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Friday 30th September

Langford Lowfields RSPB - Honey Buzzard [through today].

Kilvington Lakes - 5 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin, 6 Common Snipe and 1 Yellow-legged Gull.

Thursday 29th September

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Hen Harrier [male, Wildgoose Farm heading towards Linghurst, 16:30], Glossy Ibis [Chainbridge Scrape West, 07:30], Osprey [Chainbridge Scrape West, 07:45] and 5 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover [Chainbridge Scrape East, 08:00].

Langford Lowfields RSPB - Golden Plover [small flock flew over the site].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Whinchat [still present on Ridge and Furrow, this morning]. Also 7 Ruff [Clifton Pit].

Wednesday 28th September

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Great white Egret [flew south off Neatholme Scrape, 16:45], Glossy Ibis [still present Chainbridge Scrape West, 14:30], Hobby, Ruff, 4 little Egret, 6 Dunlin, 5 Ringed plover and Common Redshank [Chainbridge Scrape West] and Hobby [Clayworth Common].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Whinchat [still present, Ridge and Furrow, In the reed mace near path]. Also 8 Ruff, Pintail and 81 Wigeon [Clifton Pit].

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 6 Hobby [Hawking over the SE corner, this afternoon] Also imm Peregrine, 5 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 7 Ringed Plover, fem Pintail and small flocks of Swallow moving through.

Kilvington Lakes - Hobby [over North Lake [early afternoon]. Also Red-crested Pochard, 8 Little Egret, Peregrine, Ringed Plover and 3 Dunlin.

Wollaton - Rose-ringed Parakeet [flew over Parkside, 08:30]. Also 10 Red-crested Pochard, 2 pairs of Mandarin and Kingfisher [Wollaton Park].

Tuesday 27th September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 7 Ruff and 4 House Martin [Clifton Pit, this evening].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Glossy Ibis [flew south over Chainbridge Lane, 07:30].

Monday 26th September

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Glossy Ibis [showing well from Chainbridge Scrape west screen, early afternoon to 18:00 at least. Also Marsh Harrier [female, briefly then flew towards Clayworth Common], Ruff, 3 Ringed Plover and 3 Dunlin.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Great White Egret [flew over Kingfisher Hide, heading towards river this morning 11:15], Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Raven over and Green Sandpiper [Beeston Marsh, this morning], 5 Ruff [Clifton Pit] and 14 Little Egret [conneries, into roost this evening].

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Ringed Plover, c. 15 Common Snipe [party in flight], 1 Yellow-legged Gull, c. 70 Meadow Pipit and 1 Tree Pipit.

Netherfield Lagoons - Common Sandpiper and a large increase in Wigeon numbers.

Sunday 25th September

Langford Lowfields RSPB - Bittern, juv Marsh Harrier, 6 Ringed Plover and Dunlin [Phase 2, this evening]. Also Pink-footed Goose and 14 Little Egret [flew into roost].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Whinchat [Ridge and Furrow, 17:10]. Also Ruff and Green Sandpiper [Clifton Pit, this afternoon].

Clifton Grove - Spotted Flycatcher [1w, still present in hedgerow near the telecom masts Branshill, 13:30]. Also 2 Raven, c25 Hirundines and c50 Meadow Pipit.

Syerston - 8 Fieldfare [over fields at Syerston near A46, 13:00].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Glossy Ibis [in flight over Chainbridge Scrape west, after it was again put up by the Osprey, 11:30], Great White Egret [flew into Chainbridge Scrape west 09:00, then flew to east Scrape 09:40] Also Little Stint, 13 Dunlin, 6 Ruff, 2 Common Snipe, 3 Ringed Plover, Pintail, 47 Red-crested Pochard and 2 Hobby.

Holme Pierrepont - Garganey [Blotts Pit, this morning].

Netherfield Lagoons - Pintail [eclipse male, briefly on the Slurry Lagoon this morning]. Also Red-crested Pochard,Common Snipe and Water Rail.

Clumber Park - Osprey [through, heading towards Carburton Bridge, 08:45].

