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September 2010

 

Thu 30th Sep

Clifton Grove - Hen Harrier [hunting over Branshill Moor from 17:00 till dusk].

Gedling - Whinchat [Pit Top].

Arnot Hill Park - Pond area: 12 Red-crested Pochard, 17 Tufted Duck, 32 Moorhen, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Grey Heron, 12 Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Grey Wagtail, 12 Long-tailed Tit, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Blackbird, Feral Pigeon. Rear of Old House/ Rose Garden: 8 Chaffinch, 19 Greenfinch, 2 Nuthatch, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Sparrowhawk [female], Carrion Crow, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Dunnock, Blackbird. Bowling Green Feeders: Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Long tailed Tit, Dunnock, Song Thrush, House Sparrow, Blackcap, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Blackbird.

Woodthorpe - Spotted Flycatcher [in garden - Breck Hill Road].

Wed 29th Sep

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Black Tern [over Clifton Pond], Common Snipe.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Little Egret [West Lake], 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult on East Lake].

Colwick Woods- 2 Common Buzzard.

Colwick - from Sneinton Hermitage 3 Magpie, 1 Collared Dove, 1 Pied Wagtail , 1 Common Kestrel, 4 Great Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldfinch, 4 Blackbird, 4 Robin, 1 Wren.

Nottingham - Pied Wagtail [huge roost in row of Plane trees near BBC].

Mon 27th Sep

Collingham Pits - 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine [juvenile], 5 Dunlin, 1 Common Redshank, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull [1st winter on South Pit], 2 Yellow-legged Gull [adults on Ferry Farm Pit]. Silt Pond: 4 Little Egret.

Attenborough Nature Reserve- Black Tern [over Clifton Pond from 14:30 - mobbed by crows], c.60 Eurasian Teal, c.35 Northern Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 26 Eurasian Wigeon, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Little Grebe, c.120 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Kingfisher, 5 Common Snipe, Sparrowhawk [male on fencepost in Clifton Pond reedbed], 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Eurasian Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Common Tern [juvenile].

Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Little Egret, 5 Dunlin

Lowdham - 3 Little Egret [ploughed field rear of Worlds End Inn]

Sun 26th Sep

Welbeck Lakes- 2 Dunlin, [to east], 3 Common Snipe [to east], Red Kite [through at 14:44 to west], 3 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare, 4 Common Buzzard, Marsh Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Jay, 6 Grey Heron, 15 Great Crested Grebe, 21 Pink-footed Goose [through], 82 Greylag Goose.

Sat 25th Sep

Attenborough Nature Reserve - White-cheeked Pintail [feral bird around visitor centre].

Collingham Pits - 2 Little Egret, 3 Green Sandpiper.

Kilvington Lakes - 4 Northern Pintail, 2 Goosander, 2 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Grey Plover [08:50], 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Little Stint [West Lake].

Trowell - 6 Swallow [to south], 2 Skylark [pair, singing].

Bestwood Country Park - Pit Tip: 3 Swallow [over to south], 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Skylark, 8 Meadow Pipit. Mill Lakes: 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Water Rail, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Red-crested Pochard, 19 Eurasian Teal.

Welbeck - Robin Hood Trail: 5 Common Buzzard [soaring].

Fri 24th Sep

Hoveringham - 3 Eurasian Teal [females on small Railway Lake].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pond: Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Snipe.

Wed 22nd Sep

Hucknall - 5 Common Buzzard.

Gunthorpe - 1 Common Crane.

Collingham Pits - 1 Little Egret, 2 Yellow-legged Gull [adults - flew from roost on Ferry Farm Pit soon after dawn], 3 Common Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper.

Sneinton/Colwick - 4 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 1 Blackbird, 1 Goldfinch.

Kilvington - West Lake: 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Eurasian Curlew, 5 Dunlin, 1 Little Stint

Tue 21st Sep

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Red Kite, Northern Wheatear, 82 Eurasian Teal, 8 Common Pochard. 24 Gadwall, 6 Red-crested Pochard, 58 Northern Shoveler, 49 Eurasian Wigeon, 47 Tufted Duck, 43 Cormorant, Common Shelduck, c.150 Northern Lapwing, 2 Little Egret.

Kings Mill Reservoir - 12 Moorhen, 3 Cormorant, 30+ Mute Swan, 70+ Mallard, 100+ Coot, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 10 Little Grebe, 20+ Grey Heron, 2 carrion Crow, 9 Common Pochard, 7 Great Crested Grebe, Woodpigeon, 2 Robin, 4 Great Tit, 6 Blue Tit, Chiffchaff, 4 Pied Wagtail, 1 Magpie, 1 Dunnock, 30+ Goldfinch [adults and immatures, 10+ Greenfinch, 3 Blackbird, Linnet, 25 Eurasian Teal, 60+ Northern Lapwing, Greylag Goose, Northern Shoveler, 3 Chaffinch, 48 Canada Goose, 2 Eurasian Starling.

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Chainbridge Scrape: - 1 Great White Egret, 8 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plover, 4 Common Snipe, 14 European Golden Plover, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Jay

Jacksdale - Canal: 6 House Sparrow, 20+ Eurasian Starling, 8 Magpie, 2 Jay, 1 Green Woodpecker, 40+ Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Coot, 6 Eurasian Teal 2 Mallard, 40+ Swallow, 4 Carrion Crow, 1 Barn Owl.

Annesley - Pit Top: Spotted Redshank.

