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  

Sightings

Thank you to Nottingham Birdwatchers for providing this information. link to Notts Birders

A sightings log book is available at the reception desk of the visitor centre to record your daily sightings.

 

May 2008

Monday 12th - Male & Female Garganey [Tween Pond]. Banded Demoiselle [Erewash Outflow]

Friday 9th - Turnstone [Clifton Pond], Dunlin, Little Ringed Plover x 2, Oystercatcher.

Wednesday 7th - Little Gull [Church Pond], Pink-Footed Goose, 4 x Black Tern [Clifton Pit].

Tuesday 6th - Black Tern [Main Pond].

Monday 5th - Grey Plover [Over], Osprey [Seen from Car Park Flew Over], 2 Little Ringed Plover, Cuckoo.

Sunday 4th - NO REPORTS OF CATTLE EGRET TODAY. Whimbrel (Over), Wheatear, Grasshopper Warbler (Reeling) [Wheatear Field, Little Ringed Plover, 3 Black Tern, Red Crested Pochard, Wigeon [Clifton Pit], Cuckoo (Singing) [Delta Area], Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Chiff Chaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Pink-Footed Goose, 2 Shelduck. Also 10 Black Tern [Long Eaton GP].

Saturday 3rd - Cattle Egret [Wheatear Field/Tween Pond Scrape] from 6:45a.m flew away briefly at 8:30am and then returned, 10:30am around the Tween Pond Islands. Present low in bushes on Tween Pond 6.30-8.30p.m [Viewed form Old Car-Park].

Friday 2nd - Cattle Egret [Wheatear Field/Tween Pond Scrape].

Thursday 1st - 2 Oystercatcher [Wheatear Field and Clifton Pond].

 

Archived Sightings

Feb 2008      Mar 2008        April 2008

Jan 2008        Dec 2007        Nov 2007        Oct 2007          Sept 2007         Aug 2007

July 2007        June 2007       May 2007        April 2007        March 2007       February 2007

Jan 2007        Dec 2006        Oct 2006          Sept 2006         August 2006      July 2006

June 2006      May 2006        April 2006        March 2006      Feb 2006           Jan 2006

Dec 2005       Nov 2005        Oct 2005          Sept 2005

 

A range of OPTICRON Binoculars and Spotting Scopes are now available in the shop.