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November 2004
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- Tue 30th Nov: Clumber park - Gt Grey Shrike at Clumber Park today 1020hrs.
- Tue 30th Nov: Fountaindale - Buzzard 1 drifted east, Willow Tit 1
- Mon 29th Nov: Wollaton Park - Great Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush - sensory gardens, Jay - Thompsons Wood, Gadwall - main lake, Nuthatch - numerous, all over the site, Lessser Spotted Woodpecker - possibly heard the 4 note "pee pee pee pee" call on Lime Tree Avenue, but alas, it remained hidden!! Commoner tit and finch species also spread about the site, as were Carrion Crow, Wood Pigeon etc
- Mon 29th Nov: Attenborough - Bittern x2[Delta],Short Eared Owl,Stonechat,Water Rail,Jack Snipe,Shelduck,Goosander X28,Buzzard.
- Sun 28th Nov: Attenborough - Goosander X31, Goldeneye X6[2 drakes], Water Rail, Buzzard,
- Sun 28th Nov: Attenborough - 30x Goosander - Main Pond , 10x Golden Plover - Works Pit, Kingfisher - Works Pit , Great Spotted Woodpecker,
- Sun 28th Nov: Welbeck Lake - Caspian Gull
- Sat 27th Nov: Attenborough - 30x Goosander - Works Pit , 4x Golden Plover - Works Pit , 3x Kingfisher - One each end of Main Pond and one in the Delta Sanctuary , Water Rail , Approx 6x Goldcrest , Green Woodpecker
- Fri 26th Nov: Clumber Park - Great grey Shrike
- Thu 25th Nov: river Maun - Dipper still present 1345hrs Thursday 25th Nov some 50m downstream of the Hermitage Lane bridge over the river Maun.
- Thu 25th Nov: Calverton - Buzzard
- Thu 25th Nov: Farnsfield - Little Owl
- Thu 25th Nov: Attenborough - Golden Plover X26[Works Pit], Short Eared Owl X2[south of river], Goosander X17, Drake Goldeneye
- Wed 24th Nov: Sturton-le-Steeple - Merlin -- chasing and catching a Skylark
- Wed 24th Nov: Trent Valley Way between Barton in Fabis and Clifton - 12 Tree Sparrow \' Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, Goldcrest and good flock of Green finch(c 200).
- Tue 23rd Nov: Attenborough - Golden Plover X81, Goosander X6, Short Eared Owl X2[Over river at Barton], Pair Goldeneye , Shelduck
- Sun 21st Nov: Holme Pit, Clifton - 3 Short eared Owls hunting over fields between pit and Beeston Weir, also 40 Linnets, 30 Greenfinches, 2 Stonechats near to the weir
- Sun 21st Nov: Attenborough - Bittern[from hide 13.45], Goosander X25[works pit], Short Eared Owl[south of river], Little Egret[over] Herring gull X4[over]
- Sat 20th Nov: Holme Pit, Clifton - 3 Short eared Owls over near-by fields
- Sat 20th Nov: Attenborough - Bittern[from hide,14.00 till 14.10] Goosander X13[Main Pond] Short Eared Owl X2[over river,at Barton]
- Sat 20th Nov: Eakring - 1 Peregrine - Eakring Flash area, 1 Woodcock - Eakring Meadows, 2 Jack Snipe - Eakring Meadows
