Welcome to the Website of the Nottinghamshire Birdwatchers
This page will be updated on a daily basis, to provide a convenient news service to scarce & rare birds found within the County Nottinghamshire.
The Sightings page and @Nottsbirders Twitter feed are intended to alert birders to scarcer species that they might be interested in seeing within the County.
Records of more common species are still very important, but should preferably be submitted to the county Recorder Andy Hall. These records will then be added to the Nottinghamshire Birdwatchers data-base, to be included in the monthly Newsletter and Annual Reports.
None of these reports have been verified or checked by the Nottinghamshire Birdwatchers' Records Committee.
Please report your Latest Sightings to: nottsbirders@gmail.com or @NottsBirders on the Twitter feed.
Please remember to submit all sightings to Andy Hall each month, using the Excel spreadsheet that can be downloaded from the Recording page.
Archived Sightings 2001 - 2018
Archived Sightings 2001 to 2018
Archived Sightings 2019
Species shown in bold Purple on this page are BBRC rarities or species recorded on less than ten occasions in the county. Bold Blue are rare and scarce county birds recorded less than annually that require a description or supporting details for the society’s archive. A full list of these species can be found on the Recording page. Red are species of interest. Bold GREY are unconfirmed sightings or a species of unknown origin.
International Swan Census 2020
The weekend 11th-12th January 2020 is the time for the next International Swan Census.
Could members report any parties of Whooper and/or Bewick’s Swans as soon as possible after that date to Andy Hall or David Parkin.
The organisers would like the number of adult and juvenile birds, the location and the habitat.
A recording form can be downloaded HERE
This form also gives details of the habitat types.
Tuesday 31st December
Hoveringham - 2 MEDITERRANEAN GULL [adult and second-winter, Railway Pit roost], Great White Egret, 2 BLACK-NECKED GREBE, Common Redshank [Sailing Lake].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Slavonian Grebe [still present on Coneries although distant, this afternoon], 51 Goldeneye, 21 Goosander [Clifton Pit, into roost at dusk].
Gotham - BLACK REDSTART [briefly in garden off Nottingham Rd, this afternoon].
Kilvington Lakes - Short-eared Owl, 9 GBB GULL, 300 Herring Gull [late afternoon]
Holme Pierrepont - Long-tailed Duck, drk Smew [on the A52 Pit, this morning], redhead Smew, 2 Whooper Swan [Blotts Pit].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Hawfinch [one possible two, from trees behind the care home on the Lound cross roads,10:09], Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [reported on Cross Lane], 100+ Pink-footed Geese [north-west, 09:41].
Rufford CP - Hawfinch [single from the car park, early morning].
Monday 30th December
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Slavonian Grebe [Coneries, still showing really well from the Visitors Centre], 2 Ring-necked Parakeet [works site, 10:43].
St Ann's - Woodcock [St Ann's allotments carpark, late afternoon].
Spalford - CASPIAN GULL [first-winter, in pig fields, this afternoon].
Elkesley - Merlin [over, 15:00].
Collingham Pits - Smew [redhead, Ferry Lane Lake, in the north-west corner, 11:04].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Hawfinch [showing again from trees behind the care home at Lound cross roads, 10:15], Great White Egret, redhead Smew [Neatholme Fen from the east viewing screen, midday], 2 Raven [south over Chainbridge Pit, 13:05], Marsh Harrier [over Neatholme Scrape to roost, 16:30].
Idle Washlands - 2 BEWICK'S SWAN [adults, Slaynes Lane 09:30], also c.300 Whooper Swan.
Hoveringham - Smew [redhead, Railway Pit].
Killvington Lakes - Stonechat.
Rufford CP - 4 Hawfinch [Lime Tree Ave and in tree tops of the field, 08:30-09:00], 2 Peregrine [near Rufford Park entrance, high up 11:00], Siskins [around birches near mill end,high up feeding 10-10:45], 10+ Goosander [fishing then being mobbed by gulls for the fish, 10-10:45].
Sunday 29th December
Thoresby - c.35 Hawfinch [large flock c.35 near Thoresby, feeding on mistletoe then flew north into woodland, late afternoon].
Gringly Carr - 2 Corn Bunting, 68 Linnet, 30 Goldfinch, Stonechat, Grey partridge [calling], 3 Buzzards, 5 Kestrel, Sparrowhawk [late afternoon visit].
