BIRDS 



a great inducement to sea-birds and waterfowl to follow their course 

 inland far from their natural home. Nottinghamshire is fortunate in 

 having such a fine river as the Trent, which runs through the county 

 from south-west to north-east and forms a natural highway from the 

 sea. There are numerous other streams, the most important being the 

 Idle, which drains the northern parts of Notts ; there are also several 

 canals. These make the county very attractive to birds of aquatic habits. 

 We have no big hills, though a few rise to about 600 feet ; on one hill 

 near Rainworth a small trip of dotterel often stay for a few days on their 

 way north to nest ; they were last seen in April 1901, when they num- 

 bered about sixteen. 



No place in Nottinghamshire has a larger or more varied avifauna 

 than Rainworth, and it may be of interest to enumerate the birds that 

 have been seen within a radius of one mile around Rainworth Lodge : 

 they number 155 species, and are' as follows : 



Osprey 



Peregrine Falcon 



Hobby 



Merlin 



Kestrel 



Sparrow Hawk 



Common Buzzard 



Rough-legged Buzzard 



Hen Harrier 



Montagu's Harrier 



Barn Owl 



Tawny Owl 



Long-eared Owl 



Short-eared Owl 



Great Grey Shrike 



Red-backed Shrike 



Spotted Flycatcher 



Pied Flycatcher 



Missel Thrush 



Song Thrush 



Fieldfare 



Redwing 



Blackbird 



Ring Ousel 



Hedge Sparrow 



Redbreast 



Redstart 



Stonechat 



Whinchat 



Wheatear 



Reed Warbler 



Sedge Warbler 



Grasshopper Warbler 



Nightingale 



Blackcap 



Garden Warbler 



Whitethroat 



Lesser Whitethroat 



Wood Warbler 



Willow Warbler 



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