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  

October 2005

 

Sun 30th Oct

15+ Snipe [Clifton Pit], 2 Goldeneye [Main Pit], male & female Stonechat[Erewash Field], Bittern - over the Trent from the south.

Sat 29th Oct

Attenborough - 12+ Gadwall [Beeston Pond]

Fri 28th Oct

Attenborough N.R. - Scaup fem.on main pond,brambling,siskin over delta gate,7 goldeneye,jay.

Wed 26th Oct

Attenborough - Female Scaup still on eastern end of the Main Pond mid-am, small flocks of Fieldfares moving around, Migrant Hawker in the delta wood.

Tue 25th Oct

Attenborough N.R. - Scaup(fem.)on main pond,peregrine,9 goldeneye,lesser redpoll,red-crested pochard,many hundreds of redwing and fieldfare moving sw.

Mon 24th Oct

Attenborough N.R. - Fem.scaup on main pond,goldeneye(3),40+fieldfare,buzzard.

Sat 22nd Oct

Attenborough - Clifton Pit: Grey Wagtail, 4 Snipe, 2 Buzzard, 2 Goldeneye; Wet Marsh: Water Rail; Sailing Pit: Western Yellow-Legged Gull.

Thu 20th Oct

Attenborough - Water Rail ( Wet Marsh), Wigeon, Goldeneye.

Thu 20th Oct

Attenborough - Firecrest[by delta gate,at 10.00 am],Jack Snipe[clifton pit],Goldeneye x2,water Rail x3,Grey wagtail x2,ruddy duck x1.

Wed 19th Oct

Attenborough N.R. - Firecrest by delta gate c.10.15am.

Tue 18th Oct

Red Crested Pochard[church pond],Goldeneye x4,Snipe x6[clifton pit],Water Rail x3[wetmarsh],Golden Plover x19,Barnacle Goose,Redwing c60,Willow Tit x4

Mon 17th Oct

Golden Plover x2[tween],Blackcap,Grey Wagtail.Herring Gull and Snipe x6[clifton pit]. 650+Redwing,5 Fieldfare(SW),brambling,siskin,lesser redpoll,chiffchaff(2 one singing),15 golden plover,6 water rail,fem.goldeneye on Clifton pit.

Fri 14th Oct

1 Reed warbler along North Path. Barnacle Goose - [Visitor Centre]; Wigeon, 1 Little Grebe [Church Pond];1 Water Rail - [Wet Marsh], skulking in front of reeds back and forth;1 Kingfisher - [Beeston Pond];3 Shoveler - [Clifton Pit];2 Redwing flying N;12 Greylag, 3 Egyptian Goose - [New Wetland];5 Skylark, Stock Dove, Pheasant - [E of Trent]; Green Woodpecker, Lesser Black backed Gull - [New Workings]; Brambling & Siskin in roving (mainly Goldfinch) flock; Numerous Teal, Gadwall, Lapwing, G C Grebe, Cormorant, Kestrel, Canada Goose, Mute Swan, B H Gull, Tufted Duck, Pochard, Coot, Moorhen, Grey Heron across the site. Green sandpiper, goldeneye,water rail(2),siskin, tree sparrow(7),jay,redwing(17),golden plover(8),swallow(4).

Wed 12th Oct

Rock pipit,16 redwing(flew west a.m.),brambling near delta gate,20 common terns flew high west over sailing pit at 2.20 p.m.Goldeneye with injured wing stiil on the river,barnacle goose,c.50 golden plover,water rail(4)inc.2 showing well on wetmarsh,buzzard(2 on southside).

Sat 8th Oct

21 skylark,12 swallow,1 yellowhammer,3 siskin all flew west a.m.Also 2 golden plover over and 9 snipe Clifton pit.

Fri 7th Oct

Adult Winter Mediterranean Gull[Tween,New scrapes,17.20 till 18.10].

Sat 1st Oct

Little Egret [Coneries], 5 Dunlin [Clifton Pit]