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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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Archived Sightings 2001 - 2020
Archived Sightings 2001 to 2022
Archived Sightings 2023
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.
226 Species recorded so far in 2023. Updated 30th November
Full List Here
Sunday 31st December
Edwalton - 8 WAXWING [Nutcutts Garden Centre feeding on berries/drinking from puddles in the car park, 14:45 - 16:00 then flew off north].
Bothamsall - c.20 WAXWING [Normanton Road, 14:13].
Netherfield - CASPIAN GULL [1st-winter Enva Recycling Centre, mid-afternoon].
Girton - 5 WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [distantly on Smithy Marsh]; also c.2000 Golden Plover, 70+Dunlin.
Holme Pierrepont - 2 SMEW [adult drake/2 redheads] GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake A52 Pit, late morning], Starling [murmuration visible from A52 this evening, estimate 3/5,000].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Ferruginous Duck [drake still present on Neatholme Pit, 09:50].
West Bridgford - Cattle Egret [Regatta Way in horse paddocks, 09:48].
Sutton in Ashfield - 32 WAXWING [Huthwaite Road, 09:30 - midday at least].
Gedling - WAXWING [Perlethorpe Crescent, single on Rowan this morning then flew south].
Sherwood Forest NNR - Great Grey Shrike [Budby Common 09:10 - 11:23 then lost from view when flushed by walkers].
Great Grey Shrike - Budby Common © Ade Fox.
Saturday 30th December
Pleasleyhill - 11 WAXWING [in ash tree along Sampson's Lane, this evening].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Ferruginous Duck [drake still present on Neatholme Pit, 15:20], 100+Pink-footed Geese [west Chainbridge Lane, 16:25], GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter again Neatholme Scrape, 12:59].
Netherfield - 2 CASPIAN GULL [1st-winter and 2nd winter Enva Recycling Centre, mid-afternoon]; also Leucistic Herring Gull.
Sutton in Ashfield - c.40 WAXWING [Huthwaite Road, 09:30 - 13:45 at least].
Stanford Hills - 6 Red Kite [two just west of Leake Lane 14:10; four more approaching from Zouch above Midland Mainline].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - CASPIAN GULL [adult], 2 Pintail [Clifton Pit, early morning].
Friday 29th December
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Ferruginous Duck [drake still present on Neatholme Pit, mid-afternoon]; also Marsh Harrier, Great White Egret.
Holme Pierrepont - 2 SMEW [drake and redhead, A52 Pit]; also 1w GREATER SCAUP.
Idle Stop – 500+ Pink-footed Geese, 1+ WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, Jack Snipe, 4 Cattle Egret [with cattle along lane east of old quarry workings junction]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – 2 Shelduck, 17 Shoveler, c.30 Gadwall, c.250 Wigeon, c.70 Teal, 1 Oystercatcher, 60+ Lapwing, 6+ Curlew, 1 Dunlin, 1 Cormorant, 2 Buzzard.
Barton in Fabis - Curlew [on flood off Trentside, mid/late afternoon]; also 3 Great White Egret, Stonechat.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 30 Goosander [Clifton Pit].
Sutton in Ashfield - 21 WAXWING [Huthwaite Road, late morning then flew west and lost to view 12:50].
Thursday 28th December
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Ferruginous Duck [drake still present on Neatholme Pit, this morning], GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, Neatholme Pit], SMEW [redhead Neatholme Fen], 100+Pink-footed Geese [heading south-east over Clayworth Common].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Pintail, 35 Goldeneye, Otter [Clifton Pit, this afternoon].
Holme Pierrepont - WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE [juvenile again Blotts Pit].
Scrooby - 3 WAXWING [briefly Manor Rd then flew towards Mill Lane].
Colston Gate - 2 Red Kite.
Clumber Park - 2 Hawfinch.
Kilvington Lakes - 2 Goosander, 150 Greylag [flew in from the north].
