Wildlife Sightings at Attenborough
Sightings for May 2009
Thursday 28th May 2009
Common Greenshank, 2 x Common Shelduck (Tween Pond)
Monday 25th May 2009
Common Greenshank (Tween Pond), Oystercatcher.
Sunday 24th May 2009
Common Greenshank (Clifton Pond), Hobby, 2 Dunlin.
Saturday 23rd May 2009
1 Common Greenshank, Hobby, 2 Dunlin, 2 Common Shelduck, Egyptian Goose [with young], Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Thursday 21st May 2009
Little Egret (Over Coneries Pond)
Saturday 16th May 2009
2 x Black Tern (Main Pond), Dunlin (Clifton Pond), Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Moorhen, Coot, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Common Shelduck, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Egyptian Goose, Oystercatcher, Dunlin, Grey Heron, Cormorant, Common Pheasant, Blue Tit, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Starling, Tree Sparrow, Blackbird, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Stock Dove, Collared Dove, Barn Swallow, Sand Martin, House Martin, Common Swift, Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting, Green Woodpecker, Hobby, Cuckoo.
Thursday 14th May 2009
2x Common Crane (Flew over Reserve at around 17:00)
Wednesday 13th May 2009
2 Black Tern (Tween Pond) also 1 flying between Coneries Pond and Church Pond, 7 Sanderling, Turnstone (Clifton Pond).
Monday 11th May 2009
Garganey (male on Clifton Pond), c.80 Common Tern (Main Pond).
Saturday 9th May 2009
Marsh Harrier (Erewash Field).
Thursday 7th May 2009
c.30 Dunlin, 1 Ringed Plover, 4 Little Ringed Plover (all on Clifton Pond), Cuckoo (Singing at junction of Barton Lane/River Trent), Common Sandpiper, Jay.
Sunday 3rd May 2009
Dawn Chorus Sightings - After a damp start the birds rose to the occasion and put on a fabulous display of song for all who braved the rain and the 5:00am start for a guided walk around the Nature Reserve. Warblers were singing throughout the Reserve with Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler and even the elusive Grasshopper Warbler all making an appearance. Resident birds were not to be outdone and Chaffinches, Song Thrushes, Robins, Blackbirds, and Wrens were all seen perched high on the vegetation and joining in with song. Highlights of the morning included 2 Dunlin in summer plumage (Clifton Pond), 4 Shelduck, a Cuckoo and a Kingfisher.
Saturday 2nd May 2009
Whinchat (Erewash Field - Early Evening)
Friday 1st May 2009
Northern Wheatear (Beeston Marsh)