Saturday 24th September

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Glossy Ibis [Chainbridge Scrape 09:50, then flushed by a fishing Osprey, relocating to the Cormorant Islands Neatholme Scrape and still present 16:30 at least], Great White Egret [briefly on Chainbridge Scrape West, 14:55], Little Stint [Chainbridge Scrape 09:50]. Also Grey Plover over, 14 Dunlin, Greenshank, 5 Ruff, Ringed Plover and up to 6 Hobby in the area.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 Ruff and Green Sandpiper [Clifton Pit, this afternoon].

Clifton Grove - Spotted Flycatcher [1w, in hedgerow near the telecom masts Branshill, 15:00]. Also Hobby, Raven, 60+Hirundines and 10+Blackcap.

Budby Flash - Pintail, 2 Raven and 2 Little Egret [14:58].

Gotham/West Leake - Raven [flying south, between West Leake and Gotham 12:45, and again 30 mins later, flying north from West Leake to East Leake.

Friday 23rd September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pintail and 6 Ruff [Clifton Pit, late afternoon]. Unconfirmed report of Yellow-browed Warbler calling at junction of the Main Path and River Trent yesterday evening.

Idle Washlands - Glossy Ibis, 4 Ringed Plover and 19 Little Egret [Slaynes Lane].

Kilvington Lakes - Hobby [North Lake, early afternoon], 12 Little Egret and Peregrine [West Lake] and Chiffchaff [in bushes opposite entrance].

Mansfield Woodhouse - 25 Swallow [through south/west, 12:10].

Hoveringham - 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Blackcap, 2 Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper [Sailing Lake, 11:30].

Gringley Carr - Hen Harrier [adult male, 09:30].

Bestwood - Common Redstart [Bestwood Pit Top hedgerow, 08:55].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Little Stint, 17 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plover and 4 Ruff [Chainbridge scrape, 08:15]. Also Whinchat [Tiln North, this morning].

Thursday 22nd September

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 16 Dunlin and 17 Little Egret [this evening].

Toton - 2 Raven [over High Road, this afternoon].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pintail, 5 Ruff, Green Sandpiper and 2 Ringed Plover [Clifton Pit, this afternoon].

Idle Washlands - Glossy Ibis [Hagg Lane Flash, 11:30]. Also Ruff and 3 Ringed Plover.

Wednesday 21st September

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Great White Egret [Chainbridge Scrape West 17:45 to 18:12 at least, viewable from western viewpoint]. Also 6 Ruff, up to 8 Dunlin, Greenshank, 8 Little Egret and 5 Common Snipe [Chainbridge Scrape West] and Hobby [Juv, sat in trees in NE corner near Cross Lane].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 Pintail [Clifton Pit, 15:45]. Also 5 Ruff, 3 Dunlin, Ringed Plover and 3 Common Snipe.

Sturton-le-Steeple - Hobby [over church, 14:30].

Newark - Green Sandpiper, Shovelar, 16 Swallow and 75 Teal [Newark Sugar Factory]

South Muskham 2 Little Egret.

Idle Washlands - Glossy Ibis, 32 Wigeon, 16 Teal, 2 Little Egret and single Ruff, 10:55.

Hoveringham - Grey Plover [west through the Sailing Lake, this morning] and 8 Skylark [through South]. Also Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Common Snipe, Peregrine, Red-crested Pochard, Yellow Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat and 3 Sand Martin [Sailing Lake].

Newstead and Annesley CP - Jack Snipe [this morning].

Tuesday 20th September

Holme Pierrepont - 18 Grey Plover [circled blotts Pit for a few minutes then headed north, this evening].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 Ruff, 2 Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper and Dunlin [Clifton Pit, 19:00].

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 3 Dunlin, Ringed Plover and Grey Plover [overhead on Phase 1 this afternoon]. Also Stonechat [Phase 1, at the western end of the boardwalk].

Carlton - 2 Common Swift and Hobby [through south].