Wednesday 27th December
Stanford - 2 Red Kite [above the A6006 Leake Road/Colonels Covert junction 15:07].
Ravenshead - 2 WAXWING [on Rowan along Hereford Road this morning].
Tuesday 26th December
Idle Waslands -Lesser Scaup [probable 1w drake, still Slaynes Lane 15:18]; also c.100 Whooper Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, Peregrine, Grey Wagtail. Todays Doncaster Birding
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Ferruginous Duck [drake Neatholme Pit, 10:15 - 14:45 at least], SMEW [redhead still present Neatholme Fen], Marsh Harrier [female/imm Neatholme area].
Misterton Carr – 580 Pink-footed Geese, 201 Whooper Swan, Buzzard, Peregrine, 12 Fieldfare, Stonechat.
Hoveringham - SMEW [redhead still Railway Pit Gonalston Lane end, 09:30], Brambling [seed fields by the village, late morning].
Monday 25th December
Holme Pierrepont - 1w GREATER SCAUP, 2 SMEW [redheads still present on the A52 Pit], CASPIAN GULL [1st-winter, Blotts Pit].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - SMEW [redhead still present Neatholme Fen], 2 Pintail [Neatholme Scrape], Great White Egret [Neatholme Fen], 200+Lapwing, 140 Shoveler, 3 Goosander [Water Ski Pit].
Smew - Lound © Brian Mulhearn.
Nuthall - c.200 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 09:10].
Sunday 24th December
Chillwell - 25+WAXWING [in trees near playground at Inham Nook Recreation Ground, 15:00].
Pleasleyhill - 23 WAXWING [in ash tree along Sampson's Lane, 15:00].
Holme Pierrepont - 1w GREATER SCAUP, 2 SMEW [redheads still present on the A52 Pit], CASPIAN GULL [1st-winter, Blotts Pit].
Kilvington Lakes - 2 Whooper Swan, Black Swan, Woodcock, Redshank [West Lake this afternoon].
Idle Waslands -Lesser Scaup [probable 1w drake], GREATER SCAUP [still Slaynes Lane]; also 450 Pochard.
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - SMEW [redhead still at east end of Neatholme Fen, 12:20], 7 Cattle Egret [still at Alan's Meadow, 14:42].
Hoveringham - SMEW [redhead, still Railway Pit Gonalston Lane end 12:16].
Saturday 23rd December
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - SMEW [redhead, Neatholme Scrape this afternoon], 8 Cattle Egret [still Alans Meadow, this morning], Great White Egret [singles Alans Meadow/Windsurf Pool], 4 Pintail [Neatholme Scrape], Marsh Harrier [Clayworth Common].
Thoresby - WAXWING [single flew west over Netherfield Lane, early afternoon].
Holme Pierrepont - 1w GREATER SCAUP, 2 SMEW [redheads still present on the A52 Pit].
South Muskham - SMEW [1st-winter drake A1 Pits].
Gringley - 2 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 500 Pink-footed Geese, 4 Brambling [in small finch/bunting flock], 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Buzzard, 75 CORN BUNTING, 3 Grey Partridge, 10 Stock Dove [Late morning].
North of Misson village to Idle Stop – 15 Cattle Egret [in fields with cattle], Buzzard, 5+ Chaffinch, 4 Pied Wagtail, c.40 Fieldfare, 54 Mute Swan, 9 Whooper Swan. Todays Doncaster Birding
Attenborough Nature Reserve - CASPIAN GULL [adult, Church Pond this morning], 24 Goldeneye [Clifton Pit].
Colwick Industrial Estate - Yellow-legged Gull [Enva Recycling Plant].
Beeston - 2 Raven [over Boots Thane Road dedevelopment site, then settled on pylon by the canal, early morning].
Bulwell - WAXWING [flock heard calling near riverside].
Friday 22nd December
Tuxford - HEN HARRIER [ringtail, flew north-east over the A1].
