Local Patch Life List

A list of birds seen whilst within the boundary of my local patch (Bestwood Country Park) starting at the end of September 2006.

1. Green Woodpecker (21/09/2006)
2. Meadow Pipit
3. Carrion Crow
4. Woodpigeon (23/09/2006)
5. Jay
6. Magpie
7. Mute Swan (25/09/2006)
8. Greylag Goose
9. Canada Goose
10. Mallard
11. Tufted Duck
12. Great Crested Grebe
13. Grey Heron
14. Moorhen
15. Coot
16. Black-headed Gull
17. Collared Dove
18. Feral Pigeon
19. Blackbird
20. Long-tailed Tit
21. Blue Tit
22. Great Tit
23. Rook
24. Starling
25. Sparrowhawk
26. Dunnock (26/09/2006)
27. Nuthatch
28. Wren (28/09/2006)
29. House Sparrow (29/09/2006)
30. Great Spotted Woodpecker
31. Robin (30/09/2006)
32. Chaffinch
33. Shoveller
34. Little Grebe
35. Kingfisher
36. House Martin (02/10/2006)
37. Kestrel (07/10/2006)
38. Coal Tit (12/10/2006)
39. Common Buzzard (13/10/2006)
40. Gadwall (14/10/2006)
41. Teal
42. Treecreeper (17/10/2006)
43. Goldfinch (19/10/2006)
44. Goldcrest (25/10/2006)
45. Redwing (28/10/2006)
46. Pochard
47. Bullfinch
48. Skylark (30/10/2006)
49. Song Thrush (04/11/2006)
50. Fieldfare
51. Cormorant (18/11/2006)
52. Peregrine
53. Reed Bunting
54. Greenfinch (25/11/2006)
55. Willow Tit (02/12/2006)
56. Ruddy Duck (13/12/2006)
57. Lesser Redpoll (14/12/2006)
58. Snipe (30/12/2006)
59. Common Gull
60. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (12/01/2007)
61. Egyptian Goose
62. Pink-footed Goose* (23/01/2007)
63. Waxwing* (25/02/2007)
64. Grey Partridge (28/02/2007)
65. Lapwing (07/03/2007)
66. Pheasant (14/03/2007)
67. Golden Plover
68. Shelduck (25/03/2007)
69. Chiffchaff
70. Grey Wagtail
71. Jackdaw (17/04/2007)
72. Barn Swallow
73. Willow Warbler (19/04/2007)
74. Whitethroat (22/04/2007)
75. Lesser Black-backed Gull
76. Mistle Thrush
77. Yellowhammer
78. Blackcap
79. Stock Dove
80. Pied Wagtail
81. Garganey (11/05/2007)
82. Swift (22/05/2007)
83. Barnacle Goose (23/05/2007) [escape/feral]
84. Lesser Whitethroat
85. Sedge Warbler
86. Tawny Owl (29/05/2007)
87. Linnet (31/05/2007)
88. Reed Warbler (26/06/2007)
89. Common Tern (15/07/2007)
90. Tree Sparrow (16/08/2007)
91. Wigeon (16/09/2007)
92. Great Black-backed Gull
93. Osprey* (30/09/2007)
94. Stonechat (10/10/2007)
95. Whinchat
96. Water Rail (31/10/2007)
97. Siskin (25/11/2007)
98. Red-legged Partridge (01/01/2008)
99. Sand Martin (09/03/2008)
100. Herring Gull (29/04/2008)
101. Cuckoo
102. Garden Warbler
103. Little Ringed Plover (11/05/2008)
104. Ring-necked Parakeet (08/06/2008) [questionable origin]
105. Curlew (24/08/2008)
106. Goosander (10/11/2008)
107. Red Kite* (03/05/2009)
108. Little Owl (28/05/2009)
109. Red-crested Pochard (11/10/2009)
110. Whooper Swan* (09/01/2010)
111. Woodcock (07/02/2010)
112. Cetti's Warbler (02/04/2010)
113. Northern Wheatear (21/04/2010)
114. Yellow Wagtail
115. Grasshopper Warbler (25/04/2010)
116. Mandarin Duck (26/04/2010)
117. Mealy Redpoll (30/01/2011)
118. Common Sandpiper (07/10/2011)
119. Goldeneye (30/12/2011)
120. Common Scoter (23/07/2014)
121. Raven* (27/09/2014)
122. Quail (17/06/2015)
123. Barn Owl (28/02/2016)

* Seen from the garden, but essentially in the park and included in the annual report.

