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March 2011

 

Thu 31st Mar

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Common Goldeneye, 2 Common Shelduck.

Nottingham - c.30 Bohemian Waxwing [Triumph Road outside Sir Colin Campbell Building of Nottingham University Innovation Park].

Mansfield - Red Kite [Penniment Lane - north-west of town].

King's Mill Reservoir - 1 Gadwall, 1 Common Shelduck, 13 Sand Martin.

Wed 30th Mar

West Leake - Hobby [perched outside Star Inn].

Langwith - Red Kite [heading east].

Hucknall - 1 Brambling [in garden], Siskin, Song Thrush.

Kinoulton - Kinoulton canal & Vimy Ridge: 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Yellowhammer, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Chaffinch, Greenfinch, 2 Reed Bunting, 20+ Fieldfare, Green Woodpecker, 3 Coot, Moorhen, 2 Skylark.

Newark - Sparrowhawk [female - The Park].

Tue 29th Mar

Rufford Country Park - 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Marsh Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Long-tailed Tit, c.20 Redwing [moving east], 1 Blackcap [heard].

Budby Common - 40+ Lesser Redpoll, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker [feeding on pine kernels], 2 Green Woodpecker, Skylark, Siskin, Jay, Tree Pipit [heard].

Compton Acres - 30 Bohemian Waxwing.

Arnold - 2 Brambling [pair in garden].

Rolleston - 5 Sand Martin [over river], 2 Swallow [over fields].

Holme Pierrepont - 3 Sand Martin.

Arnot Hill Park - 2 Goldcrest.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Redshank [Tween Pond], 2 Oystercatcher.

Sneinton to Colwick - 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Wren, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch, 5 House Sparrow, 4 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Blackbird, 3 Magpie.

Mon 28th Mar

Pleasley Vale - 1 Blackcap [male - singing], Chiffchaff [numerous], 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Yellowhammer.

Trent Bridge - Hobby [near cricket ground].

Holme Pierrepont - 80+ Sand Martin [high over A52 Pit - moved off quickly].

Blidworth - Swallow [Ricketts Lane].

Sutton Bonington - 41 Bohemian Waxwing.

Collingham - Silt Pond: 9 Eurasian Wigeon, 17 Common Goldeneye, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 4 Common Redshank, 100+ Sand Martin, 1+ Willow Warbler.

Kilvington Lakes - 3 Common Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 3 Common Redshank, 1 White Wagtail.

West Bridgford - Red Kite [Selby Road - circled over before heading west].

Pinxton - 41 Bohemian Waxwing.

Kinoulton - Chiffchaff, 2 Yellowhammer, Stock Dove, Red-legged Partridge, Great Tit, 2 Chaffinch, Wren, Reed Bunting.

Cresswell & Hardwick - Common Kestrel, Yellowhammer, Green Woodpecker, 8 Northern Lapwing.

Sun 27th Mar

Kilvington Lakes - 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Little Egret.

Worksop - Blyth Road: 1 Blackcap [male in garden], 2 Goldfinch, 1 Wren.

Sat 26th Mar

Colwick Country Park - c.150 Sand Martin, Mandarin Duck.

King's Mill Reservoir - 6 Sand Martin, 1 Reed Bunting, 4 Eurasian Teal.

Watnall - 2 Tawny Owl [Fleming Close].

Foxcovert Plantation Nature Reserve - 1 Firecrest, 4 Chiffchaff, 12 Lesser Redpoll, 3 Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goldcrest.

Welbeck Lakes - Northern Wheatear.

Mansfield - 7 Swallow.

Netherfield Lagoons - Cormorant, 2 Eurasian Wigeon, 6 Common Pochard, 2 Great Creasted Grebe, 20+ Coot, 10+ Moorhen, 12 Tufted Duck, Common Pheasant, Chiffchaff, 6 Chaffinch, 5 Robin, 2 Bulfinch, 8 Great Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 20+ Mallard, 5 Canada Goose, Yellowhammer,10+ Magpie, 20+ Carrion Crow.

