Latest Sightings: April/May 2008

This page exists merely as a convenient news service. None of the reports have been verified or checked by the Notts Birdwatchers' Records Committee. Records of certain species will not appear here during the breeding season - but please send reports in regardless.

Please note: this page will not be updated from May 6th until May 17th. Please continue to send in your sightings as all retrospective records will be published after this brief hiatus. Many thanks. Webmaster.

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Mon 5th May

• Cottam - River Trent Ponds: Black Tern.

Sun 4th May

• Attenborogh Nature Reserve - 3 Black Tern [Clifton Pit from mid afternoon - still present in late evening], Common Tern, Oystercatcher [Clifton Pit], Sedge Warbler, Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, , Cuckoo, Reed Warbler, 1 Pink-footed Goose [opposite bank of River Trent with Greylags and Canada Geese].
• Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Cuckoo, 6 Garden Warbler, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Northern Wheatear [female], 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Argentine Blue-bill, 1 Common Buzzard, 14 Common Swift, 2 Common Shelduck, 3 Lesser Whitethroat.
• Moorgreen Reservoir - 2 Grey Wagtail [feeding from dam wall].
• Hoveringham Gravel Pits - Railway Lake: 2 Black Tern, 1 Common Sandpiper.
• Kilvington - 6 Black Tern, 2 Sanderling, 3 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper.
• Holme Pierrepont - Grasshopper Warbler.

Sat 3rd May

• Hoveringham Gravel Pits - Railway Lake: 2 Grey Partridge, Common Sandpiper, Common Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 10 Northern Lapwing, 7 Herring Gull, 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Eurasian Wigeon, Sedge Warbler, 3 Common Whitethroat. New Workings Pit: Common Shelduck, Oystercatcher, 5 Linnet. Sailing Lake Flashes: 2 Common Shelduck.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Tween Pond: Red-crested Pochard [male], Cattle Egret.

Fri 2nd May

• Whatton - Ring Ouzel [in prison grounds, been around for over a week].
• Collingham - New Workings: 1 Mandarin Duck [male], 3 Common Tern.
• Kilvington - New Lake: 1 Sanderling, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Greenshank.

Thu 1st May

• Holme Pierrpoint - Blott's Pit 2 Common Swift, Sedge Warbler.
• Nottingnham University - Jubilee Campus: 1 Sedge Warbler [deep in Typha], 1 Grey Wagtail [catching insects above the lake].
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Oystercatcher [Wheatear Field and Clifton Pond].
• Colwick Country Park - Orion Stretch: 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Common Whitethroat. Trout Lake: Red-crested Pochard [male], Mandarin Duck, 5 Common Tern, 17 Common Swift. Migrant Trap: Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff.
• North Leverton - 1 Sparrowhawk [ringed individual on garden feeder].
• King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Egyptian Goose, Barn Owl.

Wed 30th Apr

• Woodthorpe - Blackcap [male].

Tue 29th Apr

• Tollerton - Golden Pheasant [male in garden].
• Wilford Hill - Green Woodpecker, 2 Common Swift, Chiffchaff [singing].
• Maun Valley Trail - 1 Grasshopper Warbler [opposite the New Mill Lane entrance to the Trail singing till 10:00 at least], 6 Blackcap, 12 Common Whitethroat, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 7+ Willow Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Cuckoo, 4 Garden Warbler.
• Bestwood Country Park - Mill Lakes: 4 Blackcap. Bestwood Quarry: 1 Cuckoo, 2+ Linnet, 2+ Common Whitethroat. Big Wood: 5 Blackcap.
• Dunham Pools - 3 Common Sandpiper.
• Penny Pasture - 1 Grasshopper Warbler.
• Mansfield Woodhouse - 1 Hen Harrier [probable - ring-tailed harrier to SW high in front of the weather system].

Mon 28th Apr

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Cuckoo [Delta, singing].
• Netherfield Lagoons - 5 Common Swift, 3 House Martin, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Grasshopper Warbler [reeling].

Sun 27th Apr

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Sandpiper [Clifton Pond], Lesser Whitethroat.
• Newton - 15 Common Swift [screaming over the village - first if the year].
• Blidworth - 1 Common Swift [glying high over the village].
• West Bridgford - Holme Grove: 3 Yellowhammer, 4 Common Swift.
• Holme Pierrepont - Regatta Way: 2 Red-legged Partridge. Hackett Lakes: 2 Oystercatcher. A52 Pit: 3 Cuckoo, 4 Common Shelduck, Common Goldeneye [female], 14 Gadwall, Oystercatcher, 2 Garden Warbler, 5 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap. Rowing Course: Oystercatcher, Common Redshank, 4 Common Tern.
• Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Grey Plover, 2 Whimbrel, 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 4 Common Tern, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Common Swift, 2 Cuckoo, 3 Reed Warbler, 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Shelduck, 2 Eurasian Teal, 2 Common Pochard, 1 Northern Shoveler, 1 Argentine Blue-bill.

