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September 2009
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Wed 30th Sep
Kilvington - 2 Northern Pintail [West Lake].
Tue 29th Sep
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Greenshank [Clifton Pit].
Bennerley Marsh - Short-eared Owl [Chat Corner at 16:10], Sparrowhawk, 70 Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Eurasian Teal, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Skylark, 5 Linnet, Reed Bunting.
Mon 28th Sep
Collingham - New Workings/Silt Pond: 2 Little Egret.
Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 4 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult winter].
Hoveringham - 400+ Greylag Goose.
Sun 27th Sep
Kilvington - Garganey, 2 Common Buzzard, 15 Golden Plover.
Pykett's Pond - 2 Hobby [juveniles].
Budby Pumping Station - Red Kite [through at 13:45], 2 Sparrowhawk, Linnet, Siskins [flock], Eurasian Teal, 2 Northern Shoveler [pair], 2 Common Kingfisher, 2 Skylark, 4 Little Grebe [including 2 juveniles], 4 Common Buzzard, Long-tailed Tit [large flock], Greenfinch, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Fieldfare [small flock].
Bennerley Marsh - 70 Black-headed Gull, Grey Wagtail [the Gilt Brook], Common Kestrel, Sedge Warbler, Common Snipe.
Newthorpe - Little Owl, Stonechat, 10 Yellowhammer, 2 Linnet.
Greasley - 2 COmmon Buzzard, 9 Swallow [to south-west], House Martin [to south-west].
Moorgreen Reservoir - 70 Greylag Goose, 2 Gadwall, 3 Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail, 3 Water Rail.
Moorgreen Woods - 5 Common Buzzard, 3 Common Kestrel, 2 Jay, 5 Mistle Thrush.
Sat 26th Sep
Cotham Flash - Hobby [juvenile], 12 Common Snipe.
Kilvington - 2 Sparrowhawk, 8 Common Buzzard, 3 Common Kestrel.
Budby Pumping Station - 4 Common Snipe, Common Kingfisher, Red Kite [through 10:45 from Warsop direction], Grey Wagtail, Hobby, Water Rail [left of bridge], Willow Warbler, Sparrowhawk [female], Common Kestrel [female], Yellowhammer, Yellow Wagtail, Stock Dove.
Bennerley Marsh - 70 Black-headed Gull, 5 Eurasian Teal, 2 Green Woodpecker, 90 Meadow Pipit, 3 Redwing, Blackcap, Common Kestrel. North Marsh: 30 Meadow Pipit, Eurasian Teal, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Common Kingfisher, 3 Jay, Common Kestrel.
Brinsley Pit Top - Little Owl, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Jay.
Moorgreen Reservoir - 3 Grey Wagtail, Common Pochard.
Moorgreen Woods - Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 3 Jay.
Cinderhill 1 Northern Wheatear [Blackthorne Drive area].
Clifton Pastures - 6 Golden Plover, 50+ Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Buzzard, 4 Corn Bunting.
Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 2 Black Swan, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Goose, 9 Canada Goose, 19 Tufted Duck, 17 Red Crested Pochard, 2 Black Headed Gull, 3 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 24 Moorhen, Mallard [numerous plus hybrids], 1 Garden Warbler. Rear of Old House/Rose Garden: 50+ Eurasian Starling, 5 Song Thrush, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Bullfinch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Robin, Dunnock, Blackbird, Tree Sparrow, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Sparrowhawk [over at lunchtime], 1 Treecreeper. Old Railway line: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Fri 25th Sep
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Snipe.
Cotham Flash - Cotham Flash: 20 Common Snipe.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Northern Wheatear.
Penny Pasture Common - Pied Flycatcher [female].
Budby Pumping Station - 6 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing.
Arnot Hill Park - 1 Tawny Owl.
Thu 24th Sep
Colwick Country Park - 1 Black Swan [Trout Lake].
Bestwood Country Park - Mill Lakes: 6 Gadwall, 4 Eurasian Teal, c.50 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Little Grebe, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Common Pochard, 3 Great Crested Grebe [juvenile and adults]. Pit Top: c.10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Common Kestrel, c.30 Goldfinch, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay. Woodland: 1 Jay, 3 Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Robin, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Warbler.
Wed 23rd Sep
Cotham Flash - 5 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank.
Kilvington - West Lake: 2 Yellow-legged Gull [adult winter and 2nd winter].
Mon 21st Sep
Collingham - New Workings/Silt Pond: 3 Little Egret, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 7 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Little Egret, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Greenshank, 4 Yellow-legged Gull.
Sun 20th Sep
Budby Pumping Station - 1 Dunlin, Common Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk [male], Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, Bullfinch [male], Siskin [small flock].
Budby Woods - Common Buzzard, Common Kingfisher.