Fri 25th Mar

Calverton Pit Top - 21 Common Buzzard.

Mapperley - 1 Tawny Owl.

Compton Acres - 11 Bohemian Waxwing.

Netherfield - 20+ Bohemian Waxwing [Loop Road].

Hoveringham - 1 Goosander, 4 Common Goldeneye [2 pair], Chiffchaff [singing], 15+ Sand Martin, 2 Oystercatcher, Greate Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Little Grebe, Reed Bunting.

Budby Pumping Station - 1 Reed Warbler, 2 Oystercatcher, Common Buzzard.

Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 1 Ruff [small islands], 7 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper [small wood]. Sailing Lake: 6 Egyptian Goose, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Shelduck, 6 Sand Martin.

King's Mill Reservoir - 5 Greylag Goose, 5 Common Snipe.

Bingham - 3 Bohemian Waxwing [Grantham Road].

New Basford - River Leen Greenway: 2 Grey Wagtail.

Thu 24th Mar

Collingham Pits - 23 Sand Martin, 2 Oystercatcher.

Girton Gravel Pits - 4 Whooper Swan [1 on Sailing Lake, 3 on Spalford Pit], 1 California Wood Duck [drake], 5 Oystercatcher, 1 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Redshank.

Budby South Forest- 1 Mealy Redpoll, c.40 Lesser Redpoll [with Mealy - coming to drinking pool], 1 Stonechat [male].

Budby Pumping Station - 1 Greater Scaup [male], 1 Goosander [redhead].

Budby Heath - 11 Yellowhammer, 9 Linnet, 3 Goldcrest, 11 Chiffchaff, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, 4 Jay, 9 Coal Tit, 5 Lesser Repoll.

Ratcliffe on Soar - M1 Junction 26: 5 Common Buzzard [high].

Wellow - 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff.

Colwick Woods - Chiffchaff [singing], Common Buzzard [mobbed by crows].

Woodborough - Ploughman's Wood: 2 Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel, 2 Treecreeper, 8 Chaffinch, 7 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Robin, Chiffchaff, 5 Dunnock, 2 Coal Tit.

Kinoulton - 50 Fieldfare, 3 Yellowhammer, 2 Bullfinch [pair], 2 Coot [pair], Green Woodpecker.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Redshank.

Stapleford - Trowell Border: Skylark, Common Pheasant, Green Woodpecker.

Sneinton to Colwick - 2 Wren, 3 Goldfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Great Tit, 3 Blue Tit, 3 Magpie, 2 Chiffchaff.

Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 36 Tufted Duck, 2 Common Pochard, 4 Coot, 19 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Cormorant, 2 Grey Heron, 37 Moorhen [2 ringed birds], 1 Siskin [trapped and ringed], 2 Blackcap, 13 Greenfinch, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Grey Wagtail [1 ringed bird]. Rear of Old House/Rose Garden: 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 Coal Tit, 15 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Song Thrush, 5 Pied Wagtail, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Sparrowhawk, 60 Eurasian Starling, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Dunnock, Tree Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Blackbird [1 ringed male], Collared Dove, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Wren.

Wed 23rd Mar

Southwell - 4 Common Buzzard.

Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Northern Wheatear, 4 Sand Martin, 3 Bullfinch, 3 Oystercatcher, 3 Common Goldeneye, 3 Meadow Pipit, 4 Common Buzzard.

Tue 22nd Mar

Brierley Forest Park - Chiffchaff.

Sutton in Ashfield - 5 Common Buzzard.

Clifton Grove - 4 Common Goldeneye, 8 Goosander [Clifton Bridge], c.20 Northern Lapwing [displaying on Weir Field].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 16 Gadwall, 17 Northern Shoveler, 7 Eurasian Teal, 3 Common Goldeneye, 3 Pochard, 1 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Common Shelduck, 26 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Chiffchaff, 13 Grey Heron [nesting].

