Sightings Archive: December 2008

Wed 31st Dec

• Hucknall - Tree Sparrow [in garden].
• Edwinstowe - 60+ Bohemian Waxwing [between Lintin Avenue And Manvers Cresent].
• Bennerley Marsh - 35 Northern Lapwing, 2 Golden Plover, 4 Common Snipe, 4 Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Teal [single], Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, 5 Redwing.
• Cuckey Churchyard - Lesser Redpoll, Redwing, Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Wigeon [on scrape], Common Kestrel, Goldfinch, Greenfinch.
• Welbeck Lakes - 9 Goosander [5 male & 4 female], Eurasian Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Woodcock [calling from wood on opposite side of road to feeders], Coal Tit, Willow Tit.

Tue 30th Dec

• A614 - junction of Haywood Oaks Lane: 1 Golden Pheasant [male near SK605532].
• Hoveringham - Glaucous Gull [juvenile in roost].
• Edwinstowe - 36 Bohemian Waxwing [between Lintin Avenue And Manvers Cresent].
• Barton in Fabis - 4 Bewick's Swan [in fields between Barton and Thrumpton].
• East Leake - 1 Red Kite [around Cold Harbour Plantation, SW of East Leake].
• Netherfield - 12 Common Snipe, 1 Jack Snipe, 51 Linnet, 1 Stonechat [female], 9 Reed Bunting, 7 Meadow Pipit, 1 Little Egret, 2 Grey Partridge.
• Netherfield Lagoons - 17 Blackbird, 5 Wren, 14 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Water Rail, 7 Reed Bunting, 131 Eurasian Teal, 23 Eurasian Wigeon, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Lesser Redpoll, 8 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 3 Great Tit.
• Budby Pumping Station - 2 Shelduck [pair].
• East Leake - 1 Red Kite [circling over village], 2 Common Buzzard [between Widmerpool and Willoughby, Redwing, Fieldfare.
• Welbeck Lakes - 5 Goosander [3 female & 2 male], 1 Goldeneye [1st winter male], Little Grebe, Treecreeper, Eurasian Nuthatch.
• Calverton - 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 6 Redwing, 2 Common Crossbill [in pines near golf course], 1 Goosander.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Kestrel, Wren, 5 Blackbird, Grey Heron, 12 Tufted Duck, 4 Goosander [Works Pond], 10 Common Pochard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Cormarant, 2 Robin, 10 Carrion Crow, c.500 Jackdaw, c.1000 Rook, c.100 Black-headed Gull, 6 Coot, 4 Mallard, 10 Northern Shoveler, 5 Gadwall, 12 Eurasian Wigeon, 5 Mute Swan, 2 Woodcock [both Roding in front of Delta hide], Bittern [Delta, roosting].

Mon 29th Dec

• Beeston Rylands - River Trent: 8 Common Goldeneye [between Beeston Weir and Clifton Bridge].
• Attenborough - c.30 Bohemian Waxwing [A6005/Barratt Lane area — feeding on rowan berries. This flock is mobile betwen Attenborough and Chilwell].
• Kilvington - Jack Snipe, 2 Common Snipe, Glaucous Gull [first winter, over].
• Gringley Carr - 2 Bohemian Waxwing [in hedge on approach to fishing ponds — 150 yards from Baley Bridge], Hen Harrier [female], 6 Whooper Swan [behind pumping station].

Sun 28th Dec

• Bennerley Marsh - 30 Eurasian Wigeon, Eurasian Teal, Jack Snipe, 11 Common Snipe, 50 Northern Lapwing, Yellow-legged Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5 Grey Partridge, 30 Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit. North Marsh: 2 Goosander [over], Jack Snipe, 8 Common Snipe, 5 Common Pheasant, Goldcrest, 5 Redwing.
• Aldercar Flash [Derbyshire] - 60 Eurasian Wigeon, 3 Northern Shoveler, 7 Eurasian Teal, 4 Gadwall. 250 Redwing, 90 Fieldfare, 7 Mistle Thrush.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Egret [Coneries Pond].
• Woodborough - 1 Rose-ringed Parakeet [in garden].
• Spalford Warren NWT - 26+ Common Crossbill.
• Barton in Fabis - 4 Bewick's Swan [in fields between Barton and Thrumpton].
• Attenborough - 18 Bohemian Waxwing [at the junction of Barratt Lane and A6005].
• Clumber Park - Iceland Gull, 2 Hawfinch, 15 Common Crossbill.
• Holme Pierrepont - Lesser Scaup [drake still present].
• Rufford Country Park - 1 Barnacle Goose.

