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September 2013
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Mon 30th Sep
Besthorpe NWT - Meering: 1 Pectoral Sandpiper [juvenile]. Mons Pool: Black-tailed Godwit.
Collingham Lakes - 2 Red-crested Pochard [drakes], 7 Little Egret, 4 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 1 Common Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Hobby, Treecreeper [Delta], Common Buzzard [over Works Pond], Herring Gull, c.100 Eurasian Wigeon, Lesser Black-backed Gull [Clifton Pond], 1 Common Shelduck [Main Pond].
Arnold - 30 Redwing [over at 08:00].
Budby Pumping Station - 3 Common Snipe, 2 Common Kingfisher, 2 Northern Shoveler, 2 Yellowhammer, Linnet, 3 Common Buzzard, 41 Northern Lapwing [flying east], c.20 Gadwall.
Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Stilt Sandpiper [unconfirmed report].
Sun 29th Sep
Budby - 14 Red-legged Partridge [covey in a stubble field].
Misson Quarry - Marsh Harrier [female], 3 Northern Pintail, 12 Little Egret, 25+ Common Snipe.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Common Swift [from Tower Hide].
Newington Flash - 5 Common Greenshank, 2 Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 6 Dunlin, 11 Ringed Plover, c.30 Common Snipe, c.200 Eurasian Wigeon.
Sat 28th Sep
Budby Pumping Station - Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Common Snipe.
Fri 27th Sep
Skegby Trail - c.150 Pink-footed Goose [west], 4 Cormorant.
Little John Lakes - 1 Common Kingfisher.
Bentinck Void - 2 Northern Pintail, 350 Pink-footed Goose [north-west].
Collingham Lakes - 1 Northern Pintail, 2 Red-crested Pochard [drakes], 6 Little Egret, 1 Ringed Plover, c.60 European Golden-plover, 1 Dunlin, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Sutton in Ashfield - c.200 Jackdaw [south-west - possibly roosting in Derbyshire].
Thu 26th Sep
Newark - 5 Common Buzzard.
Newington Flash - 4 Little Egret, 13 Ringed Plover, 13 Dunlin, 2 Common Greenshank, 1 Ruff, c.30 Common Snipe.
Kings Mill Reservoir - 2 Northern Pintail [female], 4 Common Snipe, 4 Grey Heron.
Wed 25th Sep
Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 4 Little Egret, 1 Common Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Collingham Lakes - 2 Red-crested Pochard, 4 Little Egret, 3 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Snipe, 5 Dunlin
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Tue 24th Sep
Bawtry to Newington - 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Common Greenshank, Ruff, 9 Dunlin, 16 Ringed Plover, 5 Little Egret.
Bentinck Void - 2 Ringed Plover.
Hickling - Raven [pair, over], Yellow Wagtail, Grey Heron, Common Kingfisher.
Cropwell Bishop - 6 Common Buzzard [over village].
Hoveringham - 4 Common Buzzard [new lakes].
Mon 23rd Sep
Carlton - Eurasian Curlew [over, calling].
Brands Hill - Hobby.
Beeston Weir - 3 Grey Wagtail, Common Sandpiper.
Sun 22nd Sep
Collingham Lakes - 9 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, 1 Yellow-legged Gull [2nd summer], 1 Common Greenshank, 2 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plover, 4 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Snipe, 571 Northern Lapwing.
Newark - Sugar Factory: 5 Common Buzzard, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Sand Martin, 80 Eurasian Teal, 20 Barn Swallow, 30 House Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Common Chiffchaff, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk.
Retford - 1 Hobby [over gardens].
Huthwaite - Willow Tit [Nunn Brook].
Sat 21st Sep
Budby Pumping Station - Jack Snipe, Hobby, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Common Kingfisher, Bean Goose [single with Greylags - left at 08:15.
Gedling Pit - 2 Whinchat.
Fri 20th Sep
Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 1 Common Snipe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Collingham Lakes - c.950 Greylag Goose, 6 Little Egret, 7 Ringed Plover, 7 Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 5 Little Egret, 3 Ringed Plover, 3 Yellow-legged Gull.
Thu 19th Sep
Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Marsh Harrier, 2 Hobby, 5 Dunlin, 6 Ruff, 5 Ringed Plover, 3 Common Redshank, 17 Common Snipe, 6 Little Egret, Eurasian Jay.