Holme Pierrepont - 1w GREATER SCAUP, 2 SMEW [redheads still present on the A52 Pit].
Idle Waslands - Great White Egret, Snipe, Marsh Harrier, Grey Wagtail [Slaynes Lane].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 8 Cattle Egret [Alans Meadow, this morning].
Thursday 21st December
Chilwell - 13 WAXWING [four Sherman Drive/Mountbatten Way, 13:18; nine Spicer Close 13:28].
Carburton Lakes - 80+Goosander.
Clumber Park - 20 Goosander.
Wednesday 20th December
Idle Waslands -Lesser Scaup [probable 1w drake still present Slaynes Lane south, this morning]; also 1w GREATER SCAUP, 15 Cattle Egret [flew north-east]. The site remains inaccessible due to extensive flooding.
Teversal - c.140 Pink-footed Geese north-east, 12:40].
Holme Pierrepont - SMEW [redhead still present on the A52 Pit, 11:45].
Tuesday 19th December
Sutton-in-Ashfield - 32 Goosander [Sutton Lawn].
Monday 18th December
Holme Pierrepont - 1w GREATER SCAUP, 2 SMEW [still present on the A52 Pit], FIRECREST [reported in bushes behind Skylarks NR, 12:01].
Pleasleyhill - 3 WAXWING [in rowans north of Moorhaigh Lane, 10:32].
Retford - 2 Great White Egret [in horse fields near Retford].
Wollaton Park - 2 Goosander, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet, Raven, 10 Siskin.
Sunday 17th December
Idle Waslands - Lesser Scaup [probable 1w drake, along Slaynes Lane this morning and present since 12th; identification not confirmed due to viewing problems as site remains flooded and is inaccessible from public access points]; also 81 Gadwall, 480 Wigeon, 73 Mallard, 38 Teal, 196 Pochard, 284 Tufted Duck, 2 Goldeneye, 506 Coot, 225 Lapwing, 68 Dunlin [Slaynes/Newington/Unit 2].
Probable Lesser Scaup - Idle Washlands © Steve Furber.
Ratcliffe on Trent - 9 WAXWING [in garden opposite Nursery along Main Road, late afternoon].
Holme Pierrepont - 1w GREATER SCAUP, 2 SMEW [still present on the A52 Pit].
Hoveringham - SMEW [redhead still at the south end of the Railway Pit, 12:00].
Clumber Park - 2 Hawfinch [flew over the main car park, 09:40].
Rufford CP - 12 Goosander, Brambling, Marsh Tit.
Saturday 16th December
Holme Pierrepont - 1w GREATER SCAUP, 2 SMEW [still present on the A52 Pit].
Netherfield Lagoons - c.450 Pink-footed Geese [c.250 heading east 14:16 followed by a further c.200 east 15:46], 2 Stonechat [pair on the Ecopark].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 6 Pintail, 350 Wigeon, 50 Goosander [Clifton Pit].
Bunny - 2 Red Kite, Raven [over Allotments this afternoon].
Friday 15th December
Holme Pierrepont - 1w GREATER SCAUP, 2 SMEW [still present on the A52 Pit], WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE [juv, again on Blotts Pit].
Beeston - 5 WAXWING [five Lilac Grove this morning, sadly one bird was picked up dead after been hit by a car; four still present early afternoon at least].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Marsh Harrier [female/imm], 2 Great White Egret [Neatholme]; also 20+ mixed Redpoll and Siskin flock.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 10+Pintail, 60 Goosander [Clifton Pit].
King's Mill Reservoir - Water Rail, Black-headed Gull [returning leucistic bird], c.8 Common Snipe.
Thursday 14th December
Littleborough - HEN HARRIER [ringtail, 15:42].
Beckingham - 3 WAXWING [in trees near bottom access track at Beckingham Marshes RSPB, 12:00].
Hoveringham - SMEW [redhead, Railway Pit Gonalston Lane end late morning].
