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August 2012

 

Fri 31st Aug

Welbeck - Robin Hood Trail: 20+ Long-tailed Tit.

Collingham - 1 Ruff, 1 Little Egret.

Besthorpe NWT - 6 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Eurasian Wigeon, 9 Northern Shoveler, 1 Northern Pintail.

Tue 28th Aug

Costock- Whinchat [male].

Newark - Sugar Factory: 1 Common Redstart [male], 1 Common Greenshank, 8 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Garden Warbler.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Ruff, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Snipe, c.150 Northern Lapwing, 2 Black-tailed Godwit [cottages flash - over river].

Mon 27th Aug

Besthorpe NWT - South: 14 Northern Shoveler, 1 Little Egret, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper.

Collingham Pits - 3 Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, c.300 Goldfinch.

Greasley - Osprey.

Colwick Country Park - c.500 Barn Swallow, 10 Common Tern.

Erewash Meadows - 2 Spotted Flycatcher.

Sun 26th Aug

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Garganey [juveniles], 2 Ruff.

Mansfield Woodhouse - Osprey [south].

Rufford Country Park - 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Blackcap.

Keyworth - 2 Hobby.

Fri 24th Aug

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, Common Greenshank, 2 Little Egret, Ross's Snow Goose [regular escapee], Red-crested Pochard [eclipse male].

Thu 23rd Aug

Besthorpe NWT - South: 2 Little Egret, 7 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Whinchat [perching on reedbed enclosures at edge of new scrape].

Collingham Pits - 3 Little Egret, 1 Common Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Sandpiper.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult], 2 Turtle Dove.

Langford Lowfields - 1 Hobby [hawking over pits].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Bahama Pintail, 1 Common Greenshank, 4 Little Egret, Common Kingfisher.

Wed 22nd Aug

Idle Valley - Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Buzzard, 2 Linnet.

Gotham - 2 Yellow Wagtail [cricket pitch].

Tue 21st Aug

Besthorpe NWT - South: 4 Little Egret, 3 Common Sandpiper.

Collingham Pits - 6 Little Egret, 4 Ringed Plover, 6 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper.

Mon 20th Aug

Hoveringham - Sailing Lake: 1 Eurasian Curlew, 98 Northern Lapwing, 3 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Sandpiper, 40+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Common Tern. Railway Lake: 2 Little Owl, 1 Sand Martin, 6 Barn Swallow.

Sun 19th Aug

Bentinck Void - Northern Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 4 Common Sandpiper.

Hodsock Flash - Wood Sandpiper, 3 Common Greenshank.

Sat 18th Aug

Besthorpe NWT - South: 8 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper.

Collingham Pits - 8 Little Egret, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 2 Common Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 9+ Common Sandpiper, 1 Ruddy Turnstone.

Kinoulton - Common Buzzard, 4 Red-legged Partridge.

Mattersey - 9 Grey Heron [River Idle].

Fri 17th Aug

Budby Pumping Station - 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Kingfisher.

Thu 16th Aug

Bentinck Void - 2 Common Sandpiper, Whinchat.

Ragnall - 1 Barn Swallow [albino].

Wed 15th Aug

Hoveringham - 1 Common Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Linnet.

Besthorpe NWT - South: 1 Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper.

Collingham Pits - 10 Northern Shoveler, 12 Little Egret, 1 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Common Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 6+ Common Sandpiper, 1 Ruddy Turnstone.

Welbeck Watchpoint - 2 Osprey [11:00 and 12:30], Common Buzzard.

Gonalston - 2 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Wren, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch.

Tue 14th Aug

Beckingham Marshes - 6 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Snipe, c.10 Northern Lapwing, c.4 Eurasian Teal, 1 Common Shelduck, 4 Grey Heron, c.20 Yellow Wagtail.

Mon 13th Aug

Besthorpe NWT - South: 1 Little Egret, 1 Eurasian Curlew, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Collingham Pits - 9 Little Egret, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 1 Ruddy Turnstone.

Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 2 Ruddy Shelduck, 6 Egyptian Goose, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Reed Warbler, 1 Little Egret.

Sun 12th Aug

Newark - Sugar Beet Factory:1 Turtle Dove [singing at Smeatons Lakes], Common Greenshank [1 flying north along Trent], Common Kingfisher, 1 Yellow Wagtail.