Local Patch Year List (2012)

A list of birds seen within the official recording area of my local patch (Bestwood Country Park) during 2012.

1. Mute Swan (01/06)
2. Greylag Goose
3. Canada Goose
4. Wigeon
5. Gadwall
6. Teal
7. Mallard
8. Shoveler
9. Red-crested Pochard
10. Pochard
11. Tufted Duck
12. Pheasant
13. Little Grebe
14. Great Crested Grebe
15. Cormorant
16. Grey Heron
17. Moorhen
18. Coot
19. Snipe
20. Black-headed Gull
21. Common Gull
22. Stock Dove
23. Woodpigeon
24. Collared Dove
25. Kingfisher
26. Great Spotted Woodpecker
27. Wren
28. Dunnock
29. Robin
30. Blackbird
31. Fieldfare
32. Song Thrush
33. Redwing
34. Mistle Thrush
35. Goldcrest
36. Long-tailed Tit
37. Blue Tit
38. Great Tit
39. Coal Tit
40. Willow Tit
41. Nuthatch
42. Treecreeper
43. Jay
44. Magpie
45. Rook
46. Carrion Crow
47. Starling
48. House Sparrow
49. Chaffinch
50. Goldfinch
51. Siskin
52. Lesser Redpoll
53. Yellowhammer
54. Shelduck (05/02)
55. Sparrowhawk
56. Jackdaw
57. Tree Sparrow
58. Skylark (06/03)
59. Greenfinch
60. Lapwing
61. Common Buzzard
62. Golden Plover
63. Reed Bunting

Local Patch Year List (2011)

A list of birds seen within the official recording area of my local patch (Bestwood Country Park) during 2011.

1. Great Spotted Woodpecker (06/01)
2. Green Woodpecker
3. Woodpigeon
4. Lesser Black-backed Gull
5. Great Black-backed Gull
6. Black-headed Gull
7. Wren
8. Robin
9. Blackbird
10. Magpie
11. Skylark
12. Chaffinch
13. Goldfinch
14. Siskin
15. Carrion Crow
16. Rook
17. Coot
18. Mute Swan
19. Mallard
20. Moorhen
21. Tufted Duck
22. Common Gull
23. Pochard
24. Canada Goose
25. Little Grebe
26. Great Crested Grebe
27. Greylag Goose
28. Teal
29. Mandarin Duck
30. Dunnock
31. Fieldfare
32. Song Thrush
33. Redwing
34. Blue Tit
35. Great Tit
36. Long-tailed Tit
37. Jay
38. Kestrel
39. Goldcrest
40. Starling
41. Pied Wagtail
42. Yellowhammer
43. House Sparrow
44. Tree Sparrow
45. Feral Pigeon
46. Jackdaw
47. Nuthatch
48. Sparrowhawk
49. Collared Dove
50. Grey Heron (07/01)
51. Bullfinch
52. Gadwall
53. Common Snipe
54. Willow Tit
55. Coal Tit
56. Lapwing (09/01)
57. Common Buzzard
58. Waxwing
59. Lesser Redpoll (30/01)
60. Mealy Redpoll
61. Treecreeper
62. Cormorant (27/02)
63. Mistle Thrush
64. Tawny Owl (02/03)
65. Stock Dove (03/03)
66. Pheasant (06/03)
67. Woodcock
68. Greenfinch (08/03)
69. Golden Plover
70. Chiffchaff (20/03)
71. Meadow Pipit
72. Blackcap (07/04)
73. Common Whitethroat (08/04)
74. Willow Warbler
75. Northern Wheatear
76. Little Owl (09/04)
77. Grey Partridge (16/04)
78. Barn Swallow (18/04)
79. House Martin
80. Shelduck (26/04)
81. Sand Martin
82. Garden Warbler
83. Linnet
84. Red-legged Partridge (30/04)
85. Common Swift (01/05)
86. Cuckoo (21/05)
87. Reed Warbler
88. Reed Bunting
89. Common Tern (10/06)
90. Sedge Warbler (19/06)
91. Grey Wagtail
92. Red Crested Pochard
93. Herring Gull
94. Lesser Whitethroat (28/08)
95. Wigeon
96. Kingfisher (07/10)
97. Shoveler
98. Common Sandpiper
99. Whooper Swan (09/11)
100. Goldeneye (30/12)

Garden Life List

A list of birds seen in and from my garden (or from my house) on the edge of Bestwood Country Park in north Nottingham starting at the beginning of 2007.