Clifton - 2 Raven [cronking over to south/east, 12:25].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Osprey [Chainbridge Scrape, this morning]. Also 30+ Yellow wagtail [adults and juveniles feeding amongst cattle, Tiln North].

Monday 19th September

Holme Pierrepont - Common Scoter [female, on the A52 Pit this evening]. Also 3 Red-crested Pochard.

Idle Washlands - 2 Knot [Hagg Lane Flash, late afternoon to early evening at least]. Also 2 Ringed Plover and Dunlin.

Blidworth - Spotted Flycatcher [along footpath 11, near the Druids Stone, this afternoon].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Sandwich Tern [adult, Tween Pond, 10:25 then relocated to Coneries, 11:04 at least].

Hoveringham - 3 Pintail, Peregrine, Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper and Lesser Whitethroat [Sailing Lake this morning].

Newstead and Annesley CP - 2 Knot [this morning, then flew N/W].

Sunday 18th September

Church Warsop - 2 Hobby [between church warsop and cuckney cricket ground, this evening].

Wilford - Merlin [flew over the river near Clifton Bridge, this afternoon].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Garganey, Pintail, 2 Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe and Water Rail [Clifton Pit, mid afternoon]. Also Mandarin [drk, Clifton Pit this morning].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Grey Plover [flyover calling heading easterly Clayworth copse, this morning], 11 Dunlin, 2 Ruff, Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Snipe [Walters pit], Marsh Harrier [female] 6 Ruff, 5 Dunlin and Hobby [Chainbridge Scrape].

Netherfield Lagoons - Whinchat [male, near the sub-station railings, this morning], Peregrine [on one of the pylons], Red-crested Pochard and 4 Common Snipe [Slurry Lagoon] and c80 Wigeon [Large Gravel Pit].

Holme Pierrepont - 2 Grey Plover [single bird east thru the A52 Pit, 09:22 and a second bird east thru the A52 Pit, 09:49]. Also Garganey [Juv, still on Blotts Pit, this morning].

Barton in Fabis - 15 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 25 Meadow Pipit and 1 Yellow Wagtail [thru south/east, 08:00 - 09:30].

Saturday 17th September

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 2 Common Crane [in fields south of the path between the beach hut and viewing mound, then flew up gaining height and slowly drifted off south, 12:45].

Holme Pierrepont - Garganey [Juv, still on Blotts Pit, 12:35]. Also good numbers of Hirundines feeding over the A52 Pit.

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 3 Ruff, flock of Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover and 2 Hobby [Chainbridge Scrape], Black-necked Grebe [winter plumage, showing well on Chainbridge pit] and 2 Common Sandpiper.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pintail [dropped onto Clifton Pit, 11:40].

Hoveringham - c200 Swallow, Green Sandpiper and Juv Tree Sparrow [Sailing Lake, 08:30]. Willow Warbler, 37 Common Pochard and juv Yellow Wagtail [Railway Pit].

Idle Washlands - Glossy Ibis [Hagg Lane Flash, this morning]. Also Ruff and 2 Ringed Plover.

Clifton Pastures - 85 Meadow Pipit [through east, 07:30], 45 Swallow and 12 House Martin [through south/east], and 5 Yellow Wagtail [south/east].

Friday 16th September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Bittern [Clifton Pit, 19:00], Garganey [eclipse male, Clifton Pit] and Northern Wheatear [Cottages Flash, Barton in Fabis viewed from the river path].

Holme Pierrepont - Garganey [Juv, still present on Blotts Pit this evening].

Erewash Meadows - Pectoral Sandpiper [still present on Big Marsh 16:00. When in flight with the Lapwings it is almost certainly crossing over into Nott's].

Idle Washlands - Glossy Ibis, Ruff, 21 Little Egrets, 35 Wigeon and 14 Common Snipe [Hagg Lane Flash].

Besthorpe - Marsh Harrier [male, flew south over Mons Pool]. Also Green Sandpiper and Greenshank.

Langford Lowfields - Red Kite [drifted South/East, 14:40], 2 Raven [moved through west], Pintail and Hobby.

