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September 2011

 

Fri 30th Sep

Besthrorpe NWT - South: 1 Northern Pintail, 1 Little Egret.

Collingham Pits - 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper.

Kilvington Lakes - 5 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Greenshank, 50 Skylark.

Wed 28th Sep

Watnall - Hobby.

King's Mill Reservoir - 4 Cormorant, 23 Eurasian Teal, 2 Northern Shoveler, 130 Northern Lapwing, 4 Common Snipe, House Martin, Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, c.20 Greenfinch, c.20 Goldfinch.

Besthorpe NWT - South: 1 Northern Pintail.

Collingham Pits - 2 Little Egret, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Red-crested Pochard [drake], 3 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Jack Snipe [shore of East Lake], 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Dunlin, 2 Northern Wheatear.

Tue 27th Sep

Gedling Pit - Common Buzzard.

Cotham Tip - Common Buzzard.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 Common Kingfisher. Clifton Pond: 6 Common Snipe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, c.50 Northern Lapwing, c.40 Eurasian Teal, 1 Little Ringed Plover. Tween Pond: 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, c.200 Northern Lapwing.

Mon 26th Sep

Besthorpe NWT - South: 1 Northern Pintail, 1 Common Greenshank.

Collingham Pits - 1 Little Egret, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Snipe.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Red-crested Pochard, [drake], 110 Common Pochard, 3 Little Egret, 4 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Greenshank.

Sun 25th Sep

Holme Pierrepont - 1 Eurasian Spoonbill [over - south-west at 07:20], 30 Black Tern [feeding over the A52 lake], 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Hobby, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Grey Wagtail, c.20 Siskin, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 54 Northern Lapwing. ringing session: 9 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat.

Sat 24th Sep

Budby Pumping Station - 3 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 1 Hobby, Goldcrest, Common Buzzard, Northern Lapwing [flock], House Martin [many], 3 Chiffchaff.

Wollaton Park - 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Jay, Coal Tit, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Great-crested Grebe, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 2 Jackdaw, 5 Grey Heron.

Fri 23rd Sep

Collingham Pits - 1 Common Greenshank.

Bestwood Country Park - Pit Tip: 1 Woodcock [landed on grassland, briefly].

Thu 22nd Sep

Pinxton - 1 Chiffchaff.

Clumber Park - Common Buzzard.

Wed 21st Sep

Collingham Pits - 1 Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 7 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, 3 Common Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, c.250 Goldfinch, 5+ Siskin [party in flight - through].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Green Sandpiper [Tween Scrape]. Clifton Pond: Common Shelduck, Ruddy Duck, Common Kingfisher, 2 Little Egret, 2 Common Redshank.

Wollaton Park - Hobby

Annesley and Newstead Country Park - 2 Common Buzzard, Eurasion Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel, 2 Jay, 8 Magpie, c.200 Rook, 2 Mute Swan, 5 Little Grebe, c.20 Coot, 5 Moorhen, 4 Mallard, 2 Tufted Duck, 7 Greater Black-backed Gull, c.50 Black-headed Gull, 3 Green Woodpecker, 4 Linnet, c.30 Goldfinch, 6 Great Tit, c.20 House Martin, 12 Grey Partridge, c.50 Woodpigeon.

Tue 20th Sep

King's Mill Reservoir - 13 Little Grebe, 2 Cormorant, 3 Gadwall, 27 Eurasian Teal, 141 Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Snipe, c.10 Barn Swallow, House Martin, Chiffchaff, Blackcap.

Colwick Country Park - 16 Little Grebe [including 4 juveniles], 5 Greater White-fronted Goose [presumed feral], 1 Australian Black Swan [presumed escape].

Mon 19th Sep

Collingham Pits - 210 Eurasian Teal, 1 Little Egret, 6 Ringed Plover, 7 Dunlin, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank.

Besthorpe Nature Reserve - South: 1 >Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Kilvington Lakes - 3 Red-crested Pochard [drakes], 3 Little Egret, 5 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult].

New Kingston - 12 Grey Partridge, 2 Raven.

Sun 18th Sep

Moorgreen - 1 Common Pheasant [albino between].

Welbeck Lakes - Common Greenshank.

Bingham - Linear Walk: 500+ Goldfinch [feeding on rape seed].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 30 Barn Swallow [flock flying/perching on wires at entrance], Little Egret, Yellow-legged Gull, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Black-tailed Godwit, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Green Woodpecker, Treecreeper.

Sat 17th Sep

Lound - 2 Pectoral Sandpiper [Neatholme Scrape].

Bentinck Void - 1 Common Greenshank.

Kilvington Lakes- 3 Red-crested Pochard [drakes], 5 Little Egret, 3 Dunlin, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult].

Fri 16th Sep

Collingham Pits - 2 Northern Pintail, 3 Little Egret, 8 Ringed Plover, 2 Pectoral Sandpiper [juveniles on south pit], 3 Dunlin, 2 Ruff, 4 Common Snipe, 3 Common Greenshank.

Besthorpe Nature Reserve - South:: 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Budby Pumping Station - Hobby, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Common Greenshank, Common Sandpiper.

New Kingston - 12 Linnet, 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker, 15 Yellowhammer.