Netherfield Lagoons - 4 WAXWING [in trees along railway embankment then flew south-east, this morning].
Beeston - 2 WAXWING [still on ornamental Rowan Lilac Grove by MIDFIX 09:00 - 12:35at least].
Wollaton - 7+Ring-necked Parakeet [Parkside].
Wednesday 13th December
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Pintail, 80 Teal [Clifton Pit, this evening].
Netherfield Lagoons - WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE [juv, on flooded fields with Greylag/Canada Geese viewed from the Deep Pit path, early afternoon].
Holme Pierrepont - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still present on the A52 Pit late morning]; also Great White Egret over.
Beeston - 2 WAXWING [Lilac Grove, on ornamental Rowan by Midfix 10:28 to 14:50 at least].
Waxwing - Beeston © Miles Cluff.
Tuesday 12th December
Misterton Carr – c.380 Whooper Swan, c.30 Mute Swan, 200+ Fieldfare. Todays Doncaster Birding
Monday 11th December
Holme Pierrepont - 2 SMEW [redheads], GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still present on the A52 Pit this afternoon].
Littleborough - HEN HARRIER [ringtail, over fields behind the village 11:05].
Widmerpool - 2 Red Kite [flew over the A46 near Widmerpool].
Sunday 10th December
Girton - c.1200 Lapwing, 200 Golden Plover, 100 Dunlin, 580 Wigeon, 71 Pintail, single Barnacle Goose [Smithy Marsh].
Holme Pierrepont - 2 SMEW [redheads], GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, A52 Pit this afternoon].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, 9 Goosander, 10 Pintail.
Carlton - Blackcap [female on garden feeders this morning].
Saturday 9th December
Retford - 2 Raven [flew south-east over Queen Street, 12:34].
Bennerley Marsh - 14 Goosander [site record], 90 Teal, 60 Wigeon, 50+Snipe, 130 Lapwing [mid-morning].
Friday 8th December
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 5 Marsh Harrier [Neatholme Scrape, 14:50], 2w Yellow-legged Gull, GBBG [Neatholme Scrape roost], 2 Great White Egret [Chainbridge Scrape/Windsurf Pool], Little Egret [Walters Lane sheep fields], 37 Collard Dove, c.70 Chaffinch [Walters Farm], 250 Lapwing [Lower Sheep Fields].
Idle Washlands - Ferruginous Duck [drake, Slaynes Lane South mid-morning then flew strongly west and lost to view, 13:07], 2 GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drakes still Slaynes Lane South], 2 Pink-footed Geese, 3 Whooper Swan, 778 Tufted Duck, 5 Pintail, 17 Dunlin, Redshank, 100 Lapwing, 2 Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, 20 Rook, Chiffchaff, 30 Fieldfare, 15 Redpoll [Slaynes Lane]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Tollerton - Red Kite [above the A606, 13:00].
Bingham - Red Kite [circling over houses near open fields north of the railway lines, this morning].
Nott'm City - 4 Ring-necked Parakeet [flying high south-west over the NTU City Campus Newton building, 9:10].
Thursday 7th December
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Marsh Harrier [female Clifton Pit, then headed east 13:00].
Wednesday 6th December
Hucknall - 9 Whooper Swan [over heading south-west, 20:40].
Idle Washlands - Ferruginous Duck [drake, reported again Slaynes Lane South, 12:52], 2 GREATER SCAUP [still Slaynes Lane].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 12 Brambling [Budby Common, this morning].
Tuesday 5th December
Besthorpe NR - BITTERN [from hide on Mons Pool, 14:45].
Idle Washlands - Ferruginous Duck [drake, still Slaynes Lane South, 10:47]; 45 Pink-footed Geese, 65 Whooper Swan, 2 Pintail, 2 first-winter GREATER SCAUP, 4 Goldeneye, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 55 Dunlin, Redshank, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Cetti’s Warbler [Slaynes Lane].
Holbeck - Red Kite [09:15].