Sat 27th Dec

• Keyworth - Blackcap [male in garden].
• Welbeck Lakes - Eurasian Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Willow Tit, Long-tailed Tit, 3 Grey Heron, Cormorant, Treecreeper, Goldeneye [male], Mediterranean Gull, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Common Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 21 Goosander [through].
• Budby Pumping Station - 1 Water Rail [in pool adjacent the field], Lesser Redpoll, c.4 Brambling, 4 Little Grebe, Jay Common Buzzard, Goosander [male], Sparrowhawk [female], Goldfinch [flock].
• Bennerley Marsh - 58 Eurasian Wigeon, 50 Northern Lapwing, 9 Common Snipe, 5 Meadow Pipit, 80 Northern Lapwing, Jack Snipe, 2 Stonechat [male & female].
• Cossall Meadows - Little Owl, Tawny Owl.
• Hoveringham - Glaucous Gull [adult in the roost].
• Netherfield - 1 Blackcap [male], 9 Long-tailed Tit, 11 House Sparrow, 5 Blackbird, 3 Blue Tit, 3 Magpie.

Fri 26th Dec

• Holme Pierrepont - Lesser Scaup [drake].
• Chilwell - c.24 Bohemian Waxwing [in trees near Sherman Close and Mountbatten Way].
• Attenborough - 24 Bohemian Waxwing [Barratt's Lane / A6005. Probably the same flock as Mountbatten Way].
• Carrington - Bohemian Waxwing [Hucknall Road near Total garage].
• Colwick Country Park - Smew [drake on West Lake].
• King's Mill Reservoir - 3 Dark-bellied Brent Goose [in grassy field over railway bridge till 14:50 at least].
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Egret [over Coneries Pond and then possibly the same bird up the river towards Beeston Marina], c.35 Greylag Goose, Stonechat, Gadwall, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Common Pochard, Fieldfare, Redwing, Goosander, Tree Sparrow, Egyptian Goose, 1 Sparrowhawk [mobbed by a single corvid], Common Kestrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker.
• Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Sparrowhawk, 150+ Northern Lapwing [over the site], 148 Eurasian Teal, 49 Eurasian Wigeon, 9 Reed Bunting, 5 Redwing, 5 Bullfinch, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Common Gull, 1 Song Thrush.

Thu 25th Dec

• Wollaton Park - Rose-ringed Parakeet [by Golf Clubhouse].
• Bennerley Marsh - 120 Northern Lapwing, 55 Golden Plover, 8 Common Snipe, 3 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Stonechat [male & female], 5 Redwing. North Marsh: 9 Eurasian Teal, 4 Common Snipe, 5 Common Pheasant, 5 Fieldfare.
• Newthorpe Sewerage Works - 150 Black-headed Gull, 12 Common Gull, 42 Pied Wagtail, 3 Grey Wagtail, 14 Meadow Pipit, 7 Reed Bunting, 2 Goldcrest.

Wed 24th Dec

• Kilvington New Lakes - 2 Peregrine, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Kestrel, 10 Jack Snipe, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Common Goldeneye, 20 Tufted Duck, 1 Common Pochard, 23 Eurasian Wigeon, 75 Mallard, 43 Eurasian Teal, 129 Canada Goose, 5 Greylag Goose, c.40 Northern Lapwing, 2 Common Redshank, 24 Coot, 10 Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting, 28 Great Black-backed Gull, 216 Herring Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Great Creasted Grebe.
• Clifton Pastures - 14 Corn Bunting, 4 Stonechat, Greenfinch [in flock of c.40 birds], Goldfinch [in flock of c.40 birds], 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Yellowhammer, 4 Skylark, 33 Northern Lapwing, 100+ Fieldfare.
• Welbeck Lakes - 1 Goldeneye [male], 1 Mediterranean Gull.
• Eakring - Eakring Flash: 1 Peregrine. Penny Pasture/Eakring Meadows: c.90 Pink-footed Goose [East at 10:40], 1 Jack Snipe, 21 Common Snipe.
• West Leake - 1 Red Kite, 5 Common Buzzard, 75 Golden Plover, Northern Lapwing, 7 Grey Heron, 2 Raven, 2 Goldcrest, 12 Linnet.
• Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Little Egret
• Carrington - 13 Bohemian Waxwing [near Total garage].