Thu 15th Sep

Bestwood Country Park - Pit Tip: c.60 Meadow Pipit. Lamin's Lane: 10 Red-legged Partridge, 20 Northern Lapwing, 1 European Golden Plover.

Lound - 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, 10+ Ringed Plover, 2 Common Greenshank, 1 Ruff, 2 Little Egret, 20+ Red-crested Pochard.

King's Mill Reservoir - Grey Phalarope [juvenile/1st Winter - near sewage works outfall].

Wed 14th Sep

Hoveringham - River Trent: Northern Wheatear, 14 Grey Wagtails.

Budby Pumping Station - 12 Redwing, 40 Northern Lapwing, Eurasian Sparrowhawk.

Pinxton - 1 Common Kestrel, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Common Buzzard.

Bramcote - Red Kite [field behind Hemlock Stone hill].

Tue 13th Sep

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 Arctic Tern [2 on Church Pond and 3 on Tween Pond], 4 Common Tern [Church Pond], 1 Hobby [high over Clifton Pond], 1 Yellow-legged Gull [Tween Pond scrape], 1 Green Sandpiper [Tween Pond scrape] .

Mon 12th Sep

Besthorpe Nature Reserve - Mons Pool: 3 Little Egret, 1 Hobby, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Turtle Dove.

Huthwaite - Northern Wheatear.

New Kingston - 2 Hobby, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.

Melton Road - 2 Turtle Dove.

Collingham Pits - 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, 4 Curlew Sandpiper [juveniles], 1 Little Stint, 3 Ruff, 5 Common Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 10 Ringed Plover, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Little Egret, 6 Sand Martin, 1 Barn Swallow, 1 Hobby, 1 Northern Pintail, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult], 18 Eurasian Wigeon, 20 Yellow Wagtail.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Black-tailed Godwit [Tween Pond Scrape], 3 Arctic Tern [2 Tween Pond and 1 Church Pond], 4 Common Tern, 2 Dunlin [2 Clifton Pond spit], 2 Common Sandpiper [Clifton Pond], 2 Common Snipe [Clifton Pond], 25 Sand Martin [Clifton Pond], 1 Yellow-legged Gull [Tween Pond Scrape], 4 Little Egret [Clifton Pond].

Sun 11th Sep

Bulwell - 1 Northern Wheatear [Blenheim Industrial Estate].

Sat 10th Sep

Erewash Fields - 2 Whinchat [pair], Northern Pintail [female near new reed-beds].

Newark - 1 Barn Owl [over town centre at 21:20].

Fri 9th Sep

Collingham Pits- 2 Pectoral Sandpiper [both juveniles], 1 Little Stint [juvenile], 4 Curlew Sandpiper [juveniles], 2 Ruff, 2 Common Greenshank, 1 European Golden Plover, 5 Common Snipe, 6 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 8 Ringed Plover, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult], 1 Northern Pintail, 7 Little Egret, 2 Yellow Wagtail.

New Kingston - 64 Linnet, 12 Common Buzzard, 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 3 Eurasian Nuthatch.

Newark - The Weavers: Carolina Wood Duck [river Trent - present for about a week].

Thu 8th Sep

Beckingham Marshes - 5 Northern Wheatear, c.20 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel, c.50 Goldfinch.

Beckingham - Willow Tit [A single bird calling in the field to the east of Beckingham main drain].

Hoveringham - Sailing Lake: 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Egyptian Goose, 50 Sand Martin, 10 Barn Swallow, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Little Egret, 1 Eurasian Jay, 7 Northern Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 42 Cormorant, 1 Yellow Wagtail. Railway Lake: 20 House Martin, 4 Barn Swallow, 3 Bullfinch.

Bulwell - 1 Northern Wheatear [Blenheim Industrial Estate].

Bentinck Void - 2 Whinchat.

Wed 7th Sep

Langford - Barn Owl [flew across A1133, just south of hamlet].

Bestwood Mill Lakes - 1 Little Egret.

Tue 6th Sep

Bentinck Void - 3 Northern Wheatear.

Bulwell - 1 Northern Wheatear [Blenheim Industrial Estate].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Wood Sandpiper, Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Mon 5th Sep

Bentinck Void- 3 Northern Wheatear

Sun 4th Sep

Woodborough - Bank Hill: Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Spotted Flycatcher.

Sat 3rd Sep

Calverton Pit Top - 1 Northern Wheatear, 2 Common Kestrel, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Green Woodpecker.

Stoke Bardolph - 1 Little Egret.

East Drayton- 2 Northern Wheatear [ploughed field on Drayton Road].

Budby Pumping Station - Northern Goshawk, Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Spotted Flycatcher, Great Blacked-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Eurasian Teal, Little Grebe.

Fri 2nd Sep

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Common Sandpiper, Hobby, Common Kingfisher, Common Snipe, 3 Little Egret.

Thu 1st Sep

King's Mill Reservoir - 3 Cormorant, 3 Gadwall, 6 Eurasian Teal, 157 Northern Lapwing, c.20 Common Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Barn Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin, Grey Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher [near Sailing Club].

Burton Joyce - 3 Raven [north - mobbed by Carrion Crow].

Clifton Grove - Holme Pit: 2 Hobby [adult and juvenile over], 1 Common Kestrel.

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