Sunday 3rd December
Idle Washlands - Ferruginous Duck [drake, again Slaynes Lane South], also two 1st-winter GREATER SCAUP still present.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 34 Barnacle Geese [again Clifton Pit, late morning to dusk]; also adult CASPIAN GULL, Otter.
Sunday 3rd December
Idle Washlands - Ferruginous Duck [drake, again on Slaynes Lane briefly before heading into grassy island, late morning], 340 Teal, 24 Pintail, 656 Tufted Duck, 2 GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drakes], 2 COMMON SCOTER, Marsh Harrier [Slaynes Lane], HEN HARRIER [ringtail, flew towards Hagg Lane, 10:27], Brambling [edge of village].
Budby Pumping Station - Lapland Bunting [over west, 09:20].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 6 Goosander, 20+Snipe, GBB Gull, 15 Herring Gull, Water Rail [Bellmoor Lake].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 34 Barnacle Geese [Clifton Pit, late morning to dusk], also adult CASPIAN GULL.
Barnacle Geese - Attenborough Nature Reserve © Simon Roberts.
Saturday 2nd December
Idle Washlands - Ferruginous Duck [drake, again on Slaynes Lane south, mid-morning]; also 574 Tufted Duck, 292 Pochard, 3 Goldeneye, 1w GREATER SCAUP, 5 Pintail, 417 Whooper Swan, 4 Pink-footed Geese, 672 Coot, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Stonechat, 2 Yellowhammer, 6 Long-tailed Tit [Slaynes Lane].
Barton in Fabis - 4 Brambling [within mixed finch flock along Barton Lane, 09:00].
Friday 1st December
Holme Pierrepont - 1w GREATER SCAUP, 2 SMEW [redheads, A52 Pit, this afternoon], WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE [juvenile still Blotts Pit], FIRECREST [one still along Adbolton Lane opposite Notts Wildlife Trust car].
Idle Washlands - 14 Pintail, GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter], 465 Tufted Duck, 250 Pochard, 395 Whooper Swan, Woodcock, 12 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 3 Great White Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 3 Stonechat, WATER PIPIT [Slaynes Lane] Todays Doncaster Birding
Hoveringham - 3 Cattle Egret, 2 Whooper Swan [Sailing Lake, this morning].
West Bridgford - Cattle Egret [again in horse paddock along Regatta Way].
Misterton Carr - 4 Stonechat, Green Sandpiper, 60+ Greenfinch.
Hickling - Stonechat [wildflower headland along Dalby Brook, this morning].
Many thanks to:
Celia Abbott, Anthony Alan, Laurence Archibald, Andy B, Mervyn Bartle, Robin Brace, Andrew Buckley, Andrew Burton, Paul Buxton, Tim Carter, Alan Clewes, Ian Cowgill, David Cropper, Nick Crouch, Stu Davenport, Mark Dawson, Lance Degnan, John Ellis, Del Evans, Ade Fox, Pete Freeman, John Freeston, Steve Furber, Neal Glen, Gil Green, Kev Hawksridge, Mike Hill, Paul Hobson, John Hopper, Steve Keller, Mike Leatherland, Ian Livsey, Jonathan Lloyd, Lee Mann, Martin McCallum, Dave Morton, Bill Mulhean, Paul Naylor, Craig Pitchford, Melanie Penson, Peter Playle, Phil Read, Chris Robinson, Simon Roberts, Alan Scrimshaw, Niall Spencer, Edmund Staunton, Joe Taylor, Sean Tilbrook, Simon Thompson, Vicky Tilbrook, David Tyldesley, Mark Wilde, John Williamson, Steve Wilkinson, Rob Woodward, Barry Young.
Notts Rare and Scarce Whatapp Group, Lound Whatapp Group, Idle Washlands Whatapp Group, @NottsBirders Twitter Feed, RSPB Langford Lowfields, Netherfield Wildlife Group, Doncaster Birding.
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