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April 2012

 

Mon 30th Apr

Bentinck Void - Common Sandpiper, Whinchat, 25 Northern Wheatear, Ring Ouzel.

Rufford Pit Top - 1 Red Kite [wing-tagged bird over to south].

Skegby Trail - Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Grasshopper Warbler [reeling briefly], 3 Barn Swallow, Yellowhammer, Chaffinch, European Robin, Pied Wagtail, Stock Dove, Skylark, Eurasian Sparrowhawk.

West Bridgford - 7 Common Swift, 1 Common Buzzard.

Costock - 5 Northern Wheatear, Yellowhammer, c.10 Linnet, 6 House Martin, Yellow Wagtail, Marsh Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Dunnock, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker [pair], Common Cuckoo, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Skylark, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, c.12 Chaffinch, 6 Goldfinch, 4 Greenfinch, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Pheasant, Red-legged Partridge, Carrion Crow, Common Kestrel, Magpie.

Collingham Pits - 7 Northern Wheatear.

Kinoulton - Northern Wheatear, Blackcap, Song Thrush, 5 Yellowhammer, 6+ Skylark, 3 Reed Bunting, Common Buzzard, 2 Red-legged Partridge.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4+ Arctic Tern [Coneries], 4 Black Tern [Coneries], 4 Red-crested Pochard [2 pairs], 3+ Northern Wheatear [Sailing Club and Erewash Fields], Common Kestrel, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler [reeling], Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, Common Tern, Oystercatcher, Barn Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin, 50+ Common Swift [pouring into the reserve], 3 Little Egret [over Tween Pond], Pied Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail [over], Green Woodpecker, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Bullfinch, Linnet, Goldfinch, Greenfinch.

Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 1 Bar Tailed Godwit [adult on on islands], 2 Egyptian Goose [with 5 young]. Sailing Lake: 8 Northern Wheatear [Wheatear Field], 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Common Buzzard.

Sun 29th Apr

Bentinck Void - 10 Northern Wheatear.

Worksop - Common Buzzard [Rayton Lane].

Norton - Barn Owl.

Colwick Woods - 4 Common Swift.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 Arctic Tern [Coneries], Hobby [hunting Swallows over Coneries], Common Tern, 60+ Barn Swallow, 10+ House Martin, 8+ Sand Martin, 2 Ruff, 4 Red-crested Pochard [2 pairs], Blackcap, Common Whitethroat.

Sat 28th Apr

Hoveringham - Northern Wheatear, 1 Common Sandpiper, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail.

Skegby Trail - 4 Gadwall [2 pairs on a flash - pond side of trail], Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Grasshopper Warbler [reeling but not seen], Eurasian Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Eurasian Jay, Mistle Thrush, Yellowhammer, Skylark, Bullfinch, Willow Tit.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Ruff [in plumage transition], 1 Black Tern [Coneries], 1 Whimbrel [through], 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Northern Wheatear [2 near Sailing Club, 1 Erewash Field].

Langford Lowfields - 3 Northern Wheatear, 6 Common Tern, 1 Common Cuckoo, 2 Common Swift, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Garden Warbler.

Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Common Redstart [male], 7 Common Swift, 11 Sand Martin, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Buzzard, 8 Blackcap, 4 Common Whitethroat, 6 Common Tern.

Bentinck Void - 4+ Northern Wheatear, Common Whitethroat, Northern Lapwing, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Common Kestrel, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff.

Fri 27th Apr

Barton-in-Fabis - 47 Northern Wheatear [between Beeston Weir and Barton-in-Fabis], 2 Ringed Plover [on Cottages Flash - Barton-in-Fabis].

Hoveringham - Marsh Harrier, c.25 Yellow Wagtail, c.100 Common Swift.

Blidworth - Tippings Wood: Mandarin Duck, 3 Common Swift.

Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 2 Grey Wagtail, 54 Tufted Duck, 26 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Coot, 29 Moorhen, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 6 Common Swift. Bowling Green and Feeders: 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk [female], 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Coal Tit, 6 Great Tit, 4 Blue Tit, 2 Carrion Crow, 12 Woodpigeon, Wren, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Tree Sparrow, Long-tailed Tit, Robin, Greenfinch, Blackbird. Old Railway Line: 1 Green Woodpecker [on grass to rear of Civic Centre], 1 Treecreeper, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 Wren. Rear of Old House: 6 Jackdaw, 1 Eurasian Jay, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Chiffchaff.

