff [heard], Blackcap [heard], Sedge Warbler [heard], Common Pheasant, Blue Tit, Great Tit.
Welbeck Watchpoint - Osprey [through at 14:55], Hobby.
Clumber Park - c.80 Common Crossbill, Tree Pipit, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat.
Carburton - 1 Turtle Dove.
Sherwood Forest NNR - 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Common Cuckoo.
Holme Pierrepont - Blott's Pit: Common Cuckoo.
Budby Pumping Station - Osprey, 2 Common Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 41 Mute Swan.
Holme Pierrepont - 1 Black Swan.
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