Sat 26th Apr

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Barton Lane: Northern Wheatear [female in field by level crossing], 2 Oystercatcher. Clifton Pond: Common Sandpiper, Tree Sparrow.
• Netherfield - 20+ Common Swift [around town centre].
• Colwick Country Park - Nature Reserve: Garden Warbler, Chiffcahaff. Migrant Trap: 2 Blackcap [male & female]. Trout Lake: 14 Common Swift, 2 Common Tern, Brent Goose, 2 Red-crested Pochard [male & female], Mandarin Duck.
• Longdale Lane - 2 Tree Pipit [singing], 8 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff.
• Annesley Pit Top - 1 Dunlin [summer plumage bird], Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank [flew in at 19:50 - all birds still present at 20:30].

Fri 25th Apr

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Whimbrel [Clifton Pit].
• Netherfield Lagoons - 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 5 Sedge Warbler, 7 Common Whitethroat. Viaduct: 35 Swallow, 6 Oystercatcher [over]. Deep Pit: 3 Common Tern [2 on platform], 2 Common Pochard, Kingfisher. Small Gravel Pit: Ring Ouzel [over to WSW]. Large Gravel Pit: 6 Common Pochard, 2 Grey Partridge. Slurry Lagoon: 6 Northern Lapwing [over], 4 Common Pochard, 11 Gadwall, 2 Eurasian Teal, Argentine Blue-bill. Plus: Small White, 3 Peacock.

Thu 24th Apr

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Dunlin [left of Kingfisher Hide].
• Arnold - Lesser Whitethroat.
• Colwick Woods - Chiffchaff.
• Colwick Country Park - Orion Stretch: Lesser Whitethroat. Migrant Trap: Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff. Trout Lake: Brent Goose, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Mandarin Duck, 6 Common Tern, Herring Gull, 4 Swallow, 70 Sand Martin, House Martin, Chiffchaff.

Wed 23rd Apr

• North Leverton - 1 Coal Tit [garden].

Tue 22nd Apr

• Cotgrave Country Park - 1 Garden Warbler.
• Trowell - Hobby [male flying North].
• Beeston - Boots Site: 1 Grasshopper Warbler [seen and heard], 4 Willow Warbler [singing], 1 Chiffchaff [singing].
• Nottingham University Jubilee Campus - 1 Reed Bunting [female feeding on seeds of Common & Lesser Bulrush/Reedmace].
• Hoveringham Gravel Pits - Railway Lake: 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff [plenty], Blackcaps, Willow Warbler, 1 Sandwich Tern [flew North East at approx 08:30, was diving while travelling across the lake], 16 Common Goldeneye [3 males and 13 females], 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper [over the road on the smaller lake], 1 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Eurasian Teal [2 male and 2 female), 2 Green Sandpiper. Flashes: 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Shelduck, 1 White Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtail. Sailing Lake: 1 Northern Wheatear, 1 White Wagtail.

Mon 21st Apr

• Holme Pierrepont - Blott's Pit: Willow Warbler.
• Attemborough Nature Reserve - Tween Pond Scrape:- 2 Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail. Attenborough Bowling Green: 4 Yellow Wagtail.
• Bestwood - [male late morning at Bestwood, north end of Bulwell Forest Golf course, where old railway bank meets road].
• Girton Gravel Pits - 1 Greater Scaup [male], 2 Eurasian Curlew.
• Collingham - New Workings: 1 Mandarin Duck [male], 1 Greater Scaup [female], 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 3 White Wagtail, 1 Northern Wheatear.
• Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 1 Common Sandpiper.
• Colwick Country Park - Nature Reserve: Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffcaff, Blackcap, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker. River Trent: Common Sandpiper [below sluices]. Trout Lake: Common Tern, Brent Goose, Red-crested Pochard [male], Mandarin Duck.
• Gunthorpe Gravel Pits - 1 Gadwall, 2 Northern Shoveler, 1 Common Snipe, 20 Sand Martin, 15 Swallow, 60 House Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Sedge Warbler [singing and showing well], 4 Blackcap, 9 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler.
• Nottingham - Red-crested Pochard [1 male on the Nottingham Canal at London Road/Railway Bridge again. Associating with a female Mallard].
• Arnot Hill Park - 4 Black Swan, 45 Tufted Duck, 5 Goldcrest, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Tawny Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawk [pair], 5 Siskin, 5 Goldfinch.