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - 1 Great White Egret [Windsurf Pit].

Mon 20th Sep

Highfileds - 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Common Kingfisher.

Girton Gravel Pits - 1 Black-necked Grebe. Sailing Pit: - 2 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Black Tern [juvenile].

Collingham - 2 Little Egret, 3 Common Greenshank, 7 Green Sandpiper.

Kilvington - West Lake: 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Little Stint, 5 Dunlin.

Welbeck Lakes - 11 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel, 2 Grey Heron.

Pinxton - 11 Woodpigeon, 2 Carrion Crow, 4 Jay, 1 Common Kestrel, 4 Jackdaw, 3 Moorhen, 1 Wren.

Sun 19th Sep

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - 1 Great White Egret [Windsurf Pit].

Wollaton - Ring-necked Parakeet [near Martin's Pond - on garden feeder.

Bestwood Country Park - Mill Lakes: 6 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Eurasian Wigeon, 1 Northern Shoveler, 1 Common Kingfisher, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Chiffchaff.

Clumber Park - 2 Bar-headed Goose [pair - presumed feral].

Sat 18th Sep

Hoveringham - 1 Common Crane [on Railway Lake].

Meden Pumping Station - Hobby, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Kingfisher, Cormorant, Greenfinch, Goldfinch.

Bestwood Country Park - Pit Tip: 1+ Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 5+ Jay, 6 Meadow Pipit, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.

West Leake - 25 Red-legged Partridge [in a compact group].

Fri 17th Sep

Pinxton - 1 Common Buzzard, 7 Goldfinch, 1 Jay.

Collingham - 2 Hobby. Gravel Pits/Silt Pond: 2 Little Egret, 1 Common Greenshank, 8 Common Snipe, 6 Green Sandpiper.

Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin.

Meden Pumping Station - Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Spotted Flycatcher.

Lound - Great White Egret [still from viewing platform on Chainbridge Scrape].

Thu 16th Sep

Clumber - 3 Jay, 2 Green Woodpecker, Common Kestrel, 12 Pied Wagtail.

Wed 15th Sep

Pinxton - 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Blackbird, 1 Green Woodpecker.

Clifton Grove - 3 Hobby, 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, c.30 Skylark, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Common Shelduck.

Tue 14th Sep

Trent Bridge - 1 Common Kingfisher, 3 Mallard, 2 Moorhen.

Mon 13th Sep

Lound - Great White Egret, Little Egret, 2 Common Swift.

Carburton Lakes - c.500 Greylag Goose [flying south-east in several skeins], Green Woodpecker, Common Kingfisher, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk [female], Common Kestrel, Swallow [numerous - over water].

Netherfield Lagoons - Tree Pipit, Sparrowhawk, 2 Green Woodpecker [juveniles], 8 Greenfinch, 4 Chiffchaff.

Bestwood Country Park - Mill Lakes: 2 Eurasian Wigeon, 6 Northern Shoveler, 40+ House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail.

Sun 12th Sep

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Red-crested Pochard [7 on Church Pond including one leucistic bird].

Sat 11th Sep

Hucknall - 5 Swallow [through north-west].

Fri 10th Sep

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Grebe, c.30 Northern Shoveler, 8 Eurasian Wigeon, c.60 Eurasian Teal, 3 Common Pochard, 1 Common Shelduck, c.225 Northern Lapwing, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Little Egret, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Tree Sparrow, Coal Tit. Delta Area: c.15 Gadwall.

Hoveringham - 3 Common Kingfisher, 9 Grey Heron, 63 Coot, 2 Goldcrest, Eurasian Nuthatch, Chiffchaff [with mixed tit flock], Black Tern [a possible juvenile].

Tue 7th Sep

Bestwood Country Park- Broad Valley: 10 Grey Partridge.

Mon 6th Sep

Bestwood Country Park - Pit Tip: 300+ House Martin, 1 Common Kestrel.

Sat 4th Sep

Meden Pumping Station - Green Sandpiper, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff.

Barton in Fabis - 10 Yellow Wagtail.

Clumber - Common Kingfisher, Lesser Black-backed Gull, White-fronted Goose [possible injured/feral], Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Willow Tit, 3 Common Buzzard. Plus: Mink.

Fri 3rd Sep

Newstead Village - 1 Common Buzzard [over Annesley Park], 1 Sparrowhawk [over village].

Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Hobby.

Thu 2nd Sep

Clumber Park - 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Willow Tit, Chaffinch, Stock Dove, 3 Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Arnot Hill Park - Pond area: 32 Canada Goose [day visit], 6 Coot, 25 Red-crested Pochard, 33 Tufted Duck, 2 Common Pochard, 12 Black-headed Gull, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 1 Garden Warbler, 9 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Grey Wagtail, Dunnock, Robin, Song Thrush, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Wren, House Sparrow. Rear of Old House/ Rose Garden: 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, 35+ Woodpigeon, 12 Collared Dove, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Jay, 3 Goldcrest, 1 Blackcap, 5 Carrion Crow, 17 Blue Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 3 Pied Wagtail, 4 Magpie, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blackbird. Old Railway Line: 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch. Bowling Green Feeders: Blue Tit, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Coal Tit, Great Tit, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Blackbird, Blackcap, Long Tailed Tit, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Wren.

Wed 1st Sep

Newstead Abbey - 1 Sparrowhawk [male], 8 Common Buzzard, 3 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 Goldcrest, Swallow, Jay, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Cuckoo [near Delta hide].

 

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