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March 2010
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Wed 31st Mar
Bulwell Hall Park - 1 Mandarin Duck [male on ponds], 1 Treecreeper, 2 Goldcrest, 12 Long-ailed Tit, 2 Green Woodpecker, 8 Great Spotted Woodpecker [6 together], 7 Common Kestrel [in and around the park and Rolls Royce airfield]. Rolls Royce: 170+ European Golden Plover, Northern Lapwing [several with plovers on fields at top of Rolls Royce runway], 1 Common Buzzard, 6 Meadow Pipit, 8 Skylark. Plus: 2 Brown Hare.
Bennerley Marsh - 4 Chiffchaff, 45 European Golden Plover, 20 Northern Lapwing, 14 Eurasian Teal, Northern Shoveler. Water Treatment Works 35 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 90 Carrion Crow, 70 Jackdaw. Chat Corner:. Goosander [female on river], Grey Partridge.
Tue 30th Mar
Keyworth - 1 Brambling [on garden feeder].
Ravenshead - Chiffchaff [singing in garden].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Swallow [over Barton Lane at 16:10], 2 Red-crested Pochard [viewed from car park].
Woodborough - 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Goldcrest.
Mon 29th Mar
Brackenhurst Campus - Big Dickholme Wood: Chiffchaff [singing at Halloughton Field feed station], 23 Yellowhammer, 1 Marsh Tit, 8 Chaffinch. Orwins Wood: Chiffchaff [singing], Common Buzzard [circling].
Redhill Cemetery - 2 Sparrowhawk [male & female], 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Jay, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Swallow.
Sun 28th Mar
Radcliffe on Trent - 1 Common Buzzard [Harlequin - low over gardens in Woodland Close].
Bennerley Marsh - 10 Eurasian Wigeon, 9 Eurasian Teal, 3 Northern Shoveler, 25 Northern Lapwing, Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Green Woodpecker.
Greasley - 2 Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, 2 Mistle Thrush.
Moorgreen - Ruddy Shelduck, 17 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Northern Lapwing, 5 Common Buzzard, 3 Eurasian Nuthatch, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker. Plus: 12 Fallow Deer.
Old Basford - Green Woodpecker [heard].
Hoveringham - Railway Lake 3 Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Greylag Goose, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Goldeneye, Common Shelduck, Common Greenshank, 2 Reed Bunting, Long-tailed Tit, Dunnock.
Langford Lowfields - 1 Willow Warbler.
Sat 27th Mar
Brackenhurst Campus- Chiffchaff [singing - Durdham].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pit: 25 Tree Sparrow, 2 Common Kestrel, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Common Goldeneye, 9 Goosander, 5 Common Goldeneye. Tween Pond: 5 Red-crested Pochard. Visitor Centre: 2 Gadwall, Ruddy Shelduck. Coneries Pond: 2 Oystercatcher.
Meden Pumping Station - Eurasian Curlew, Swallow, House Martin, Chiffchaff, Common Shelduck, Reed Bunting, Common Buzzard.
Hoveringham - Railway Lake: Great White Egret, Red-necked Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 2 Goosander. Sailing Lake: 2 Swallow, 17 Sand Martin, 5 Chiffchaff [singing], 9 Common Redshank, 4 Oystercatcher, 7 Common Shelduck, 7 Pink-footed Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 3 Common Buzzard, Common Kingfisher.
Colwick Woods - Common Buzzard.
Fri 26th Mar
Woodthorpe - 1 Chiffchaff [singing/feeding], 1 Goldcrest [with Chiffchaff].
Welbeck Lakes - Mandarin Duck, Oystercatcher, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Kingfisher, Common Pochard, Eurasian Teal, Common Shelduck.
NTU Brackenhurst- 16 Goldfinch, Sparrowhawk, 4 Common Kestrel, 10 Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Buzzard, 4 Bullfinch, Yellowhammer, c.600 Eurasian Starling, Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Colwick Country Park - Blackcap, Chiffchaff.
Clifton Grove - 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Bennerley Marsh - 35 Eurasian Wigeon, 16 Eurasian Teal, 2 Northern Shoveler, 30 Northern Lapwing, Chiffchaff. Chat Corner: 9 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit, Common Snipe, Green Woodpecker, 4 Grey Heron, Grey Partridge, Lesser Black-backed Gull [over south-west]. North Marsh: Sand Martin, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting.
