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This page will be updated on a daily basis, to provide a convenient news service to scarce & rare birds found within the County Nottinghamshire.

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Species shown in Blue on this page are species with less than 70 birds recorded in Nottinghamshire since 1970. Bold Red are species with on average, less than 20 records annually and Red are species of interest.

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219 Species recorded so far in 2016. Full List Here

Saturday 31st December

Holme Pierrepont - 6 Smew [including 1 adult drake on A52 Pit this morning].

Collingham Pits - Smew [1 redhead on Ferry Lane Lake this morning].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Merlin [ Female on Hayton common this morning].

Rufford CP - Hawfinch [two or more still in fenced-off tree by main car park early morning].

Kilvington - Greater Scaup [1w drake still on West Lake].

Friday 30th December

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Caspian Gull [2w on Neatholme Scrape from 15.35]. Mediterranean Gull [Adult again on Bellmoor Lake, early afternoon].

Thursday 29th December

Langford Lowfields RSPB - Bearded Tit [up to 8, still showing well in reeds off boardwalk, 10:00 - 11:30]. Also 16 Whooper Swan [flew west, 09:30].

Hoveringham - Great Northern Diver [juvenile still on Railway Pit, also 6 Whooper Swan, 2 Red-crested Pochard]. 1 Mediterranean Gull [1st winter in sailing lake roost]. 1 Little Owl [sailing club track at dusk].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Mediterranean Gull [adult again on Bellmoor Lake late afternoon]. Short-eared Owl [four on Hayton Common, 14:30]. Also 13 Golden Plover.

Calverton - Waxwing [1 feeding on small crab apples in private garden this morning].

Gringley Carr - Hen Harrier [male still on Carr Road, 14:50, also Marsh Harreir].

Stoke Bardolph - Greater Scaup [on the River Trent with Tufted Duck].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Stonechat [still in reedbeds near sailing club].

Gedling CP - Stonechat [2 males & 3 Females].

Wednesday 28th December

Hoveringham - Great Northern Diver [juvenile still on Railway Pit; also redhead Smew still and 2 Red-crested Pochard, 13:20]. Caspian Gull [2 adults in roost]. 5 White-fronted Goose [with large Greylag flock]. 1 Smew [redhead on Trent Side Pit]. Also 2 Tawny Owl and 3 Yellow-legged Gull.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Firecrest [seen briefly again this morning by footpath alongside works pit between bridge and village gate, also good numbers of Bullfinch]. Stonechat [north Coneries reed bed].

Newark - 2 Whooper Swans [Flew east along the River Trent next to the A46].

Ranby - 2000+ Pink-Footed Goose [flew west high over the A1].

Holme Pierrepont - Siberian Chiffchaff [along the concrete path next to Blotts, 14.30. Smew [2 redheads on the A52 pit].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Short-eared Owl [up to 4 at Tiln North, 15:15]
Brackenhurst - 2 Raven [over NTU campus this morning].

Tueday 27th December

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Firecrest [one with Goldcrest, by the path 50 yards before the foot bridge by the Works pond , 10:30am].

Hoveringham - Great Northern Diver [juvenile still on railway pit, viewed from second stile on permissive footpath, at 13.00 also 4 Pintail]. - Brambling [1 on feeders]. Also Caspian Gull [2 adults in Sailing Pit roost, also 1 adult Yellow-legged Gull].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Great White Egret [1 at north end of Clayworth Common, also 45 Whooper Swans]. Caspian Gull [adult on Bellmoor Lake, 15.20]. Marsh Harrier [Chainbridge east this morning]. 3 Ruff [Conservation pond].

Rufford CP - Hawfinch [two in the main car park this morning].

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 5 Bearded Tit [including 2 males, showing well in reeds off boardwalk]. Also 1 Stonechat, 2 Common Redshank and 1 Goldeneye.

Kirklington - Waxwing [1 with Redwing & Fieldfare feeding on apples in private garden].

Bramcote - Blackcap [male & female in private garden today].

Stoke Bardolph - 9 Goldeneye [7 male, 2 female on the River Trent].

Monday 26th December

Holme Pierrepont - Siberian Chiffchaff [one calling 20m east of Bakers Bridge on west side of Blotts Pit]. Also 5 redhead Smew [still on A52 Pit, 10:45].