Pinxton - 2 Chiffchaff.

Huthwaite - 1 Northern Wheatear [male at Castlewood Park].

Nottingham - 2 Sand Martin [Trent Bridge].

Mon 21st Mar

Carlton - 40 Bohemian Waxwing [Conway Road].

Collingham - 10 Common Goldeneye, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Redshank, 1 Sand Martin, 10 Corn Bunting [over].

Kilvington Lakes - 2 Goosander, 4 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, 2 Common Redshank, 1 Snow Bunting [frequenting small island - West Lake].

Old Basford - Woodcock [over A6514].

Aslockton - 2 Common Kingfisher [pair on River Smite].

Wellow - 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Yellowhammer, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Keyworth - Tree Sparrow, Robin, Dunnock, Common Pheasant, Red-legged Partridge, Wren, Treecreeper, Green Woodpecker, Yellowhammer, Mallard, Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chaffinch, Blackbird, Eurasian Starling, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Carrion Crow, Rook, Collared Dove, Magpie, Canada Goose.

Sun 20th Mar

Colwick Country Park - 2 Goosander [females on river below sluice], 4 Chiffchaff, 3 Sand Martins, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Blackcap [female], 5 Bullfinch, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Kingfisher, 1 Common Goldeneye [female], 3 Goldcrest, 310 Bohemian Waxwing [Vale Road].

Budby Common - 2 Tree Pipit.

Hoveringham - Goosander [river].

Oxton Estate - 150+ European Golden Plover.

Keyworth - 15 Bohemian Waxwing [Fairway Road].

Sat 19th Mar

Budby Pumping Station - Sparrowhawk [female], Red Kite [at 11:35 for approximarely one hour], 2 Sand Martin [through].

Eakring - Sherwood Pines: c.30 Siskin, 2 Brambling, 5 Mealy Redpoll, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Common Buzzard.

Retford - 3 Common Buzzard [soaring high].

Holme Pierrepont - c.20 Sand Martin.

Kilvington - 9 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Redshank, 32 Eurasian Wigeon, 1 Goosander.

Cotham Tip - 30+ Siskin, 1 Chiffchaff.

Budby Pumping Station - Oystercatcher, Reed Bunting.

Hoveringham - 20+ Common Pochard, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 25+ Coot, 12 Moorhen, 10+ Eurasian Wigeon, 4 Mute Swan, 5 Robin, 4 Chaffinch, 7 Great Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Yellowhammer, 5 Dunnock, Jackdaw.

Fri 18th Mar

Stanton Hill - Common Buzzard [regular].

Woodborough - Bank Hill: 50+ Rook, 10+ Jackdaw, Goldfinch, 4 Robin, Corn Bunting, 20+ Yellowhammer, Moorhen, Mallard, Dunnock, 3 Chaffinch, 7 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit.

Collingham - 16 Common Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 2 Sand Martin.

Kilvington Lakes - 2 Ringed Plover, 70 Eurasian Golden Plover.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Chiffchaff, Grasshopper Warbler [heard].

Radcliffe on Trent - 12 Bohemian Waxwing [near railway station].

Arnold - 1 Brambling, 1 Blackcap [garden].

Bennerley Marsh - 120 European Golden Plover, 1 Chiffchaff.

Beckingham Marshes - 29 Pink-footed Goose [heading north-north-west].

Burton Joyce - 80 Mute Swan, 60 Greylag Goose, 50 Canada Goose.

Thu 17th Mar

Eastwood - 21 Bohemian Waxwing [Larch Crescent].

Nottingham - 20+ Bohemian Waxwing [Chaucer Street].

Bennerley Marsh - 63 European Golden Plover, 3 Grey Wagtail, 1 Eurasian Curlew, 77 Eurasian Wigeon, 1 Northern Wheatear.

