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 Keith Rainford Bullfinch194@gmail.com 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 Keith Rainford Bullfinch194@gmail.com each month, using the Excel spreadsheet that can be downloaded from the Recording page.

Archived Sightings 2001 - 2020


Archived Sightings 2001 to 2021


Archived Sightings 2022


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.

Monday 28th February

Idle Washlands - 2 Common Crane [flew south over east end of Slaynes Lane, 12:00].

Carburton - Red Kite [over the Carburton crossroads, 11:00]; also 2 Great White Egret, 4 Goldeneye, 8 Pintail, 3 Oystercatcher, Kingfisher.

Hoveringham - 3 Common Crane [flew along River Trent towards Netherfield, this morning].

Langford Lowfields - 3 Common Crane [flew over the Boardwalk heading south towards Holme village, 09:45], GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile still Deep Water Pit]; also 29 Pintail, Marsh Harrier, Great White Egret, Redshank.

Sutton-in-Ashfield - Red Kite [drifting over over Skegby Bottoms, 08:20].

Sunday 27th February

North Collingham - 5 Common Crane [flew over North Collingham towards Besthorpe].

Holme Pierrepont - 4 Smew [drake/three redheads A52 Pit, 16:00].

Costock - HEN HARRIER [ringtail, flew low west over stubble field 14:00]; also 4 Red Kite, Buzzard, Raven.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 43 Shoveler [Clifton Pit].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 8 Goosander [Bellmoor Lake, this afternoon].

Lenton - 4 Mandarin [Highfields, this afternoon].

Carburton Lakes - Ring-necked Duck [female still viewable from the feeding station layby, 11:53].

Girton Pits - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile, still on Spalford Pit 10:13; viewed from metal entrance gate].

Collingham Pits - 16 Curlew, 23 Pintail.

Idle Washlands - 50 Whooper Swan, Jack Snipe, 3 Curlew [one east, two north-west], 49 Dunlin [Slaynes Lane].

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - c.150 Pink-footed Geese [through south], 48 Shelduck, 43 Lapwing, c.30 Curlew, Dunlin.

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - GOSHAWK [male, 10:30]; also 4 Red Kite, Whooper Swan.

Sherwood Forest NNR - Red Kite, 2 Marsh Tit.

Rufford CP - 2 Hawfinch [in the main car park area, 10:13].

Clipstone Forest - 2 Crossbill [Deerdale side, 09:00].

Annesley Pit Top - 3 Russian White-fronted Geese [for 10mins this morning then flew south-east].

Hoveringham - Marsh Tit, Cetti’s Warbler, Lesser Redpoll [Railway Pit Wood this morning], Ruddy Shelduck [on River Trent by Ferry Farm Park].

Clumber Park - 2 Hawfinch [behind the Abbey, this morning].

Saturday 26th February

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 2 Smew [redheads still Neatholme Fen, 17:15].

Carburton Lakes - Ring-necked Duck [female still viewable from the feeding station layby, early afternoon].

Idle Washlands - Pink-footed Goose, 10 Shelduck, 2 Egyptian Geese, 14 Pintail, 3 Goldeneye, Great White Egret, 19 Snipe, Avocet, 4 Oystercatcher, 19 Ruff, 57 Dunlin, 37 Redshank, 2 Stonechat [Slaynes Lane].

Langford Lowfields - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile, still Deep Water Pit].

Sherwood Pines - Crossbill [single, 10:50].

Costock - 3 Woodcock [in damp copse near the brook, 10:00].

Rufford CP - Hawfinch [single in the main car park area, 10:00].

Worksop - 70 Pink-footed Geese [moving west, 08:08].

Friday 25th February

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint/Carburton - Ring-necked Duck [female, by the the dam opposite solar panels], 2 GOSHAWK, 2 Red kite, Peregrine, 36+ Pochard, 9 Mandarin, 2 Shoveler, 2 Oystercatcher.