East Stoke - 2 Jack Snipe, 15+Common Snipe [Balancing pond 13, 14:58].
Kneeton - 2 Jack Snipe, 94 Common Snipe [on Balancing Pond east of Kneeton, 13:00].
Idle Washlands - 2 BEWICK'S SWAN [adults, Slaynes Lane on the east floods early afternoon]; also 300+Whooper Swan, 5 Pintail, 2 Stonechat.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - GOSHAWK [opposite the lake around the woods by the feeding station layby, 12:05 -13:00]; also 2 Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk.
Wollaton Park - Raven [this morning].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Slavonian Grebe [still present on Coneries, in front of Sand Martin hide, 11:09 at least].
Langford Lowfields - BITTERN, Marsh Harrier [female], 2 Curlew, Green Sandpiper, 2 Stonechat, 18 Shelduck, c.5 Pintail [this morning].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Hawfinch [Lound village playing field, 09:45], Smew [redhead, Neatholme Fen]; also Marsh Harrier [Imm male], 3 Great White Egret, 8 Goosander, 8 Shelduck, 50 Common Snipe.
Saturday 28th December
Nott'm City - c.300 Pied Wagtail [in the roost outside the clock tower entrance to Victoria Centre].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Slavonian Grebe [still showing well on Coneries near the Visitor Certre, this afternoon].
Holme Pierrepont - Long-tailed Duck [juvenile, still on the A52 Pit, 12:56]; also 3 drk Pintail.
Langford Lowfields - BITTERN [Phase One, 13:25], Marsh Harrier [female], 10 Pintail, 26 Shelduck, 2 Stonechat [this morning].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Marsh Harrier [imm male], 2 Great White Egret, 8 Ruff, 35 Common Snipe, 3 Pintail, 11 Goosander, Barnacle Goose.
Halloughton - Marsh Tit [Halloughton Wood Farm].
Balderton Lake - 13 Goosander, 2 drk Mandarin.
Bennerley Marsh - c.20 Golden Plover [this morning].
Oxton - Red Kite [north of Oxton near the old fort, this morning].
Farnsfield - 250+ Lapwing [on wet harvested potatoes field off Mansfield Road].
Friday 27th December
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - WAXWING [calling in flight, from Neatholme Scrape, 16:20], 2 Water Rail, 3000+ Common Gull, adult Yellow-legged Gull, 40 Herring Gull, 8 LBB Gull, single GBB Gull [Neatholme Scrape roost], 18 Goosander [Ski Pond], Pintail [drk, Neatholme Pit], Great White Egret [Neatholme Fen], Marsh Harrier [cream crown, Bellmoor Lake].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Slavonian Grebe [Coneries, feeding very close to the bankside between the Visitor Centre and the railway, 15:45], 2 Whooper Swan [adults, Clifton Pit], 800 Starling [into roost, late afternoon].
Netherfield Lagoons - 12,000 Starling [into roost late afternoon, but very little murmuration], Probable Bearded Tit [heard briefly from the reedbed], 3 Green Sandpiper [still on the New Workings].
Hoveringham - BLACK-NECKED GREBE, 2 Stonechat [Sailing Lake, this afternoon].
Clumber Park - Hawfinch [single, in the Chapel grounds this afternoon].
Chilwell - 5 Ring-necked Parakeet [very vocal, dropped down into large trees on Beeston Fields Golf Course, High Grove Avenue boundary, 11:45].
Holme Pierrepont - Long-tailed Duck [juvenile, still on the A52 Pit, this morning], 2 Whooper Swan [south-east over the Rowing Course towards Blotts Pit, 10:37].
Clifton Grove - 2 Whooper Swan [adults, over the Weir field heading east, 09:23].
Hickling - Raven [calling to the east of the village, this morning].
Bennerley Marsh North - 8 Jack Snipe, c.50 Common Snipe, 3 Water Rail, Single Little Egret.
Thursday 26th December
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Slavonian Grebe [still showing very well near the Visitor Centre, 14:30 at least], 8 Whooper Swan [adults, Tween Pond].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 2 Whooper Swan [imm, Chainbridge Pit], Great White Egret [Tiln North], Marsh Harrier [Chainbridge Scrape].
Budby Common - 2 Stonechat [pair near the central track], Brambling [single with Chaffinch flock at the eastern end].