Hoveringham - Smew [redhead still at Gonalston Lane end of Railway Pit]. Also 3 White-fronted Geese [with Greylag Geese on the Railway Pit, 11:00].

Attenborough - 3 Pintail [on Coneries Pond at midday].

Eakring - Garganey [Overwintering drk, still present on Eakring Flash, this morning].

Burton Joyce - Raven [circled, calling continuously before heading North].

Sunday 25th December

Holme Pierrepont - Smew [5 redheads on A52 Pit].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Siberian Chiffchaff [one near viewing screen along Bellmoor riverside path].

Saturday 24th December

Kilverton Lakes - Mediterranean Gull [2w on East Lake]. Also 1w Greater Scaup [East Lake].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Red-breasted Merganser [female on Coneries Pond, 11:00].
Wellbeck - 8 Waxwing [still in Dukeries Garden Centre car park, early morning at least].
Hoveringham - 5 White-fronted Geese [Still present on the Railway Pit]. Also single redhead Smew.

Gringley Carr - Hen Harrier [male, 15:00].

Skegby Trail - Golden Plover [30 over to the NW]. Also Willow Tit.

Friday 23rd December

Kilverton Lakes - 2 Great White Egret [North Lake]. Also 1w Greater Scaup [East Lake].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Red-breasted Merganser [female on main pond, 11:20].
Cotham Flash - Caspian Gull [1w on Cotham Landfill this morning, view from cycle path].
Wellbeck - 8 Waxwing [in Dukeries Garden Centre car park, 5 miles north of Warsop].
Bennerley Marsh - c50 Golden Plover [12:00].

Thursday 22nd December

Bestwood Mill Lakes - Firecrest [In brambles at the side of the lake, 14:15].

Barton in Fabis - 4 White-fronted Geese [still present in large riverside field between here and Thrumpton].

Hoveringham - Great Northern Diver [Still present on the Railway Pit, late afternoon].
- 5 White-fronted Geese and 8 Pink-footed Geese [present with the large mobile Greylag flock]. - Caspian Gull [Adult in the Sailing Lake roost, this evening]. Also 3 Pintail, 2 Red-crested Pochard, 1 Common Redshank, 1 Curlew and 1 Green Sandpiper.
Kilvington Lakes - 2 Smew [redheads this afternoon, also 1w Greater Scaup Still].

Wednesday 21st December

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Red-breasted Merganser [Sailing Pit, this morning].

Barton in Fabis - 4 White-fronted Geese [in large riverside field between here and Thrumpton, 14:15].

Girton Pits - Greater Scaup [on Spalford Pit].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 10 White-fronted Geese [on Clayworth Common, 09:40]. Also Siberian Chiffchaff reported in scrub at junction of Bellmoor Lake and riverside path near weir.

Tuesday 20th December

Clifton/Silverdale - Cattle Egret [An unconfirmed report of one present on the Fairham Brook, between Clifton and Silverdale this afternoon].

Barton in Fabis - Stonechat [A453 Balancing Pond, 11:45].

Hoveringham - 3 White-fronted Geese and 5 Pink-footed Geese [present with the large Canada/Greylag flock, on the Sailing Lake], 2 redhead Smew and 3 Pintail [Trentside Pit].

Eakring - Garganey [Overwintering drk, still present on Eakring Flash, this morning].

Monday 19th December

Hoveringham - Caspian Gull [Adult, in the Sailing Lake roost, this evening]. Also 2 redhead Smew and 2 Pintail [Trent-side pits, this morning], c500 Lapwing [Sailing Pit, this afternoon] and Tree Sparrow [on the feeders].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Red-breasted Merganser [Sailing Pit, 14:56]. Also 58 Goosander [flew into Clifton Pit, this evening]. Also 15 Little Egret [A minimum of 15 counted flying into the Coneries roost].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] -Great White Egret and Bittern [Neatholme Pit], Marsh Harrier [Male, Neatholme Fen], 2 Pintail [Males, Chainbridge Scrape West], Marsh Harrier [Juvenile, Chainbridge Scrape East], 4 Ruff and Great White Egret [Clayworth Common], Peregrine [Juvenile, Hayton Common] and 32 Whopper Swan [Mattersey Common].

Nott'm City - Peregrine [hawking above Market Square, this afternoon].

West Bridgford - 25 Pink-footed Geese [South/West over Wilford Hill, 11:00].

