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Recent Reports

Sunday 7th September: 1 Buzzard over, Willow Tit and Chiff Chaff calling. Approx 20 House Martins & Swallows flying south. Green Woodpecker, Jays on ground collecting acorns. Mixed tit flock including Long-tailed Tits, Blue Tits etc. MT

Sunday 17th August: Great-crested Grebe with 2 juvenile (2nd brood), Mapp Res, 4 Pochard (American Adventure Lake), 2 Kingfisher (Osbournes Pond), Green woodpecker very vocal (Shipley Hill), 20+ Swallows (Bell Lane), 20+ House Martins (AA), 2 WHINCHAT (Bell Lane), Willow tit (AA), 2 Jays (Bell Lane), Tree sparrow (Riding stables), 20+ Goldfinch (Slack Lane), Bullfinch (AA). MB

Sunday 3 August: Pair of buzzards and young buzzard circling between Mapperley and West Hallam at 9.30 and 10.00 Sunday morning. MT

Sunday 27th July: Very quiet, as you would expect. Willow tit calling in DWT Reserve. GS Woodpecker in Maperley Res Car park. MB

Tuesday 8th July:  Pair of Oystercatchers flying north west Mapperley village at 08.16. MT

Sunday 29th June: 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling next to American Adventure Car Park. 2 Common Terns at Mapperley Res & Reed Warbler at Nutbrook Pond, (Next to NCB Pits). We also had lots of 7 Spot Burnet Moths in the grassland plus a Brown Argus butterfly at the NCB pits. At the bottom end of Mapperley Res is the largest patch of Meadow Cranesbill I have ever seen.       MB,RW

Sunday 22 June: At least 1 Spotted Flycatcher on Shipley Hill. (First record of year). Also 2 Nuthatches & a Dunnock with a juvenile. On Mapperley Res were 2 Common terns & 2 Curlew were seen flying over Bell Lane. MB,RW

Sunday 18 May: Two Hobbys and a Common Buzzard over Flat Meadow Farm.RW

Sunday 11 May: First report of a Cuckoo, seen at Straws Bridge.

Tuesday 6 May:Highlights. - 2 Common terns, Swifts + Garden warbler at the American Adventure. Canada geese with 5 chicks at Mapperley Res. 1 Reed warbler & Grasshoper warbler at Nutbrook Pond ( This is the reedbed below the NCB lagoons on the Slack Lane side).

Also 1 Peacock & 3 Speckled Wood butterflies. MB

Saturday 3 May: 3 Linnets (Slack Lane), Tree sparrow (Lodge Farm Riding Stables), Grasshopper warbler (American Adventure Car Park). Also at least 1, maybe 2 Grasshopper Warblers between Pauls Arm & Shipley Hill in the rough grassland. 2 Common terns (Island on American Adventure Lake), Nuthatch & Treecreeper (Shipley Hill), Little owl (Flatmeadow Farm). Curlew (heard calling in fields west of John Wood/Mapperley).MB

Sunday 27 April: 2 Common tern (AA), Grasshopper warbler (NCB lagoons/Nutbrook area), Lesser whitethroat (Bell Lane), Whitethroat (Good numbers), Blackcap (good numbers). MB,RW.

Sunday 20 April: Highlights - 20+ Swallows, 4+ Sandmartin  at Mapperley Res, 1 Grasshopper Warbler in scrub American Adventure car park, 3 Great-spotted Woodpeckers disputing teritory by Coppice Pond.

Full List: Great crested grebe, Cormorant (AA), Mute swan, Canada goose, Mallard, Pochard (Mapp Res), Tufted duck, Kestrel, Pheasant, Moorhen, Coot, BH Gull, Woodpigeon, Collared dove, Green woodpecker, GS Woodpecker, Skylark (Slack Lane), Swallow, Sand Martin, Meadow pipit, Pied wagtail, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Song thrush, Grasshopper warbler, Chiff Chaff, Willow warbler, Goldcrest (AA), Long tailed tit, Blue tit, Great tit, Jay, Crow, Starling, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Yellowhammer (Bell Lane), Reed bunting (Slack Lane).                                 AA = American Adventure. MB,RW