Colwick - 10 Bohemian Waxwing [Loop Road].

Hucknall - garden: Siskin, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Bullfinch.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 15 Sand Martin [Tween Island trees near church], 3 Common Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 26+ Goosander, c.50 Northern Shoveler [Clifton Pond].

Woodborough - Ploughman's Wood 7 Chaffinch, 11 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, Goldcrest, 6 Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, Robin, 25+ Rook.

Wed 16th Mar

Hucknall - garden: 2 Siskin, 4 Jay.

Tue 15th Mar

Holme Pierrepont - Rowing Course: Common Kingfisher, c.10 Sand Martin, 6 Gadwall.

Hickling Pastures - Red Kite [A606 roundabout].

Newark - 20 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing [Cemetery].

Mon 14th Mar

Langford Lowfields - 2 Common Buzzard [over public footpath], Common Redshank [Phase 2].

Burton Joyce - Brambling [male on sunflower feeder].

West Bridgford - 5 Common Buzzard.

Arnold - 4 Common Buzzard [displaying over Surgeys Lane].

Stanton Hill - 1 Common Buzzard.

Mansfield - 15 Bohemian Waxwing [Sunny Bank].

Sun 13th Mar

Wollaton Park - 1 Eurasian Nuthatch [bird table in gardens], 1 Jay, 6 Tufted Duck.

Budby Common - 1 Stonechat [male at 14:30].

Strelley - 20+ Bohemian Waxwing.

Arnold - 4 Common Buzzard [displaying in flight near Henry Mellish Rugby Club].

King's Mill Reservoir - 12 Eurasian Teal, 3 Common Snipe, 1 Common Gull, 1 Chiffchaff.

Clumber Park - Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Willow Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Common Kestrel.

Beeston - 1 Swallow [weir].

Sat 12th Mar

Attenborogh Nature Reserve - 2 Stonechat, [pair on Wheatear Field].

Clumber Park - Great Grey Shrike.

Holme Pierrepont - 2 Common Shelduck, 5 Oystercatcher, Gadwall [numerous], Magpie, Common Goldeneye, Northern Shoveler, 100+ Eurasian Wigeon, Coot, Tufted Duck, Black-headed Gull [A52 Pit].

Tollerton - Garden: 4 Reed Bunting, 12 Yellowhammer, 1 Blackcap.

Colwick Country Park - 5+ Chiffchaff [singing], 17 Goldfinch, 18 Eurasian Wigeon, 7 Common Gull, 12 Eurasian Starling, 2 Siskin, 17 Redwing, 2 Common Pochard, 1 Mandarin Duck [male].

Arnot Hill Park - 41 Tufted Duck, 8 Red-crested Pochard [feral birds], 2 Common Pochard, 2 Black Swan, 2 Northern Pintail [feral birds], 1 Northern Shoveler, 1 Mandarin Duck, 2 Common Buzzard [over].

Wellow - 3 Common Buzzard.

New Basford - 1 Chiffchaff [singing - River Leen Greenway].

Newark - 2 Common Buzzard [The Park].

Fri 11th Mar

Sneinton - Great Spotted Woodpecker [church yard at bottom of The Dale].

Thu 10th Mar

Highfields - 20+ Bohemian Waxwing [Science Road].

Welbeck Lakes - Red Kite, Common Buzzard.

Clumber Park - Rough-legged Buzzard, Common Buzzard.

Wed 9th March

Langford Lowfields - Green Sandpiper [on Phase 3], 3 Little Egret [Phase 2].

Coddington - 6 Common Buzzard [soaring].

Mansfield - c.30 Bohemian Waxwing [Sunny Bank, Green Lane area].

Tue 8th March

Langford Lowfields - Merlin [male over silt lagoons], 3 Little Egret [Phase 2].

Sherwood Forest - 10 Siskin.

