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January 2011
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Mon 31st Jan
Langford Lowfields - Marsh Harrier [immature male], Northern Pintail [male flew south over Phase 1].
Kirkby-in-Ashfield - 12 Bohemian Waxwing [Park Street].
Pinxton - 50+ Fieldfare, 6 Common Snipe, 4 Jack Snipe, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Common Kestrel.
Hoveringham - Great White Egret [Railway Lake - then on field next to Sailing Lake entrance], 12 Greater White-fronted Goose [same field as Egret], 1 Barnacle Goose, 15 Pink-footed Goose [Railway Lake], 5 Little Egret, c.400 Eurasian Wigeon.
Cuckney- 3 Whooper Swan.
Basford - c.15 Redwing [cemetery].
Arnold - 1 Tawny Owl [garden], 50+ Bohemian Waxwing [Douro Drive/Pinewood Avenue].
Cuckney - 4 Common Pheasant, Common Buzzard [large individual], Common Kestrel.
Welbeck Lake - 2 Grey Heron, 2 Cormorant.
Clumber - 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, Robin, 2 Magpie, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, 4 Stock Dove, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Willow Tit, Blackbird.
Sun 30th Jan
Wollaton Park - Blackbird, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Treecreeper, Jay, Carrion Crow, Siskin, Magpie, Woodpigeon, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, Coot, Mute Swan, Northern Shoveler, Common Pochard, Red-crested Pochard, Goosander, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, Mallard, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Canada Goose, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Herring Gull.
Bestwood Country Park - Pit Tip: 1 Mealy Redpoll, Lesser Redpoll, Siskin [Vincent's View Corner or Main Pit Tip Plantation].
Clumber Park - 13+ Hawfinch [very active moving around tree tops].
Rufford Country Park - 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.
Colwick Park- Mandarin Duck [male still present in the toy boating area of Trout Lake - displaying to a Mallard], 71 Northern Lapwing, 11 Siskin, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Brambling [over], 1 Sparrowhawk, 7 Common Gull, 2 Wren, 1 Goldcrest, 17 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Common Goldeneye, 1 Common Pochard, 33 Eurasian Wigeon.
Kirkby-in-Ashfield - 4 Bohemian Waxwing [Park Street].
Sat 29th Jan
Clumber Park - 9 Hawfinch [near chapel], Great Grey Shrike [South Lawns], Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [near chapel with Siskin], Siskin [small flock], 15 Goosander, 6 Common Shelduck, 1 Yellow-legged Gull.
Kirkby-in-Ashfield - 16 Bohemian Waxwing [Park Street].
Nether Langwith - 46 Bohemian Waxwing [Brookhouse Court].
Rufford Country Park - Red-crested Pochard, Common Pochard, c.50 Mallard, c.30 Tufted Duck, 6 Mute Swan, 10 Canada Goose, 6 Greylag Goose, c.20 Moorhen, 6 Coot, 2 Goosander, c.30 Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Jackdaw, House Sparrow, c.100 Starling, c.20 Redwing, Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Dunnock, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Woodpigeon.
Clumber Park - 11 Mandarin Duck [4 females & 7 males upstream of Clumber Bridge].
Worksop - 40+ Bohemian Waxwing [Meadow Lea at 11:50].
Holme Pierrrepont - 1 Smew [drake], 250+ Redwing, 50 Fieldfare.
Balderton - Hen Harrier [possible in Lowfields area].
Watnall - 15 Redwing, 7 Chaffinch, 1 Robin, 1 Dunnock, 4 Blackbird, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Fri 28th Jan
Lowdham - 1 Little Egret [Cocker Beck].
Hoveringham - Great White Egret, [over field towards river Trent], 4 Red-crested Pochard [on lake nearest to Hoveringham], 50+ Greylag Goose, 5 Greater White-fronted Goose, 7 Pink-footed Goose, 9 Eygptian Goose, 1 Banacle Goose, 1 Jay, 2 Little Egret [in field between Railway Lake and track to Sailing Lake].
Holme Pierrrepont - 1 Goldcrest, 3 Smew [2 males and a female on pit adjacent north-west corner of Blott's], c.80 Northern Lapwing [roost near lock], Redwing [numerous in camp site field], Greenfinch [significant roost].
