Sightings Archive

August 2008

Sun 31st Aug

Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Golden Plover, 3 Hobby, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Willow Tit, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Garden Warbler, 4 Eurasian Teal, Blackcap, Sedge Warbler, Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Linnet.
Budby Pumping Station - 8 Eurasian Teal, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [with tit flock by bridge], 24 Siskin, 75+ Linnet.
Welbeck Lakes - 1 Mandarin Duck [single female], Goshawk [sat on fence across lake from the feeding point], 4 Spotted Flycatcher [to the right of the feeding point].

Sat 30th Aug

Collingham - New Workings: 15 Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 3 Little Egret, 1 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 2 Yellow Wagtail.
Cotham Flash - 1 Common Greenshank.
Welbeck Lakes - 1 Osprey [flew through at 12:50], 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Honey Buzzard [being mobbed by Common Buzzards].

Fri 29th Aug

Budby Pumping Station - 96 Northern Lapwing, Sparrowhawk [adult male on post near the roadside hedge], 25 Linnet [on power lines], Willow Warbler, Long Tailed Tit, Hobby [over woods], 3 Common Buzzard.
Eakring - Eakring to Kneesall: 1 Yellow-legged Gull, c.700 Lesser Black-backed Gull [with Yellow-legged Gull]. Penny Pasture: 1 Spotted Flycatcher.
Bothamsall - 1 Garganey, 11 Eurasian Teal, 1 Common Shelduck, 2 Common Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 15+ Yellow Wagtail.

Thu 28th Aug

Collingham - New Workings: 1 Mandarin Duck, 5 Little Egret, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington - East Lake: 8 Yellow-Legged Gull, 366 Lesser Black-backed Gull. West Lake: 1 Ruddy Turnstone, 7 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Northern Wheatear, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Little Egret, 2 Peregrine, 1 Turtle Dove, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 25 Eurasian Teal, 2 Northern Shoveler, 3 Gadwall.

Tue 26th Aug

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Sandpiper, Little Grebe. Clifton Pit: 5 Little Egret, 1 Hobby, 1 Garganey, 1 Yellow-legged Gull.
Collingham - New Workings: 8 Little Egret, 2 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington - East Lake: 2 Yellow-legged Gull. West Lake: 1 Common Sandpiper.

Mon 25th Aug

Welbeck Lakes - 1 Black Swan, 127 Greylag Goose, 2 Common Buzzard, Nuthatch, Willow Tit, Great Crested Grebe [with young].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Yellow-legged Gull [by Visitor Centre], Red-crested Pochard [female on Tween Pond], 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher [Clifton Pit].
Budby Pumping Station - 2 Northern Shoveler, 5 Eurasian Teal, 1 Honey Buzzard, [low, over to North-East], 58 Coot, 8 Siskin, 12 Gadwall, 2 Kingfisher, Little Grebe [with 3 young], Willow Warbler.
Bothamsall - 2 Garganey, 2 Common Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 17 Eurasian Teal, 17 Common Snipe, 1 Yellow Wagtail.

Sun 24th Aug

Nottingham - Wryneck [possible in a garden in The Park - 14:00].
Budby Pumping Station - 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Chiffchaff.
Oxton Estate - 50 Northern Lapwing.
Bestwood Country Park - Mill Lakes: 1 Kingfisher, 1 Eurasian Teal, 1 Gadwall, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron. Bestwood Quarry: 1 Curlew [over heading West], 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Sparrowhawk.
Hoveringham - Ruddy Shelduck [on Railway Lake - probably the Kilvington bird].

Sat 23rd Aug

Budby Pumping Station - 1 Common Pochard, 1 Mandarin Duck [female flying North], 20+ Gadwall, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 20+ Siskin.
Bothamsall - 1 Common Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Eurasian Teal, 20+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Spotted Flycatcher.

Fri 22nd Aug

Budby Pumping Station - Siskin, Willow Warbler, Wood Warbler [showing well], 12+ Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blackcap [female], Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, Linnet, Goldfinch [large flocks mixing with Linnets and Greenfinches], 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk [female], Ring Ouzel [flying through the site North to South].
Stanton on the Wolds - 2 Lesser Whitethroat [pair], Blackcap [family group], Bullfinch [immature].
Collingham - New Workings: 5 Little Egret, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 2 Little Egret, 4 Ringed Plover, 1 Sanderling, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Turtle Dove, 4 Yellow Wagtail.
Hucknall - 1 Northern Wheatear [female on Papplewick Lane - field across from Bellway Homes show-home].

