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May 2009
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Sun 31st May
Calverton - Watchwood Plantation: 2 Nightjar [males], 3 Woodcock [including pair flying together], 1 Sparrowhawk [female].
Kilvington - 1 Ringed Plover, 4 Little Egret, 1 Oystercatcher.
Cotgrave Forest - 2 Common Buzzard, Yellow Wagtail.
Moorgreen Reservoir - Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Eurasian Nuthatch.
Bennerley Marsh - 3 Grey Wagtail [River Erewash - North Marsh].
Gringley Carr - 6 Tree Sparrow [near village].
A614 - 2 Common Buzzard [opposite Arnold Town Football Club - Eagle Valley stadium].
Sat 30th May
Cotgrave Forest - 2 Common Buzzard.
Ollerton - 1 Common Buzzard [A614 roundabout].
Gringley Carr - 2 Marsh Harrier [1 male and 1 very dark-backed bird], 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Curlew, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Corn Bunting, c.6 Skylark, 1 Tree Sparrow, 1 Dunnock, c.3 Common Whitethroat, c.3 Sedge Warbler, c.3 Reed Warbler, 2 Bullfinch [male & female], 4 Greenfich, c.6 Goldfinch, c.3 Chaffinch, 1 Chiffchaff, c.4 Linnet, c.4 Reed Bunting, 2 Great Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Blackbird, c.6 Swallow, 1 Common Swift, 20+ Northern Lapwing, 2 Rook, 10+ Carrion Crow, 2 Mallard, c.7 Tufted Duck [pair with several young], 2 Moorhen, 10 Common Pheasant , 1 Black-headed Gull. Butterflies: Painted Lady [hundreds].
Woodborough - Cuckoo [Roe Hill/Springwater area].
Fri 29th May
Kilvington - 7 Little Egret [all adults].
Thu 28th May
Sherwood Forest - Cuckoo, Blackcap, Tawny Owl.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Common Shelduck, 2 Common Buzzard.
Dunham Lakes - Whooper Swan.
Collingham - 3 Dunlin [new workings].
Kilvington - West Lake: 2 Little Egret, 3 Dunlin.
Bestwood Country Park - Broad Valley: 1 Little Owl, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull [group over to west], 1 Black-headed Gull [to west].
Bennerley Marsh - Chat Corner: 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 7 Common Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler, 7 Skylark, 7 Reed Bunting, 5 Meadow Pipit. Bridge Farm/Viaduct: Hobby, 2 Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, 4 Willow Warbler, Gadwall, Common Kestrel, Green Woodpecker.
Woodborough - Bank Hill: Grey Heron, 100+ Rook, Carrion Crow, 4 Jackdaw, 2 Linnet, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff.
Arnot Hill Park - Pond/Overflow Area: 3 Mute Swan, 2 Black Swan, 16 Tufted Duck, 13 Red-crested Pochard, 22 Moorhen, Mallard [numerous], 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant [juvenile], 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Blackcap, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Robin, 1 Wren, Dunnock [numerous], Tree Sparrow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird. Rear of Old House/Rose Garden: Chaffinch [numerous], Greenfinch, Goldfinch, 7 Robin [including fledglings], 2 Song Thrush, 25 Starling, 17 Woodpigeon, 9 Collared Dove, 1 Jay, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 8 Blackbird, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker. Bowling Green Feeders: 8 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 3 Robin, 8 Dunnock, 2 Common Crow, 5 Magpie, 1 Song Thush, 2 Wren, 4 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch, 6 Blackbird. Old Railway Line: 3 Woodpigeon, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Nuthatch, 7 Tree Sparrow, 1 Sparrowhawk [Female], 2 Robin, 1 Wren, 5 Collared Dove, 1 Blackcap.
Wed 27th May
Kilvington - Marsh Harrier [immature female over Shelton Fields].
Ollerton - Energy Village: Common Kestrel, Skylark, Collared Dove.
Tue 26th May
Kilvington - Kilvington [west Lake ] - 2 Dunlin
Mon 25th May
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 6 Common Kestrel [adults and young].
Welbeck Lakes - Cuckoo [calling], 2 Hobby, 2 Common Shelduck, Sparrowhawk [female], 2 Osprey [fishing together throughout the morning], Little Tern [through], 4 Little Egret [through to west].