- Fri 19th Nov: Fountaindale - c80 Siskin
- Fri 19th Nov: Attenborough - Golden Plover[over] C25 Goosander X4 Water Rail
- Thu 18th Nov: Attenborough[New Works] - Ring Necked Duck Corn Bunting X20
- Wed 17th Nov: - Drake Goldeneye[Church Pond] Goosander X4[Main Pond]
- Tue 16th Nov: Maun Vally Trail, Ravensdale - Goshawk
- Tue 16th Nov: Attenborough[new works] - Ring Necked Duck, Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer c40, Grey Partridge x7, Tree Sparrow c20
- Mon 15th Nov: Attenborough (New Workings) - 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Jack Snipe, 18 Snipe , 2 Stonechat
- Mon 15th Nov: Attenborough - 3 Stonechats[Erewash Meadows], Chiffchaff
- Sun 14th Nov: Attenborough(Erewash Fields) - 2 Short-eared Owls , 220 Pink-footed geese over (9.30 am) , 17 Snipe
- Sun 14th Nov: Attenborough(New Workings) - c. 45 Golden Plover over , 15 Snipe , Ring-necked duck
- Sun 14th Nov: Lound - Mute Swan 135, Gadwall 144, Teal 93, Shoveler 95, Pintail 1 drake over Walter's Lane Pit, Red-crested Pochard 15-16 (inc 4 drakes), Pochard 353, Tufted Duck 507 (I think this is a site record?), Goldeneye 22, Goosander 3 redheads on Neatholme Pit, Lots of Ruddy Duck (Not saying how many?), Water Rail 8 (inc 6 in one reedbed alone), Moorhen 79, Coot 1,626, Lapwing 242, Snipe 4, Green Sandpiper 1, Skylark 89 (Clayworth/Hayton Common and the Sheep Fields), Meadow Pipit 24, Grey Wagtail 4, Wren 44, Dunnock 42, Robin 36, Blackbird 83, Chiffchaff 3 (inc 1 Neatholme Bridge and 2 near Lound Sewage Works), Goldcrest 21, Blue Tit 46, Great Tit 41, Treecreeper 4, Tree Sparrow 10 (Feeding Station), Greenfinch 102, Goldfinch 83, Bullfinch 24 (Record Count?),
- Sun 14th Nov: Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Caspian Gull (in the afternoon at least)
- Sun 14th Nov: Longdale Lane near Papplewick - Male Hen Harrier being harried by Raven!
- Sun 14th Nov: Attenbough NR - Whooper Swan, near Barton Lane Bridge. @ 12:00 noon.
- Sat 13th Nov: Annesley Pit Top - Drake Scaup [on pit behind Facia factory]
- Sat 13th Nov: Clumber Park - Great grey Shrike [South Lawn], Adult Caspian Gull [Main Lake]
- Sat 13th Nov: Misterton Carr - Hen Harrier [female],
- Sat 13th Nov: Attenborough - 3 Short eared Owls[over river at Barton], 2 Little Egrets (Over the Coneries), Common Buzzard, 5 Goldeneye
- Sat 13th Nov: Attenborough(New Workings) - Ring-necked Duck
- Sat 13th Nov: Beeston Rylands - Grey Wagtail
- Fri 12th Nov: Clumber Park - Caspian Gull[Main Lake}
- Fri 12th Nov: Trent Bridge - Mediterranean Gull
- Fri 12th Nov: Nottingham (Brooke Street) - Blackcap
- Fri 12th Nov: Annesley Pit Top - Drake Scaup, 300+ Golden PLover.