Cotgrave - Jack Snipe, 16 Common Snipe [Balancing Pond next to the A46].
Upper Broughton - Raven [flew west over the village, this morning].
Wednesday 25th December
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Slavonian Grebe [showing very well near the Visitor Centre, this morning].
Holme Pierrepont - Long-tailed Duck [juvenile, still on the A52 Pit, 10:05 at least]
Tuesday 24th December
Holme Pierrepont - Long-tailed Duck [juvenile, still on the A52 Pit, late afternoon].
Netherfield Lagoons - 10,000 Starling [murmuration and roost, late afternoon]; also Woodcock.
Idle Washlands - 2 BEWICK'S SWAN [Misson east floods, this afternoon]; also 7 Pintail, Marsh Harrier.
Kilvington Lakes - Short-eared Owl [at the back of West Lake, mid-afternoon]
Hoveringham - BLACK-NECKED GREBE, Great White Egret, 9 adult Whooper Swan, 2 Stonechat [Sailing Lake, midday], also displaying Great Crested Grebes and Goldeneyes.
Bennerley Marsh - 2 Raven, 2 Stonechat [midday].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Slavonian Grebe [again on Coneries, showing from the Visitor Centre balcony, 09:30].
Monday 23rd December
Netherfield Lagoons - BITTERN [in the Slurry Lagoon reedbed on the north-east side at dusk], Bearded Tit [heard calling, from the reedbed], 2 Woodcock [in flight].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [female, in ash trees then flew towards the Delta gate, 14:40], Raven [flew over the river towards Clifton, 15:00], Small murmuration of starlings over Ridge and Furrow and Tween Pond, 16:15.
Hoveringham - Great White Egret, BLACK-NECKED GREBE , 2 Stonechat [Sailing Lake].
Holme Pierrepont - Marsh Harrier [on the strip of land opposite the A52 pit on Skylarks Nature reserve].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE [dropped into Chainbridge Scrape with Greylags, 11:45], Great White Egret [Tiln North], Smew [redhead, still Neatholme Fen].
King's Mill Reservoir - 20+ Common Snipe.
Sunday 22nd December
Kilvington Lakes - 2 Short-eared Owl [on the top field, this evening].
Holme Pierrepont - Long-tailed Duck [juvenile, still on the A52 Pit, late morning].
Idle Washlands - WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, c.200 Whooper Swan, 2 Pintail, 3 Goldeneye, cream crown Marsh Harrier [Misson East flood].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Ring-necked Parakeet [near the Coneries sluice, late morning], 2 Stonechat [pair next to railway line by sailing pit], 9 Goosander [Clifton pit].
Hoveringham - Great White Egret, redhead Smew, Aythya hybrid Tufted Duck x Pochard [Railway Pit].
Stoke Ferry - Common Sandpiper [still present on the outflow channel]; also 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Goldeneye.
Thoresby Park - c.260 Pink-footed Geese [heading north-east, 11:58]; also 2 Red Kite, Woodcock, 3 Brambling.
Ravenshead - c.280 Pink-footed Geese [heading north-east, 10:45].
Langford Lowfields - c.150 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, this morning]; also BITTERN, Marsh Harrier, 5 Pintail, Green Sandpiper.
Saturday 21st December
Netherfield Lagoons - Woodcock [in flight at dusk], Bearded Tit [heard calling from the Slurry Lagoon reedbed], c.10,000 Starling [roosted in the reedbed], 4 Green Sandpiper [still on the New Workings].
Idle Washlands - 9 BEWICK'S SWAN [2 juveniles, Slaynes Lane], 420 Whooper Swan, 100 Mute Swan [Slaynes Lane], 42 Pink-footed Geese [over heading north-east].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Slavonian Grebe [still present on Coneries, this morning], 2 Stonechat [pair, near the Sailing Club, 12:05].
Hoveringham - redhead Smew, 9 Goldeneye [Railway Pit], Woodcock, Lesser Redpoll [Railway Pit Wood].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Smew [redhead, Neatholme Fen, early afternoon].
Center Parcs - c.100 Pink-footed Geese [over north-west, 11:30].
Sherwood Forest NNR - C.700 Pink-footed Geese [heading west over Budby South Forest in several skeins, 11:21].