Tue 23rd Dec

• Barton in Fabis - 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 500+ Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, 100+ Starling, 300+ Northern Lapwing, 2 Mistle Thrush.
• Sutton Lawns - 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, c.50 Goldfinch, 20 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Stock Dove.
• Colwick Country Park - Smew [male on West Lake].
• Holme Pierrepont - Lesser Scaup.
• Gamston - 10 Bohemian Waxwing.
• Mansfield - 13 Bohemian Waxwing [junction of Jenny Beckett's Lane and Southwell Road West].

Mon 22nd Dec

• Bentinck - c.135 Pink-footed Goose [flying North-West. Seen from Kirkby Lane].
• Jacksdale - Wharf Green: 8+ Blackbird, 2 Robins, 10 House Sparrow, 6 Blue Tit, 10+ Goldfinch.
• Langford Lowfields - Hen Harrier [adult male on phase one reed-bed, then flew South].

Sun 21st Dec

• East Leake - 1 Blackcap [male visting garden feeders].
• West Leake - 15 Common Buzzard, c.200 Golden Plover.
• Clumber Park - Iceland Gull [2nd Winter].
• Chilwell - 15 Bohemian Waxwing [retail park area].
• Cold Harbour Plantation - Red Kite [roosted].
• Aldercar Flash [Derbyshire] - 32 Eurasian Wigeon, 17 Eurasian Teal, 4 Gadwall, Merlin [female].
• Bennerley Marsh - 40 Northern Lapwing, 7 Common Snipe, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 2 Stonechat [male & female], 9 Reed Bunting, 6 Meadow Pipit, Green Woodpecker. North Marsh: 3 Common Snipe, Water Rail, 55 Fieldfare.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Bittern [left side of Delta, in reed-bed], Stonechat [pair on Wheatear Field], Goosander [several around and over the reserve].

Sat 20th Dec

• Arnot Hill Park - 5 Canada Geese, 4 Greylag Goose, 3 Black Swan, 12 Red-crested Pochard, 46 Tufted Duck, 80+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Siskin, 20+ Goldfinch, 15 Chaffinch, 7 Brambling, 30 Collard Dove, 7 Magpie, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 6 Greenfinch, 4 Blue Tit, 6 Great Tit, 4 Grey Wagtail, 7 Long-tailed Tit, 200+ Starling, 12 Woodpigeon.
• Bennerley Marsh - 80 Northern Lapwing, Golden Plover [single], 12 Common Snipe, 3 Eurasian Teal, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 18 Redwing.
• West Leake - Red Kite [north of West Leake near the A453].
• Clumber Park - Iceland Gull.
• Budby Pumping Station - 46 Greylag Goose, 1 Pink-footed Goose [among Greylags], 26 Gadwall, 5 Little Grebe.
• Welbeck Lakes - 2 Jay, 3 Goosander, 3 Common Buzzard, Long-tailed Tit [flock], Eurasian Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Grey Heron, Common Pochard.

Fri 19th Dec

• Bennerley Marsh - 70 Northern Lapwing, 12 Common Snipe, 11 Eurasian Wigeon, 3 Eurasian Teal, 2 Stonechat [male & female], 6 Redwing, 5 Grey Partridge.
• Cossall Meadows - 27 Fieldfare, 2 Meadow Pipit, Skylark.
• Clifton Pastures - 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Fieldfare, 20+ Greenfinch, 4 Stonechat, 3 Corn Bunting, 2 Reed Bunting, 6 Skylark, 20+ Linnet, 1 Mute Swan [overhead], 3 Chaffinch.
• Sutton Bonington - Garden Feeders: Brambling [male], Blackcap [male], Tree Sparrow, 4 Reed Bunting.
• Chilwell - c.40 Bohemian Waxwing [Retail Park/Corn Mill area].
• Budby Pumping Station - Tawny Owl, Sparrowhawk [being mobbed by 2 corvids].
• Lound - 11 Northern Pintail, 1 Common Shelduck, 9 Goosander.
• Clayworth Common - 25 Whooper Swan [5 immature], 2 Black Swan.