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West, this morning], 3 Smew [redheads still Neatholme Fen].

Idle Washlands - 5-600 Pink Footed Geese [east 12:45]; 12+ Shelduck, 3 Pintail [drakes], 300+ Northern Lapwing, 10 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Redshank, 20+ Ruff, 36 Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, [Slaynes Lane this morning].

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - Barnacle Goose [of unknown origin in with Pink-footed Geese], 2000+Pink-footed Geese [including a ringed satellite tagged bird], 42 Shelduck, 538 Wigeon, 59 Teal, 2 Pochard, Goldeneye, 10 Oystercatcher, 40 Curlew.

Langford Lowfields - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile, still Deep Water Pit].

Stoke Bardolph - Pintail [drake, still on the river near the outflow].

Wollaton Park - 6 Ring-necked Parakeet.

Thursday 24th February

Attenborough Nature Reserve - CASPIAN GULL [adult still Clifton Pit, this evening]; also 24 Shoveler.

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West, 11:39], Smew [redhead still Neatholme Fen].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - GOSHAWK [male], 2 Great White Egret, Whooper Swan, Pink-footed Goose [this morning].

Hoveringham - Common Sandpiper [River Trent Ferry Farm Park], Stonechat [Sailing lake this morning].

Strawberry Hill Heath SSSI - Woodcock [flushed 10:15].

Wednesday 23rd February

Carburton - White-tailed Eagle [flew south over Carburton Lakes, 09:23].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West], 2 Smew [redheads still Neatholme Fen]; also 9 Goosander, Pintail, 20 Red-crested Pochard, 290 Shoveler, 2 Great White Egret, 7 Snipe,
6 Oystercatcher, Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - BITTERN [Clifton Pit, from Tower hide, 12:04].

Girton Pits - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile, still on Spalford Pit this morning; viewed from metal entrance gate].

Tuesday 22nd February

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West, 14:34].

Carburton Lakes - Ring-necked Duck [female still on Carburton Forge Dam opposite solar farm, 08:45 - 12:45 at least].

Thrumpton - Great White Egret [on flooded fields this morning].

Hoveringham - Common Sandpiper [on flood debris at the side of the Trent on Boat Lane]; also 100s of Fieldfare [feeding on the stubble field east of the sailing club entrance barrier].

Rufford CP - 6 Hawfinch [Main car park area, 07:30].

Monday 21st February

Kirkby in Ashfield - COMMON CRANE [heard flying overhead; Bird information service report].

Hoveringham - 10 Pochard, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Redshank, [Tipping Pond], 20+ Goldeneye, 7 Oystercatchers, 3 Stonechat [Sailing Lake this afternoon].

Newark - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF [Newark Sugar Factory amongst 8 Common Chiffchaff this morning, no public access]; also 100+ Wigeon, kingfisher.

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Green Sandpiper [Neatholme], c.10 Red-crested Pochard [Linghurst lake]; also good numbers of Redwing.

Sunday 20th February

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West, this mid-afternoon].

Langford Lowfields - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile, still on Deep Water Pit, 12:22].

Besthorpe NR - 2 Whooper Swan [Meering], 15 Curlew [Mons Pool].

Girton Pits - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile, still on Spalford Pit 08:51; viewed from metal entrance gate].

Saturday 19th February

Carburton Lakes - Ring-necked Duck [female still viewable from the feeding station layby, 11:10].

Sturton Le Steeple - c.10 Whooper Swan [amongst herd of Mute Swan, between Sturton Le Steeple and Littleborough].

Friday 18th February

Carburton Lakes - Ring-necked Duck [female still viewable from the feeding station layby, 10:50 to 11:15 at least].

Idle Washlands - 4 Goldeneye, Goosander, c.30 Dunlin, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine [Slaynes Lane].

Rufford CP - 6 Hawfinch [Main car park area, this morning].

Thursday 17th February

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Glossy Ibis [flew east over Clifton Pit, heading down-river 12:56].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - KITTIWAKE [adult, Bellmoor Lake, early afternoon].