Aldercar Flash - 30 Eurasian Wigeon, 12 Eurasian Teal, 4 Northern Shoveler, 16 Gadwall, 3 Greylag Goose, 2 Grey Partridge, Yellowhammer, Common Kestrel.
Mansfield - 1 Red Kite [Rainworth by-pass - being mobbed by corvids].
Colwick Woods - Common Buzzard.
Netherfield Lagoons - Sand Martin, Oystercatcher, Great Crested Grebe, Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Merlin, Sparrowhawk.
Thu 25th Mar
Mansfield - 1 Red Kite [Bellamy Road industrial estate - being mobbed by corvids. Seen later on Rainworth Bypass].
Bennerley Marsh - 35 Eurasian Wigeon, 18 Eurasian Teal, 3 Northern Shoveler, 30 Northern Lapwing, Green Woodpecker. Bennerley South: 4 Gadwall. Chat Corner:. 7 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Reed Bunting, Common Buzzard.
Eastwood Lock - 2 Sand Martin, 2 Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Goldeneye, 5 Goosander, 2 Oystercatcher.
Edwalton - Blackcap [male in garden].
Westhorpe - 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Goldfinch, 4 Long-tailed Tit.
Wed 24th Mar
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 70 Sand Martin [flying around Tween Pond and then Clifton Pond reed-beds], 1 Swallow [with martins], 4 Common Snipe [Clifton Pond].
Hoveringham Railway Pit - Red-necked Grebe.
Collingham - 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Grey Heron [over west], Yellowhammer [abundant], 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 3 Wren, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, 2 Pied Wagtail.
Bennerley Marsh - Chiffchaff, 35 Eurasian Wigeon, 4 Northern Shoveler, 6 Eurasian Teal. Chat Corner:. Chiffchaff, 14 Meadow Pipit, 6 Reed Bunting, 7 Skylark, 2 Pied Wagtail, Common Kingfisher, 3 Common Pheasant, 3 Greylag Goose [over]. Water Treatment Works: Chiffchaff, 9 Black-headed Gull.
Brackenhurst Campus - Swallow.
Tue 23rd Mar
Mansfield Woodhouse - 3 Common Buzzard.
Woodborough - 4 Chiffchaff [Ploughman's Wood].
Holme Pierrepont - 2 Common Shelduck, 3 Oystercatcher, 3 Chiffchaff, c.20 Sand Martin, 1 Common Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Wigeon [good numbers], Common Goldeneye, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Teal, Robin [seem abundant after hard weather].
Clumber Park - Mandarin Duck, Common Pochard, Red Kite [between Clumber & Carbuton], Willow Tit.
Hoveringham - Great White Egret.
Budby Common- 4 Mandarin Duck [2 pairs on small pond near main road].
Bennerley Marsh - 38 European Golden Plover, 30 Northern Lapwing, 40 Eurasian Wigeon, 25 Eurasian Teal, 2 Northern Shoveler.
Mon 22nd Mar
Wellow - 2 Chiffchaff [calling], Oystercatcher [in flight].
Sun 21st Mar
Clifton - 150 Redwing [Clifton Park].
Holme Pierrepont - 90+ Sand Martins [at 15:00].
Bennerley Marsh - 45 Eurasian Wigeon, 6 Eurasian Teal, 40 Northern Lapwing. Chat Corner: 30 Meadow Pipit, 5 Skylark, Common Snipe. North Marsh:. 20 Redwing, 3 Common Buzzard, 10 Reed Bunting, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Common Pheasant. Bentley's Plantation 30 Redwing, Willow Tit, Green Woodpecker.
Farnsfield - 190 European Golden Plover, 2 Sand Martin.
Netherfield - Teal Close: Common Buzzard, 3 Sand Martin.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Gull, Common Goldeneye, Goosander, 2 Common Kestrel, 1 Reed Bunting [on feeders], 2 Common Shelduck, 6 Common Snipe, 1 Swallow [from Kingfisher Hide towards river 09:40], Sparrowhawk, 5 Common Buzzard, Red-tailed Hawk, 3 Oystercatcher, Common Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, 4 of Red-crested Pochard [2 pairs], Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Teal, Chiffchaff, 5 Sand Martin, 15 Tree Sparrow [on Kingfisher Hide feeders].
Hoveringham - Railway Lake: Great White Egret, [roosting in willows near the islands], 9 Little Egret [from 18:20 until dark], Red-necked Grebe, 2 Goosander, 1 Sand Martin [over Sailing Lake late afternoon], 6 Pink-footed Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Tawny Owl, Kittiwake, 30+ Chaffinch, 20+ Reed Bunting, 6 Grey Heron, 10+ Coots, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Bullfinch, 4 Mallard, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Moorhen, 4 Great Tits, 2 Dunnock, 10+ Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Common Pheasant, 50+ Woodpigeon, 4 Magpie.