Thu 18th Dec

• Bennerley Marsh - Jack Snipe, 4 Common Snipe, 55 Northern Lapwing, 22 Eurasian Wigeon, 7 Reed Bunting, 8 Meadow Pipit, 25 Linnet, 3 Green Woodpecker. Plus: medium size Bat species.
• Cotham Tip - Glaucous Gull [view tip only from the outside perimeter fence].
• Carrington - 5 Bohemian Waxwing [Hucknall Road opposite Total garage].
• Calverton - 30 Brambling, 20 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Arctic Redpoll [all in with larger numbers of Chaffinch In birch wood close to Calverton car boot site area].
• Gamston - 45+ Bohemian Waxwing [top of Beckside on right near hospital].
• Clayworth Common - 25 Whooper Swan [including 5 immature], 2 Black Swan.
• Lound - Barn Owl, Little Egret, Kingfisher, 15 Goosander, 1 Common Shelduck, 11 Northern Pintail.
• Oxton Estate - 1 Long-eared Owl.
• Spalford Warren NWT - 8+ Common Crossbill [there have been up to 20 present at times].
• East Drayton - 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Grey Wagtail.
• Widmerpool - Reeves Pheasant [male seen from the road in woodland near Widmerpool Hall].

Wed 17th Dec

• Clifton Grove - 2 Raven, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 2 Egyptian Goose [Barton Flash , 2 Bullfinch [male & female ], 4 Goldcrest, 1 Common Kestrel, 6 Meadow Pipit, 2 Reed Bunting, 18 Tufted Duck [Holm Pit], 5 Cormorant [Beeston Wier], 1 Sparrowhawk, 200+ Canada Goose, 1 Mistle Thrush, Long-tailed Tit [lots].
• Meden Pumping Station - Common Sandpiper, Goldcrest.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 10 Bohemian Waxwing [Outside McDonald's then flew across to the pub opposite], 1 Bittern [near Delta] , Fieldfare, Common Kestrel, Egyptian Goose.
• Bennerley Marsh - Jack Snipe, 2 Common Snipe, 4 Grey Partridge, Stonechat [male & 2 female], 7 Reed Bunting, 5 Meadow Pipit, Green Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk [male], 3 Common Kestrel, 5 Common Gull, 3 Herring Gull. North Marsh: 7 Common Snipe, 12 Fieldfare, 5 Redwing.
• Gamston - 47 Bohemian Waxwing [Skiddaw Close].
• Cotham Tip - Glaucous Gull [view tip only from the outside perimeter fence].

Tue 16th Dec

• Wollaton - 3 Bohemian Waxwing [Bramcote Lane, briefly in trees near Barclay's Bank at approx 12:10].
• West Leake - 2 Raven [midday], Red Kite.
• Brackenhurst - c.500 Golden Plover [flying from North to South towards Hoveringham].
• Kilvington Lakes - 1 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 1 Goosander, 2 Common Redshank, 179 Northern Lapwing, 6 Gadwall, 36 Common Pochard, 39 Eurasian Teal, 17 Tufted Duck, 21 Eurasian Wigeon, 1 Common Buzzard.
• Gamston - 34 Bohemian Waxwing.
• Jacksdale - Wharf Green: 6+ Blackbird, 2 Robin, 6+ Blue Tit.

Mon 15th Dec

• Cotham Tip - Glaucous Gull [juvenile in fields, opposite the tip off Grange Lane - view tip only from the outside perimeter fence], Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull.
• West Leake - 2 Pink-footed Goose [2 skeins of 23 and 37 both heading North-west].
• Gamston - 5 Bohemian Waxwing [Beckside].

Sun 14th Dec

• Keyworth - 1 Brambling [feeding in garden].
• Kilvington - Peregrine [female], Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk [female], 3 Green Woodpecker, 219 Eurasian Teal.
• Kings Mill Reservoir - 18 Lesser Redpoll, Bullfinch [pair], c.20 Redwing, 3 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 5 Common Snipe, 2 Eurasian Teal [pair].
• Colwick Country Park - 1 Smew [male], 3 Common Goldeneye [1 male & 2 female], 1 Kingfisher.
• Rufford Country Park - 2 Willow Tit, 27 Lesser Redpoll [near the visitors centre].
• Bennerley Marsh - 42 Northern Lapwing, 90 Golden Plover [over], 6 Common Snipe, Stonechat [female], 17 Eurasian Teal, 10 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Northern Shoveler, 44 Canada Goose.

Sat 13th Dec

• Cotham Tip - Glaucous Gull [juvenile].
• Bennerley Marsh - 160 Northern Lapwing, 80 Golden Plover, 6 Common Snipe, 32 Eurasian Wigeon, 14 Eurasian Teal, 5 Northern Shoveler, Stonechat, 5 Reed Bunting, 7 Meadow Pipit, Yellowhammer, 5 Common Gull.
• Newthorpe Sewerage Works - 75 Pied Wagtail, 24 Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail.

Fri 12th Dec

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Bittern.
• Edwalton - Barn Owl [A52 verge near Wheatcroft island].