Hoveringham - Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper and 3 Yellow Wagtail [Sailing Lake, this morning].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Curlew Sandpiper [Juv, still present on Walters pit this morning]. Also 9 Pintail [Chainbridge Scrape west].

Thursday 15th September

Erewash Meadows - Pectoral Sandpiper [found on Big Marsh late evening, just over the county boundary in Derby's].

Holme Pierrepont - Spotted Redshank [on the A52 Pit, 17:00 then dropped onto Blotts Pit briefly 18:20, before flying off high east]. Also Garganey [Juvenile, still present on Blotts Pit this evening].

Clifton/Gotham - Peregrine [over Nottingham R'd, this evening].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Garganey and 7 Ruff [still present Clifton Pit, 17:20].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Grey Plover [Chainbride Scrape], 4 Pintail [one dr'k, Chainbridge Scrape], also 2 Ruff, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Hobby and 8 Red-crested Pochard.

Hoveringham - Spotted Flycatcher, Common Sandpiper and Red-crested Pochard [Railway Pit].

Wednesday 14th September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 7 Ruff [Clifton Pit, 17:52].

Wollaton - Rose-ringed Parakeet [over Parkside, mobbed by crows, 16:00].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Glossy Ibis [adult, Chainbridge Scrape, briefly late morning], Curlew Sandpiper [Walters Pit], Osprey [high north through Chainbridge Scrape, this morning and the same or another flew west over Chainbridge Scrape, 15:30], Marsh Harrier, 2 Hobby, 2 Greenshank, Ruff, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Common Snipe and 110 Lapwing [Chainbridge Scrape, 11:30 - 12:40], Hobby and Marsh Harrier [Tiln North, 12:30 - 13:00].

Kilvington Lakes - 2 Ruff, 2 Common Sandpiper and 2 Red-crested Pochard.

Netherfield Lagoons - Bittern [flew into reeds on the Slurry Lagoon, 10:50.

Hoveringham - 3 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, 2 Raven, 2 Yellow Wagtail and Grey Wagtail [Sailing Lake].

Tuesday 13th September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 14 Ringed Plover [14 together, with prob 17 birds throughout the day, site record]. Also Juv Black-necked Grebe and eclipse drk Garganey [Clifton Pit], 2 Ruff , 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover and 2 Dunlin.

Idle Washlands - Glossy Ibis [Hagg Lane Flash, this morning to 12:30, then relocated to Newington Flash]. Also Ruff, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper and Marsh Harrier [Hagg Lane Flash, this morning].

Wollaton - Rose-ringed Parakeet [flew over Parkside, 08:30].

Monday 12th September

Holme Pierrepont - Garganey [Juvenile, on the A52 Pit this evening].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Curlew Sandpiper [Chainbridge Scrape, 11:30, Bird information service report], Osprey [through Cross Lane, then flew east over Claywoth Common, 12:00]. Also Ruff, Little Ringed Plover, Hobby and 2 Marsh Harrier [Chainbridge Scrape].

Idle Washlands - Glossy Ibis and Green Sandpiper [Hagg Lane Flash]. Also Wood Sandpiper and 4 Ruff [Newington Flash, just over the county boundary in S.Yorks].

Mansfield Woodhouse - Turtle Dove [through south, 11:05].

Hoveringham - 2 Spotted Flycatcher [Railway Pit, this morning], 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Peregrine and Grey Wagtail [Sailing Lake].

Sunday 11th September

Besthorpe NR - Osprey [Juvenile Mons Pool, still present on perch post this morning, and again brifley, 14:00], Garganey [Mons Pool, 14:00] Also 2 Hobby, Green Sandpiper and 3 Ringed Plover.

Barton in Fabis - Yellow-legged Gull [over Cottages Flash this afternoon, viewed from the ANR river path].

Kilvington Lakes - Little Stint, Ruff and Red Crested Pochard [West Lake, this morning] Hobby, Peregrine, and 8 Common Buzzard [over North Lake].

Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Red-crested Pochard [Slurry Laggon, this morning] and good numbers of warblers foraging around the site.

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Curlew Sandpiper [Chainbridge Scrape, this morning], 3 Ruff, 3 Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper and juv Hobby [Chainbridge Scrape], Black-necked Grebe, Greenshank and Common Sandpiper [Chainbridge Pit], Marsh Harrier [male], 2 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank and Yellow-legged Gull [Neatholme Fen] and Great White Egret [Chainbridge Scrape East, 16:30 - 17:20 at least in the N/E corner].

Idle Washlands - Glossy Ibis [Hagg Lane Flash this morning to 18:30 at least]. Also Turtle Dove and Common Swift [Slaynes Lane].

Newstead and Annesley CP - Whinchat [this morning].

Saturday 10th September

Kilvington Lakes - 2 Little Stint [ Juveniles on North Lake, then relocated 17:30 on West Lake]. Also 2 Ruff, Dunlin, 7 Commom Snipe, Marsh Harrier [Adult female through, mobbed by corvids] and Yellow-legged Gull.

Besthorpe NR - Garganey [Mons Pool, this morning], Osprey [Juvenile, again on Mons Pool, 15:45], Marsh harrier [female], 2 Hobby, Avocet, 3 Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Whinchat [northern pits area], 8 Wigeon, 35 Teal and 4 Little Egret.

East Leake GP's - Ruff [Juvenile, still present, early afternoon], Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Spotted Flycatcher and 4 Little Egret.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Black-necked Grebe [Juvenile], Little Stint [Juvenile], Garganey [eclipse drk], 2 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, and Water Rail [all Clifton Pit today].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Black-necked Grebe, 3 Pintail, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper and 4 Dunlin [this morning].

Newstead and Annesley CP - 7 Black tailed Godwit [this morning].

Friday 9th September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 9 Ruff [Clifton Pit, 19:18]. Also Black-necked Grebe [Juvenile], Little Stint, Garganey [eclipse drk], 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Snipe and Green Sandpiper [all Clifton Pit, from Tower Hide today].

Idle Washlands - Glossy Ibis, Greenshank and Swift [Hagg Lane Flash], Great-White Egret and Wood Sandpiper [Newington Flash, just over the county boundary in S.Yorks].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Black-necked Grebe [winter plumaged, Chainbridge Pit], 5 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Red Crested Pochard, Ruff [Chainbridge Scrape], 2 Hobby [hunting near Chainbridge Wood], Hobby [over Clayworth Common, near Neatholme Scrape] and Ruff [Neatholme Scrape].

Holme Pierrepont - Greenshank and Common Sandpiper [Blotts Pit, early evening]. Also large numbers of House Martin.

Hoveringham - 2 Pintail [Trentside Pit, this afternoon], Northern Wheatear and Common Sandpiper [Sailing Lake]. Also c200 Starling [through west] and 9 Swallow [feeding over the Sailing lake].

Barton in Fabis - 2 Raven and 3 Hobby [over Branshill Wood, 12:35].

Newark - Hobby, Yellow Wagtail and 2 Green Sandpiper [Newark Sugar Factory].

Kilvington Lakes - Osprey [through, 09:25], Red Kite, Hobby and 2 Ruff.

Besthorpe NR - Temminck's Stint [Mons Pool, 07:05, then flew south towards Collingham Pits]. Also Great White Egret and Osprey [still present on Mons Pool].

Thursday 8th September

Besthorpe NR - Temminck's Stint [Mons Pool, 19:15]. Also Great White Egret, Osprey and 2 Ringed Plover [Mons Pool, early evening].

East Leake GPs - Ruff [Juvenile], 2 Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Sandpiper [this evening].

Kilvington Lakes - Caspian Gull [this evening].

Clifton Grove - 4 Hobby [over Clifton Wood, this evening], 2 Raven [over Clifton Wood this morning].

Idle Washlands - Glossy Ibis [back on Hagg Lane Flash, this afternoon]. Also 9 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper and Hobby.