Clumber Park - 1 Turtle Dove [near South Lodge].

Budby Common - 2 Stonechat, 1 Hobby.

Collingham - 1 Common Buzzard [juvenile in haystack], 1 Marsh Harrier [mobbed by crows], 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, Grey Heron [juvenile].

Sat 11th Aug

Gonalston - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 4 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Willow Warbler.

Budby Pumping Station - 2 Hobby, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Raven, Osprey, Mandarin Duck [with young], Common Kingfisher.

Bentinck Void - Whinchat, Common Sandpiper.

Hoveringham - 1 Common Kingfisher, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel.

Gonalston - 2 Blackcap, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Wren, 1 European Robin, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Coal Tit, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch.

Barton in Fabis - Spotted Redshank [moulting adult on Cottages Flash at 10:45].

Fri 10th Aug

Hoveringham - 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 Ruddy Shelduck, 1 Cape Shelduck [with flock of Canadas on Railway Lake].

Besthorpe NWT - South: 4 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper.

Collingham Pits - 1 Dunlin, 1 Eurasian Curlew, 1 Common Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper.

Gonalston - 4 Blackcap, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch.

Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 4 Ruddy Shelduck.

Thu 9th Aug

Kilvington Lakes - Common Greenshank, Dunlin, Osprey.

Hoveringham - Railway Lake: Osprey [same bird as Kilvington].

3 Ruddy Shelduck, 1 Cape Shelduck.

Wollaton Park - 2 Common Buzzard.

Netherfield Lagoons - 30 Eurasian Curlew [over west at 20:45].

Whatton - 2 Hobby.

Wed 8th Aug

Besthorpe NWT - South: 6 Northern Shoveler, 5 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Turtle Dove.

Collingham Pits - 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [adult].

Kilvington Lakes - West Lake: 1 Little Egret, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper.

Hodsock Priory - 73 House Martin.

Worksop - 40 House Sparrow [in wheat field at Cinder Hill].

Kirkby in Ashfield - 2 Common Buzzard [over town].

Tue 7th Aug

Nottingham - 2 Grey Wagtail [including 1 juvenile - Bridlesmith Gate].

Hoveringham - 11 Egyptian Goose [river bank, west of village].

Highfields - 3 Goldcrest.

Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 2 Common Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern, 4 Little Egret, 7 Common Snipe, 1 Turtle Dove, 2 Eurasian Teal.

Mon 6th Aug

Welbeck - 1 Osprey.

Besthorpe NWT - South: 3 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Wood Sandpiper [on new scrape till mid morning at least], 1 Common Sandpiper.

Collingham Pits - 3 Common Sandpiper.

Sun 5th Aug

Bleasby - Jubilee Ponds: c.11 Lesser Whitethroat [2 family parties], 3 Blackcap [juveniles], 4 Tufted Duck [ducklings], Common Kingfisher, Yellow Wagtail.

Welbeck - 1 Osprey.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 Little Egret, 5 Green Sandpiper [Tween Scrape], 3 Common Sandpiper, 25 Common Tern, 10 Northern Shoveler [Clifton Pond], 5 Common Swift, 2 Eurasian Curlew, 1 Oystercatcher, 3 Common Snipe.

Gonalston - 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Green Woodpecker.

Collingham Pits - 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Green Woodpecker [showing well], 2 Little Egret.

Sat 4th Aug

Cossall - c.8 Goldcrest [family along the Nottingham Canal].

Fri 3rd Aug

Welbeck Watchpoint - 3 Osprey.

Besthorpe NWT - South: 4 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Turtle Dove.

Collingham Pits - 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper.

Thu 2nd Aug

Woodborough - 3 Yellowhammer [singing, Shelt Hill].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - c.15 Common Swift [late evening], 2 Little Egret, 479 Canada Goose.

Newark - Sugar Factory: 12 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Common Buzzard.

Blidworth Woods - Turtle Dove [heard].

Wed 1st Aug

Old Basford - Tawny Owl [heard].

Besthorpe NWT - South: 4 Little Egret, 1 Common Snipe, 1 Common Greenshank [early morning before moving to Collingham Pits].

Collingham Pits - 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper.

Langford Lowfields - 1 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper.

 

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