Collingham Lakes - 2 Yellow-legged Gulls [adult & 1st winter], 7 Dunlin, 6 Ringed Plover.
Newington Flash - 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshank, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Ruff, Dunlin.
Wellow- Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Chiffchaff [calling].
Wed 18th Sep
West Bridgford - 1 Short-eared Owl [flying east behind Rushcliffe Arena]/
Creswell/Clowne - Red Kite [between Cresswell and Clowne].
Bentinck Void - 166 Meadow Pipit [south], 2 Northern Wheatear.
Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 1 Little Egret, 2 Black-tailed Godwit.
Collingham Lakes - 6 Little Egret, 8 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Newington Flash - 8 Little Egret, 7 Ringed Plover, 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, 6 Dunlin, 8+ Ruff, c.50 Common Snipe, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Common Greenshank.
Tue 17th Sep
Arnot Hill Park - Pond: 38 Tufted Duck, 6 Greylag Goose, 2 Canada Goose, 9 Red-crested Pochard, 12 Coot, 33 Moorhen, 2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Grey Heron. Park: 3 Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, 18 Greenfinch, 13 Goldfinch, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Pied Wagtail, 9 Great Tit [1 ringed bird], 14 Blue Tit, 3 Eurasian Sparrowhawk [female and juveniles, very active around sensory garden], 1 Eurasian Nuthatch, 25 Collared Dove, 14 Long-tailed Tit, 5 Carrion Crow, 6 Chaffinch, 20 Woodpigeon, 2 Wren, 2 European Robin, 60+ Eurasian Starling, 2 Magpie, 15 Blackbird [4 ringed birds].
Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Pectoral Sandpiper.
Highfields Park - Song Thrush, Bullfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Teal, Cormorant, Grey Wagtail..
Mon 16th Sep
South Muskham - 1 Hobby [adult - took House Martin], 3 Sand Martin, 40+ House Martin, 3 Barn Swallow, 2 Common Sandpiper.
Collingham Lakes - 3 Little Egret, 1 Common Greenshank, 8 Ringed Plover, 1 Dunlin, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Besthorpe NWT - Mons Pool: 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Snipe, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper
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Sun 15th Sep
Moorgreen Reservoir - 10 Common Pochard, 2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 3 Common Buzzard.
Clumber Park - Common Buzzard.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 120 Barn Swallow, 100 House Martin, 30 Sand Martin. Clifton Pond: Ruff [Clifton Pond - gull island], 60 Eurasian Wigeon, 25 Northern Shoveler, 50 Eurasian Teal.
Collingham - 1 Common Quail.
Sat 14th Sep
Kings Mill Reservoir - 3 Northern Pintail, 1 Grey Wagtail.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Ruff, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, c.14 Red-crested Pochard, 4 Northern Shoveler, Little Egret, c.30 Gadwall, c.30 Eurasian Teal, c.10 Eurasian Wigeon, 5 Little Grebe, 8 Great Crested Grebe.
Newington Flash - Pectoral Sandpiper.
Fri 13th Sep
Kilvington Lakes - 4 Little Egret, 8 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Snipe, 5 Dunlin, 80+ Barn Swallow.
Budby Pumping Station - Osprey [through at 13:10].
Newington Flash - Spotted Redshank, 10 Black-tailed Godwits, Common Sandpiper, 9 Dunlin, 15 Ruff, 12 Little Egret, 4 Common Buzzard.
Idle Valley Nature Reserve - 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, 3 Ruff, Marsh Harrier, Barn Owl.
Thu 12th Sep
Holme - 23 European Golden Plover [in flight over freshly ploughed fields between Winthorpe and Holme at 08:30].
Collingham Lakes - 5 Northern Pintail, 18 Common Scoter [Ferry Farm lake, flew off north-east at 10:40], 15 Little Egret, 1 Hobby, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Snipe, 3 Common Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper.
Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Marsh Harrier, Black Tern, 43 Red-crested Pochard, Northern Pintail, 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, 11 Ruff.
Wed 11th Sep
Eakring- 1 Red Kite
Bennerley Marsh - 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Kestrel, 60 Barn Swallow, 25 House Martin.
Tue 10th Sep
Langford Lowfields RSPB - Northern Wheatear.
Bleasby - 1 Greater Scaup [private ponds].
Budby Pumping Station - Hobby, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel, Raven, Yellow Wagtail, Common Buzzard.