Langford Lowfields - BITTERN [flew from the Silt Lagoon to Phase 2, 09:10, and again over Phase One, 11:25], c.300 Pink-footed Geese [heading west in three skeins, 11:10], Great White Egret [flew north from Phase Three towards Collingham, 12:14], Red Kite [heading south over Phase one, 13:00], 9 Pintail, 18 Shelduck [Phase Three].
Balderton Lakes - 9 Goosander, drake Mandarin.
Friday 20th December
Collingham Pits - CASPIAN GULL [second-winter, Ferry Lane Lake roost, late afternoon]; also Great White Egret.
Normanton on Trent - Great White Egret [by the Trent at Normanton Holme, viewed from Girton Pits, 14:12].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Slavonian Grebe [still present on Coneries by the Visitor Centre, 11:42].
Thursday 19th December
Idle Washlands - 6 BEWICK'S SWAN [4 adults/2 juveniles, along Slaynes Lane this afternoon]; also 350 Whooper Swan.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Slavonian Grebe [still present on Coneries Pond, late morning at least].
Thoresby - Red Kite [circling over fields near thoresby estate].
Hoveringham - Red Kite, 2 Stonechat [Sailing Lake].
Holme Pierrepont - Raven [Blotts Pit, this morning].
Wednesday 18th December
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Slavonian Grebe [Coneries Pond, still present and showing very well].
Netherfield Lagoons - c.12000 Starling [murmuration and roost, late afternoon].
Teversal - 2 Raven [over Silverhill Wood, 15:20].
Tuesday 17th December
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Slavonian Grebe [Coneries Pond, showing very well from the Visitor Centre balcony, late afternoon].
Hoveringham - Smew [redhead], Great White Egret, Aythya hybrid Tufted Duck x Pochard [Railway Pit].
Newark - Great White Egret, Little Egret, 8 Yellowhammer [along the river Trent, between Newark and Winthorpe Lake].
Clumber Park - 2 Raven [in the chapel area, 10:00 and heard calling in the same area, 12:30]; also a large flock of Siskin [in the Alders near the main bridge over the lake, 13:00].
Nott'm City - 6 Mandarin [3 Drakes, on the Nottingham and Beeston canal, 08:45].
Monday 16th December
Hoveringham - MEDITERRANEAN GULL [first-winter, in the Sailing Lake roost]; also 3 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 Stonechat.
Netherfield Lagoons - Bearded Tit [heard calling from the Slurry Lagoon reedbed at dusk], c.8000 Starling [roosted in the Slurry Lagoon reedbed], 2 Green Sandpiper [still present on the New Workings].
Thoresby Park - 82 Pink-footed Geese [heading west, 14:55].
Rufford Country Park - 34 Goosander, Mandarin.
Sunday 15th December
Kilvington Lakes - Short Eared Owl, Redshank, 80+ Lapwing, 4 Goldeneye [late afternoon visit].
Langford Lowfields - WATER PIPIT [Phase One, between the Beach Hut and Viewing Mound, but flighty, this afternoon], 2 Stonechat, 10 Goldeneye, Water Rail, Grey Wagtail.
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Smew [redhead, Linghurst Pool, 10:10], Stonechat [Bellmoor, near Baily Bridge].
Holme Pierrepont - Long-tailed Duck [juvenile, still present on the A52 Pit].
Barton in Fabis - 3 Raven [in sheep fields off New Road, 10:05 then flew towards Branshill Wood].
Budby Pumping Station - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [south], 2 Red Kite, 2 Raven, 4 Goosander.
Balderton lake - 18 Goosander [viewed from the to cycle track]; also Little Egret.
Clifton Grove - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [top of the Grove, near the Univercity Cricket pitch, 08:30].
Saturday 14th December
Idle Washlands - c.300 Whooper Swan [Slaynes Lane with c.50 Mute Swan]; also 2 Stonechat.
Holme Pierrepont - Long-tailed Duck [juvenile, still present on the A52 Pit].
Langford Lowfields - WATER PIPIT, Marsh Harrier, Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank.
Bunny Woods - Marsh Tit [with Long-tailed Tit flock].
Friday 13th December
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE [Clayworth Common, 09:35 then relocated on the Conservation Lake, 12:54], BITTERN [Tiln North], Peregrine [Conservation Lake, 15:53].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Cattle Egret [single in the Coneries roost, 15:35].
Hoveringham - Green Sandpiper, 2 Stonechat [Sailing Lake].