Sun 24th May
Kilvington Lakes - 3 Little Egret, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Tern, 2 Northern Shoveler, 2 Dunlin, 1 Little Grebe, 7 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Tufted Duck, Ringed Plover, 1 Common Kestrel, 3 Common Buzzard.
Bennerley Marsh - Grasshopper Warbler [west side of Chat Corner], Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Moorgreen Reservoir - 2 Cuckoo, 5 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Sparrowhawk, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail, 3 Little Grebe.
Budby Common & Sherwood Forest - 5+ Tree Pipit, 3+ Garden Warbler, 3 Cuckoo, 1 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Green Woodpecker.
Welbeck Lakes - 45 Greylag Goose [with plenty of young], 1 Hobby, Common Buzzard, Osprey [fishing at 16:08].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Common Shelduck, Common Buzzard, Osprey [at 17:30], Cuckoo [calling].
Budby Pumping Station - Yellow Wagtail, Wood Warbler.
Gringley Carr - Marsh Harrier [male], Hobby, Common Kestrel, Curlew, 20+ Northern Lapwing, Cuckoo, 4 Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Common Swift, Swallow, Blackbird, Red-legged Partridge, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Mallard, Grelyag Goose, Mute Swan, Coot.
Sat 23rd May
Bennerley Marsh - 3 Gadwall, 2 Garden Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Jay, 2 Grey Partridge.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Linnet, Common Whitethroat, 6 Mute Swan, Song Thrush, 8 Common Buzzard, Red-legged Partridge.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Common Greenshank, 2 Common Shelduck, Egyptian Goose [with young], Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Grantham Canal - Plungar to Redmile: 100+ Sedge Warbler, 8 Yellowhammer, 8 Mute Swan [4 pairs], Reed Bunting, Bullfinch, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Common Kestrel, Carrion Crow, Rook, Jackdaw, Coot, Moorhen, Mallard, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Wren, Chaffinch.
Fri 22nd May
Welbeck Lakes - Cormorant [juvenile], 12 Common Shelduck, 9 Common Buzzard, Osprey [fishing at 13:30].
Collingham - Village: 1 Spotted Flycatcher. New Workings/Silt Pond: 1 Eurasian Wigeon, 4 Dunlin.
Kilvington - West Lake: 2 Little Egret.
Carburton Lakes - 2 Osprey [male & female], Common Buzzard [several], Common Kestrel, 5 Common Shelduck.
Thu 21st May
Kilvington - 2 Little Egret.
Carburton Lakes - Osprey, Common Shelduck, Common Buzzard.
Langar - 3 Common Swift [over Church Green].
Wed 20th May
Calverton - Springwater Area: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Whitethroat, 20+ Common Swift, 5 Yellowhammer, 1 Red Kite [heading west at around 16:50].
Kilvington - 1 Little Egret, 2 Common Tern, 1 Curlew [through south-west].
New Kingston - 6 Yellowhammer.
Epperstone - 1 Hobby.
Tue 19th May
Collingham - New Workings: 4 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 10 Common Tern.
Cotham Flash - 3 Ringed Plover.
Kilvington - West Lake: 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 2 Common Redshank, 2 Common Tern.
Mon 18th May
Clifton Pastures - 1 Hobby, 7 Corn Bunting, 1 Common Kestrel, 20+ Common Swift, 4 Swallow, 5 House Martin, 4 Common Whitethroat, 7 Linnet, 13 Skylark, 3 Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Bunting [1 female], 2 Common Pheasant, 1 Grey Partridge, 2 Grey Heron, 1 Song Thrush.
Sun 17th May
Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Arctic Tern [through to north-east at 08:15], 10 Common Tern, 15+ Common Swift, 3 Grey Wagtail, 4 Pied Wagtail.
Cotgrave Country Park - 2 Cuckoo, 1 Common Tern, 4 Blackcap, 1 Garden Warbler.
Hoveringham Railway Pit - 8 Ringed Plover, 50+ Common Swift, 2 Oystercatcher, 8 Northern Lapwing.
Moorgreen Reservoir - Cuckoo, 5 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, Grey Wagtail, Coal Tit, 65 Swallow.
Sat 16th May
Collingham - New Workings: 6+ Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, 1 Common Greenshank . Silt Pond:- 1 Eurasian Wigeon, 4 Arctic Tern [through At 07:30].