Nottingham - Common Kestrel [Wilkinson Street area].
Bennerley Marsh - 20 Northern Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 40 Black-headed Gull, Green Woodpecker, 5 Meadow Pipit, Sedge Warbler.
Greasley - Honey Buzzard [to south at 13:04], 6 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 7 Grey Partridge, Corn Bunting, 3 Yellowhammer, 5 Linnet.
Moorgreen Woods - 5 Common Buzzard, 3 Common Kestrel, Tawny Owl, 3 Willow Tit, Coal Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch.
Moorgreen Reservoir - 70 Greylag Goose, 4 Common Pochard, 2 Little Grebe, Grey Wagtail.
Bulwell - 1 Common Buzzard [over Snape Wood].
Sat 19th Sep
West Bridgford - 1 Common Buzzard.
Budby Pumping Station - 2 Common Snipe, 8 Common Buzzard, Hobby, Osprey [female, through], Mandarin Duck, 6 Northern Shoveler [female], 12 Eurasian Teal [female], Common Kingfisher, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 2 Little Grebe.
Holme Pierrepont - 50+ Blackcap, 30+ Chiffchaff, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, 40+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Common Snipe, 45 Eurasian Wigeon, 6 Northern Shoveler, 8 Eurasian Teal, 4 Gadwall, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Grey Wagtail.
Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Northern Pintail, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Reed Warbler, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 73 Northern Lapwing, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Water Rail, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 House Martin, 2 Common Buzzard.
Fri 18th Sep
Collingham - New Workings: 4 Little Egret, 3 Common Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 1 Green Sandpiper.
Langford Lowfields - Silt Pond: 1 Little Stint, 1 Common Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 4 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvikngton - West Lake: 2 Ringed Plover.
Ruddington - 6 Common Buzzard [circling, being mobbed by corvids].
Thu 17th Sep
West Leake - 14 Pink-footed Goose [north-west in early morning].
Silverhill Wood - 2 Grey Wagtail.
Bennerley Marsh - Whinchat [female], Stonechat [female], Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Eurasian Teal, Green Woodpecker, 2 Common Kestrel.
Wellow - 3 Bullfinch, 2 Common Buzzard.
Wed 16th Sep
Collingham - New Workings/Silt Pond: 3 Little Egret, 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Snipe, 3 Eurasian Curlew, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 5 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin.
Nottingham - 1 Common Kingfisher [canal near Sainsbury's, Castle Boulevard].
Tue 15th Aug
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Marsh Harrier [female low over other side of river at 15:30ish], Red Kite [being mobbed by buzzards], 2 Common Buzzard.
Meden Pumping Station - 8 Corn Bunting [right side of bridge in hedge], Common Kestrel, Great Cressted Grebe, Little Grebe, Bullfinch.
Mon 14th Aug
Collingham - New Workings/Silt Pond: 39 Northern Shoveler, 9 Little Egret, 2 Eurasian Curlew [over], 5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow Wagtail.
Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 2 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin.
Stapleford - 2 Sparrowhawk [pair near Trowell].
Sun 13th Aug
Bennerley Marsh - 40 Northern Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Meadow Pipit. North Marsh: 2 Grey Wagtail, Common Kingfisher, Jay.
Milnhay Water Treatment Works - 2 Grey Wagtail.
Brinsley Pit Top - Little Owl.
Moorgreen . Common Pochard, 75 Greylag Goose, Chiffchaff.
Newthorpe - Tawny Owl.
Sat 12th Sep
Budby Pumping Station - Common Kestrel [male], Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, White Wagtail, Bullfinch [male], 1 Swallow, Chiffchaff, Common Kingfisher [male].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 1 Osprey [15:00].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Ruddy Shelduck [female on Tween Pond].
Stapleford - Red Kite [probable, high to south-west].
Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area and Front of Old House: 2 Black Swan, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Greylag Goose, 18 Red-crested Pochard, 29 Tufted Duck, 32 Moorhen, 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Black-headed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Greater Black-backed Gull, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Blackcap, 1 Sparrowhawk [female with kill on bank], 6 Woodpigeon, 2 Common Crow, 1 Northern Wheatear. Rear of Old House/Rose Garden: 2 Jackdaw, 12 Common Crow, 100+ Eurasian Starling, 4 Song Thrush, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Heron [flying over], Chaffinch [numerous in mixed flock], Greenfinch [numerous in mixed flock], Goldfinch [numerous in mixed flock], Wren, Tree Sparrow, Blackbird, Robin, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch. Old Railway Line: 1 Tawny Owl, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Sparrowhawk [male], Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Chaffinch, Blackbird. Bowling Green Feeders: 13 Collared Dove, 5 Woodpigeon, 3 Pied Wagtail, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Goldfinch.