Nott'm City - 4 Mandarin [2 Drakes, on the Nottingham and Beeston canal, before and after the footbridge to HMRC on the opposite side, 08:40.
Scrooby - Short-eared Owl [in fields west of the railway between Scrooby Top Fisheries and Folly Nook Lane, 08:35].
Thursday 12th December
No Reports
Wednesday 11th December
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - HEN HARRIER [ringtail, Tiln North, 12:15], Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [in narrow strip of trees west of Tiln Works Pit, 10:35].
Collingham Pits - Great White Egret.
Tuesday 10th December
Scrooby - Short-eared Owl [distantly sat on a fence post], 5 Goosander [Scrooby Top Fishery lakes].
Bestwood - Ring-necked Parakeet [on the Dales estate off Edwards Lane, 08:45].
Monday 9th December
Kilvington Lakes - Short-eared Owl [late afternoon].
Holme Pierrepont - Long-tailed Duck [juvenile, still on the A52 Pit].
Idle Washlands - WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, Barnacle Goose [Slaynes Lane, in flooded field next to Mushroom farm], 34 Whooper Swan, 4 Pink-footed Geese [Eastwood Lane], 24 Redshank [Newington Flash, S.York's].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 7 Whooper Swan [briefly on Tween Pond, then flew east 15:50].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Great White Egret [Tiln village], 2 Green Sandpiper [Walters Lane and Blue Bell fishery].
Rufford Country Park - 25 Goosander.
Kirklington - Peregrine [in field alongside dyke].
Sunday 8th December
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Great White Egret, 2 Stonechat [Tiln North], 2 Ruff [Conservation Lake], Goldeneye, Smew [redhead], 2 Great White Egret [Neatholme Fen], Marsh Harrier [imm male, Tiln North/Chainbridge], 2 Brambling [with Chaffinch flock, Walters Lane], 3 Goosander [flew over towards Chainbridge].
Collingham Pits - Great White Egret [Wharf Pit, late morning]; also 28 Whooper Swan [Ferry Lane Lake].
Holme Pierrepont - KITTIWAKE [adult, Blotts Pit 09:37], Long-tailed Duck [juvenile, still on the A52 Pit].
Langford Lowfields - WATER PIPIT, Marsh Harrier [cream-crown], Whooper Swan, 2 Stonechat [this morning].
Burton Joyce - 2 Raven [over Poplars Sports Ground].
Saturday 7th December
Kilvington Lakes - Short-eared Owl, Peregrine [this evening].
Gringley Carr - 50 Whooper Swan, 2 Stonechat, 3 Corn Bunting [this afternoon].
Holme Pierrepont - Long-tailed Duck, redhead Smew [A52 Pit, this morning].
Netherfield Lagoons - 4 Green Sandpiper [still present on the New Workings].
Spalford Pit - 19 Pintail [this morning].
Collingham Pits - 20+Whooper Swan [in fields between Collingham and Langford].
Langford Lowfields - WATER PIPIT, Jack Snipe, Marsh Harrier, 11 Pintail [7 Phase Three, 3 Phase Two, dr'k, Phase One south of the Boardwalk].
Wollaton Park - 5 Ring-necked Parakeet [at the back of the Lake].
Bennerley Marsh - Willow Tit [early morning].
Friday 6th December
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Cattle Egret [Coneries, 14:00].
Rufford CP - BLACK REDSTART [female/first-winter male, still present mid-afternoon at least].
Idle Washlands - WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE [Slaynes Lane, midday with Greylags] BEWICK’S SWAN [single with c.200 Whooper Swan].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Great White Egret, 8 Stonechat [Tiln North, this morning].
Kilvington Lakes - 2 Stonechat [West Lake].
Bennerley Marsh - 2 Raven.
Thursday 5th December
Rufford CP - BLACK REDSTART [female/first-winter male, Initially on the ruins this morning but then spent most of its time on the abbey roof around the bell tower].
Collingham Pits - 34 Whooper Swan [31 adults, Ferry Lane Lake]; also Great White Egret, 3 Stonechat.
Balderton Lake - 9 Goosander [3 drk's], 4 Little Egret.
Wednesday 4th December
Kilvington Lakes - 3 Short-eared Owl [this evening].
