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  

September 2005

 

Fri 30th Sep

[Tween Pond] - Red crested Pochard [female]

[Erewash Field] - 18 Meadow Pipits

[Clifton Pit] - 2 Snipe, 5 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Ruff, Common Buzzard, Swallow [se.]

Sun 25th Sep

Attenborough - Female Goldeneye [Barton Island at 0930am], Peregrine [South of River at 1.00PM], 3 Buzzards, 2 Ruff [Clifton Pit], 4 Dunlin [Overflying], Snipe {Works pit], female Red crested Pochard [Church Pond], Jay [Delta Wood]

Sat 24th Sep

Attenborough NR - Ruff, Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 3 Yellow Legged Gull, Adult on buoy near visitor centre, Buzzard [4 South of river] 3 Dunlin, 2 knot, Ruff, 5 Snipe, 3 Common Buzzard, Hobby [Coneries], Western Yellow-Legged Gull[Coneries], Red crested Pochard[female - on Church Pond] + Garden Warbler, Marsh Tit + Speckled Wood, Small Copper, Red Admiral, Comma + Migrant Hawkers & Common Darters...

Thu 22nd Sep

Attenborough - Ruff, 8 Snipe, Dunlin all on Clifton Pit.

Wed 21st Sep

Attenborough - Ruff (Tween Pond and then flew to Clifton Pit), 2 Sand Martins, 5 Tree Sparrows (Barton Island), c35 Goldfinches [Wheatear Field]

Mon 19th Sep

Attenborough - Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, 8+ Chiffchaffs, Blackcap, Nuthatch [in Village], a few House Martins.

Sun 18th Sep

Attenborough - Clifton Pit; Ruff x 1, Dunlin x 1, Snipe x 4, Buzzard x 3 S of river, Wigeon x 5, Greylag Goose c80 moving west

Sat 17th Sep

Attenborough - Chiffchaffs [6], Willow Warbler [1], Blackcap [4], Common Whitethroat [1], Yellow leg Gull [Coneries], Treecreeper, Sparrowhawk, Jay plus a few Swallows and House Martins.

Fri 16th Sep

Attenborough - 3 Little Egrets [Clifton Pit], 4 Wigeon [New Workings], Arctic Tern [juv.], 272 House Martins, 64 Swallow [moving mainly sw.], + Speckled Wood, 2 Red Admiral, Small Copper + Migrant Hawkers, Common Darters, Ruddy Darter[near Delta Gate].