Sat 20th Mar
Holme Pierrepont - Blott's Pit 2 Northern Wheatear [pair on fenceposts between pits.]
Farnsfield - 1 Red Kite [towards Oxton - pursued by crows at 11:50].
Hoveringham - Great White Egret [in flight between Sailing Lake and Coneygre Farm at 13:30].
Cotham Tip - 1 Glaucous Gull.
Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Northern Wheatear.
Holme Pierrepont - 2 Northern Wheatear [between Blott's and A52 pits].
Budby Pumping Station - 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Sand Martin, Common Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk [female], Chiffchaff, Eurasian Nuthatch.
Martin's Pond - 3 Mallard, 1 White-cheeked Pintail.
Welbeck Lakes - 2 Sand Martin [through].
Fri 19th Mar
Collingham - 5 Reed Bunting.
Hoveringham - Sailing Lake Great White Egret [in ditches beyond the farm], 2 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Owl, Marsh Tit, 3 Sand Martin, 7 Pink-footed Goose, 8 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Redshank.
Thu 18th Mar
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 Sand Martin, 4 Common Snipe [Clifton Pond], 2 Common Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 120 Black-headed Gull, 25 Common Gull, 14+ Common Goldeneye, 16 Goosander [16 most on Main Pond], 55 Eurasian Wigeon [Clifton Pond], 44 Eurasian Teal [mostly Works Pond], 45 Northern Shoveler [delta reed-bed], 1 Chiffchaff [singing in Delta area].
Netherfield - Blackcap [male in full song all week in private garden].
Hoveringham - 1 Great White Egret [seen in the ditch 800 metres from the access track to the Sailing Lake between there and Coneygre Farm at 06:20. Then seen to fly towards the Railway Lake but could not be relocated].
Wed 17th Mar
Bestwood Country Park - Woodland: Treecreeper, Eurasian Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker. Lamin's Lane: c.1000 European Golden Plover [in fields and over lakeside pumping station], 1 Common Buzzard, 8+ Common Pheasant [including A Leucistic bird with full white plumage], Linnet, Yellowhammer, Tree Sparrow.
Hoveringham - 1 Great White Egret [mobile], Glaucous Gull, Red-necked Grebe [Railway Lake].
Bingham- 2 Blackcap [pair].
Tue 16th Mar
Bennerley Marsh - 70 Eurasian Wigeon, 22 Eurasian Teal, 2 Northern Shoveler, 60 Northern Lapwing, 2 Green Woodpecker. Chat Corner: 90 Meadow Pipit, 9 Eurasian Teal.
Bestwood Country Park - 1 Woodcock [in garden near the park].
King's Mill Reservoir- Glaucous Gull [juvenile briefly before departing west], 6 Gadwall, 11 Tufted Duck, 1 Eurasian Curlew [through at 17:00].
Cotham Flash - 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 50 European Golden Plover, 4 Jack Snipe, 5 Common Snipe, 2 Common Redshank.
Bassingfield - 2 Bewick's Swan, 2 Whooper Swan, c.70 Mute Swan.
Mon 15th Mar
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Bullfinch [Beeston Pond], c.30 Goosander [most on Main Pond], c.20 Common Goldeneye [Main Pond], Clifton Pond, 2 Common Shelduck [Clifton Pond ], Bittern [Clifton Pond], 2 Oystercatcher [Clifton Pond], 4 Red-crested Pochard [2 pairs on Tween Pond].
Trent Valley Way - Queen's Drive: 2 Common Kingfisher, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Common Gull, 3 Mallard, 3 Great Tit, 3 Moorhen, 12 Magpie, 12 Tufted Duck, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Coot, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Black-headed Gull, 1 Wren, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Mute Swan.
Sun 14th Mar
Hoveringham - 1 Great White Egret [to west at 07:15], Red-necked Grebe [still on Railway Lake].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Kittiwake [1st winter].
Annesley Pit Top - 1 Kittiwake [1st winter].
Bassingfield - Grantham Canal: 2 Bewick's Swan, 2 Whooper Swan.
Cotham - Glaucous Gull [2nd winter], Merlin, Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard, 10 Northern Shoveler, 6 Eurasian Teal, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Skylark, 1 Tree Sparrow.