Stoke Bardolph - Pintail, Goldeneye, Common Sandpiper, Chiffchaff.

Langford Lowfields - 2 Ring-necked Duck [female, from the Seasonal Trail Phase 2, mid-morning].

Carburton Lakes - Ring-necked Duck [female still from feeding station layby, 09:49].

Wednesday 16th February

Carburton Lakes - Ring-necked Duck [female still from feeding station layby].

Langford Lowfields - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile, still on Deep Water Pit].

Gotham - 2 Red Kite [over Kegworth Road, early afternoon].

Rufford CP - 5 Hawfinch [Main car park area, 08:30].

Oxton - Red Kite [over, 07:30].

Tuesday 15th February

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West, 15:00 at least], 2 Smew [redheads, still Neatholme Scrape]; also 21 Red-crested Pochard, 3 Goosander, 2 Great White Egret, Redshank, 7 Oystercatcher, 2 Snipe, Jack Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 264 Lapwing, c.300 Golden Plover.

Holme Pierrepont - 3 Smew [adult drake and two redheads still A52 Pit, mid-afternoon].

Bulwell - Raven [single over Bulwell Park Woods this afternoon].

Langford Lowfields - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile, still on Deep Water Pit, late morning], Smew [redhead, Phase 3]; also 4 Goosander, Great White Egret.

Monday 14th February

Carburton Lakes - Ring-necked Duck [female still from feeding station layby, late afternoon].

Bunny - Marsh Tit [Bunny Old Wood].

Sunday 13th February

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West, 12:04], 2 Smew [redheads, Neatholme Fen, 12:38]; also 20 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Goosander, Pintail, 4 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, Kingfisher.

Scrooby - Marsh Harrier [cream crown, south towards Scrooby Top Fisheries 12:30].

Langford Lowfields - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile, still on Deep Water Pit, late morning].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Pintail [Clifton Pit].

Hoveringham - 4 Goosander [Railway Pit].

Saturday 12th February

Harlow Wood - Woodcock [flushed from streamside, 13:30].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West, 11:34].

Carburton Lakes - Ring-necked Duck [female from feeding station layby].

Idle Washlands - 10 Pintail, 5 Goldeneye, 3 Great White Egret, 4 Oystercatcher, c.40 Dunlin, 12 Common Gull, c.30 Fieldfare [Slaynes Lane], 4 Pintail, 5 Ruff [Hagg Lane Flash].

Budby - Raven [over A616 south of village].

Rufford CP - 7+ Hawfinch [main car park area, seven 08:20 and two 9:50].

Friday 11th February

Ordsall - 25 Whooper Swan [low west over Ordsall Bridge this evening].

Holme Pierrepont - 2 Smew [adult drake/redhead, A52 Pit late afternoon], 6 Goldeneye [3 drakes, Blotts Pit].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West, early afternoon], 3 Smew [redheads Neatholme Fen]; also Avocet, 9 Common Snipe.

West Bridgford - Red Kite [over 11:45].

Langford Lowfields - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile, still on Deep Water Pit].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - CASPIAN GULL [adult still Clifton Pit this morning].

Thursday 10th February

Upton - 2 CATTLE EGRET [in fields around Upton but mobile, 13:07].

Langford Lowfields - 2 Ring-necked Duck [females, from the Seasonal Trail Phase 2, late morning], GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile, still on Deep Water Pit], Pintail [Phase 3].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 2 GOSHAWK.

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West, mid-morning], 2 Smew [redheads, Neatholme Fen], CASPIAN GULL [4th-winter on Neatholme Fen this evening]; also Great White Egret.

Rufford CP - 7 Hawfinch [in trees beside Lime Tree Avenue, 08:45].

Wednesday 9th February

Annesley Pit Top - Gannet [probable juvenile, 13:46].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West, 10:45], 3 Smew [redheads, Neatholme Fen]; also 2 Great White Egret.