Nottingham - 1 Red-crested Pochard [canal next to tram terminus].
Welbeck Lake - Common Buzzard, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Goosander.
Clumber Park - Eurasian Nuthatch, Robin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Willow Tit, Coal Tit, Blackbird, Stock Dove, 12 Mandarin Duck, Chaffinch.
Thu 27th Jan
Langford Lowfields - 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Shelduck.
Clumber Park - 20 Hawfinch [Chapel grounds - tops of oak trees and around car park].
Rufford Country Park - c.10 Hawfinch, c.4 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.
Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 1 Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, 6 Greater White-fronted Goose, 10 Pink-footed Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose.
Besthorpe - Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, c.20 Yellowhammer, Common Kestrel.
Mansfield Woodhouse - c.120 Pink-footed Goose.
Watnall - 30 Redwing, 8 Magpie, 9 Chaffinch, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Dunnock, 6 Blackbird, 3 Goldfinch, 2 Crow, , 1 Starling, 3 Woodpigeon, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Hucknall - Siskin [on seed feeders].
Wed 26th Jan
Langford Lowfields - 2 Marsh Harrier, 400 Pink-footed Goose [west over Phase 2], 1 Grey Partridge, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Bearded Tit [flew into Phase 1 from silt lagoons].
Hucknall - Lesser Redpoll [on seed feeders].
Newstead Village - 12+ Bohemian Waxwing.
Worksop - 34 Bohemian Waxwing [Worksop Bowls Club at 10:00].
Tue 25th Jan
Langford Lowfields - 80 Pink-footed Goose [west over Phase 1 at 10.00], 200 Pink-footed Goose [west over Phase 2 at 10:10], 3 Common Shelduck, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Bittern.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 Goosander [Clifton Pond], 30+ Northern Lapwing, 30+ Cormorant, 2 Egyptian Goose, 6 Eurasian Teal, 4 Magpie, 10 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Robin, 3 Dunnock, 16 Northern Shoveler, 10 Tree Sparrow, 3 Grey Heron, 12 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Goldeneye [Kingfisher Hide], 2 Common Pheasant, Stock Dove.
Harrison's Plantation - 3 Goosander, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Water Rail, Wren, 12 Redwing c.10 Moorhen, 2 Mute Swan, c.20 Tufted Duck [10 pairs].
Newstead Village- 40+ Bohemian Waxwing [mobile].
Mon 24th Jan
Langford Lowfields - 1 Stonechat [female on Phase 2], 1 Bittern, 50 Linnet, c.3 Marsh Harrier.
Newstead & Annesley Country Park - 1000+ Black-headed Gull, 9 Herring Gull, 20 Coot, 43 Northern Lapwing, 7 Mallard, 9 Tufted Duck, 26 Pink-footed Goose [over east], 4 Blue Tit, 3 Woodpigeon, 1 Wren.
King's Mill Reservoir - 1 Cormorant, 1 Greylag Goose, 7 Gadwall, 13 Eurasian Teal, 2 Northern Shoveler, c.70 Common Pochard, c.50 Tufted Duck, 115 Northern Lapwing, c.35 Siskin.
Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Common Shelduck, 2 Woodcock, 110 Gadwall, 3 Water Rail, 1 Barn Owl, 410 Linnet, 9 Reed Bunting.
Budby Common - 2 Mealy Redpoll, c.70 Lesser Redpoll [with Mealys].
Rufford Country Park - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [female in car park - second bird nearby], Hawfinch [near broken cypress tree].
Arnold - 80 Pink-footed Goose [over west-north-west at 10:00].
Worksop - c.50 Bohemian Waxwing [garden - Acacia Close/Meadow Lea].
Welbeck Lake - 7 Grey Heron.
Clumber Park - Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird, Chaffinch, Willow Tit, Stock Dove, Coal Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Moorhen.
Sun 23rd Jan
Stapleford - Grey Wagtail, Bohemian Waxwing, Fieldfare, Redwing.
Edwalton Roundabout (A606/A52) - Common Buzzard [flew from centre of roundabout].
West Bridgford - 30+ Redwing, 1 Little Grebe.