Thu 11th Dec

• Barton in Fabis - Ruddy Shelduck [one with Egyptian Geese and Mute Swans - west of the village.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2+ Bittern.
• Clayworth Common - Whooper Swan.
• Arnot Hill Park - Pond: 28 Tufted Duck, 10 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Black Swan, 2 Greylag Goose, 60+ Black-headed Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull. Rose Garden: 4 Eurasian Nuthatch, 6 Goldcrest, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Green Woodpecker, 25 Woodpigeon, 20+ Collared Dove, 6 Grey Wagtail, 10 Pied Wagtail. Bowling Green Feeders: 12 Siskin, 8 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 4 Goldfinch, 20+ Greenfinch, 20+ Chaffinch, 8 Magpie, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 4 Wren, 4 Bullfinch, 1 Brambling.
• Radcliffe on Trent - Rough-legged Buzzard [reported from outskirts near Shelford Road in a field on the East side].
• Bennerley Marsh - 55 Northern Lapwing, 2 Golden Plover, 8 Common Snipe, 2 Stonechat [male & female], 3 Yellowhammer, 7 Reed Bunting, 6 Meadow Pipit, Green Woodpecker, 3 Common Kestrel. North Marsh: 11 Goosander, 2 Common Snipe, Little Grebe, Green Woodpecker.

Wednesday 10th December

• Lound - 22 Whooper Swan, 4 Northern Pintail, 9 Goosander, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Common Redshank, 1 Tawny Owl.
• Budby Common - Common Crossbill, Jay, Brambling, Jackdaw, Lesser Redpoll.
• Jacksdale - Wharf Green: 6+ Blackbird, 10+ Redwing, 6+ Fieldfare, Pied Wagtail, 2 Great Tit, Common Kestrel, 3 Magpie, 20+ House Sparrow, 2 Robin, 4+ Woodpigeon, 2 Collared Dove, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Dunnock, 2 Wren.
• Church Warsop - 3 Bohemian Waxwing.

Tuesday 9th December

• Holme Pierrepont - Marsh Harrier [new A52 pit — near Stragglethorpe lights — being mobbed by Crows].
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Bittern [Delta], Common Goldeneye [male on Clifton Pond], 2 Stonechat [Wheatear Field], Tree Sparrow [on feeders], Gadwall, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Shoveler.

Monday 8th December

• Clayworth Common - 23 Whooper Swan, 2 Black Swan.
• Lound - 2 Tawny Owl, 2 Northern Pintail, 3 Common Shelduck, 1 Jack Snipe.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose [in field with Canada Geese - South of Barton Island].

Sunday 7th December

• Cotham Tip - 1 Glaucous Gull [juvenile - viewed from Grange Lane].
• Clayworth Common - 133 Mute Swan, 23 Whooper Swan [including 5 juveniles].
• Lound - Water Ski Pit: 13 Goosander [including 3 male]. Walter's Lane: 3 Lesser Redpoll. Neatholme Lane: 7 Bullfinch. Neatholme Works Pit: 1 Pink-footed Goose [heard calling]. Neatholme Pit: 1 Kingfisher. Linghurst Dyke: 1 Kingfisher. The Willows: 1 Green Sandpiper [over North East], 1 Red-legged Partridge. Chainbridge Lane: 4 Lesser Redpoll. Wildgoose Farm: 4 Grey Partridge. Bellmoor Lake: 1 Water Rail [in a nearby ditch].
• Bennerley Marsh - 50 Northern Lapwing, 6 Common Snipe, 5 Grey Partridge, 18 Redwing, 11 Reed Bunting. North Marsh: 2 Common Snipe, Grey Wagtail, 30 Fieldfare.
• Keyworth - 5 Bohemian Waxwing [Health Centre car park].
• Bestwood Mill Lakes - 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Bullfinch, Siskin [flock], Lesser Redpoll [flock].
• Jacksdale - Wharf Green: Common Kestrel [mobbed by 3 Gulls], 5 Magpie, 30+ Starling, 3 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tit, 10+ Redwing, 6+ Blackbird, Bullfinch [female], 6 Goldfinch, 2 Robin, 10+ House Sparrow.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2+ Bittern [from the Delta Hide], Ruddy Shelduck, Pale-bellied Brent Goose [still near Barton Island with c.50 Canada Geese], 3 Goosander, 2 Common Goldeneye, c.15 Cormorant, 3 Gadwall, 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Stonechat [a pair showing well on Wheatear Field], 4 Tree Sparrow, Northern Shoveler [corner of Church Pond], Little Grebe, c.10 Great Crested Grebe, c.30 Tufted Duck, c.20 Mallard, Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, c.10 Robin, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 4 Stock Dove, c.15 Woodpigeon, 2 Herring Gull, Magpie, Rook, c.500 Black-headed Gull, 3 Blackbird, c.200 Coot, 2 Moorhen, Grey Heron, Wren, Pied Wagtail, 6 Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Bullfinch [Bund].