Rufford CP - c.12 Hawfinch [at least twelve from the main car park, 10:45].

Holme Pierrepont - 2 Smew [adult drake/redhead, A52 Pit], Great White Egret, Pink-footed Goose [Blotts Pit].

Clipstone Forest - 4 Common Crossbill.

Langford Lowfields - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile, still on Deep Water Pit, 09:20].

Girton Pits - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile, still on Spalford Pit, 08:00].

Tuesday 8th February

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West, late afternoon], 2 Smew [redheads, Neatholme Fen], 30 Barnacle Geese [Chainbridge Pit, this morning].

Carburton - Ring-necked Duck [female, still from the waterfall end of the lake viewed from the feeding station lay-by, mid-afternoon].

Newark - 2 SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF [Newark Sugar Factory amongst 5 Common Chiffchaff, no public access]; also 40+ Shoveler, Grey Wagtail.

Clumber Park - 2 Hawfinch [behind the chapel midday].

Langford Lowfields - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile, still on Deep Water Pit].

Girton Pits - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile, still on Spalford Pit].

Hoveringham - Great White Egret [Sailing Lake].

Rufford CP - 10 Hawfinch [Main car park, 08:25].

Monday 7th February

Holme Pierrepont -Smew [adult drake, A52 Pit, this afternoon], Great White Egret, 6 Goldeneye [Blotts Pit], Great White Egret [Works Pit, then flew towards the A52 Pit, 16:15], also murmuration of 1000+ Starling. 

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West, 13:59], 2 Smew [redheads, Neatholme Fen 12:54]; also Great White Egret, Avocet, 13 Red-crested Pochard.

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 3 GOSHAWK [2 male/female], Red Kite, 7 Common Buzzard, 2 Raven [early afternoon].

Carburton - Ring-necked Duck [female, still Carburton Dam Lake east end 12:20 at least], Great White Egret [Carburton upper lake briefly late morning].

Bilborough - Red Kite [over Glaisdale drive, mobbed by corvids].

Sunday 6th February

Holme Pierrepont - 2 Smew [adult drake/redhead, A52 Pit late afternoon].

Girton Pits - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [juvenile, still Spalford Pit mid-afternoon viewed from metal entrance gate].

Clumber Park - 2 Hawfinch [behind the chapel, 14:25].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West, 11:46], 2 Smew [redheads, still on Neatholme Fen].

Langford Lowfields - Ring-necked Duck [female, from end of the Seasonal Trail on the east side of Phase 2, mid-morning]; also Bearded Tit, Great White Egret.

Carburton - Ring-necked Duck [female, East Lake 08:55 at least].

Saturday 5th February

Carburton - Ring-necked Duck [female, again Carburton Forge Dam 14:30 at least].

Newark - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF [Newark Sugar Factory this afternoon but no public access].

Clumber Park - Hawfinch [single in tree tops near shop, 13:48].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West, 10:00], 2 Smew [redheads, still on Neatholme Fen, 11:26]; also Great White Egret.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - CASPIAN GULL [adult, Clifton Pit 08:00].

Rufford CP - 11 Hawfinch [around the main car park, 08:00].

Friday 4th February

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West], 2 Smew [redheads still on Neatholme Fen]; also 2 Green Sandpiper, 30 Golden Plover, Oystercatcher, 13 Red-crested Pochard, 11 Shelduck, 2 Great White Egret, singles of Grey Wagtail, Stonechat, Brambling, Chiffchaff.

Hoveringham - 3 Russian White-fronted Geese [2 adults/juvenile, slightly up-river from Ferry Farm Park, 14:00 at least]; also single Pink-footed Goose.

Stoke Bardolph - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF [still by the outflow, mid-afternoon].

Bennerley Marsh - 16 Golden Plover [briefly].

Netherfield Lagoons - CASPIAN GULL [1st-winter, Slurry Lagoon 11:05].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - CASPIAN GULL [adult, Clifton Pit 08:27].