Kilvington Lakes - Greater Scaup [1st winter drake, on East Lake, 10:30], Peregrine, Dunlin and Common Redshank.

Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Stonechat [present on the Wader Scrape, this morning]. Also Several Water Rail [heard calling from various reed beds].

Rufford CP - Hawfinch [Near the Abbey, 10:00].

Sunday 18th December

Gedling CP - Short Eared Owl [over the Solar Farm, at dusk]. Also 2 Stonechat.

Hoveringham - Great Northern Diver [Still present on the Railway Pit, late afternoon].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Mediterranean Gull [Adult, Bellmoor Lake, 14:00-14:30 at least]. Also 33 Whooper Swan [Clayworth Common], 3 Whooper Swan [Neatholme Scrape], 2 Short Eared Owl and Marsh Harrier [Chainbridge Scrape].

Girton Pits - Smew [Redhead] and female Mandarin [A1133 pit, 12:25 at least].

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 6 Bearded Tit [4 showing well from the boardwalk this morning and 2 heard in reedbed East of viewing mound]. Also 3 Cetti's warbler singing, 6 Goldeneye and Common Redshank.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Red-breasted Merganser [present in the channel beside visitor centre at first light, then flew west just after 08:30. Then spent most of the day on Coneries/Sailing Pit before flying onto Clifton Pit late afternoon]. Also 55 Goosander [Clifton Pit, late afternoon], Cetti's Warbler and Water Rail [from Kingfisher Hide] and 2 Pintail [Coneries, South side, 09:30].

Woodthorpe - Blackcap [on garden feeders].

Bestwood Mill Lakes - Goosander, 2 Water Rail and Mixed flock of c50 finches on alders, Siskin, Lesser Redpoll and Goldfinch

Burton Joyce to Stoke Ferry - Chiffchaff, Little Owl, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Grey Wagtail and Little Egret.

Saturday 17th December

Newark - Pink-footed Geese [Large skein, over the centre of Newark, 18:30].

Hoveringham - Great Northern Diver [Still present on the Railway Pit, 15:45 at least]. Also 5 Pintail and 2 Red-crested Pochard.

Holme Pierrepont - 7 Smew [All redheads, still present on the A52 Pit]. Also Common Sandpiper [Ski-Tow Pond, this afternoon].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 4 Short-eared Owl [Hayton Common, 13:00].

Gringley Carr - 2 Hen Harrier [males, in the field with grazing sheep opposite Cross Lane 12:20 to 12:40, then drifted off towards Misterton Car]. Also 7 Whooper Swan, 200+ Redwing, 200+ Fieldfare, 300+ Lapwing, 5000+ Starling and mixed Finch flock [50-100].

Kilvington Lakes - Pink-footed Goose [West Lake, early afternoon].

Langold Lake - 56 Pink-footed Geese [25 through East and 31 through West] Also 4 Water Rail, 2 Kingfisher and Goldeneye.

Hodsock Flash - Jack Snipe, 22 Snipe and 21 Pink-footed Geese [Through West].

Wollaton Park - Stonechat [still present, near the deer park].

Kingsmill Reservoir - 70+ Gadwall, c230 Northern Lapwing, 25 Common Snipe and Kingfisher.

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 2 Bearded Tit [Showing well from the boardwalk this morning]. Also 500-600 Pink-footed Geese over in several large skeins], and a pair of Stonechat.

Awsworth - c200 Pink-footed Geese [over to the west, 10:50].

Harlow Wood - c150 Pink-footed Geese [over to the west, 10:45].

Clumber Park - c500 Pink-footed Geese [over in 3 skeins totalling c500, all moving North/West].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Red-breasted Merganser [In the channel beside visitor centre, at first light, 08.30, it then flew off east with c20 Goosander. Relocated late morning on Coneries, towards the Osprey platform]. Also 7500+ Starling and 48 Goosander [Clifton Pit, late afternoon].

Netherfield Lagoons - Brambling [flew, calling, along the north bank of the Slurry Lagoon, this morning]. Also 5 Water Rail and 3 Cetti’s Warbler heard.

Misterton Carr - c190 Pink-footed Geese [70+ over to the East, and 120+ over to the West, this morning]. Also 5 Whooper Swan [through North/East].

Friday 16th December

Hoveringham - Great Northern Diver [Still present on the Railway Pit today]. Also present were 5 Pink-footed Geese, 7 Pintail and 2 Red-crested Pochard.