Mansfield - 2 Bohemian Waxwing [Sunny Bank].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 34 Goosander, c.30 Eurasian Teal, c.65 Northern Shoveler, 10 Common Goldeneye, 5 Common Pochard, c.15 Gadwall, 2 Common Shelduck, 1 Common Redshank [Tween Pond], 1 Northern Lapwing, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Common Kestrel.

Clipstone Forest - 5 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Woodcock.

Mon 7th March

Cotham Flash - Short-eared Owl.

Langford Lowfields - 2 Bittern, 1 Bearded Tit [male], 5+ Water Rail, 4 Common Shelduck.

Newark- The Park: Sparrowhawk.

Clifton - 1 Little Egret [over Clifton Bridge].

Hucknall - Garden: 7 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Siskin, 2 Brambling, 2 Bullfinch, 7 Greenfinch.

Rushcliffe Country Park - 20 Moorhen, Little Grebe.

Sun 6th March

Langford Lowfields - 26 Whooper Swan [west], 3 Little Egret, 2 Grey Partridge.

Whatton - A52: 1 Little Egret.

Clipstone Forest - 2 Common Crossbill, 1 Siskin, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk.

Pinxton - 2 Common Buzzard, 3 Fieldfare, 1 Jay, 2 Common Kestrel [pair], 8 Mallard, 2 Canada Goose.

Clumber Park - 1 Great Grey Shrike [SK635737], 9 Mandarin Duck [7 males & 2 females], 1 Eurasian Teal [male], 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker [drumming].

Newark - The Park: Siskin [male & female], Lesser Redpoll.

Sat 5th March

Gedling Pit Top - Robin, Song Thrush, 15+ Blackbird, 20+ Carrion Crow, 100+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 3 Coot, 4 Mute Swan, 20+ Goldfinch, 8 Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Common Buzzard, 10+ Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Eurasian Teal, 7 Magpie, 3 Little Grebe, Chaffinch, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Reed Bunting, Grey Heron, Green Wodpecker.

Cuckney Church - 3 Water Rail [flash].

Budby Pumping Station - 6 Greylag Goose, 1 Greater White-fronted Goose, 1 Ringed Plover [briefly].

Meden Pumping Station - Common Shelduck, Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Eurasian Nuthatch, Willow Tit.

Fri 4th March

King's Mill Reservoir - 1 Cormorant, 5 Eurasian Wigeon, 13 Eurasian Teal, 53 Northern Lapwing, 1 Siskin.

Hoveringham - 1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 11 Greater White-fronted Goose, 2 Pink-footed Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, 6 Common Redshank , 2 Eurasian Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher.

Clipstone Forest - 1 Woodcock, 2 Tawny Owl, 3 Green Woodpecker.

Thu 3rd March

Keyworth - Starling [murmuration - ongoing in south-west corner of village from 17:15].

Mansfield - 16 Bohemian Waxwing [Poplar trees between Green Lane, Darwin Close and Berry Hill Lane].

Langar - 5000+ Fieldfare [feeding on Harrowdine Meadow, Newlands Farm].

Wed 2nd Mar

Hucknall - garden: 5 Common Buzzard [circling], 2 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Brambling, Reed Bunting, 4 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Bullfinch, Coal Tit, Sparrowhawk, 5 House Sparrow, 3 Blue Tit, Great Tit, 5 Greenfinch, 5 Goldfinch, 5 Eurasian Starling, Woodpigeon, 4 Collared Dove, 10 Blackbird.

Tue Mar 1st

Radcliffe on Trent - 20 Bohemian Waxwing [Flock showing well in large tree near railway line seen from Brookfield Close].

Blidworth - Common Buzzard.

Rainworth - Ransom Hall: Eurasian Nuthatch, Goldcrest, Coal Tit.

Clumber Park - Common Buzzard, Rough-legged Buzzard, Common Pochard, Great Crested Grebe.

 

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