Rufford Country Park - 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [drumming in dead tree to left of Broad Ride], 1 Yellow-legged Gull[adult on ice near islands with Black-headed Gulls], 1 Red-crested Pochard [female near mill], 1 Willow Tit, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Goosander [1 Male], 1 Treecreeper.
Worksop - 10 Bohemian Waxwing [Meadow Lea], 1 Ferruginous Duck [Owday Pond - flew off towards Clumber Park with Tufted Ducks].
Nottingham - Red-crested Pochard [canal near London Road], 2 Grey Wagtail [canal towpath - London Road].
Sat 22nd Jan
Nottingham - 45 Bohemian Waxwing [30 at Hucknall Road - near Total garage and 15 at junction of Hucknall Road and Haydn Road].
Fri 21st Jan
Langford Lowfields - 1 Bittern, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Shelduck, 9 Whooper Swan.
Nottingham - Carrington: c.150 Bohemian Waxwing [near Total garage on Hucknall Road].
Arnot Hill Park - Northern Pintail [collection/escape bird].
Hoveringham - small Railway Lake: 70 Pink-footed Goose [over to north-west], 4 Little Egret, 40 Eurasian Wigeon, 4 Red-crested Pochard, 6 Eurasian Teal, 12 Redwing, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 40 Coot, 30 Tufted Duck, 1 Common Goldeneye.
Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Brambling, 1 Little Egret, 11 Linnet, 1 Willow Tit, 5 Bullfinch [feeding in a flock], 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk [female], 75 Gadwall [large gravel pit], 4 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Meditteranean Gull [immature].
Arnold - 250 Pink-footed Goose [over west at 15:10], 3 Blackcap, 2 Bullfinch, [garden].
Hucknall - 2 Brambling, [1 male & 1 female], 5 Bullfinch [3 male & 2 female], 1 Sparrowhawk, Jay, Blackcap [male], Reed Bunting [male].
Worksop- 12 Bohemian Waxwing [feeding on hawthorn at Meadow Lea].
Thu 20th Jan
Langford Lowfields - 1 Marsh Harrier [Phase 1 reedbed], 1 Barn Owl [hunting over Phase 1 reed-bed and silt lagoons], 9 Whooper Swan [silt lagoon 5].
Worksop - 50+ Bohemian Waxwing [Meadow Lea]
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pond: 2 Bittern, 5 Common Snipe.
Rufford Country Park - 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [14:45 to 15:35 Hours 50m north of main entrance, loosely associated other birds], Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwings [several undred].
Clumber Park - 4 Hawfinch [at 10:45 - trees 50 metres east / east-north-east of chapel], 4+ Mandarin Duck [11:00 on side of lake, west of bridge].
Clifton - 4 Bewick Swan's [Barton Lane between Nottingham Road and A453 at 13:00].
Hucknall - 6 Redwing [church yard].
Wed 19th Jan
Burton Joyce - Brambling [garden].
Hucknall 1 Brambling [garden].
Langford Lowfields - Marsh Harrier [female].
Arnold - 1 Blackcap [male in garden].
Pinxton - 2 Blue Tit, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Woodpigeon, 1 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 2 Blackbird, 4 Black-headed Gull.
Tue 18th Jan
Langford Lowfields - Marsh Harrier [female over Phase 1], Barn Owl [hunting over silt lagoons].
West Bridgford - 100+ Redwing [on the ground on Adbolton Lane near Skylarks].
Edwalton - 40 Bohemian Waxwing [Beckside].
Newstead Village - 30+ Bohemian Waxwing.
Bennerley Marsh - 50+ Woodpidgeon, 30 Magpie, 20 Northern Lapwing, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Robin, 12 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Blackbird, 2 Chaffinch, 5 Eurasian Wigeon [2 females],
Hoveringham - 450 Pink-footed Goose [high to west], 6 Greater White-fronted Goose, 4 Egyptian Goose, 250+ Canada Goose, 200+ Greylag Goose, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Little Egret, Eurasian Nuthatch, 4 Siskin, Goldcest.
West Bridgford - 22 Bohemian Waxwing [Langstrath Drive].