Oxton Estate - 300+ European Golden Plover.
Rufford Country Park - 5 Goosander [3 males & 2 females], 1 Red-crested Pochard [female], 4 Common Pochard, 2 Marsh Tit, 2 Siskin, 1 Treecreeper [singing], 4+ Goldcrest.
Dunham on Trent - 2 Oystercatcher.
Bennerley Marsh - Common Buzzard, 80 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Northern Shoveler, 60 Northern Lapwing, 120 Black-headed Gull. Chat Corner:. 4 Common Snipe, 25 Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Common Kestrel. North Marsh: 3 Common Snipe.
Eastwood Lock - 24 Redwing, 30 Goldfinch.
Aldercar Flash - 80 Eurasian Wigeon, 25 Eurasian Teal, 4 Gadwall, Sparrowhawk.
Moorgreen Reservoir - 2 Common Buzzard, Grey Wagtail, 2 Common Pochard, 16 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Grebe.
Woodborough - Ploughman's Wood: 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Nuthatch, 5 Great Tit, 1 Wren, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Skylark, 1 Common Pheasant.
Sat 13th Mar
Bingham - 6 Little Egret [in ploughed field north of Farrel's Transport Warehouse].
Colwick Country Park - 3 Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel.
Kilvington Lakes - 8 Goosander, 3 Dunlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Common Redshank.
Shelford - 2 Common Buzzard.
Budby Pumping Station - 1 Green Sandpiper.
Welbeck Lakes - Green Woodpecker, 8 Common Buzzard, 12 Great Crested Grebe.
Attenborough Nature Reserver - Cuckoo [possible red-phase bird close to cricket ground and Main Pond], 7 Goosander [5 males].
Fri 12th Mar
Bennerley Marsh - 80 Eurasian Wigeon, 22 Eurasian Teal, 45 Northern Lapwing, 30 European Golden Plover, 110 Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Green Woodpecker, Common Kestrel. Chat Corner: 3 Common Snipe, 17 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark. North Marsh: 10 Common Snipe, Common Kestrel.
Aldercar Flash - 110 Eurasian Wigeon, 7 Northern Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 11 Greylag Goose, Pink-footed Goose, Common Buzzard.
Thu 11th Mar
Cotham Flash - 1 Eurasian Curlew.
Cotham Tip - Glaucous Gull [2nd winter in field opposite tip entrance].
Kilvington Lakes - 1+ Jack Snipe.
Basford - Common Pheasant [Vernon Road area].
Bennerley Marsh - 80 Eurasian Wigeon, 25 Eurasian Teal, 30 Northern Lapwing, 140 Black-headed Gull, 27 Redwing [top Cut] Green Woodpecker, Common Kestrel. Erewash Canal: Common Snipe, 7 Redwing, 5 Mistle Thrush. Chat Corner: 2 Common Snipe, 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Common Pheasant, 5 Reed Bunting, 5 Meadow Pipit, Stonechat [male], Common Kestrel, 5 Eurasian Teal.
Wed 10th Mar
Budby Common- 1 Stonechat [male], 3 Siskin, Linnet [several], Common Crossbill [heard].
Bennerley Marsh - 80 Eurasian Wigeon, 30 Eurasian Teal, 4 Northern Shoveler, 65 Northern Lapwing, 26 European Golden Plover, Herring Gull, 120 Black-headed Gull, Common Kestrel, Common Kingfisher. Chat Corner:. 3 Common Snipe, 15 Meadow Pipit, 3 Skylark, Green Woodpecker, 3 Redwing. North Marsh: Yellow Wagtail, Marsh Tit, 2 Goosander [over south-east], 2 Common Snipe, Sparrowhawk.
Tue 9th Mar
Clayworth Common - 35 Whooper Swan. Chain Bridge Lane: 1 Northern Wheatear [in fields c.300m east of river Idle].
Trent Valley Way - 2 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Common Goldeneye [male], 1 Mallard, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Blackbird, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Greenfinch, 2 Dunnock.
Mon 8th Mar
Stoke Bardolph - 3 Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, Little Egret, Great Crested Grebe.
Sun 7th Mar
Bennerley Marsh - 70 Eurasian Wigeon, 60 Northern Lapwing, 250 Black-headed Gull 2 Redwing, Common Kestrel, Green Woodpecker, Common Kingfisher. Chat Corner:. 8 Common Snipe, 4 Meadow Pipit, 3 Reed Bunting, Common Kestrel.