Thursday 3rd February

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West, north end but mobile], 2 Smew [redheads], Great White Egret, 3 Dunlin and 22 Dunlin over [Neatholme Fen], 7 Goosander [Water Ski Pit], 10 Red-crested Pochard, c.50 Siskin [Lindhurst].

Langford Lowfields - Ring-necked Duck [female, still Phase 2], GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [Juvenile still Deep Water Pit]; also 2 Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier.

Netherfield - CASPIAN GULL [sub-adult, possibly with some Herring Gull genes, Enva Recycling Centre early afternoon].

Hoveringham - 3 Russian White-fronted Geese [2 adults/juvenile, Sailing Lake]; also 3 Red Kite.

Kneesall - Red Kite [over Kneesall Woods].

Sherwood Forest - 100+Siskin, 10 Brambling, Marsh Tit.

Rufford CP - 8+Hawfinch [in trees around the main car park area, this morning].

Wednesday 2nd February

Hoveringham - Russian White-fronted Geese [single still in field next to footpath between the Sailing Lake and Gibsmere, late afternoon].

Stoke Bardolph - 1+ SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF [by the Outflow, early afternoon].

Langford Lowfields - GREAT NORTHERN DIVER [Juvenile still Deep Water Pit, 09:47], Ring-necked Duck [female, still Phase 2 showing well from the seasonal trail].

Idle Washlands - 9 Pintail, 400 Lapwing, 17 Golden Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 15 Redshank, 5+Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier [Slaynes Lane], 4 Pintail, 3 Redshank, 3 Ruff, 2 Great White Egret [Hagg Lane Flash].

Rufford CP - Hawfinch [single near the icehouse then flew towards car park, 09:44].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still Chainbridge Scrape West, 08:16]; 2 Smew [redheads, still Neatholme Fen].

Tuesday 1st February

Hoveringham - 3 Russian White-fronted Geese [still in field next to footpath between the Sailing Lake and Gibsmere, late afternoon], Ruddy Shelduck [on the river by Ferry Farm Park].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - American Wigeon [drake, still on Chainbridge West], 2 Smew [redheads Neatholme Fen]; also 5 Great White Egret, 11 Little Egret, 13 Shelduck, 12 Red-crested Pochard, Green Sandpiper, 2 Chiffchaff, Kingfisher.

King's Mill Reservoir - Shelduck, 20 Teal, 12 Shoveler [7 drakes], 16 Snipe.

Costock - HEN HARRIER [Holy Cross, ringtail through south-east low over rough grass and stubble briefly 08:30].

Stoke Bardolph - 2 SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF [by the Outflow, this morning].

Rufford CP - Hawfinch [single in elms near car park, this morning].

Many thanks to:

Paula Barnes, Merv Bartle, Robin Brace, Mark Brown, Christopher Brown, Ruth Brown, David Brydon, Philip Burnham, Paul Buxton, Phil Cheesbrough, Miles Cluff, Wayne Collingham, Phebe Danzil Cooper, Peter Cottam, Ian Cowgil, Nick Crouch, Stu Davenport, Mark Dawson, Rod Dean, Lynne Demaine, Jacqueline Dennison, David Elliott, Robin Elliott, Del Evans, Adrian Ford, Ade Fox, Pete Freeman, Neal Glen, Wayne Glossop, Rob Hilton, Paul Hobson, John Hopper, Mother Mary Julian CHC, Kate Klby, Mike Leatherland, Scott Linacre, Ian Livsey, Kevin Lock, Peter Maugham, Martin McCallum, Peter Mee, Rob Mellor, Paul Naylor, Dave Nicholls, Phil Palmer, David Parkin, Jason pound, Simon Roberts, Alan Scrimshaw, Mick Sherwin, Andy Shooter, Andrew C Sims, Jacqueline Spindley, David Suter, Alan Swain, David Tyldesley, Steven Ulyatt, Mike Vickers.



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