Saturday 6th December

• Gringley Carr - 8 Whooper Swan, Hen Harrier [ringtail].
• West Leake - 16 Common Buzzard.
• Lound - 4 Willow Tit, 50+ Siskin, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, 30 Common Goldeneye, 5 Little Egret, Red-crested Pochard, 4 Goosander, 1 Oystercatcher. Windsurf Pit: 4 Goosander. Chainbridge NR Scrape: 1 Oystercatcher. Linghurst Pit: 1 Common Shelduck. Chainbridge Scrape: 2 Northern Pintail, 5 Goosander. Neatholme Scrape: 3 Northern Pintail.
• Clayworth Common - 4 Whooper Swan.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Egret, Northern Lapwing , 2 Egyptian Goose, 2 Common Goldeneye [Clifton Pond], Reed Bunting, Tree Sparrow, Common Pheasant, Common Kestrel.
• Holme Pierrepont - Black Swan.

Friday 5th December

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pale-bellied Brent Goose [still present in fields with Canada Geese upstream from Barton Island].
• Clumber Park - 33 Barnacle Goose [a skein circuited the Easter End of the lake twice at before heading North], 10 Goosander, 3 Lesser Redpoll.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Bittern [2 to the left and 1 to the far right of Delta Hide], 1 Woodcock [Delta woods], 2 Marsh Tit, 70 Siskin [on alders in the Delta area], 35 Lesser Redpoll [on birch the along moat].

Thu 4th December

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pale-bellied Brent Goose [still present in fields with Canada Geese upstream from Barton Island], 2 Bittern [showing well from the Bund], c.30 Goosander.

Wed 3rd December

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Parakeet [unknown species flew over the village green and went to roost in a tall tree behind the end houses on The Strand].
• Kilvington - Peregrine [juvenile].
• West Leake - 16 Grey Partridge, 184 Golden Plover, 223 Northern Lapwing, 39 Linnet, 1 Tawny Owl.

Tue 2nd Dec

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pale-bellied Brent Goose [still present in fields with Canada Geese upstream from Barton Island].
• East Leake - Red Kite [apparently been present for some time and shows well around the town].
• Clayworth Common - 24 Whooper Swan, 137 Mute Swan.
• Lound - 5 Goosander, 3 Northern Pintail, 1 Common Redshank, 8 Common Snipe, 5 Tree Sparrow, 67 Northern Shoveler.

Mon 1st Dec

• Clumber Park - Iceland Gull [2nd winter at widest point of lake].
• Erewash Valley/Brinsley Flash - 1 Kingfisher, 20+ Redwing, Fieldfare [in flocks with Redwing], 20+ Goldfinch, 6 Chaffinch, 4 Great Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 3 Grey Heron, Common Kestrel, 10+ Blackbird.
• Cotham Tip - Iceland Gull [juvenile], Mediterranean Gull [1st winter], Caspian Gull [probable 3rd winter].

Many thanks to:

Don Aldiss, Ian Bollen, Sue Bollen, Colin Bowler, Steve Bradford, Robin Brace, Sean Browne, Philip Burnham, P Cadman, John Caulton, Jimmy Christmas, Jerry Clough, Richard C. Collis, Michael Coplestone, P Cottam, Lynne Demaine, Leslie Fisher, Peter Freeman, Geoff Gamble, Pete George, Kevin Godson, Nigel Grice, Andy Hall, Karl Haselden, Robert Hoare, Gary Hobson, Chris Horton, Kevin Hutchby, Steve Ibbotson, Colin Jacobs, Bob Jones, Dave Jones, William Laidler, Alex Lees, Steve Leonard, Malcolm Macdonald, Pat Machin, Tom Malarkey, Peter Marshall, Darren Matthews, Paul Morris, James Owen, Bob Pacey, Jean Parrott, Chris Robson, Tim Sexton, Jenny Smith, Steve Smith, David Sommerville, David Viles, Sam Viles, Alan Walker, Tony Wardell, B West, John Wilson.