Sun 20th Apr

• Colwick Country Park - 3 Swallow, c.100 Sand Martin.
• Girton - 7 Tundra Bean Goose [in fields near the Trent till 19:00 at least].
• Retford - 1 Osprey [fly-over, viewed from the 12th at Retford Golf Club].
• Netherfield Lagoons - 3 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Redstart, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Common Whitethroat, 6 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Black Tern [stopped only a few minutes].
• Cotgrave Country Park 3 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 4 Sedge Warbler, Blackcap, 5 Yellowhammer, 4 Skylark, 4 Green Woodpecker, 6 Swallow, 6 Great Black-backed Gull, Common Gull.
• Holme Pierrepont - A52 Pit: 2 Red-crested Pochard [male & female].
• Brandshill Wood - 2 Ring Ouzel [in fields at the Clifton end].
• Ordsall - Fulmar [over NE at 07:55].
• Scrooby - 2 Ring Ouzel [Home Wood].
• Annesley Pit Top - Ring Ouzel, 4 Whimbrel, 1 White Wagtail, 2 Curlew.
• Penny Pasture Common - Ring Ouzel.
• Hoveringham - 1 Greenshank, 2 Northern Wheatear, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 White Wagtail.

Sat 19th Apr

• Screveton - Grasshopper Warbler [1 singing in hedgerow], 2 Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler, 10 Yellowhammer, 4 Tree Sparrow.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Swift [over Visitor Centre], 200+ Sand Martin [Coneries Pond], 50+ Swallow, 20 Common Tern.
• Eakring Meadows - Penny Pasture: 8 Common Snipe, 1 Tree Pipit, 13 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 8 Bullfinch [party of 4 pairs].
• Hoveringham Gravel Pits - New Workings: Ringed Plover, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail. Big Railway Pit: 2 Oystercatcher, Common Redshank, 6 Eurasian Wigeon, 3 Common Goldeneye. Sailing Lake Flashes: 2 Common Shelduck, Ringed Plover. River Pit: 2 Common Buzzard, 35 Yellow Wagtail.

Fri 18th Apr

• Elton - Barn Owl [crossing A52 bwetween Elton and Whatton. Present all week].
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Sand Martin [total on all pits: 1200+], 150+ Swallow total on all pits, 4 House Martin, Common Swift [one flying low near Barton Lane bridge area late afternoon], Yellow Wagtail [feeding on Tween Pond Scrape], Reed Warbler [Delta reed-bed], 5 Willow Warbler [singing], 33 Common Tern [29 together feeding over Coneries Pond and 4 to North earlier over Main Pond], 24 Common Goldeneye [12 each on Church and Clifton Ponds], 4 Northern Shoveler, Common Snipe [one on Delta.
• Colwick Country Park - Nature Reserve: Chiffchaff, Willow Tit, Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk. Trout Lake: Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Mandarin Duck, Red-crested Pochard.
• Netherfield Lagoons - Large Gravel Pit: 70 Swallow, Willow Warbler. Slurry Lagoon: 21 Gadwall.
• Annesley Pit Top - 1 House Martin, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Common Snipe, 1 Tree Pipit, 3 Swallow, 10 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff.
• Collingham - New Workings: 2 Ruff, 2 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail.
• Brierley Forest Park - 2 Mandarin Duck [pair on Brierley Water], 2 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Mallard, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 4 Skylark, 5 Meadow Pipit.

Thu 17th Apr

• West Bridgford - 8 House Martin [river].
• Netherfield - Tawny Owl [CO-OP building, Dennis Street].

Wed 16th Apr

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Reed Warbler [singing, Delta reed-bed].
• Nottingham Racecourse - Northern Wheatear.
• Colwick Country Park - Trout Lake: 2 Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail [over], Chiffchaff, Brent Goose, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Mandarin Duck, 2 Green Woodpecker, 70 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow. Nature Reserve: Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker.
• Blidworth - Rickett's Lane: 1 Ring Ouzel [male in the field with the lake. Approximately half a mile from the village], 8 Fieldfare, 1 Swallow.