Bennerley Marsh - 3 Northern Wheatear, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Northern Shoveler , 12 Gadwall, 1 Mandarin Duck.

Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Oystercatcher, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Barn Swallow, Sand Martin, House Martin.

Bentinck Void - 19+ Northern Wheatear, 2 Common Sandpiper, Ring Ouzel, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 5 Common Whitethroat, 2 Common Swift.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Arctic Tern, Common Tern, Common Redshank [Delta Hide], Red-crested Pochard.

Nottingham - 1 Common Swift [heading north - Lady Bay Bridge]. Cattle Market 1 Hobby [mobbed], 1 Common Swift.

Balderton - Common Swift.

Thu 26th Apr

Holme Pierrepont - 60+ Common Swift, 2 Hobby.

Girton Pits - 5 Common Swift, 1 Reed Warbler.

Collingham Pits - 2 Common Tern, 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Swift, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail.

Wollaton - 2 Ring-necked Parakeet.

Girton Pits - 6 Common Swift, 1 Common Tern.

Collingham Pits - 3 Common Swift [2 over Main Pit, 1 over village].

Farndon - 1 Common Swift.

Wed 25th Apr

Thrumpton - Whiskered Tern [adult high over river then lost from view as it flew towards the Long Eaton gravel pits], c.30 Arctic Tern, 14 Little Gull [adult summer over river heading north-east].

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Arctic Tern, 2 Common Tern, Northern Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Common Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, c.25 Swallow, c.15 House Martin, c.40 Linnet.

Tue 24th Apr

Collingham Pits - 1 Marsh Harrier [south], 17 Yellow Wagtail [new workings], 2 Green Sandpipers [Main Pit], 1 Common Cuckoo.

Carburton Woods - Common Cuckoo.

Bentinck Void - 7 Northern Wheatear, Ring Ouzel, Common Swift.

Hoveringham - 14 Arctic Tern [Railway Lake].

Winthorpe - 2 Barn Swallow [train crossing].

Clifton Grove - 1 Ring Ouzel [male still on grassy escarpment north-east of Brands Hill Wood].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Dunlin, 3 Ruff, 5 Arctic Tern [early afternoon on Main Pond].

Langford Lowfields - 1 Common Kestrel, 4 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Sedge Warbler.

Mon 23rd Apr

Thrumpton - Fields Farm: 1 Corn Bunting [singing], 2 Grey Partridge [pair], 3 Stock Dove.

Carburton Lake - 1 Red Kite, 1 Common Buzzard.

Besthorpe NWT - South: 1 Common Cuckoo, 2 Common Whitethroat.

Collingham Pits - 1 Common Goldeneye, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper. Silt Pond: 9 Black-tailed Godwit [09:00 to 09:30 only].

Cotham Flash - 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Redshank, 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Green Sandpiper, 10 Common Shelduck, 3 Common Goldeneye, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Hoveringham - Sailing Lake 1 Black-tailed Godwit [adult feeding on grassy embankment next to dyke]. Railway Lake: 4 Pink-footed Goose.

Hawton - 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Short-eared Owl.

Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Reed Warbler.

Sun 22nd Apr

Hoveringham - Railway Lake: c.6 Oystercatcher, 3 Little Egret, Common Goldeneye [male], 3 Goldfinch, Hobby.

Clifton Grove - Common Redstart, Ring Ouzel [male], 3 Northern Wheatear.

Collingham Pits - 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Ringed Plover, 3 Common Redshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Common Whitethroat, 1 Yellow Wagtail.

Besthrope NWT - Mons Pool: 3 Barn Swallow, 1 Common Cuckoo.

Langford Lowfields - 1 Northern Wheatear [female], 4 Common Buzzard, 1 Little Egret, 1 Eurasian Curlew, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Snipe, 2 Common Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 6+ Yellow Wagtail, 2+ White Wagtail, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Sedge Warbler.

Sat 21st Apr

Bentinck Void - Common Sandpiper, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat.

Kinoulton - Common Kestrel, 6+ Skylark, 4 Common Buzzard, Barn Swallow, Willow Warbler.