Market Warsop - Raven [over late morning].

Kilvington Lakes - Greater Scaup [1w male, East Lake, 11:00] Also 2 Shelduck, Dunlin and Barn Owl [behind East Lake].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Red-breasted Merganser [again in the channel near the Visitor Centre early morning, then relocated to Coneries/Sailing Pit, this afternoon]. Also Peregrine [from Tower Hide seen to take a Lapwing].

Thursday 15th December

Hoveringham - 2 Caspian Gull and 6 Yellow-legged Gull [All adults, in the Sailing Lake roost this evening], Great Northern Diver [Still present on the Railway Pit, at the Eastern end, 10:30 - 12:30 at least], Smew [redhead, Trent-side Pit]. Also 5 Pintail [3 drks], 2 Red-crested Pochard, Grey Wagtail [Railway Pit] and 50+ Siskin [Gonalston Lane].

Bingham - Green Sandpiper [Balancing Pond/Lagoon by the A46].

Arnold - Raven [over the Lakeside Restaurant on the A60, midday].

Rufford CP - 5+Hawfinch [3 from the main car park, 09:30 and 5 by the Ice House, 10:30].

Keyworth - Yellowhammer [several, in private garden with mixed finch flock].

Wednesday 14th December

Hoveringham - Great Northern Diver [Immature, on the Railway Pit, 12:40]. Also 6 Pintail, 10 Goosander, pair of Red-crested Pochard, 1 Common Redshank and 2 Siskin.

Kilvington Lakes - 2 Great White Egret [North Lake mid-morning], c. 230 Eurasian Teal, Peregrine Falcon, Dunlin and Greater Scaup [1w drk, East Lake this afternoon].

Hucknall/Bulwell - 17 Golden Plover [by the Rolls Royce building area, flying and circling low over open field].

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 3+Stonechat and Barn Owl.

Flintham - 500+ Northern Lapwing [coneygrey spinney, in fields just South of village].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Red-breasted Merganser [briefly again in the channel near the Visitor Centre 08:30, but no further sign]. Also 3 Pintail [Coneries, this morning] and 43 Goosander [flew into Clifton Pit, late afternoon to roost].

Bunny - Woodcock [flew low over road, heading South towards Old Bunny Woods, 07:20].

Tuesday 13th December

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Red-breasted Merganser [flew into roost on Clifton Pit late afternoon with 35 Goosander. Also present briefly in the channel near the Visitor Centre 09:00, but no further sign between 10:00 and 14:30].

Kilvington Lakes - 4 Greater Scaup [North Lake, 11:00].

Market Warsop - 87 Pink-footed Geese [over West, 09:43].

Monday 12th December

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Red-breasted Merganser [Viewed from the bridge near visitor centre, present for an hour only, mid afternoon].

Idle Washlands - 18 Common Redshank, 2 Dunlin and 1 Juv Peregrine [Hagg Lane Flash], Black-tailed Godwit and 3 Goosander [Slaynes Lane].

Annesley Pit Top [Newstead and Annesley CP] - 2 Whooper Swan [through South/West, 11:00, 4 on site yesterday].

Market Warsop - 54 Pink-footed Geese [over West, 10:05].

Cotham - 4 Caspian Gull [2 adults, one 1w and one 2w, Cotham Landfill, this morning]. Also single adult Yellow-legged Gull.

Kilvington Lakes - Greater Scaup [Still present on East Lake, early morning].

Sunday 11th December

Kilvington Lakes - Greater Scaup [East Lake, early afternoon] Also 2 redhead Smew and 4 Goosander [West Lake].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Green-winged Teal [Drk, Neatholme Fen, 11:00]. Also 2 Great White Egret [Neatholme Pit].

Budby - 500+ Brambling and c30 Lesser Redpoll [In wooded area South/West of the South/West corner of the common]. Also Raven over. Jack Snipe [showing well on Budby Flash, this morning].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Marsh Tit [heard around Delta Gate area this morning].

Holme Pierrepont - 7 Smew [All redheads, still present on the A52 Pit, this morning].

Carlton - Blackcap [female, eating Sorbus hupehensis berries in private garden].

Saturday 10th December

Beckingham Marshes - Woodcock [at dusk], 200+ Wigeon, and large numbers of Fieldfare and Redwing.

