Sightings Archive

October 2001

Wed 31st Oct: Netherfield - 3 Stonechats, 4 Brambling, 2 Water Rail

Tue 30th Oct: Hoveringham Sailing Lake - *Red-throated Diver*

Tue 30th Oct: Netherfield - 4 Stonechats, 2 Water Rail, Goldeneye

Mon 29th Oct: Lound - 3 Whooper Swans, 5 Stonechats, Goldeneye

Sun 28th Oct: Hoveringham - 168 Pink-footed Geese over, 5 Western Yellow-legged Gulls

Sun 28th Oct: Hoveringham - *Red-throated Diver* from 4.30pm, 4 Whooper Swans, 24 Redpoll

Sun 28th Oct: Lound - 80 Pink-footed Geese, 12 Dunlin, 16 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpipers, 5 Stonechats

Sun 28th Oct: Langford Lowfields - 4 Jack Snipe, 4 Stonechat, 2 Little Stint, Little Egret

Sun 28th Oct: Clumber Park - 25 Pink-footed Geese, 2 Whooper Swans, 2 Stonechats

Sun 28th Oct: Gringley Carr - Hen Harrier

Sun 28th Oct: Netherfield - 5 Stonechat, Med Gull

Sun 28th Oct: Collingham Pit - Little Stint

Sun 28th Oct: Holme Pierrepont - Stonechat

Sat 27th Oct: Gringley Carr - pager report *American Golden Plover*

Sat 27th Oct: Netherfield - *3 Bearded Tits flew over*, 3 Stonechats

Sat 27th Oct: Lound - drake Ringed-necked Duck

Sat 27th Oct: Gunthorpe fishing ponds - * Red-throated Diver*

Sat 27th Oct: Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Osprey

Sat 27th Oct: Nottm General Cemetery - male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Sat 27th Oct: Colwick CP - 2 Egyptian Geese, Brambling

Sat 27th Oct: Attenborough - Stonechat

Sat 27th Oct: Cotham Flash - 2 Stonechat

Fri 26th Oct: Hoveringham Sailing Lake - 5 Greenshank, * Red-throated Diver*

Fri 26th Oct: Gunthorpe fishing ponds - * Red-throated Diver* access-walk upstream from Gunthorpe Bridge

Fri 26th Oct: Netherfield - 2 Stonechat, Med Gull

Fri 26th Oct: Colwick CP - 2 Egyptian Geese

Thu 25th Oct: Gunthorpe fishing ponds - * Red-throated Diver* access-walk upstream from Gunthorpe Bridge

Thu 25th Oct: Netherfield - 4 Water Rail, 2 Goldeneye, 2 Stonechat, Greenshank, Med Gull

Thu 25th Oct: Bestwood CP - 2 Fieldfare thru

Wed 24th Oct: Gunthorpe fishing ponds - * Red-throated Diver* access-walk upstream from Gunthorpe Bridge

Wed 24th Oct: Netherfield - *3 Bearded Tits thru briefly*, Med Gull, 4 Stonechat, Goldeneye

Wed 24th Oct: Eakring - 390 Redwing, 380 Fieldfare, one Crossbill thru

Wed 24th Oct: Hoveringham Railway Pit - 2 Stonechat

Wed 24th Oct: Bestwood CP - Woodcock in the main woodland (hiding in bracken), odd Fieldfare thru

Wed 24th Oct: Bestwood CP - Goldcrest main wood-main gate, also good numbers of Redwing thru

Tue 23rd Oct: Gunthorpe fishing ponds - * Red-throated Diver* also Merlin, Stonechat

Tue 23rd Oct: Netherfield - 50 fieldfare, 4 Stonechat, Peregrine

Tue 23rd Oct: Bestwood Mill Lakes - 14 Wigeon, 5 Teal

Mon 22nd Oct: Netherfield - 600 Golden Plovers, Egyptian Goose, Water Rail, Argentine Blue-bill duck

Mon 22nd Oct: Bestwood CP & Mill Lakes - 32 Fieldfare over, Brambling, Woodcock

Mon 22nd Oct: Colwick CP - 2 Egyptian Geese

Sun 21st Oct: Bestwood CP & Mill Lakes - Grey Wagtail, 26 Pink-footed Geese over

Sat 20th Oct: Netherfield - 750 Golden Plover, 20 Snipe, 2 Whinchat, 3 Stonechat, Bar-tailed Godwit