Fri 11th Sep
Mansfield - Black Redstart [male showing well on top of outpatient clinic of King's Mill Hospital].
Huthwaite - Silverhill Trail: 7 Bullfinch, 2 Willow Tit.
West Bridgford - 1 Chiffchaff [singing on Wilford Embankment].
Thu 10th Sep
Bennerley Marsh - Whinchat [Chat Corner at 15:05], 20 Meadow Pipit, Common Kingfisher, 70 Northern Lapwing, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Eurasian Teal. North Marsh: Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff.
Gonalston - 8 Common Buzzard [in the air together].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 Common Kingfisher, 12 Common Buzzard [up together over river].
Wed 9th Sep
Wellow - Common Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff.
Hoveringham - 2 Hobby [juveniles].
Tue 8th Sep
Attenborough Nature Reserve -
Budby Pumping Station - 3 Green Sandpiper, 35 Northern Lapwing, Gadwall, Eurasian Teal, 4 Spotted Flycatcher, Goldcrest, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk [female], Willow Tit.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Hobby, Common Kestrel, 7 Common Buzzard, 1 Osprey.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Snow Goose [possible escapee / very white Greylag. Blueish/grey body, white neck, pink/cream legs, pink beak with black line along mouth. Seen on Clifton Pond], 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Common Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Green Woodpecker [near Clifton Pond].
Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 3 Mute swan, 2 Black Swan [still courting and nest building - cob very aggressive], 2 Greylag Goose, 29 Tufted Duck, 18 Red-crested Pochard [numbers fluctuate daily from 18 to 34], 26 Moorhen, 2 Grey Heron [1 juvenile], 1 Cormorant [juvenile chased off by Mute Swans], 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Garden Warbler, 16 Collared Dove, 1 Spotted Flycatcher. Rear of Old House/ Rose Garden: 22 Chaffinch, 19 Greenfinch, 15 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 27 Woodpigeon, 8 Common Crow, 2 Jackdaw, 2 Sparrowhawk, Dunnock [numerous], Robin [numerous], Tree Sparrow [numerous], Blackbird [numerous], Song Thrush [numerous], Wren [numerous], 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 50+ Eurasian Starling. Bowling Green Feeders: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Blue Tit, 7 Great Tit, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Magpie, 2 Common Crow, 4 Woodpigeon, 5 Collared Dove, Wren [numerous], Robin [numerous], Tree Sparrow [numerous], Chaffinch [numerous], 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Grey Wagtail.
Sun 6th Sep
Holme Pierrepont - Common Swift [c.20 sightings of passage birds], House Martin [moving south], Common Greenshank, 2 Grey Wagtail, 110 Northern Lapwing, Blackcap, Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 10 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Little Grebe, 5 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret [in front of tall hide], 1 Common Snipe, 4 Red-crested Pochard, 1 Water Rail [heard], 10 Common Tern, 1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Gadwall, 4 Northern Shoveler, 1 Common Shelduck [near Visitor Centre], 10 Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [juvenile], 2 Eurasian Wigeon.
Bennerley Marsh - 50 Canada Goose, 30 Black-headed Gull, Common Whitethroat, Green Woodpecker, Common Kestrel.
Newthorpe - Barn Owl.
Greasley - Hobby, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 60 Northern Lapwing, 3 Yellowhammer, 7 Common Pheasant, 100 Swallow, 30 House Martin.
Moorgreen Reservoir - Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, Grey Wagtail.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 8 Common Buzzard, Osprey [present at 14:25].
Budby Pumping Station - Common Buzzard, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Green Sandpiper, 12+ Eurasian Teal, Sedge Warbler, 2 Hobby, Sparrowhawk.
Sat 5th Sep
Radcliffe on Trent - 3 Hobby [chasing Woodpigeons - Hollow Well field].
Kilvington - 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Common Swift, Common Redstart [male in hawthorn at Flawborough end], 1 Ruff, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret.
Cotham Flash - 1 Hobby, 2 Common Greenshank.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Common Buzzard, 2 Hobby.
Budby Pumping station - Common Sandpiper, House Martin, Swallow, Sand Martin, Sparrowhawk, 2 Hobby, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker [female], Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Green Sandpiper, Goldcrest, Blackcap [male].
Fri 4th Sep
Collingham - New Workings/Silt Pond: 40 Northern Shoveler, 8 Little Egret, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 4 Green Sandpiper.
Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 2 Green Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank.
Kilvington - West Lake: 2 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 White Wagtail.
Holme Pierrepont - Northern Wheatear [car park next to rugby club at 12:45].
Thu 3rd Sep
Cotham Flash - 1 Marsh Harrier [over, evening].
Tue 1st Sep
Cotham Flash - 1 Dunlin, 5 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Little Egret, 2 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Northern Wheatear.
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