- Fri 12th Nov: Attenborough - 3 Stonechat, 5 Goosander (Drakes), Water Rail, 2 Blackcaps
- Thu 11th Nov: Nottingham General Cemetary - Chiffchaff, Blackcap
- Thu 11th Nov: Sutton Lawns Park - 2 Brambling. Chiffchaff
- Thu 11th Nov: Clumber Park - Great grey Shrike[South Lawns], Caspian Gull[Lake]
- Thu 11th Nov: Attenborough - Water Rail, 4 Goldeneyes
- Thu 11th Nov: Wollaton Park - 2 Great spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, many Jays, plus a few Mistle Thrushes, Fieldfares and Redwing
- Tue 9th Nov: Attenborough - 2 Goosander, Yellow legged Gull
- Tue 9th Nov: Clumber Park - Great Grey Shrike [Hardwick Ford], Caspian Gull [Clumber Lake]
- Tue 9th Nov: Arnold(Kilbourne Road) - Waxing [10:15]
- Tue 9th Nov: Hockerton Housing Project - 2 Green Sandpipers flew around lake
- Mon 6th Nov: Clumber park - Great Grey Shrike[ near to the ford], Adult Caspian Gull[ on the Lake]
- Mon 8th Nov: Cotgrave Wood - 4 Brambling, 2 Redpoll, Siskin, 3 Woodcock, Tawny Owl, 4 Willow Tit, Marsh Tit
- Sun 7th Nov: Clumber Park - Great grey Shrike[Ford], 4 Stonechat[Ford], adult Caspian Gull[north end of the lake]
- Sun 7th Nov: Annesley Pit Top - drake Scaup
- Sun 7th Nov: Lound(General) - 3 Treecreeper, 80+ Redwing, 4 Willow Tit[Neatholme and Cross Lanes], 10+ Skylark - moving south, 20+ Blackbird, 3+ Bullfinch[Cross Lane]
- Sun 7th Nov: Lound(Clayworth Common) - Good numbers of Fieldfare, Bar-headed Goose(feral bird with Grey-lags)
- Sun 7th Nov: Lound(Chainbridge Lane area) - Chiffchaff, 20+ Goldcrest
- Sun 7th Nov: Lound(Neatholme Pits) - 2 Pintail
- Sun 7th Nov: Lound(Chainbridge NR Scrape) - Green Sandpiper, Shelduck
- Sun 7th Nov: Lound (Neatholme Scrape) - 9 Red-crested Pochard, Water Rail[NW corner near flowing inlet dyke], Woodcock
- Sun 7th Nov: Mistleton Carr - Hen Harrier
- Sun 7th Nov: Vernon Pond, Basford - Kingfisher
- Sun 7th Nov: Fountaindale - Woodcock, c80 Siskin, 2 Nuthatch
- Sun 7th Nov: Attenborough[Old Tip] - 2 Stonechats(male + female)
- Sun 7th Nov: Attenborough - 16 Common Snipe[Works Pit], Water Rail[Clifton Pit], 2 Short-eared Owl, 4 Goldeneye, 2 Buzzards, Willow Tit, Barnacle Goose
- Sat 6th Nov: Annesley Pit Top - Snow Bunting(female)
- Sat 6th Nov: Attenborough(New Workings, Long Eaton) - Ring-necked Duck
- Sat 6th Nov: Clumber Park - Great Grey Shrike[S.E. side of the Lake at SK630742]
- Fri 5th Nov: Attenborough - 19 Common Snipe[Works Pit], 8 Goldeneye[Clifton Pit], Short-eared Owl[Erewash Field]
- Fri 5th Nov: Holme Pierrepont - Bittern [flushed from close to Buggy Land, c 1pm]
- Fri 5th Nov: Wollaton Park Lake - 2 Scaup [08:30]
- Thu 4th Nov: Clumber Park - Great Grey Shrike again at the south east of lake.
- Thu 4th Nov: Attenborough - 3 Lesser Redpolls, 3 Siskin, Grey Wagtail, 2 Tree Sparrows
- Wed 3rd Nov: Attenborough (Erewash Field) - 3 Short-eared Owls about 4.30pm
- Wed 3rd Nov: Attenborough - 7 Goldeneye, 8 Common Snipe
- Wed 3rd Nov: Clumber Park - Great Grey Shrike on south east side of lake
- Wed 3rd Nov: Annesley Pit top - Male Scaup
- Wed 3rd Nov: Nottingham (Lenton Lane) - Rock Pipit flying South
- Wed 3rd Nov: Thrumpton/Barton-in-Fabis - 2 Egyptian Geese
- Wed 3rd Nov: Holme Pierrepont - 21 Redshank, 3 Dunlin, 11 Common Snipe, 200+ Wigeon, 5 Siskin
- Tue 2nd Nov: Silverhill Wood - Grey Wagtail, Willow Tit, 6 Bullfinch, c. 60 Goldfinch, 50 Fieldfare south
- Tue 2nd Nov: Attenborough - 2 Short-eared Owls, female Goldeneye
- Mon 1st Nov: Attenborough - 2 Stonechats[male + female-- old tip], 2 Grey Wagtails
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