1. Collared Dove (01/01/2007)
2. Blackbird
3. Magpie
4. Starling
5. Song Thrush
6. Woodpigeon
7. Carrion Crow
8. Coal Tit
9. Blue Tit
10. Black-headed Gull
11. House Sparrow
12. Chaffinch
13. Kestrel (09/01/2007)
14. Greenfinch
15. Sparrowhawk
16. Pied Wagtail
17. Goldfinch (10/01/2007)
18. Green Woodpecker
19. Robin (11/01/2007)
20. Rook (21/01/2007)
21. Herring Gull (22/01/2007)
22. Great Black-backed Gull
23. Great Spotted Woodpecker (23/01/2007)
24. Pink-footed Goose
25. Fieldfare
26. Lapwing (25/01/2007)
27. Wren (27/01/2007)
28. Redwing (29/01/2007)
29. Dunnock
30. Great Tit (30/01/2007)
31. Common Buzzard (02/02/2007)
32. Long-tailed Tit (07/02/2007)
33. Common Gull (08/02/2007)
34. Canada Goose (13/02/2007)
35. Waxwing (25/02/2007)
36. Cormorant (08/03/2007)
37. Skylark
38. Jackdaw (14/03/2007)
39. Grey Heron (30/03/2007)
40. Barn Swallow (15/04/2007)
41. House Martin (21/04/2007)
42. Stock Dove (28/04/2007)
43. Common Swift (10/05/2007)
44. Common Pheasant (16/05/2007)
45. Osprey (30/09/2007)
46. Siskin (01/01/2008)
47. Mistle Thrush (13/01/2008)
48. Mallard (29/04/2008)
49. Tufted Duck (28/06/2008)
50. Chiffchaff (14/09/2008)
    
51. Lesser Black-backed Gull (30/10/2008)
    
52. Mute Swan (25/01/2009)
    
53. Lesser Redpoll
54. Red Kite (03/05/2009)
55. Whooper Swan (09/01/2010)
56. Golden Plover (21/11/2010)
    
57. Goldcrest (29/01/2011)

Local Patch Year List (2010)

A list of birds seen within the official recording area of my local patch (Bestwood Country Park) during 2010.