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] -Hen Harrier [Male, over Neathholme Scrape], Great White Egret [Neathholme Scrape], Marsh Harrier [Juvenile, Clayworth Common] and 3 Short-eared Owl [Clayworth Common].

Thrumpton - 2 Tree Sparrow [on feeders].

Gringley Carr - Merlin [Cold Store to Cross Lane area] and Kingfisher [on main drain].

Scrooby - Short-eared Owl [Scrooby Pit Top, late morning].

Holme Pierrepont - 6 Smew [Redheads, on the A52 Pit, this morning]. Also Common Sandpiper and Common Snipe [Skylarks] and 2 Dunlin [Blotts Pit].

Langford Lowfields RSPB - Bittern [flew south over settling ponds, 10:50], 2 Bearded Tit [pair, showing well from the boardwalk this this afternoon]. Also Stonechat, singing Cetti's warbler and calling Water Rail.

Clifton Grove - Marsh/Willow Tit [with mobile Tit flock, along the river side of the path half way along to Holme Pit, 10:45].

Friday 9th December

Hoveringham - 3 Caspian Gull [2 adults and 1w, in the Sailing Lake roost this evening]. Also single Goosander, Chiffchaff and 8 Tree Sparrow.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 Pintail [Clifton Pit, 14:24]. Also 35 Goosander [flew into Clifton Pit, this evening].

Kilvington Lakes - 2 Smew [redheads on West Lake, 10:30]. Also Jack Snipe and Common Redshank.

Compton Acres - Chiffchaff and male Blackcap this morning.

Thursday 8th December

Gringley Carr - Marsh Harrier and 2 Little Egret [12:00 - 14:00 visit].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Great White Egret [Neatholme Pit, early morning]. Also Short-eared Owl [One was briefly over Clayworth Common at 11.40, possible SEO, 06.55 and 16.25, picked up thermal image camera in the area just north of Chainbridge Lane to the east of the main reserve].

Wednesday 7th December

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Bittern [flew over the Clifton Pit reed-bed, late afternoon].

Southwell - c 1250 Corvid [roosting, Norwood golf club].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Great White Egret [Neatholme Pit], 4 Pintail [Neatholme Scrape], Marsh Harrier [S/W-N/E from Chainbridge Pit to Chainbridge Scrape], 5 Ruff [Chainbridge Scrape], Peregrine [over Clayworth Common], 2 Short-eared Owl [Clayworth Common], Oystercatcher [Chainbridge lane], Brambling [Bellmore, near Bailey Bridge] and Tree Sparrow [on feeders by the visitor centre].

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 5 Stonechat [this afternoon].

Kingsmill Reservoir - 174 Lapwing, 36 Teal and 2 Common Snipe.

Holme Pierrepont - Black Redstart [Blotts Pit yesterday, near viewing screens by the bridge. Reported by one of the wardens].

Tuesday 6th December

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 58 Goosander and single Pintail [from Tower Hide, late afternoon].

Langford Lowfields RSPB - Bearded Tits [Still showing well this morning]. Also Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler and large numbers of winter Thrushes and Starling feeding on North Trail.

Gedling CP - 2 Stonechat [on the southern slope, 10:45].

Colwick CP - 120+ Wigeon and 4 Goldeneye.

Monday 5th December

Hoveringham - 3 Caspian Gull [2 adults and 1w, in the Sailing Lake roost this evening]. Also 2 Smew [redheads, on the Railway Pit], Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Redshank, pair of Red-crested Pochard [Railway Pit], 10 Goldeneye, Whooper Swan [Adult, Sailing Lake, this morning]. Also 65 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing and 6 Blackbirds on berries.

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 4 Bearded Tit [2 males, showing well from the boardwalk, this afternoon].

Clifton - Woodcock [South Nott's University, near the all weather pitches, 08:38].

Sunday 4th December

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Bittern [Clifton Pit, 16:07], 4 Pintail, 35 Goosander and 5000 Starling into roost.

Clifton - 7 Waxwing [flew over the Sunninghill Dr/Brinkhill area, on two seperate occasions this afternoon].

Langford Lowfields - 7 Bearded Tit [2 Males, showing well on and off all day from the boardwalk, 14:00 at least], 2 Bittern [in flight from the boardwalk, 13:45 and 14:40]. Also 2 Stonechat and 2 Common Redshank.