Thu 21st Aug

Kings Mill Reservoir - 1 Common Redshank, 1 Eurasian Wigeon, 4 Eurasian Teal, 1 Northern Shoveler, 1 Egyptian Goose, 6 Willow Warbler, 2 Common Tern [juveniles].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Little Egret, Common Sandpiper.
Collingham - New Workings: 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Flycatcher.
Cotham Flash - 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Sanderling, 17 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Buzzard, 24 Eurasian Teal, 3 Northern Shoveler, 15 Tufted Duck, 2 Gadwall. East Lake: 644 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 14 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Herring Gull.
Rufford Country Park - 5+ Marsh Tit, 3 Nuthatch, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 1 Hobby.
Clifton - House Sparrow [partial albino female in garden - seen often].
Arnot Hill Park - 4 Tawny Owl [including 2 young], 39 Black-headed Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 62 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Northern Wheatear [female], 2 Jackdaw, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine [fly-over].
Chilwell - 1 Raven [flying North and calling].

Wed 20th Aug

Rolleston - River Trent: 2 Stonechat [pair showing well], 1 Kingfisher [juvenile learning to fish from rocks], 2 Common Shelduck.
Collingham - New Workings: 4 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash - 2 Common Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Silverhill Wood - c.200 Goldfinch [on thistle heads].
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Ruddy Turnstone, 1 Sanderling, 1 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Ringed Plover. East Lake: 11 Yellow-legged Gull, 165 Lesser Blacked-backed Gull, 1 Herring Gull.

Tue 19th Aug

Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Peregrine, 1 Whimbrel, 7 Turtle Dove, 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Ringed Plover, 3 Common Swift. East Lake: 6 Yellow-legged Gull, 159 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pit: Common Greenshank, 5 Little Egret, 3 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull, Common Gull, Kingfisher [sighted regularly].

Mon 18th Aug

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pit: 1 Little Egret, 1 Wood Sandpiper [feeding on mud next to the Clifton Pit reedbeds seen from Barton Lane], 1 Mediterranean Gull [adult], 1 Common Sandpiper.
Collingham - New Workings: 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington - East Lake: 2 Yellow-legged Gull. West Lake: 1 Ruddy Shelduck [unknown origin], 2 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull.
Holme Pierrepont - 16 Common Tern [feeding on fish on rowing course].

Sun 17th Aug

Budby Pumping Station - Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Linnet [all finches in large mixed flock], Spotted Flycatcher.
Welbeck Lakes - 1 Herring Gull, 4 Common Buzzard, 1 Yellow-legged Gull.
Holme Pierrepont - Spotted Redshank [A52 Pit], Little Egret.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Ruddy Shelduck [unknown origin], 2 Little Egret, 6 Common Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Northern Shoveler, 9 Eurasian Teal, 8 Common Shelduck, 1 Ringed Plover. East Lake: 5 Yellow-legged Gull.

Sat 16th Aug

Collingham - New Workings: 3 Little Egret, 2 Dunlin, 1 Common Greenshank, 7 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Cotham Flash: - 2 Eurasian Curlew [fly-over], 2 Common Greenshank.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Marsh Harrier [juvenile], 2 Yellow-legged Gull.

Fri 15th Aug

Kings Mill Reservoir - 1 Egyptian Goose, 4 Common Tern [including 2 juveniles].
Budby Pumping Station - Willow Warbler, Peregrine [male on top of electricity pole].
Welbeck Lakes - 4 Common Buzzard, Willow Tit, Coal Tit, Treecreeper.
Rolleston - River Trent: 1 Goosander [female - good views of an abiding bird], 1 Kingfisher, 1 Hobby.

Thu 14th Aug

Collingham - New Workings: 3 Little Egret, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington - East Lake: 5 Yellow-legged Gull. West Lake: 1 Ruddy Shelduck [unknown origin], 2 Little Egret.

Wed 13th Aug

Kings Mill Reservoir - Mandarin Duck [drake again showing well early morning], 3 Dunlin [through to the West].
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Ruddy Shelduck [unknown origin], 2 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover. East Lake: 4 Yellow-legged Gull.
Holme Pierrepont - 1 Marsh Harrier [female/immature observed hunting several times between about 10:00 and 11:00], 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Dunlin, 2 Hobby [being mobbed by a Sparrowhawk], Sparrowhawk, 4 Kingfisher, 1 Willow Tit, Common Swift [steady passage with hirundines all morning].

Tue 12th Aug

Kings Mill Reservoir - 2 Common Pochard [males], 2 Little Grebe, c.4 Common Tern.

Mon 11th Aug

Collingham - New Workings: 1 Common Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandiper.
Kilvington - 5 Common Buzzard, 5 Grey Partridge. East Lake: 1 Marsh Harrier [juvenile in the area], 1 Yellow-legged Gull. West Lake: 2 Common Sandpiper.