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 4 Dunlin, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Common Snipe and 6 Little Egret [Chainbridge Scrape].

Langford Lowfields RSPB - Osprey, Whinchat, 2 Ruff and 3 Hobby [this afternoon].

Wollaton - Manx Shearwater [picked up dead on Middleton Blvd, this afternoon].

Hoveringham - 6 Ruff flew southwest through the Sailing Lake this morning]. Also 160 Swallow [through south], 20 Wigeon, Common Snipe, Peregrine, Grey Wagtail and 2 Yellow Wagtail.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Stint [Clifton Pit, 07:45 to early evening at least] 4 Ruff [Clifton Pit, 07:45], Whimbrel [through, south/west], Garganey [eclipse drk, Clifton Pit], Black-necked Grebe [Juv, still present Clifton Pit, this evening], Willow Tit [Delta Gate, 10:45], 3 Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Ringed Plover and Hobby. Willow Tit [Delta Gate, 10:45].

Wednesday 7th September

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 2 Ruff [Silt Lagoon 5, this evening]. Also Dunlin and 4 Common Snipe in lapwing flock.

Kilvington Lakes - Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Egyptian Geese, Hobby, Ruff and 6 Yellow-legged Gull.

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Greenshank and Hobby [Chainbridge Scrape, 14:30], Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Redshank and Ruff [Neatholme Scrape, 16:00]

Hoveringham - Grey Plover [east, through the Sailing Lake], 2 Ruff [through north]. Also Common Sandpiper and Common Snipe.

Holme Pierrepont - Raven [over Skylarks, 10:00] and Common Tern [on the Rowing lake, midday].

Wollaton - Rose-ringed Parakeet [near Fernwood school 07:10].

Tuesday 6th September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Black-necked Grebe [Juv, still present this evening on Clifton Pit], 2 Ruff [Clifton Pit, 17:49], Osprey [through west, this morning] and Little Stint [still on Clifton Pit, this morning].

Bestwood - Mandarin [drk, Mill Lakes, 18:15].

Netherfield Lagoons - Common Redstart [female/juv, beside the Slurry Lagoon, near the access gate, this afternoon]. Also Hobby [harassing the Swallows near the railway bridge].

Idle Washlands - 3 Whinchat [Slaynes Lane, on north pit]. Glossy Ibis [Newington Flash, just over the county boundary in S.Yorks].

Compton Acres - Common Redstart [female, near Compton Acres tram stop, 10:45].

Claypole/Fernwood - Merlin [fem/juv, low west over the A1 junc of B6326, 10:00].

Hoveringham - Northern Wheatear, Hobby and Peregrine [Sailing Lake].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 2 Greenshank, 4 Ringed Plover, 5 Dunlin and Marsh harrier [Chainbridge Scrape, 08:00].

Monday 5th September

Holme Pierrepont - 3 Greenshank, Common Sandpiper and 5 Common Snipe [Blotts Pit, this evening].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 4 Greenshank, 3 Ruff, 3 Dunlin and Green Sandpiper [Chainbridge Scrape, 18:00].

Trowell - Possible sighting of 5/6 Turtle Doves. Seen from moving vehicle only, landed in stubble field along A609 Trowell Grid Reference SK498401.

Hoveringham - Spotted Redshank [calling bird, heard flying around the Sailing Lake complex, 10:00]. Also Common Sandpiper and Peregrine.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little stint ,3 Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin [Clifton pit on Gull Island, 08:52]. Also Black-necked Grebe [Juv, still present on Clifton Pit for its ninth day], 3 Curlew [through west] and Ruff [Clifton Pit, from 10:50].

Sunday 4th September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Stint [Clifton Pit, from Tower Hide, 17:34]. Also Black-necked Grebe [Juv, still present on Clifton Pit], Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Greenshank, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, adult Yellow-legged Gull and Juv Peregrine.