Sat 20th Oct: Bennerley Marsh - 150 Pink-footed Geese thru

Sat 20th Oct: Eakring - Brambling, Stonechat

Fri 19th Oct: Netherfield - 5 Grey Plovers, Merlin, Whinchat, Stonechat

Fri 19th Oct: Gringley Carr - male Hen Harrier

Fri 19th Oct: Lound - Marsh Harrier

Fri 19th Oct: Hodsock Priory - male Hen Harrier

Fri 19th Oct: Thoresby - 14 Brambling thru

Fri 19th Oct: Hoveringham Sailing lake - Brambling

Thu 18th Oct: Netherfield - Whinchat, Stonechat

Wed 17th Oct: Netherfield - Little Egret briefly

Tue 16th Oct: Netherfield - 15 Redpoll thru, 2 Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff

Mon 15th Oct: Netherfield - 21 Snipe, 3 Western Yellow-legged Gulls, Goldeneye

Mon 15th Oct: Eakring - 139 Fieldfare, 102 Redwings, 9 Swallows, Snipe, Brambling

Mon 15th Oct: Colwick CP - 7 House Martins

Mon 15th Oct: Bilborough - 11 Fieldfare

Mon 15th Oct: Sherwood - good passage of Fieldfares thru

Sun 14th Oct: Giltbrook - Common Buzzard over

Sun 14th Oct: Attenborough - 2 Stonechat, Short-eared Owl

Fri 12th Oct: Eakring - 7 Jays, Stonechat

Fri 12th Oct: Langford - Little Egret, approx 4000 to 5000 Golden Plovers

Fri 12th Oct: Nottm General Cemetery - Firecrest

Thu 11th Oct: Eakring - Wood Lark thru South-west, 3 Stonechat, 100 Meadow Pipits thru

Wed 10th Oct: Eakring - female Merlin, Wheatear, Stonechat

Wed 10th Oct: Eakring - 3800 Meadow Pipits thru, 146 House Martins, 168 Sky Larks

Wed 10th Oct: Hoveringham - Grey Plover, 2 Black Terns

Tue 9th Oct: King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Common Terns

Tue 9th Oct: Netherfield - 8 Siskins, 2 Swallows, Wheatear, Whinchat

Mon 8th Oct: Eakring - 5 Common Buzzards, 2 Wheatears

Mon 8th Oct: Netherfield - Reed Warbler, Little Ringed Plover

Sun 7th Oct: Eakring - Wood Lark thru, 2 Pintail, Western Yellow-legged Gull, 194 Meadow Pipits

Sun 7th Oct: Colwick CP - 2 Pintail

Sun 7th Oct: Holme Pierrepont - female Stonechat, Common Sandpiper

Sun 7th Oct: Annesley Pit Top - 4 Dunlin, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Little Stint

Sat 6th Oct: Colwick CP - 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Jays, Peregrine, Grey Plover, Brambling

Sat 6th Oct: Netherfield - Grey Plover, Green Sandpiper

Sat 6th Oct: Eakring - 481 Meadow Pipits, 3 Brambling

Fri 5th Oct: Holme Pierrepont - report of possible female American Wigeon

Fri 5th Oct: Colwick CP - Hobby, Yellowtail, 2 Egyptian Geese

Fri 5th Oct: Lound - Imm Gannet thru

Thu 4th Oct: Blidworth Bottoms - Corncrake, pager report, no other details

Thu 4th Oct: Netherfield - 200 Golden Plovers, 200 Meadow Pipits, 50 Linnets, female Stonechat

Thu 4th Oct: Eakring - 450 Meadow Pipits thru

Wed 3rd Oct: Netherfield - 11 Snipe, 2 Stonechat, * Grey Phalarope * present till 4.15pm

Wed 3rd Oct: King's Mill Reservoir - Corncrake reported morning only

Tue 2nd Oct: Netherfield - Peregrine, * Grey Phalarope * present till 4.30pm

Tue 2nd Oct: Cotham Flash - 2 Dunlin, 2 Pintail, 2 Little Stint

Mon 1st Oct: Netherfield - Little Stint, * Grey Phalarope * present till dusk

Mon 1st Oct: Gringley Carr - Peregrine, also at Pumping Station - 4 Ruff, Little Stint

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