1. Black-headed Gull (02/01)
   
2. Blackbird
   
3. Blue Tit
   
4. Canada Goose
   
5. Carrion Crow
   
6. Chaffinch
   
7. Coal Tit
   
8. Collared Dove
   
9. Common Gull
   
10. Common Pochard
    
11. Common Snipe
    
12. Coot
    
13. Dunnock
    
14. Feral Pigeon
    
15. Fieldfare
    
16. Gadwall
    
17. Goldfinch
    
18. Great Crested Grebe
    
19. Great Spotted Woodpecker
    
20. Great Tit
    
21. Green Woodpecker
    
22. Greylag Goose
    
23. Herring Gull
    
24. House Sparrow
    
25. Jackdaw
    
26. Jay
    
27. Lesser Redpoll
    
28. Long-tailed Tit
    
29. Magpie
    
30. Mallard
    
31. Meadow Pipit
    
32. Moorhen
    
33. Mute Swan
    
34. Nuthatch
    
35. Pink-footed Goose
    
36. Robin
    
37. Rook
    
38. Song Thrush
    
39. Starling
    
40. Teal
    
41. Tufted Duck
    
42. Willow Tit
    
43. Woodpigeon
    
44. Wren
45. Common Pheasant (07/01)
46. Redwing
    
47. Whooper Swan (09/01)
48. Cormorant (10/01)
49. Little Grebe
    
50. Grey Heron
51. Wigeon
    
52. Shelduck
53. Siskin
54. Sparrowhawk
    
55. Pied Wagtail
    
56. Kingfisher
57. Bullfinch (17/01)
58. Yellowhammer
59. Greenfinch
60. Mistle Thrush
61. Little Owl
62. Reed Bunting (24/01)
63. Stock Dove (27/01)
64. Water Rail (31/01)
65. Common Buzzard
66. Skylark (07/02)
67. Woodcock
68. Goldcrest (17/02)
69. Treecreeper
70. Goosander (21/02)
71. Linnet (17/03)
72. Tree Sparrow
73. Lapwing
74. Golden Plover
75. Peregrine
76. Kestrel (18/03)
77. Chiffchaff (24/03)
78. Cetti's Warbler (02/04)
79. Lesser Black-backed Gull
80. Red-legged Partridge (07/04)
81. Willow Warbler (13/04)
82. Grey Partridge (16/04)
83. Blackcap
84. Barn Swallow (21/04)
85. Northern Wheatear
86. Yellow Wagtail
87. House Martin (25/04)
88. Grasshopper Warbler
89. Common Whitethroat (26/04 AM)
90. Sedge Warbler
91. Mandarin Duck (26/04 PM)
92. Common Swift (01/05)
93. Great Black-backed Gull (03/05)
94. Lesser Whitethroat (04/05)
95. Reed Warbler (24/05)
96. Garden Warbler (27/07)
97. Ruddy Duck (30/08)
98. Shoveler
99. Grey Wagtail (12/09)
100. Red-crested Pochard (19/09)
101. Sand Martin (07/10)
102. Waxwing (01/11)

Local Patch Year List (2009)

A list of birds seen within the official recording area of my local patch (Bestwood Country Park) during 2009.

1. Robin (02/01)
2. Collared Dove
   
3. Woodpigeon
4. Magpie
5. Blackbird
6. Dunnock
7. Carrion Crow
8. Chaffinch
9. Great Tit
10. Nuthatch
    
11. Wren
12. Black-headed Gull
    
13. Mistle Thrush
    
14. Great Spotted Woodpecker
15. Pheasant (03/01)
16. Goldfinch
17. Blue Tit
18. Long-tailed Tit
    
19. Kestrel
20. Canada Goose
21. Pied Wagtail
    
22. Linnet
    
23. Jackdaw
24. Rook
    
25. Lapwing
    
26. Tree Sparrow
    
27. Starling
28. Green Woodpecker
    
29. Jay
    
30. Mallard (09/01)
31. Meadow Pipit
32. Lesser Redpoll
33. Siskin
34. Sparrowhawk
35. Fieldfare
36. Song Thrush (10/01)
37. Bullfinch
38. Greenfinch
39. Tufted Duck
40. Coot
41. Mute Swan
    
42. Greylag Goose
    
43. Little Grebe
    
44. Moorhen
    
45. Common Snipe
46. Teal
    
47. Common Gull
48. Kingfisher
49. Redwing
50. House Sparrow
51. Yellowhammer
52. Coal Tit
53. Treecreeper (17/01)
54. Pochard (18/01)
55. Willow Tit
56. Goldcrest
    
57. Feral Pigeon
    
58. Common Buzzard
59. Cormorant
60. Stock Dove
61. Grey Heron
62. Herring Gull
63. Lesser Black-backed Gull (01/02)
64. Golden Plover (02/02)
65. Skylark (15/02)
    
66. Great Crested Grebe
67. Water Rail (28/02)
    
68. Grey Partridge (05/03)
    
69. Chiffchaff (15/03)
    
70. Reed Bunting
    
71. Tawny Owl (19/03)
72. Red-legged Partridge (31/03)
73. Gadwall (05/04)
    
74. Blackcap
75. Willow Warbler
76. Barn Swallow (12/04)
77. Common Whitethroat (19/04)
78. Sand Martin
79. House Martin
80. Common Tern (03/05)
81. Common Swift
82. Red Kite
83. Reed Warbler (19/05)
84. Ruddy Duck
85. Garden Warbler
    
86. Shelduck
87. Little Owl (28/05)
88. Cuckoo (22/06)
89. Grey Wagtail (04/07)
90. Shovelor (20/09)
91. Stonechat (05/10)
92. Red-crested Pochard (11/10)
93. Goosander (22/11)
    

Garden Year List (2009)

A list of birds seen in and from my garden (or from my house) on the edge of Bestwood Country Park in north Nottingham during 2009.

1. Collared Dove (01/01)
2. Woodpigeon
3. Carrion Crow
4. Magpie
5. Blackbird
6. Blue Tit
7. Goldfinch
8. Robin
9. Dunnock
10. Starling
11. Black-headed Gull
12. Common Gull (02/01)
13. Siskin
    
14. Greenfinch
15. House Sparrow
16. Herring Gull (03/01)
    
17. Wren (04/01)
18. Pied Wagtail
    
19. Mute Swan (25/01)
20. Lesser Redpoll
21. Herring Gull
22. Green Woodpecker (26/01)
23. Fieldfare (03/02)
    
24. Lesser Black-backed Gull (05/02)
25. Grey Heron