Kilvington - West Lake: 2 Little Egret, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Ringed Plover, 7 Dunlin.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Black Tern, Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Common Shelduck, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Egyptian Goose, Oystercatcher, Dunlin, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Common Pheasant, Blue Tit, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Starling, Tree Sparrow, Blackbird, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Stock Dove, Collared Dove, Sand Martin, House Martin, Common Swift, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting, Green Woodpecker, Hobby, Cuckoo.
Collingham - 4 Dunlin.
Kings Mill Reservoir - 1 Hobby.
Barton-in-Fabis - Hen Harrier [male, appeared from over Branshill Wood and drifted off over the river towards Attenborough].
Fri 15th May
Netherfield - Town Centre: c.275 Common Swift, House Martin, Swallow.
Kilvington - 2 Black Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, 2 Common Tern, 2 Little Egret, 5 Dunlin.
Thu 14th May
Girton - 1 Black Tern [on Sailing Lake. Present at 06:30, but gone by 07:00].
Collingham - New Workings: 4 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Turnstone.
Cotham Flash - 9 Ringed Plover, 1 Sanderling, 4 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake:- 1 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Turnstone.
Rainworth - Strawberry Hill Heath: Cuckoo, Tree Pipit.
Wed 13th May
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Black Tern.
Girton - 12 Black Tern.
Gringley Carr - 7 Dotterel [East of road to pumping station in 3rd field to south].
Woodborough - Cuckoo, 6 Common Swift, 20+ Swallows, Common Pheasant, 2 Red-legged Partridge, Common Kestrel, Spotted Flycatcher, Chaffinch, 3 Chiffchaff.
Carburton Lakes - Meadow Pipit, Common Shelduck, Sparrowhawk [female], Common Kestrel.
Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 4 Mute Swan, 2 Black Swan, 2 Greylag Goose, 14 Red-crested Pochard, 26 Moorhen, 25 Tufted Duck, 39 Mallard, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk [female]. Rear of Old House/Rose Garden: 4 Song Thrush, 6 Mistle Thrush, 2 Blackcap, 2 Northern Wheatear, Chaffinch [numerous], Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Blackbird, Dunnock, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, 7 Wren, 6 Robin, 6 Swallow, 2 Common Swift, 9 Common Crow, 2 Jackdaw. Bowling Green Feeders: 7 Great Tit, 5 Blue Tit, 4 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail, 15 Tree Sparrow, 6 Chaffinch, 3 Wren, 2 Long-tailed Tit. Old Railway line: 2 Tawny Owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Wren, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Jay, 4 Wren, Tree Sparrow [numerous].
Tue 12th May
Hucknall - Old Linby Pit Tip: 1 Skylark, 3 House Martin, 6 Common Swift, c.3 Willow Warbler, 1 Song Thrush.
Collingham - New Workings: 1 Little Stint, 1 House Martin, Common Swift.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Common Sandpiper.
Gringley Carr - 7 Dotterel [still present].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 80 Common Tern [Main Pond], 4 Whimbrel [Clifton Pond - bathing near flat island at 10:30].
Clifton Pastures - 5 Common Whitethroat, 4 Sedge Warbler [Fairham Brook], 16 Skylark, 5 Reed Bunting [male], 3 Meadow Pipit, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Mallard, 1 Green Woodpecker [over allotments], 2 Linnet [pair].
Mon 11th May
Gringley Carr - c.7 Dotterel, 14 Corn Bunting, 1 Sedge Warbler.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 80 Common Tern [Main Pond].
Sun 10th May
Bennerley Marsh - 2 Northern Wheatear, 7 Reed Bunting, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler.
Moorgreen Reservoir - Cuckoo, 2 Garden Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 2 Tawny Owl.
Sat 9th May
Budby - Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 4 Tree Pipit, 6 Skylark, 4 Stonechat, Common Swift, Swallow, Sand Martin, c.30 Lesser Redpoll, Chaffinch, Coal Tit, Robin, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Jay, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Common Sandpiper, Greylag Goose, Mute Swan, Cuckoo, Green Woodpecker.
Meden Pumping Station - Common Sandpiper, Common Shelduck, Stock Dove, Yellow Wagtail.
Collingham - 2 Dunlin, 3 Northern Wheatear.
Kilvington - 1 Northern Wheatear.
Harlow Wood - Wood Warbler [singing from bridleway on Eastern Edge SK559578].
Oxton Estate - 2 Northern Wheatear.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pit: 3 Dunlin, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler. Coneries Pond: 2 Oystercatcher. Main Pond: Goosander [male], Common Buzzard. [Barton side].