Tue 15th Apr

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Osprey [male seen flying down River Trent towards Nottingham at approximately 11:15.
• Clumber Park - Mandarin Duck [male & female close to the road bridge at the head of the lake], 3 Comm on Shelduck, Mallard [femle with 9 very small young], 10+ Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 1 Sedge Warbler [in song by the dam], c.10 House Martin. Plus: 10-12 Fallow Deer.
• Collingham - New Workings: 1 Mandarin Duck [male], 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, 1 Green Sandpiper, c.10 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 4 Northern Wheatear.
• Hoveringham Gravel Pits - Railway Lake: 6 Common Goldeneye [2 male & 4 female), 2 Common Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 5 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 150 Sand Martin, 10 Swallow, 10 House Martin. Flashes: 2 Common Snipe, 2 Common Shelduck, 1 Northern Wheatear.

Mon 14th Apr

• Budby Common - c.2 Common Cuckoo [heard & seen], 1 Tree Pipit.

Sun 13th Apr

• Brackenhurst - 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Kestrel, 1 Tawny Owl, 2 Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Swallow, 7 Blackcap, 1 Common Whitethroat, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldcrest [singing], 2 Marsh Tit, 6 Tree Sparrow, 80 Yellowhammer, 12 Reed Bunting.
• Holme Pierrepont - Rowing Course: Yellow Wagtail. Blott's Pit: 2 Common Shelduck, 2 Eurasian Wigeon, Oystercatcher, 2 Sparrowhawk [displaying pair], 3 Common Gull [over]. A52 Pit: 19 Common Goldeneye, 2 Common Shelduck, 6 Eurasian Wigeon, Common Redshank, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap.

Sat 12th Apr

• Netherfield Lagoons - Oystercatcher [over to South], 2 Blackcap [pair], Grasshopper Warbler [in 1st bramble on left as you cross over foot bridge], 3 Sedge Warbler [2 on deep water pit and on 1 Slurry Lagoon], 2 Northern Wheatear [in field towards Stoke Lane].
• Dunham Pools - 2 Ringed Plover, 1 White Wagtail.
• Budby - 30 House Martin, 1 Willow Warbler, 30 Chiffchaff, 25 Siskin.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Common Tern [Coneries Pond]. Erewash Field: 6 Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark. Wheatear Field: Common Sandpiper, 4 Eurasian Teal. Clifton Pond: 2 Common Shelduck, 5 Common Goldeneye, 35 Sand Martin. Delta: 2 Blackcap, Chiffchaff.

Fri 11th Apr

• Lound - Chainbridge Lane: 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Blackcap male], Reed Bunting [male & female], 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Willow Tit, 4 Common Pochard [2 male & 2 feamle ], 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Red-crested Pochard [1 male & 1 female].
• Hoveringham Gravel Pits - Railway Lake: 4 Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 60+ Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Redshank, 3 Common Goldeneye [2 female, 1 male], 2 Common Shelduck, 3 Eurasian Teal, 1 Ring Ouzel [flushed from the hedge along the railway nearest the Gonalston Crossing, only a brief view, seemed to fly to the opposite side of the lake. Unable to relocate it]. Wet Flashes: 1 Curlew, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Pink-footed Goose [in the field with flock of Greylags and Canadas].

Thu 10th Apr

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Yellow Wagtail [male], 1 Common Goldeneye, 3+ Brambling [back of the church], Oystercatcher, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap. Coneries Pond: 300+ Sand Martin [nearly all gone by late morning]. Clifton Pond: Common Tern. Main Pond: 1 Common Sandpiper. By the
• Collingham - New Workings: 1 Mandarin Duck [male], 1 Barn Owl, 4 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper.
• Nottingham - Red-crested Pochard [1 on the Nottingham Canal at London Road/Railway Bridge].

Wed 9th Apr

• Colwick Country Park - c.25 Fieldfare [flew over to NE], Willow Warbler [now in most areas of the park]. Loop Bank: 2 Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff. Migrant Trap: Blackcap, Chiffchaff. Trout Lake: Brent Goose, 2 Red-crested Pochard, Mandarin Duck, 80 Sand Martin, 8 Swallow.
• Hoveringham Gravel Pits - 13 Black-tailed Godwits [Railway Lake - in from West, circled and straight out to the West ].
• Nottingham University Jubilee Campus - 1 Reed Bunting [male singing on Typha]

Tue 8th Apr

• Kirton - 2 Brambling [SK691689].
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 6 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap [all warblers singing at various places around the reserve but mainly in the Delta area], 80+ Sand Martin [Main Pond]. Clifton Pond: 1 Common Pochard, 10 Northern Shoveler, 2 Common Shelduck, 12 Eurasian Teal, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Eurasian Wigeon [male], 1 Swallow, 1 Goosander [male].
• Sherwood Forest - Budby Pumping Station: 2 Swallow, 1 Willow Warbler, 60 Brambling. Country Park: 30 Siskin, 2 Lesser Redpoll.