Mon 9th Sep
Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Black Tern.
Keyworth - 8 Yellow Wagtail [around garden pond].
Newark - Sugar Factory: 1 Spotted Flycatcher.
Stoke Bardolph - 1 Great White Egret.
Newington Flash - 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Ruff, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover.
Misson Quarry - 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Garganey, 1 Spotted Redshank, 3 Ruff/
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 White-winged Black Tern, 1 Black Tern, 1 Common Kingfisher, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 1 Osprey [over]
Sun 8th Sep
Budby Pumping Station - Hobby, 2 Northern Pintail, 4 Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Teal, Common Buzzard.
Newark - Sugar Factory: 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Buzzard, 70 Eurasian Teal, 16 Northern Shoveler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 20 House Martin, 1 Barn Swallow, 1 Sand Martin, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Common Kestrel.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Great White Egret, 1 White-winged Black Tern, 1 Black Tern, Hobby.
Sat 7th Sep
Clumber Park - Hardwick Village Ford: 1 Common Kingfisher, c.10 Linnet, Yellowhammer, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk.
Bentinck Void- Whinchat, Raven
Idle Valley Nature Reserve - 3+ Pectoral Sandpiper [Chainbridge Scrape], 2 Black Tern, Osprey.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 White-winged Black Tern, 1 Black Tern, 1 Garganey, 2 Little Egret, Dunlin, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Wigeon, Little Grebe, Common Kingfisher, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Common Buzzard, Common Redshank.
Burton Meadows - Little Egret.
Fri 6th Sep
Budby Pumping Station - 2 Northern Pintail, 3 Common Snipe, 2 Eurasian Wigeon, 1 Common Pochard, 1 Common Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper.
Bennerley Marsh - 2 Spotted Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 12 Common Snipe.
Langford Lowfields RSPB - 1 Little Stint, Grey Plover, Whimbrel, Eurasian Curlew, 15 Dunlin, 3 Ringed Plover.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 White-winged Black Tern, 1 Black Tern.
Netherfield Lagoons - Spotted Crake.
Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Pectoral Sandpiper [Chainbridge Scrape], 1 Black Tern, Red-crested Pochard.
Newington Flash - 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Ruff, 4 Common Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 55 Barn Swallow.
South Muskham Pits - 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Common Snipe, 1 Common Chiffchaff, 20 Barn Swallow, 1 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin.
Idle Valley - Austerfield - Misson: 8 Ruff, 5 Dunlin, 4 Common Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 100+ Common Snipe, 2 Little Egret.
Thu 5th Sep
Newington Flash - 5 Common Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper, 13 Ruff, 4 Little Egret.
Netherfield Lagoons - Spotted Crake.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 White-winged Black Tern, 1 Black Tern.
Idle Valley Nature Reserve - 3 Pectoral Sandpiper [Chainbridge Scrape], Osprey.
Southwell Trail - Kirklington: 3 Common Buzzard, Eurasian Sparrowhawk [female], Green Woodpecker.
Wed 4th Sep
Branston - Red Kite.
Wellow - 7 Common Buzzard.
Welbeck Watchpoint - 1 Marsh Harrier [female], 1 Hobby, 2 Yellow Wagtail.
Netherfield Lagoons - Spotted Crake.
Tue 3rd Sep
Welbeck Watchpoint - Osprey.
Netherfield Lagoons - Spotted Crake.
Newington Flash - Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 16 Ruff, 3 Green Sandpiper.
Misson Quarry - 3 Black-tailed Godwit.
Southwell - Wryneck.
Mon 2nd Sep
Netherfield Lagoons - Spotted Crake.
Newington Flash - Spotted Redshank, 2 Little Egret, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, 7 Black-tailed Godwit, 16 Ruff, 3 Green Sandpiper.
Misson Quarry - 3 Black-tailed Godwit.
Langford Lowfields RSPB - 2 Hobby, 1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Kestrel, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Common Greenshank, 5 Ruff, 3 Dunlin.
Sun 1st Sep
Netherfield Lagoons - Spotted Crake.
Sherwood Forest Nature Reserve - 3 Spotted Flycatcher.
Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Pectoral Sandpiper.
Colwick Country Park - c.100 Barn Swallow, c.200 House Martin, c.100 Sand Martin.
Langford Lowfields to Collingham - 2 Little Egret, 2 Hobby, 3 Cormorant.
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