Welbeck Watchpoint - 2 Red Kite [1 with missing primary, 1 female].

Clumber Park - Dipper [near the ford at 07:10], Common Sandpiper, Grasshopper Warbler Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Goosander [male], 6 Mandarin Duck [males].

Budby Pumping Station - 2 Yellow Wagtail, Blackcap, Red Kite, Oystercatcher, Common Kingfisher, Barn Swallow.

Clifton Grove - Ring Ouzel [male at Brands Hill], 5 Northern Wheatear.

Penny Pasture - 1 White Wagtail, 1 Common Redstart [male], 13 Fieldfare.

Netherfirld Lagoons - 1 Common Sandpiper, 10 Common Tern, 8+ Blackcap, 4 Reed Warbler, 3 Common Goldeneye [all female].

Skegby Trail - Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Skylark, Yellowhammer, 2 Bullfinch, Common buzzard, 1 Barn Swallow.

Fri 20th Apr

Ruddington Moor - 2 Northern Wheatear.

Bestwood Mill Lakes - 2 Red-crested Pochard [one male, one female], 4 Bullfinch [2 pairs], 1 Mandarin Duck, 4 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush.

Budby Common - Common Cuckoo.

Welbeck Watchpoint - 2 Red Kite [stole fish from Grey Heron], Common Buzzard, 20+ Greylag Goose, 2 Mute Swan, 1 Mandarin Duck [male], 2 Grey Heron, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Mistle Thursh, 2 Green Woodpecker, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker [drumming], 2 Blackcap, 3 Marsh Tit, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 Reed Bunting [male], 4 Northern Lapwing, 6 Common Pheasant [males - range of colours], 6 Mallard, 4 Coot, 1 Moorhen, 10+ Blue Tit, 5+ Great Tit, 10+ Chaffinch, 10+ Goldfinch, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Cormorant, 10+ Woodpigeon, 10+ Jackdaw, 10+ Rook, 2 Carrion Crow.

Clifton Grove - Ring Ouzel [male at Brands Hill].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4+ Arctic Tern, 3 Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Common Tern, Barn Swallow, House Martin, Egyptian Goose, Red-crested Pochard, Oystercatcher, Common Redshank, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Little Gull[1st Winter].

Thu 19th Apr

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Gull, Arctic Tern, Ruff, Common Sandpiper.

Wed 18th Apr

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Gull, 80+ Arctic Tern, Ruff, Common Sandpiper.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Redshank, 1 Dunlin, 7 Yellow Wagtail.

Collingham Pits - 1 Green Sandpiper.

Tue 17th Apr

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Little Gull [adult winter on West Lake], 2 Common Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 6 Common Shelduck.

Clifton Grove - 3 Ring Ouzel [2 males & 1 female].

Sun 15th Apr

Welbeck Watchpoint - 1 Red Kite [around early afternoon at least], 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 6 Barn Swallow, 20+ House Martin, 10+ Sand Martin, 1 White Watail, 2 Willow Tit, 4 Common Shelduck.

Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 8 Blackcap, 4 Common Tern, 3 Swallow, 6 Sand Martin, 1 Common Buzzard, 12+ Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff, 4 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Shelduck.

Clumber Park - 3 Common Shelduck, 8 Mandarin Duck [all males], 52 Gadwall, 2 Northern Shoveler, 2 Common Pochard, 1 Goosander [1 male], 2 Red-legged Partridge, 2 Oystercatcher, 20 Sand Martin, 2 Barn Swallow.

King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Barn Swallow, 10 Willow Warbler, 3 Sand Martin, 4 Eurasian Teal.

Bennerley Marsh - 15 European Golden Plover.

Cossall - Nottingham Canal: 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 2 Willow Tit.

Colwick Woods - 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Barn Swallow.

Whaley Thorns - Common Buzzard [soaring].

Holme Pierrepont - 7 Yellow Wagtail [together near ski lagoon].

Bennerley Marsh - 3 Northern Wheatear, 100 House Martin, 2 Common Shelduck.

Welbeck Lake - 6 Grey Heron, 5 Barn Swallow, 10 Northern Lapwing, European Robin, Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Cormorant, 4 Mute Swan, Common Buzzard, Greylag Goose, 2 Common Shelduck.

