Wildlife Sightings at Attenborough
Sightings for February 2010
Saturday 27th Feb 2010
Barn Owl (Erewash Field), 6 Red-Crested Pochard (3 male, 3 female - near Nature Centre)
Friday 26th Feb 2010
6 Goldfinch, c300 fieldfare (trees on south bank of trent), 8 Shoveler, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Male Pochard, 2 Grey Heron, Bittern (twice flew over reed beds), Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, 15 Tree Sparrow.
Wednesday 24th Feb 2010
Bahama Pintail Duck, (near the Visitor Centre), Pair of Red-Crested Pochard, Male Goosander (Tween Pond), Pair of Egyptian Geese (Near Barton Ferry Lane), Pair of Great Crested Grebes 'thinking about' doing a courtship display, Male Kestrel (Elevated Hide Clifton Pond)
Monday 22nd Feb 2010
Jack Snipe (Clifton Pond), 10 Red-Crested Pochard (Tween Pond - from back of car park)
Sunday 21st Feb 2010
3 Red-Crested Pochard (near Nature Centre), 2 Oystercatcher (Coneries Pond), Goosander
Saturday 20th Feb 2010
Oystercatcher (Coneries Pond)
Friday 19th Feb 2010
Bittern (Clifton Pond), Common Shelduck, Goldeneye
Tuesday 16th Feb 2010
1 Northern Pintail (male on Gull Island), c.3 Bittern (2 flying together possibly a third present), 2 Water Rail (calling in reeds), 24 Common Goldeneye, 40 Eurasian Wigeon (all Clifton Pond)
Saturday 13th Feb 2010
Barn Owl (Erewash Field)
Thursday 11th Feb 2010
3 Red-Breasted Merganser (Tween Pond)
Tuesday 9th Feb 2010
Red-Breasted Merganser (female - Main Pond), Bittern (Clifton Pond)
Monday 8th Feb 2010
Barn Owl, Stonechat (Erewash Field)
Thursday 4th Feb 2010
3 Smew (males - on Tween Pond), Bittern (Clifton Pond)
Wednesday 3rd Feb 2010
4 Smew (Tween Pond), Goosander, 27 Goldeneye, Bittern (Clifton Pond), Water Rail
Tuesday 2nd Feb 2010
Barn Owl