Kilvington Lakes - Great White Egret [North Lake, at midday], Dunlin, Common Redshank, 2 Goldeneye and Grey wagtail [west lake], c20 Pink-footed Geese [over, early afternoon] and Black-necked Grebe [reported, 15:00].

Netherfield Lagoons - Raven [flew high over the site from the south, midday]. Water Rail [at least 8 heard] and 3 Cetti’s Warbler.

Rufford CP - Garganey [Drk, flew into Rufford Lake with Mallards near the main island, viewed from the eastern path, 10:30]. Also several Goosander and Kingfisher.

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Great White Egret [Chainbridge Scrape West, 09:45], 2 Ruff [Chainbridge Scrape East] and a unconfirmed report of 7 Short eared Owl [Clayworth common this morning].

Gedling CP - 2 Stonechat [pair, by the solar farm, this morning].

Clumber Park - 4 Hawfinch [Behind the chaple, this morning].

Holme Pierrepont - 7 Smew [All Redheads, on the A52 Pit, this morning].

Saturday 3rd December

Collingham Pits - Mediterranean Gull [1w, in the roost on Ferry Lane Lake, this evening].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Bittern [flew over reedbeds in front of Tower hide four times over course of the day, 09:30, 11:00, 15:00 and 15:30].

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 2+Bearded Tit.

Gringley Carr - Hen Harrier [Male, still present].

Hucknall - Short-eared Owl [Rolls Royce Airfield, Watnall end, this afternoon from 15:00]. Also 3 Raven ["Cronkin" over, heading West] and 20+ flock of Skylark.

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 3 Short-eared Owl [Clayworth Common, hunting along the banks of the narrow drainage dyke between the open fields, next to a footpath sign, 13:00].

Woodborough - Raven [over Ploughman Wood, this afternoon].

Friday 2nd December

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Great White Egret [Foraging in pasture this afternoon, then flew off towards Mattersey], 3 Ruff and Dunlin [Chainbridge Scrape, 13:00].

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 3 Bearded Tit [2 males, in reeds alongside the boardwalk, Also several more seen by volunteers reed cutting on Phase 1].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Bittern [flew from reeds near Kingfisher hide to reeds in front of Tower hide, midday].

Hoveringham - Pintail, Peregrine, Green Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Grey Wagtail and 2 Red-crested Pochard [Railway Pit]. Also Single Water Rail [Annex Pit].

Annesley Pit Top [Newstead and Annesley CP] - Water Pipit [This morning, then flew north over the golf course].

Thursday 1st December

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 7 Bearded Tit [Reed-bed on island directly opposite the beach hut]. Also 2 Common Redshank and 2 Stonechat.

Bennerley Marsh - 3 Golden Plover, 86 Wigeon, 32 Teal, c30 Lapwing and 100 Black-headed Gull.

Serlby - Red Kite [over Serlby Golf Course practice ground]. Also Little Owl and c100 Fieldfare along Green Lane].

Besthorpe NR - 4+Whooper Swan [with Mutes, North/East of Meering Marsh].

Gringley Carr - Male Hen Harrier, 13 Corn Bunting, 3 Short eared-Owl and Peregrine.

Burton Joyce - Woodcock [flushed from private garden, this morning].

Market Warsop - Raven [over South/East, 10:21].

Many thanks to:

Jamie Alexander, Laurence Archibald, Sandy Aitken, Mervyn Bartle, Bob Beck, Bryan Benn, Roger Bennett, Peter Birley, Ian Bollen, Robin Brace, David Bradford, Sean Browne, Pete Burton, Paul Buxton, James Christmass, Steven Chick, Carl Cornish, Ian Cowgill, Nick Crouch, Rod Dean, Steve Dunn, John Ellis, Steve Furber, Josh Fusiara, John Gallagher, Chris Grimshaw, Gill Green, Darren Hall, John Hopper, Judith Hughes, Michael Leatherland, Jonathan Lloyd, Paul Naylor, Dave Nicholls, Stephen North, ‎David Paxton, Nick Pearce, Martyn Perkins, Peter Playle, Pete Saunders, Alan Scrimshaw, Simon Roberts, Harry Robinson, Tom Shields, Simon Smith, Andy Shooter, Darren Starling, Mick Tring, David Tyldesley, Jonathan Waite, Tony Wardell, Peter.T.Whitworth, Mark Wilde, Greg Wiley.

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