Sat 14th Apr

Welbeck Lake - Osprey, Red Kite, 6 Common Buzzard, 8 Common Shelduck, Reed Bunting, European Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Barn Swallow, Northern Lapwing.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Ruff, 3 Common Tern, Oystercatcher, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 6 Tree Sparrow.

Rufford Country Park - Merlin.

Trowell Moor - 1 Common Buzzard [mobbed].

Clumber Park - Ford: 2 Sedge Warbler.

Norton - Infield Lane: 4 Northern Lapwing, Common Buzzard.

Fri 13th Apr

Arnot Hill Park - Pond Area: 15 Red-crested Pochard [10 drakes, 5 females], 58 Tufted Duck [highest April count on record], 3 Coot, 26 Moorhen, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap.Rear of House/ Rose Garden: Goldcrest, Blackcap, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jackdaw, Collared Dove, Woodpigeon, Mistle Thrush, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Blackbird, Eurasian Nuthatch, Wren, Robin, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff.

Sherwood - 5 Bohemian Waxwing [feeding in garden near the prison].

Skegby Trail - Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, European Robin, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Yellowhammer, Skylark, Green Woodpecker, Eurasian Jay.

Besthorpe NWT - South: 8 Barn Swallow, 1 House Martin.

Collingham Pits - 1 Eurasian Curlew, 1 Green Sandpiper.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 White Wagtail, Common Shelduck.

Highfields Park - Little Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Thu 12th Apr

Boughton - Boughton Brake: Common Cuckoo [calling].

Kinoulton - Willow Warbler, 8 Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, 4 Linnet, 12+ Skylark, Common Buzzard, Chiffchaff.

Langford Lowfields - 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Northern Wheatear, 4 White Wagtail, 1 Barn Swallow, 2 Little Egret.

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 1 Red Kite [showing well over Cat Hills Plantation], 1 Osprey [probable - distant], 1 Common Tern, 10 Common Buzzard.

Cotham Flash- c.5 Yellow Wagtail [horse paddock to south].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Ruff [Wheatear Field], 1 Northern Wheatear [female in Wheatear Field], 2 Common Tern [Tween & Clifton Ponds].

Wed 11th Apr

Clifton Grove - Ring Ouzel [female].

Holme Pierrepont - 2 Common Tern [Rowing Course].

Hickling - 2 Barn Swallow, 2 Little Owl, Reed Bunting, 12+ Yellowhammer, Sedge Warbler, Song Thrush, Common Buzzard, Coot, Moorhen, Chiffchaff, Common Kestrel.

Girton Pits - 1 Greater White-fronted Goose [adult on River Trent bank], 3 Pink-footed Goose [River Trent bank], 1 Cuckoo, 1 Sedge Warbler, 3 Green Sandpiper.

Cotham Flash - 1 Northern Wheatear.

Aslockton - Barn Swallow.

Tue 10th Apr

Clifton Grove - Ring Ouzel [female], 2 Sedge Warbler [Beeston Weir].

Besthorpe NWT - 2 House Martin [Mons Pool].

Girton Pits - 1 Greater White-fronted Goose [1st winter on river with Greylag], 1 Little Egret [Sailing Lake].

Cotham Flash - 3 Yellow Wagtail [horse paddock to south], 1 Northern Wheatear [horse paddock to south].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Red Kite [showing on and off all afternoon].

Holme Pierrepont - Marsh Harrier.

Budby Pumping Station - Red Kite, 2 Egyptian Goose.

Mon 9th Apr

Welbeck Lakes - Red Kite [circling], Hen Harrier [male - through at 11:56].

Budby Pumping Station - 2 Egyptian Goose, 4 Oystercatcher.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Ruff.

Sun 8th Apr

Retford - Eurasian Sparrowhawk [mobbed by gulls].

Five Lane Ends - 2 Common Buzzard [displaying], 2 Canada Goose.

Beeston - Grasshopper Warbler [canal near Boots].

Sherwood - 10 Bohemian Waxwing [feeding in garden near the prison].

Last night (4 till 6) and today in the morning, we had a flock of 10 waxwings landing and feeding in a tree at the back of our garden. We live near the prision (Sherwood) in Nottingham. Peter and Bea Nicholas

Netherfield Lagoons - 1 Northern Wheatear [male on field by viaduct], 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 7+ Chiffchaff, 1 Barn Swallow, 4 Sand Martin, 2 Common Shelduck, 3 Common Goldeneye [2 males and 1 female], 3 Common Buzzard.