Mon 17th Jan
Langford Lowfields - 300 Northern Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Shelduck, c.90 European Golden Plover, Marsh Harrier [female], c.200 Pink-footed Goose [flying north-west over Phase 1].
West Bridgford - 20+ Bohemian Waxwing [Byron Road].
Clumber - Jay, Eurasian Nuthatch, Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Chaffinch, Goosander. Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Welbeck Lake - 3 Grey Heron, Mallards, Moorhen.
Sun 16th Jan
Meden Pumping Station - 2 Raven, Marsh Tit.
Colwick Country Park - 3 Lesser Redpoll, 14 Siskin, 94 Northern Lapwing [in the roost site on other side of the Trent], 2 Bullfinch, 4 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Greenfinch, 1 Common Kingfisher.
Wheatcroft Island - Barn Owl.
West Bridgford - 80 Bohemian Waxwing [Langstrath Drive].
Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 8 Greater White-fronted Goose, 4 Pink-footed Goose [field - north side of the railway], c.6 Little Egret, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Goosander, 12+ Siskin.
Caythorpe - 9 Whooper Swan.
Sherwood - 25 Bohemian Waxwing [Sherwood Street/Mansfield Road].
Clumber Park - 5 Hawfinch [near chapel].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 Bittern [including one flushed from side of wet marsh path - most in to roost from left-hand-side from Tower Hide], c.20 Eurasian Wigeon, c.50 Gadwall, 16 Northern Shoveler, c.10 Common Goldeneye, c.20 Goosander, 1 Water Rail [wet marsh path], c.50 Redwing, Goldcrest, 4 Bewick's Swan [feeding with the Barton Mute Swan flock - flew in to CLifton Pond at 16:25pm], 45 Mute Swan [arriving on the Clifton Pond around 16:15].
Swingate/Strelley - 4+ Goldfinch, Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, 6 Fieldfare.
Norton - 8 Mute Swan.
Sat 15th Jan
Nuthall - Old Railway Line: Green Woodpecker, Goldfinch, Fieldfare, Yellowhammer.
Budby Common - 1 Great Grey Shrike [east of south-east corner of triangle for much of afternoon].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pond: 5 Bittern, 4 Bewick's Swan, 11 Goosander.
Elston - 2+ Little Egret [Carrgate/Carrdyke area].
Fri 14th Jan
Langford Lowfields - Stonechat [pair on Phase 1], 3 Common Goldeneye [drakes on Phase 1], Marsh Harrier [female], Eurasian Curlew [flying from Phase 2 to Phase 1].
Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Eurasian Curlew, 2 Yellowhammer, 150 Gadwal [large gravel pit], 5 Common Goldeneye, 1 Common Kingfisher, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk [female], 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Barn Owl [dusk - around large gravel pit].
Stapleford - 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk [female hunting near Peatfield Road].
Hockerton - Barn Owl.
Langford Lowfields - 1 Marsh Harrier [adult female over reed-bed], 1 Little Egret, 8 Common Goldeneye.
Sturton-le-Steeple - 6 Bewick's Swan [4 adults & 2 juveniles - with Mute Swans in arable field next to Trent].
Pinxton - 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Common Kestrel, 80+ Fieldfare.
Welbeck - Robin Hood Trail: Common Buzzard, Jay.
Thu 13th Jan
Langford Lowfields - Marsh Harrier [female], 50 Northern Lapwing.
Stapleford - 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk [male hunting over gardens on Pasture Road].
Norton - Common Buzzard, 9 Mute Swan.
King's Mill Reservoir - 3 Northern Shoveler, Stock Dove.
Colwick - 150 Bohemian Waxwing [Vale Road near school - later relocated on housing estate].
Colwick Country Park - 45 Siskin, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 33 Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Goldeneye, 200+ Coot, 3 Bullfinch, 17 Redwing, 11 Fieldfare.
Hazelford Ferry - 3 Whooper Swan [2 juvenile & 1 adult in sheep field].
Caythorpe - 9 Whooper Swan [in field with Mute Swans].
Hoveringham - 1 Marsh Tit [Railway Lake], 5 Little Egret [Sailing Lake], 1 Great White Egret [in dyke adjacent Sailing Lake], 7 European White-ronted Goose, 2 Pink-footed Goose, 6 Egyptian Goose, 3 Common Shelduck, 1 Eurasian Curlew.