Barton in Fabis - 4 Hobby [adult and 3 Juvs over Branshill Wood, mid morning], 2 Raven [over Branshill Wood], Yellow Wagail [30+on fields along Barton Lane, 08:00 -09:00 and 25 feeding under cattle near Cottages Flash, 16:15].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 5 Ringed plover, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, Greenshank and 43 Lapwing [Chainbridge scrape, this morning], Common Sandpiper and Common Tern [Belmoor lake, 09:30].

Idle Washlands - Black-tailed Godwit, 19 Little Egret and Pintail [eclipse male, this morning].

Clifton - Peregrine [over fields towards Clifton Bridge, 08:00].

Saturday 3rd September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Black-necked Grebe [Juv, still present on Clifton Pit, from Tower Hide, this afternoon], Also 50+ Hirundines [through east].

Barton in Fabis - 3 Raven [2 "cronking" over Branshill Wood, and a third perched up], Yellow Wagtail [28+ on fields along Barton Lane, 12 Clifton Pastures, from the layby on Nottingham Road and 5+ on the riverside fields, feeding under cattle, this afternoon]. Also c200 Hirundines [feeding over Branshill Wood, consisting of mainly House Martin].

Holme Pierrepont - Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 80 Lapwing, and 7 Little Egret [Blotts Pit, this afternoon].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Little Stint [Chainbridge Scrape, this afternoon].

Collingham Pits - 2 Greenshank [in area with no access]. Also 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin and 5 Common Snipe.

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 3 Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper.

Friday 2nd September

Bestwood Pit Top - Whinchat [18:15].

Thrumpton - Northern Wheatear [on fence posts along Barton Lane, 18:00].

Kilvington Lakes - 5 Whinchat [in rough grass field, west of West Lake, this evening]. Also Turnstone [West Lake, 12:00].

Hoveringham - Caspian Gull [Juv, on the Sailing Lake this morning], Marsh Harrier [creamed crown, through south, 15:00]. Also Hobby.

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Ruff, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper [Neatholme Fen], 2 Marsh Harrier [male and Female], 2 Ruff, 3 Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper [Neatholme scrape], 3 Little Stint, 2 Dunlin, Greenshank, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Marsh Harrier [juv] and 8 Little Egret [Chainbridge Scrape East] and 78 Red-crested Pochard [Chainbridge Scrape West].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Arctic Tern [Juv, through Clifton Pit, 11:15]. Also 2 Raven over Branshill Wood, Barton in Fabis viewed from Tower Hide].

Thursday 1st September

Kilvington Lakes - Merlin [on fence posts, 16:20].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper and 7 Common Snipe [Clifton Pit, late afternoon].

Newark - 2 Common Swift [through south].

Hoveringham - Marsh Harrier [cream crowned, present on the west side of the Sailing Lake, 14:50 - 16:30 then drifted off north]. Also Whinchat, Greenshank and Common Tern [Sailing Lake].

Clifton Grove/Barton in Fabis - 2 Hobby [hawking around Branshill this afternoon].

Wollaton - Osprey [low over Derby Rd/Wollaton Park/Lakeside, viewed from Nott'm University, then flew south 11:35]. Also 3 Peregrine, [2 adult and juv, over the University] and Rose-ringed Parakeet [around the Arleston Drive, Fernwood Crescent, Rushford Drive area, 08:30].


Many thanks to:

Jamie Alexander, Laurence Archibald, Robin Brace, Sean Browne, Paul Buxton, ‎Alan Clewes, Carl Cornish, Jimmy Christmas, Ian Cowgill, Nick Crouch, Peter Dale, Rod Dean, Peter Dernely, Lawrie Dunn, John England, Gordon Ellis, Steve Furber, Andy Hall, Ian Hall, Kev Hawkridge, Brian Hedley, John Hopper, Darren Housman, David Kirman, Francis Leaver, Alex Lees, Jonathan Lloyd, Sorrel Lyall, Ged Morley, Philip Norris, ‎Nick Parsons, John Pressley, Dave Read, Simon Roberts, Pete Saunders, ‎Alan Scrimshaw, Hayley Sears, Tom Shields, Simon Smith, Mick Tring, Mark Whatling, Chris Wood, Rich Wynn.



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