Fountaindale - 3 Mandarin Duck [2 males and 1 female].

Mansfield - Sheepbridge Lane: White Stork [in flight].

Hoveringham - Railway Lake: c.8 Oystercatcher, c.10 Common Goldeneye, 20+ Eurasian Wigeon, Egyptian Goose.

Clipstone - Vicar Water: 2 Mandarin Duck.

Budby Common - 2 Mandarin Duck [pair],1 Green Sandpiper [over], 1 Barn Swallow , 3 Willow Warbler.

Welbeck Lake - Grey Heron.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Ruff, 3 Red-crested Pochard [2 males and 1 female], Blackcap, Willow Warbler , Chiffchaff, 4 Sand Martin, 1 Northern Wheatear, 1 Barn Swallow, 1 House Martin.

Sat 7th Apr

Budby Pumping Station - Red Kite, Cuckoo [calling], 2 Oystercatcher, Blackcap [male], 1 Barn Swallow.

Colwick Woods - 2 Common Buzzard.

Nottingham - 1 Common Buzzard [over Univesity Boulevard].

Welbeck Lakes - 5 Mandarin Duck [males], Red Kite.

Fri 6th Apr

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Ruff, 2 Red-crested Pochard [pair].

Eakring Meadows - 1 Jack Snipe, 3 Common Snipe, c.70 Fieldfare, 5+ Redwing.

Thu 5th Apr

Rufford Country Park - 2 Eurasian Nuthatch, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Chiffchaff.

Cuckney - Cresswell Road: Common Buzzard [eating road-kill rabbit on verge].

Welbeck Lake - 2 Grey Heron, 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe.

Clumber Park - 2 Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel.

Chesterfield Canal - Botany Bay: 5 Northern Lapwing, 3 Common Buzzard, Mute Swan, Mallard.

Stapleford - 2 Common Buzzard [over Melbourne Estate].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Ruff [Clifton Pond].

Cotham Flash - Sacred Ibis [single bird of unknown origin].

Besthorpe NWT - South: 1 Eurasian Curlew, 5 Common Redshank, c.10 Sand Martin.

Collingham Pits - 1 Common Goldeneye, 2 Common Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 White Wagtail.

Kilvington Lakes - 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Grey Plover [West Lake], 1 Spotted Redshank [West Lake], 1 Green Sandpiper.

Netherfield Lagoons - Black Redstart [female on fence posts around lagoons].

Wed 4th Apr

Sherwood Forest - Centre Parcs: 1 Mealy Redpoll.

South Muskham - 65 Sand Martin [A1 lakes],

Bilsthorpe - 6 Yellowhammer [feeding in garden].

Tue 3rd Apr

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Ruff [Clifton Pond], 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Barn Swallow [over Clifton Pond], 4 Sand Martin [4 Barton Lane], 2 Blackcap, 3 Common Snipe.

Lowdham - Ploughman's Wood: Willow Warbler, Marsh Tit, Cuckoo [heard several times throughout afternoon].

Mon 2nd Apr

Highfields Park - 1 Barn Swallow, 3 Pied Wagtail, 8 Eurasian Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Stock Dove.

Besthorpe NWT - South: 60 European Golden Plover [in adjacent field], 7 Common Redshank, 10+ Sand Martin, 1 Barn Swallow, 1 White Wagtail.

Collingham Pits - 1 Common Goldeneye, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Eurasian Curlew, 2 Common Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 10+ Sand Martin, 2 White Wagtail.

Kilvington Lakes - 5 Common Goldeneye, 3 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Spotted Redshank [West Lake], 2 Common Redshank.

Clumber - 5 Sand Martin [feeding above car park].

Sun 1st Apr

Clumber Park - Blackcap [male], c.20 Chiffchaff, Marsh Tit, Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Yellowhammer, 4 Common Buzzard.

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Red Kite, Common Buzzard.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 Oystercatcher, 6 Common Shelduck, 4 Goosander, 6 Common Goldeneye.

Budby Common - 1 Stonechat [male - singing].

Kilvington Lakes - 3 Little Egret [East Lake], 1 Spotted Redshank [West Lake].

Mapperley Plains - Barn Swallow.

 

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