Cresswell to Cuckney - Common Kestrel.
Norton - Common Buzzard, 9 Mute Swan.
Clumber Park - 8 Cormorant, 3 Eurasian Nuthatch, Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Canada Goose, Common Pochard, Greater Scaup, Goosander, Common Pheasant.
Wed 12th Jan
Langford Lowfields - Marsh Harrier [female on Phase 1], 50 Northern Lapwing.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 Common Goldeneye [2 males & 2 females on Clifton Pond], 1 Bittern [flushed from bank on river-side of Clifton Pond], Goosander [scattered across the reserve].
Budby Common - Great Grey Shrike [showed well from main footpath at north end of triangle].
Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Glaucous Gull, 1 Black Swan [possibly the Colwick bird], 60+ Eurasian Teal, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Holme Pierrepont - 65 Northern Lapwing, 14 Common Goldeneye, 24 Gadwall, 6 Common Pochard, 1 Smew [redhead on rowing course].
King's Mill Reservoir - 8 Gadwall, 4 Eurasian Teal, 7 Common Pochard, 1 Mandarin Duck [drake], Bittern [showing towards front of wet marsh at 08:45], 1 Willow Tit.
Collingham - Collingham Pits: 10 Whooper Swan [in field with Mute Swans on opposite bank of River Trent to the pits], 120 Eurasian Wigeon, 6 Common Goldeneye, 4 Common Bullfinch. Coillingham Silt Pond: 2 Common Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 80 Eurasian Wigeon, 80 Eurasian Teal, 3 Common Goldeneye, 1 Goosander, 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk [pair].
Tue 11th Jan
Langford Lowfields - 2 Bittern, Smew [drake], c.100 Eurasian Wigeon, 9 Whooper Swan [feeding in field off north end of reserve with c.70 Mute Swan], c.50 Linnet, 50 Northern Lapwing.
Clumber Park - Northern Pintail, Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard.
Bassingfield - c.120 Fieldfare, Yellowhammer, c.60 Eurasian Starling [horse pasture].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Bittern [in to roost on Clifton Pond at 15:45 And 16:00], 1 Eurasian Curlew [arriving at Clifton Pond at 15:55].
Sherwood - 18 Bohemian Waxwing [Bedale Road].
Sneinton to Colwick - 15 Redwing, 2 Bullfinch (male & female), 5 Blackbird, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Great Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Magpie, 1 Carrion Crow, 1 Woodpigeon.
Woodborough - 2 Blackcap [pair in garden].
Mon 10th Jan
Daneshill Lakes - 1 Iceland Gull [first winter bird amongst 2000 mixed gull flock].
King's Mill Reservoir - 10 Gadwall, 2 Northern Shoveler, 62 Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Snipe, c.2000 Black-headed Gull.
Sun 9th Jan
Sherwood - 22 Bohemian Waxwing [Huckanll Road].
Bestwood Country Park - Warren Hill: 63+ Bohemian Waxwing [Gerard Close entrance and Finsbury Road], 2 Northern Lapwing [high over woodland to east], 1 Common Buzzard [over south - being mobbed by corvids], 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk [flushed Wawings].
Ravenshead - 1 Brambling, 1 Lesser Redpoll.
Edwalton - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [Sharphill Woods].
Stoke Bardolph / Lock Wood - 3 Common Kingfisher, 2 Yellowhammer, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 3 Tree Sparrow, 150 Fieldfare, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Tawny Owl.
Rufford Country Park - 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult on ice at mill end], Goosander [female at mill end plus 6 over], c.50 Siskin [towards mill], 2 Marsh Tit, Treeceeper, Eurasian Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [with tit flock in wooded area towards main entrance from car park], Great Spotted Woodpecker, Redwing.
Clumber Park - 380 Pink-footed Goose, 6 Eurasian Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Marsh Tit, 1 Willow Tit, 2 Bullfinch, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kestrel, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 200+ Fieldfare, 300+ Redwing, 50 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Mealy Redpoll, 15 Goosander, 4 Hawfinch [chapel area], Goldcrest.
Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 9 Greater White-fronted Goose, 5 Pink-footed Goose.