Sun 6th Apr

• Newton - Brambling [male with Chaffinches feeding on sunflower hearts in back garden].
• Holme Pierrepont - Holme Pierrepont Hall: 3 Swallow. Hackett's Lakes: 3 Oystercatcher, 12 Little Grebe. Blott's Pit: 3 Common Redshank, 250 Sand Martin, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap. A52 Pit: Brent Goose, 2 Common Shelduck, 22 Common Goldeneye, 4 Common Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 31 Common Gull [over], 7 Great Black-backed Gull [over], 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, Common Buzzard.

Sat 5th Apr

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - c.500 Sand Martin.
• Gunthorpe & Shelford - 2 Common Goldeneye, 4 Common Snipe, 45 Sand Martin, 3 Swallow, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Blackcap, 10 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler.
• Annesley Pit Top - 2 House Martin, 1 Northern Wheatear [female], 1 Common Redshank.
• Sherwood Forest - 3 Green Woodpecker, Tawny Owl, 3 Nuthatch, Marsh Tit.
• Budby Pumping Station - 70 Brambling, Sparrowhawk, 6 Gadwall, 5 Eurasian Teal.
• Budby Common - Northern Wheatear, 2 Eurasian Stonechat [male & female], 19 Lesser Redpoll, Coal Tit, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Sparrowhawk [male & - displaying], Common Kestrel [male], 3 Common Buzzard, Goosander [female over East].
• Budby Village - 5 Linnet.

Fri 4th Apr

• Orston - 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher [River Smite], 1 Swallow [North].
• King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Barn Owl.
• Annesley Pit Top - 6 Sand Martin.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 Blackcap [singing], 6+ Chiffchaff [singing], 17 Fieldfare, 2 Willow Tit.
• Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Willow Warbler [singing], 1 Snow Goose [presumed escape - to NNW], 3 Swallow [North].
• Nottingham Racecourse - Commom Snipe, 3 Reed Bunting.
• Colwick Country Park - Nature Reserve: Blackcap, Goldcrest, 2 Mistle Thrush. Trout Lake: Brent Goose, Mandarin Duck, 37 Sand Martin.
• Sturton le Steeple - 2 Northern Wheatear, 2 Wren, 20 Chaffinch, 12 Yellowhammer, 3 Skylark.
• Cotgrave - Swallow.

Thu 3rd Apr

• Hucknall - 1 Swallow [North].
• East Leake - Yellow Wagtail [at the Bowls Club for nearly 3 hours, feeding with 2 Pied Wagtails].
• Arnot Hill Park - 2 Sparrowhawk [pair], 11 Red-crested Pochard, [9 male, 2 female], 2 Goldcrest [pair], 25 Tufted Duck, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, [front of old house through morning], 5 Goldfinch [feeding station near pond], 1 Grey Heron, 1 Black Swan.
• Collingham - New Workings: 2 Green Sandpiper.

Wed 2nd Apr

• Kirton - 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Redshank [SK688695].
• Arnot Hill Park - 1 Tawny Owl [male - heard at rear of old house at 21:00].
• Netherfield Lagoons - 5 Chiffchaff [singing], 1 Swallow, 7 Sand Martin, 26 Gadwall, 14 Northern Shoveler, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Argentine Blue-bill, 3 Oystercatcher.
• Clumber Park - 12 Chiffchaff [around the lake], 3 Mandarin Duck [2 drakes & 1 female, near the bridge].

Tue 1st Apr

• Sherwood Business Park - Blackcap [singing briefly on near to Little Oak Drive].
• Hoveringham Gravel Pits - Railway Lake: 3 Common Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff. Sailing Lake & Wet Flashes: 1 Swallow.
• Clumber Park - 2 Common Buzzard [opposite chapel], 4 Mandarin Duck [2 male & 2 female at the weir by Clumber Bridge Car Park].
• Eakring - Eakring Flash: 1 Red Kite [drifted West over Lound Wood at 07:50], 2 Sand Martin [through North]. Eakring Meadows: c.20 Common Snipe.

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