Attenborough Nature Centre

Current Opening Times

 Monday - Friday 10am - 5pm.   Weekends 9am - 6pm.       Last orders 30 mins before closing time      
Access to the Reserve, 7am-dusk                        

with the Wildlife Trusts, Nottinghamshire  

February 2006

 

Sat 25th Feb: Attenborough - Redhead Smew[tween],Scaup x3[main pond],Siskin x20,Shelduck x4,snipe,Shovelar x38[works].

Wed 22nd Feb: Attenborough - Scaup x4[main pond],Siskin,Shelduck x2,R.C.Pochard[Tween].

Sat 18th Feb: Attenborough NR - 2 Goosander (pair), 4 Grey Partridges, 2 Willow Tits, 41 Lapwing flying over in 3 flocks.

Fri 17th Feb: Attenborough [Erewash Field] - 1 Barn Owl showing very well hunting with 3 Short-eared Owls (the Barn becoming active later than the Short-eareds from c.17:30).

Fri 17th Feb: Attenborough NR - 1 male Brambling, female Red-crested Pochard, redhead Smew, 100+ Fieldfare, 1 Chiffchaff singing by railway track near Erewash Field and c.10 Siskins.

Mon 13th Feb: Attenborough - Scaup x2[main pond],Stonechat x3[1x erewash field,2x sth of river],Skylark x10[erewash field],Siskin x14[Bund],Buzzard,Shelduck[clifton pit],Several singing chiffchaff,s[sewage works]Fieldfare c100[sth of river].

Sun 12th Feb: Attenborough - 2 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest [both sailing pit], Bittern [17:30] + 1 Dropped in at 17:55 [both Delta].

Sun 12th Feb: Attenborough [Erewash Field] - 2 Sky Larks, Yellow Hammer [over], 1 Short-Eared Owl.

Sat 11th Feb: Attenborough [Erewash] - 3 Sort eared Owls, 2 Snipe.

Sat 11th Feb: Attenborough NR - 38+ Goosander, female Scaup[Main Pond], female Red crested Pochard [Visitor Centre], 2 Snipe [Clifton Pit], Short eared Owl [over the Delta & towards Barton-17:30], Bittern [Delta-17:35]

Wed 8th Feb: Attenborough - S.E.owl x2,and female Stonechat[erewash field],Shelduck[clifton pit],Barnacle Goose[coneries].

Wed 8th Feb: Attenborough NR - 4 Chiffchaffs [sewage works], 4 Buzzards displaying south of river.

Sun 5th Feb: Attenborough NR - 3 female Scaup, plus Little Egret [Tween Pond, between the old car park bridge and the Barton lane bridge].

Saturday 4th Feb, c 3:00p.m, there is now 2 Female Smew on the Tween pond, along with fantastic views of the Bittern in the Delta area 3 female Scaup still on the main pond and a shelduck on Clifton pond.

Sat 4th Feb: Attenborough - 14 Common Snipe [Clifton pit], 2 Shelduck [1 at Works pit and 1 at Clifton pit], 1 Lesser black backed Gull [Clifton pit].

Sat 4th Feb: Attenborough [Erewash Field] - Short eared Owl, Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaffs.

Sat 4th Feb: Attenborough NR - 14 Goosander, Red crested Pochard [fem.], Bittern [Delta 12:45] & one dropped in @ 17:15, Water Rail, female Smew [Delta c1000], Shelduck [Works Pit].

Wed 1st Feb: Attenborough - Redhead Smew[Tween],Little Egret [Tween],Siskin x15[works path],Shelduck[works pit],R.C.Pochard[female on Church Pond].