Sat 8th Jan
Newstead & Annesley Country Park - 1 Jack Snipe [on marshy plateau - to south of top lagoon].
Welbeck Lakes - Eurasian Sparrowhawk [male], 25+ Long-tailed Tit [flock], 3 Whooper Swan [to west], Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Meden Pumping Station - 1 Water Rail, Goosander, 1 Brambling.
Colwick Park - 4 Bullfinch [2 pairs], 1 Water Rail , 1 Mandarin Duck [male near the bird feeders - marina side], 1 Common Buzzard , 1 Grey Wagtail [river].
Shelford - c.250 Pink-footed Goose [on fields alongside river].
Carburton Lakes - Treecreeper, Eurasian Nuthatch, Whooper Swan.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Smew [redheads - pond by visitor centre], 20 Goosander.
Radcliffe on Trent - c.3 Bohemian Waxwing [field off Cropwell Road/Harlequin].
Rise Park - c.100 Bohemian Waxwing [poplar tree at junction of Brownlow Drive & Revelstoke Way].
Arnold - 5 Bohemian Waxwing [Ravenswood Road].
Fri 7th Jan
Clumber Park - 3 Hawfinch [near chapel], 4 Goosander [3 maes & 1 female].
Nottingham - c.5 Bohemian Waxwing [Peel Street/Addison Street].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - c.30 Redwing, 3 Fieldfare, Goldcrest, c.100 Goldfinch [in trees near cricket club], 2 Treecreeper, 27 Gadwall, 5 Common Pochard, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 6 Goosander, 4 Common Goldeneye, c.100 Eurasian Wigeon, [feeding over river].
Keyworth - 1 Brambling [male feeding in garden].
Langford Lowfields - 9 Whooper Swan.
Thu 6th Jan
Langford Lowfields - 1 Bittern [side of silt pool], 1 Marsh Harrier [silt pool], 2 Brambling, 12 Siskin, Fieldfare, Redwing, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Long-tailed Tit, Reed Bunting, Grey Heron, Eurasian Wigeon, Tufted Duck, Common Pochard, 8 Whooper Swan.
Kirkby-in-Ashfield- 50 Bohemian Waxwing [Ashfield Community Hospital].
Stanton Hill - Common Buzzard [worming in paddocks].
Hucknall- c.50 Bohemian Waxwing [Polperro Way], 3 Brambling, Bullfinch [male and female].
Caythorpe - 2 Great White Egret [Dover Beck].
Watnall - Cloverlands Estate: 1 Treecreeper, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Dunnock, 1 Robin, 3 Bullfinch [1 female], 3 Blackbird.
Teversal - Wild Hill: 200+ Fieldfare [in orchard]
Ravenshead - 5 Bohemian Waxwing [on The Hayes at 08:10].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Smew [1st winter male on Coneries Pond], 4 Bittern 2 Water Rail, Common Kingfisher.
Clifton - 9 Bohemian Waxwing, 4 Redwing.
Clumber - Long-tailed Tit, Treecreeper, Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit, 34 Mute Swan.
Wed 5th Jan
Clumber Park - 3 Whooper Swan [in field up from ford].
Langford Lowfields - 1 Smew [adult male - viewed from public footpath on silt lagoons].
Tue 4th Jan
Hoveringham - Gonalston Lane: Great White Egret [probable - seen from car - circling overhead. Flew towards river].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Common Pochard, 3 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Dunnock, Tree Sparrow, 6 Great Tit, 2 Pied Wagtail, 4 Egyptian Goose, 1 Grey Heron. Barton Lane: 1 Bittern [with fish], 1 Water Rail, 1 Common Kingfisher.
Rufford Country Park - 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [female by entrance to main car park at 09:20].
Budby Common - 100+ Siskin.
Elston - Carrdyke: Little Egret.
Caythorpe - 9 Whooper Swan, c.150 Fieldfare, c.200 Eurasian Wigeon, 1 Little Egret [in beck behind Lowdham train station].
Clumber - Goldcrest, Eurasian Nuthatch, Bullfinch, Greenfinch, Redwing, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Marsh Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Treecreeper, Wren, Robin, 1 Common Buzzard.
Bingham - 11 Bohemian Waxwing.
