
The diary of a relative beginner, birding his local patch - Bestwood Country Park.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Parachuting

Sunday, June 15, 2008
Pair of Stiff Tails

Over at the Golf Course, a male Kestrel flushed from the ground in the south-west corner, and there were still no signs of any young around the Mute Swan nest, but the pair were still at the nest. A Mistle Thrush was on the nearby fairway, and another was back at Broad Valley Stables' Horse Paddock , with a single Tree Sparrow calling from a tree along the path.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
First Tern of the Year
The male Reed Bunting was again singing on the Pit Tip Top at sunrise, and a single Meadow Pipit was also present. At the Mill Lakes a pair of Gadwall were on Mud Island again , and a juvenile Grey Heron was in the shallows near Greylag Island. Highlight of the morning was brief, in form of a Common Tern over the north end of the Mill Lakes, heading ENE at around 6:30am. On the way home an adult Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen feeding a juvenile male along the back of Warren Hill.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
A Great Escape at Mill Lakes


Coming back out to the lake I met Norman, and we walked around the usual route. The Great Crested Grebe are nesting at a new location off Greylag Island, and now three Gadwall (2 males and a female) were at the north end of the lake. Highlight of the morning was my first ever Ring-necked Parakeet - too bad it was probably an escape. It flew low over the north end of the lake, calling two or three times and heading in the Hucknall direction. Coming back over by Board Valley Stables, the sun was shining gloriously and Norman picked up on two Common Buzzard soaring together over Moor Road, and drifting over towards the Quarry - a fantastic sight. To finish the morning off, a single Pied Wagtail was feeding in Broad Valley Stables' Horse Paddock, and a Great Spotted Woodpecker was on the large birch at Calluna Clearing.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Highlights from Before the Rain
This morning's visit to the Mill Lakes produced a male Kestrel hunting over the Pit Tip Top at 5am, and a singing male Blackcap on the edge of the woodland. The usual Common Whitethroat was singing at Dawson's Corner, and a singing male Reed Warbler was near the Reedbed Boardwalk. On the lake, a summer plumage male Ruddy Duck was north of the Peninsula and a female Gadwall was at the north end throughout the morning. A Common Buzzard drifted over to the south, being mobbed by a Carrion Crow, and the female Little Ringed Plover was nearby. A pair of Coot have nested on the small 'tree root' island near to Mud Island and the shingle island, and have at least three young. Two Grey Heron were in the nest, at least one being a juvenile. The rain came in at around 7am, so I headed home early.
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