Fri 8th May
Calverton - Springwater Area: 2 Garden Warbler, 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Cuckoo, 3+ Common Whitethroat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Oystercatcher [through north-east], 1 Green Woodpecker, Linnet, Yellowhammer, Swallow. William Lee Park & Surrounds: - 1 Common Kestrel [male], 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker [pair], 3 Northern Lapwing, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Coal Tit, 7+ Common Swift, 5 Common Pheasant, 2 Long-tailed Tit, Goldfinch [numerous], Chaffinch [numerous], 5+ Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Yellow Wagtail.
Wellow - 2 Common Swift, 1 Swallow, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Skylark.
Arnold - 1 Common Buzzard [over Arnold High School].
Fiskerton - 20 Common Swift, 12 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow, 8 Sedge Warbler, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Moorhen, 10 Goldfinch.
Thu 7th May
Carburton Lakes - Common Kestrel, Meadow Pipit.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Sandpiper, Cuckoo, Jay.
Stoke Bardolph - Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Great Crested Grebe, Oystercatcher, Grey Wagtail.
Hucknall - The Ranges - Old Linby Pit Tip: 2 Common Swift, 1 Swallow, Willow Warbler [several singing], 1 Chiffchaff [singing], 1 Song Thrush [singing].
Wed 6th May
Bennerley Marsh - 11 Common Swift, 2 Common Kestrel, Common Redshank, 4 Grey Partridge, 3 Common Pheasant, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff.
Woodborough - 12+ Swallow, 3 Common Swift, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, 2 Mallard [pair], 3 Robin, Song Thrush, Cuckoo.
Hockley - 2 Grey Wagtail [pair on a rooftop].
Carburton Lakes - Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel, 5 Common Buzzard.
Tue 5th May
Dorket Head - 2 Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Pied Wagtail.
Keyworth - 2 Common Swift.
Mansfield Woodhouse - 12 Swallow [through north-west], 15 Common Swift [through].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pond: 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin.
Mon 4th May
Welbeck Lakes - Swallow, House Martin, Common Swift, Common Kestrel [female], Tree Pipit, 20+ Goldfinch, Willow Tit, 2 Grey Heron, Mistle Thrush, 6 Common Buzzard. Plus: Roe Deer [male].
Sun 3rd May
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 11 Great Crested Grebe, 49 Greylag Goose, Common Swift, Swallow, House Martin, Skylark, 3 Common Shelduck.
Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Common Swift, 2 Cuckoo, 1 Northern Wheatear, 5 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Garden Warbler, 2 Oystercatcher, 8+ Reed Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail.
Bestwood Country Park - Woodland: Red Kite [drifted over east to west over at 14:05, then gained height over Big Wood School before drifting off very high to south-east]. Mill Lakes: 4 Common Tern, 2 Common Swift, 1 Common Snipe.
Netherfield - Town Centre: 7 Common Swift [through], 18 Swallow [through], 1 Blackcap, 4 House Sparrow, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Goldfinch.
Stoke Bardolph - Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard.
Moorgreen Reservoir - 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Grey Wagtail. 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Willow Warbler, 2 Nuthatch, Willow Tit.
Greasley Church - 19 Linnet, Common Buzzard.
Bennerley Marsh - Whinchat [female].
Sat 2nd May
Welbeck Lakes - Chiffchaff, 4 Common Buzzard.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Cuckoo [male], Yellowhammer, 5 Common Buzzard, 35 Greylag Goose, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Skylark, 2 Common Kestrel [pair], Common Swift.
Budby Pumping Station - Reed Bunting, 12 Gadwall [6 pairs], Great Black-backed Gull [2nd year bird], 3 Cuckoo [1 female and 2 calling].
Woodborough - 2 Red-legged Partridge, Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, 20+ Swallow, Common Pheasant, 3 Chaffinch, Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel.
Clifton Pastures - 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 2 Corn Bunting, 6 Reed Bunting [1 female ], 2 Linnet, 6 Meadow Pipit, 1 Grey Heron, 4 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Snipe, 3 Mallard, 6 Greenfinch, 1 Chaffinch.
Hoveringham - 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk.
Stapleford - Trowell Border: Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Skylark.
Hucknall Market - Mistle Thrush.
Fri 1st May
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Sedge Warbler.
Balloon Woods - 2 Common Buzzard.
Coventry Lane - Common Kestrel, Sparrowhawk.
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