King's Mill Reservoir - 1 Cormorant, 5 Greylag Goose, 7 Gadwall, 34 Northern Lapwing, 1500 Black-headed Gull, 30 Common Gull, 30 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Siskin.
West Bridgford - Bohemian Waxwing, 7 Redwing, 5 Chaffinch, 3 Blue Tit, Dunnock.
Nottingham - 1 Common Kingfisher [canal by tram terminus].
Woodborough - Blackcap [male in garden].
Hucknall - garden: 30 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, Jay.
Mon 3rd Jan
Budby Common- Great Grey Shrike, 14 Goldcrest, Lesser Redpoll, 3 Treecreeper, 4 Bullfinch.
Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Brambling.
Attenborough Nature Rerserve - 1 Bittern [rough area west of stream], 1 Water Rail [edge of stream], 2 Red-crested Pochard [pair under steel bridge].
Chilwell - 60 Bohemian Waxwing [in Ash Trees opposite Evans Halshaw].
Langford Lowfields - 2 Northern Pintail [males], 7 Common Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 1 Bearded Tit, 2 Brambling, 1 Water Rail.
Worksop- 5 Brambling [Wallingbrook Drive], c.180 Fieldfare [Manor Lodge].
Bingham - 9 Bohemian Waxwing.
Caythorpe - 2 Little Egret, Grey Heron, 9 Whooper Swan. Hoveringham Road: 1 Great White Egret [still present at 15:40], 9 Whooper Swan.
Ravenshead - 1 Brambling [Longdale Lane].
Holme Pierrepont - Long-tailed Tit, 4 Bullfinch, Smew [on Trent], Tufted Duck, Cormorant, Green Woodpecker, Goldcrest.
Clumber Park - 2 Hawfinch [just east of chapel], 50+ Lesser Redpoll [several flocks], 1 Mealy Redpoll [south of lake, with lessers], 5 Siskin, 40+ Goosander, 4 Marsh Tit.
Caythorpe - Great White Egret.
Bakersfield - c.25 Redwing.
Woodborough - Blackcap [male in garden].
Nuthall - Mornington Crescent: 25 Bohemian Waxwing, 18 Redwing.
Arnold - garden: 30 Redwing, 3 Bullfinch [2 males].
Sun 2nd Jan
Langford Lowfields - 1 Smew [male], 1 Bittern, 1 Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier[adult female].
Epperstone - 12 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 2 Bullfinch [Cross Keys car park].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Bittern [tower hide - showing well 13:30 - 14:00], Water Rail [feeding station], Goosander, Common Kingfisher, Common Gull, Common Goldeneye, Smew [immature male].
Chilwell - c.60 Bohemian Waxwing [Eldon Road], 10 Redwing [feeding on rowan trees].
Watnall - 1 Common Buzzard, 4 Redwings, 1 Common Kestrel.
Nuthall - old railway line: 1 Jay, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Great Tit.
Ravenshead- 5 Brambling [4 on Misterton Cresent & 1 on Brackensfield Rise], 1 Lesser Redpoll.
Arnold - 25+ Bohemian Waxwing [tree in front of Sainsbury's].
Holme Pierrepont - Goosander [downstream of sluice gates].
Highfields University Park - 10 Goosander.
Woodborough - Blackcap [male in garden].
Sat 1st Jan
Langford Lowfields - 1 Marsh Harrier [adult female], 2 Smew [redheads], 1 Northern Pintail [male], 1 Little Egret, 1 Bearded Tit [heard], 1 Brambling, 2 Water Rail.
Ravenshead - 50+ Bohemian Waxwing [Haddon Road/Bretton Road at 14:45
Nuthall - Mornington Crescent: 20 Bohemian Waxwing, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk [female], 1 Coal Tit.
Ravenshead - c.50 Bohemian Waxwing [Hereford Road].
Newstead Village - 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.
Arnold - 40+ Bohemian Waxwing [Duoro Drive].
Clifton - Barton Lane: 4 Bewick's Swan, 40+ Mute Swan.
Arnold - 150+ Bohemian Waxwing [Kilbourne Road/Boyd Close].
Keyworth - 24 Tree Sparrow [regular garden visitors].
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