Netherfield Lagoons - 3 Woodcock [in flight at dusk], Bearded Tit [heard calling from the reedbed], 4 Green Sandpiper, 134 Teal [on the new workings].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 78 Goosander [into roost on Clifton Pit, this evening].
Sherwood - 100+ Pied Wagtail [roosting inside HMP Nottingham].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 2 Stonechat [pair, feeding near Seymore Grove, this afternoon].
Clumber Park - Raven [flew towards the chaple from South Lawns, 12:20].
Idle Washlands - BEWICK'S SWAN [single, with 50+Whooper Swan, Slaynes Lane, late morning].
Tuesday 3rd December
Idle Washlands - 2 BEWICK'S SWAN [still with c.250 Whooper Swan, Slanes Lane]; also 4 Pintail, Barnacle Goose.
Hoveringham - Golden Plover, Red Kite [Sailing Lake].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 2 Raven, 34 Fieldfare, Redpoll [Budby South Forest].
Monday 2nd December
Owthorpe - Woodcock [at dusk].
Netherfield Lagoons - BITTERN [in reeds on the north side of the Slurry Lagoon, mid-afternoon]; also 1+Bearded Tit.
Collingham Pits - 27 Whooper Swan [Ferry Lane lake, in front of 5bar metal gate with mutes].
Langford Lowfields - 2 Marsh Harrier, Jack Snipe, Great White Egret, 2 Pintail, BITTERN; also 2 Stonechat [pair on reads near 360 screen].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Curlew [Hayton Common], Ruff [Conservation Lake], 2 Stonechat [Tiln North].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1+Bearded Tit [heard from the Clifton Pit reedbed, 11:18], 64 Goosander [roosted on Clifton Pit, this evening].
Sunday 1st December
Kilvington Lakes - 2 Short-eared Owl [late afternoon].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Short-eared Owl [Tiln North, this afternoon].
Netherfield Lagoons - Bearded Tit [1+heard calling from the Slurry Lagoon reedbed, this afternoon], 2 Ruddy Shelduck, Green Sandpiper [New Workings], Chiffchaff [in the Willows], c.2500 Starling [roosted in the Slurry Lagoon reedbed].
Worksop - 30 Pink-footed Geese [heading north-west, 12:00].
Collingham Pits - Smew [redhead, Ferry Lane Lake, 11:35], 44 Whooper Swan [field between Ferry Lane Lake and the river, early afternoon].
Holme Pierrepont - Long-tailed Duck [juvenile, still present on the A52 Pit, 11:05].
Barton in Fabis - Curlew [heard calling towards Cottages Flash, 10:50], 3+Brambling [with mixed finch flock feeding in maze field, 09:45].
Skegby - 110 Pink-footed Geese [heading north-east, 10:30].
Calverton - Red Kite [over Patchings Art Centre, 10:30].
Spalford Pit - Marsh Harrier, 6 Pintail.
Langford Lowfields - 2 Smew [redheads, Phase 1, 08:24], WATER PIPIT [Phase 3, late morning], 120 Pink-footed Geese [skiens of 90 and 30 over north-west]; also Marsh Harrier, 3 Stonechat, 9 Pintail, Chiffchaff.
Idle Washlands - 6 BEWICK’S SWAN [4ad + 2juv, along Slaynes Lane with c.110 Whooper Swans, early this morning]; also 12 Pintail, 2 Goldeneye [viewed distantly from northern side, as whole area still under water].
Rufford Country Park - Hawfinch [single in the main car park]; also, 5 Goosander, 20 Siskin and 4 Marsh Tit.
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Stephen Bacon, Merv Bartle, Bob Beck, Nigel Bosworth, Robin Brace, Sean Browne, Phil Burnham, Paul Buxton, Alan Clewes,
John Colclough,
Susy Cooper, Carl Cornish, Ian Cowgill, Nick Crouch, Martin Cutler, Mark Dawson, Rod Dean, Lance Degnan, Jacqueline Dennison, John Ellis, Del Evans, Bernard & Maureen Featherstone, Pete Freeman, Steve Furber, John Gallagher,
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Chris Needham, Roger Pask, Steve Payne,
Peter Playle, Phil Read, Andy Shooter, Simon Roberts, Andrew Schofield, Tim Sexton, Keith Smith, Lesley Smith, Helen Swain, Mel Thorn, Mick Tring, David Tyldesley, Dougie Whall, Rob Whiteley, Will Woods, Rob Woodward.
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