Greasley - 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Mistle Thrush, Green Woodpecker.
Watnall Aerodrome - 7 Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel.
Moorgreen Woods - 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Bullfinch, Eurasian Nuthatch.
Moorgreen Reservoir - 14 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Common Pochard [male].
Hickling - Grantham Canal: 2 Tree Sparrow, 5+ Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, Greenfinch.
Sat 6th Mar
Bennerley Marsh - 75 Eurasian Wigeon, 40 Eurasian Teal, 3 Northern Shoveler, 100 Northern Lapwing, European Golden Plover, Common Redshank, 12 Pied Wagtail, 3 Meadow Pipit, Common Kestrel, Green Woodpecker. Water Treatment Works: 60 Pied Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting. Chat Corner:. 5 Common Snipe.
Fri 5th Mar
Netherfield Lagoons - Merlin [on nearby farmland], Little Owl.
Hoveringham - Great White Egret [near Coneygre Farm].
Gorsethorpe Meadows - Red Kite [over towards Ollerton].
Bennerley Marsh - 70 Eurasian Wigeon, 41 Northern Lapwing, European Golden Plover, 130 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Kestrel. Chat Corner:. 14 Common Snipe, 3 Meadow Pipit, Sparrowhawk. North Marsh:. 5 Common Snipe, 3 Eurasian Teal, 2 Goosander [over north], Common Kestrel, 14 Rook.
Brinsley Pit Top - 2 Little Owl, 2 Common Buzzard, Merlin [female], 2 Grey Partridge, 7 Bullfinch.
Aldercar Flash - 80 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Northern Shoveler, Pink-footed Goose, 7 Greylag Goose.
Woodborough - 1 Lesser Whitethroat [still present].
Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area & Overflow: 7 Canada Goose, 1 Northern Pintail [bird of unknown origin], 26 Tufted Duck, 2 Common Pochard, 1 Tufted x Scaup [female hybrid], 1 Gadwall, 18 Red-crested Pochard, [wild birds], 1 Grey Wagtail, 9 Goldfinch, 6 Greenfinch, 2 Wren, 5 Dunnock, Blue Tit, 20+ Black-headed Gull. Rear of Old House/Rose Garden: Chaffinch, Greenfinch, 1 Jay, 2 Goldcrest, 37 Woodpigeon, 18 Collared Dove, 5 Song Thrush, 40+ Redwing, 2 Pied Wagtail, 3 Mistle Thrush, 30+ Starling. Bowling Green Feeders: Greenfinch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Long-tailed Tit. Ground: Woodpigeon, Magpie, Grey Wagtail, Blackbird, Robin, Wren, Carrion Crow.
Thu 4th Mar
Kilvington - East Lake: 2 Common Goldeneye, 6 Goosander. West Lake: 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Ruff.
Bulcote - 2 Oystercatcher.
Lowdham - 1 Little Egret.
Bennerley Marsh - 70 Eurasian Wigeon, 40 Eurasian Teal, 90 Northern Lapwing, 120 Black-headed Gull, 4 Common Gull, Common Kestrel. Bennerley South: 4 Northern Shoveler. Chat Corner:. 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Common Snipe. North Marsh:. 3 Reed Bunting, 5 Common Snipe, 70 Jackdaw.
Tue 2nd Mar
Bestwood Country Park - Mill Lakes: 1 Common Kingfisher, 1 Pink-footed Goose [grazing in field between Moor Road and Lake with Greylags and Canada - present since at least 25th Feb].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Willow Tit [Delta], Bittern [Clifton Pond reed-bed], 2 Oystercatcher [Coneries].
Bennerley Marsh - 90 Eurasian Wigeon, 50 Eurasian Teal, 90 Northern Lapwing, 12 European Golden Plover, 140 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull, Common Kestrel, Green Woodpecker. Chat Corner:. Barn Owl, Common Snipe, 4 Cormorant, 2 Bullfinch.
Hoveringham - 2 Eurasian Teal [Small Railway Lake], 96 Pink-footed Goose [morning - upto 108 Geese in area].
Mon 1st Mar
Collingham - Gravel Pits: 150 Eurasian Wigeon, 19 Common Goldeneye, 2 Goosander. Silt Pond: 35 Eurasian Wigeon, 27 Common Redshank, 3 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington - East Lake: 3 Goosander, 1 Ringed Plover. West Lake: 1 Little Egret, c.500 Northern Lapwing, 1 Ringed Plover.
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