Sun 10th Aug

Annesley Pit Top - 1 Black-necked Grebe [Bottom lagoon].
Budby Pumping Station - 5 Little Grebe [3 adults and 2 juveniles], 70 Greylag Goose, 12 Northern Lapwing, Tufted Duck [including juveniles], 1 Little Egret.
Welbeck Lakes - 5 Goldfinch, 6 Grey Heron [5 adults and 1 juvenile], Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Great Crested Grebe [now carrying young on thier backs], Yellow-legged Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, 5 Tufted Duck [plus young].
Bentinck Void - Little Egret [Present from at least 06:00-09:00. Seen to fly westwards at 09:00 but may have remained on site].
Budby Pumping Station - 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine [flew low and East], 84 Greylag Goose, 2 Mandarin Duck, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 42 Siskin.
Teversal Pastures - 15 Mistle Thrush.

Sat 9th Aug

Collingham - New Workings: 340 Greylag Goose, 2 Little Egret, 8 Green Sandpiper.
Welbeck Lakes - 4 Hobby [viewed from feeding point - hunting hirundines and swifts], 4+ Common Buzzard, Common Tern.
Kilvington - New Lake: 3 Little Egret, 2 Peregrine, 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Tern, 10 Great Creasted Grebe, 5 Little Grebe.

Thu 7th Aug

Kings Mill Reservoir - Mandarin Duck [drake showing well again 06:00].
Collingham - New Workings: 4 Little Egret, 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper.
Langford Lowfields - 550 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper.

Tue 5th Aug

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Snipe, Yellow-legged Gull.
Collingham - New Workings: 5 Little Egret, 1 Common Greenshank, 8 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper. Silt Pond: 1 Common Sandpiper.
Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper.
Arnold - 2 Wood Warbler [in garden trees next to Arnold High School playing fields].
Kings Mill Reservoir - Mandarin Duck [drake], 2 Whimbrel [through to the North West].

Mon 4th Aug

Kilvington - Little Egret, Shelduck [pair], Common Buzzard.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Kingfisher, Oystercatcher, Common Buzzard.

Sun 3rd Aug

Kirklington - 2 Red Kite [drifting towards Southwell].
Hoveringham - Glossy Ibis [on Railway Lake - bird was seen flying East above the railway line, below power lines. It then turned right over the lake losing height and disappeared behind a stand of trees and was lost to sight. Bird not relocated].
Kilvington - 1 Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Dunlin [juvenile], 6 Stock Dove. Plus: 7 Brown Hares.
Collingham - 3 Little Egret.
Welbeck Lakes - 2 Shelduck [flying East to West].
Kings Mill Reservoir - Mandarin Duck [drake with 2 young].
Budby Pumping Station - 2 Little Egret, 1 Mandarin Duck [female, flew off east], 24 Gadwall, 3 Kingfisher, 1 Common Whitethroat, 7 Siskin.

Sat 2nd Aug

Spalford Warren NWT - 8 Common Crossbill.
Welbeck Lakes - Hobby [sat on fence opposite feeding point]. Little Grebe [juvenile], Common Buzzard, Treecreeper, Willow Tit, Nuthatch.
Budby Pumping Station - 2 Yellow Wagtail [juveniles], Grey Wagtail, Common Whitethroat [on the left of the bridge], 29 Northern Lapwing.
Kilvington - New Lake: 1 Black-necked Grebe [summer plumage], 2 Little Egret, 1 Northern Wheatear, 2 Whimbrel, 4 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Common Sandpipers, 1 Green Sandpiper, 103 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Common Pochard, 8 Little Grebe, 8 Great Creasted Grebe.

Fri 1st Aug

Nottingham - 1 Grey Wagtail [juvenile being fed by 1 adult on roof top in the Guildhall Complex on Burton Street].
Hoveringham Gravel Pits - 1 Black-tailed Godwit [on Railway Lake].
Cossall - Nottingham Canal: Hobby, 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Linnet. Plus: Emerald Damselfly, Water Vole.

Many thanks to:

Sandy Aitken, Simon Barsby, Mervyn Bartle, Bob Bolton, Robin Brace, Kev Bryan, Leslie Fisher, Chris Horton, Matt Johnson, Dave Jones, R. M. Jones, Mandy Kendall, Andrea Leonard, Pete Leonard, Steve Mathers, Darren Matthews, Neil Matthews, Paul Morris, Dave Morton, Ben Moss, Robert Norris, Bob Pacey, Pete Sadler, Simon Scarth, Tim Sexton, Darren Starling, Tony Wardell, Paul Wilcox, Armorel Young.