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Archived Sightings 2001 - 2023
Archived Sightings 2001 to 2023
Archived Sightings 2024
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.
Total of 215 Species recorded within the County in 2024.
Updated 31st December 2024.
Full List HERE
Friday 31st January
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still Bardge Channel, this evening], 50 Goosander, 1w Caspian Gull [Clifton Pit].
Girton Pits - 5 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [Georges Lake].
Idle Washlands - 9 Cattle Egret [Misson, Top Road]; 165 Mute Swan, 2 BEWICK’S SWAN, 14 Whooper Swan, 300 Wigeon, c.40 Pintail, 200 Lapwing, 80 Golden Plover, 10 Raven [feeding on a large number of dead Swans], 18 Long-tailed Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit, Chiffchaff, 120 Linnet, 35 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 11 Chaffinch, 10 Pied Wagtail [Misson to Idlestop].
Misson Springs [Finnerley GP] - 30 Shelduck, 5 Oystercatcher, 100 Lapwing, 20 Redwing. Todays Doncaster Birding
Thursday 30th January
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still Bardge Channel, this afternoon], Caspian Gull [adult, still Clifton Pit].
Holme Pierrepont - 4 SMEW [2 adult drakes and 2 redheads, A52 Pit this morning].
Eakring - 4 Brambling [set-aside east of Eakring Flash], c.45 Snipe, Peregrine [Penny Pasture].
Bulcote/Gunthorpe - Red Kite [between Bulcote and Gunthorpe near the River Trent from Green Lane].
Rufford CP - 5 Hawfinch [from the main car park area, 07:55], 4 Teal, 18 Goosander, Heron, Cormorant, 2 Marsh Tit, 5 Redwing.
Wednesday 29th January
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull [3rd-winter, Clifton Pit this evening].
Girton Pits - 5 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 6 Pink-footed Geese [Georges Lake, mid-afternoon].
Thoresby Estate - 2 Red Kite [over Perlethorpe, this afternoon].
Rufford CP - 5 Hawfinch, 35 Siskin [this morning].
Tuesday 28th January
Besthorpe NR - RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [single with Greylags in field by car park].
Holme Pierrepont - 4 SMEW [2 adult drakes and 2 redheads, A52 Pit early afternoon], 2 Caspian Gull [adult and 1st-winter, Blotts Pit].
Kilvington Lakes - 4 Black-tailed Godwit [West Lake, this morning].
Monday 27th January
Rufford Park - Hawfinch [single Main car park, this afternoon].
Girton Pits - 5 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [flew from the Sailing Lake to field in front of Incinerator, early afternoon]; also Marsh Harrier.
Holme Pierrepont - 2 SMEW [ adult drakes and redhead, A52 Pit late morning], Marsh Harrier, 2 Great White Egret.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still Bardge Channel, this morning], 50 Goosander [Clifton Pit, this evening].
Sunday 26th January
Osberton Estate - 24 Barnacle Geese [by the river, mid-afternoon].
Keyworth - Red Kite [circling over fields platt Lane, 14:00].
Calverton - 3+Brambling, 1+TREE SPARROW [amongst large finch flock consisting of mainly Chaffinch and Linnet, in field next to A614 BP Garage south Longdale Lane, early afternoon].
Stoke Bardolph/Shelford - Caspian Gull [3rd-winter, still on the banks of the River Trent by the Ferry Boat Inn, midday].
Holme Pierrepont - 4 SMEW [2 adult drakes and 2 redheads, A52 Pit this morning], Pintail [drake], 2 Great White Egret, 1w Caspian Gull, Stonechat [Blotts Pit].
Aslockton - Red Kite [over Abbey Lane, 11:35].
Girton Pits - 5 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [still sheep fields then flew to Sailing Lake, 09:00].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still Bardge Channel, this morning], Marsh Harrier [orange wing tags on both wings; quartered the Clifton Pit reed-bed for 5 mins then flew north-west, 12:15], Great White Egret [Tween Pond], Pintail, adult Caspian Gull [Clifton Pit].
Wollaton Park - Red-crested Pochard [Wollaton Lake], 2 Ring-necked Parakeet.
Saturday 25th January
Holme Pierrepont - 4 SMEW [2 adult drakes and 2 redheads, A52 Pit this morning; adult drake also seen on the southern end Blotts Pit, late afternoon], 2 Marsh Harrier [male Blotts Pit over the reeds 16:25; female west through Blotts Pit, 15:45]; also Pintail [drake], Great White Egret, Grey Wagtail [Blotts Pit].
Epperstone - 1+Red Kite [Epperstone bypass near Burton Joyce, 15:00].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 3 Great White Egret [Chainbridge Scrape, mid/late afternoon].
Beeston - WHEATEAR sp [female type briefly in garden Elswick Drive late morning, but no further sign in the general area by mid-afternoon].
Hoveringham - Caspian Gull [still opposite Ferry Boat Inn mid-morning], 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Redshank [on the Kneeton bank of the Trent opposite Ferry Farm Park, this afternoon].
Rufford Park - 5+Hawfinch [Main car park, 08:30], Marsh Tit [by path to Ice House, 09:28].
Idle Valley – 4 Whooper Swan, c.100 Golden Plover, c.200 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, Great White Egret, Buzzard, 2+ Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1+ Barn Owl, 2 Kestrel, 2 Treecreeper [Idlestop to Misson]; 3 Egyptian Geese, 4 Cattle Egret [Misson – Eastwood Lane].
Idle Washlands - Cattle Egret, Merlin [west], 2 Raven, 2 TREE SPARROW [Slaynes Lane].
Misson Springs [Finningley GP/Quarries] (Notts/S. Yorks) – Good numbers Chaffinch and Linnet plus the odd Brambling, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 68 Shelduck, cc Marsh Harrier, 2 Oystercatcher. Todays Doncaster Birding
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still Bardge Channel, this morning], 42 Goosander, Caspian Gull [Clifton Pit, this evening].
Scaup - Attenborough Nature Reserve © Andy Hall.
Friday 24th January
Collingham Pits - 2 SMEW [redheads, Wharf Pit late afternoon].
Holme Pierrepont - 4 SMEW [2 adult drakes and 2 redheads, A52 Pit early-afternoon].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 2 Cattle Egret [Tiln North], 2 Great White Egret, Oystercatcher, Snipe, Grey Wagtail, Raven.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still Bardge Channel], 15 Pintail, Caspian Gull [Clifton Pit].
Besthorpe NR - Cattle Egret [Mons Pool].
Idle Washlands - 6 Pintail, 2 Pochard [Slaynes Lane].
Edingley - Great White Egret [Station Road 10:30, landing in fields near stream 11:00].
Thursday 23rd January
Idle Washlands - 9 Pink-footed Geese, RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE [adult Gainsborough Road, Bawtry flood left south-east, bird has been around for several days], Marsh Harrier, Snipe, 20 Dunlin [flying with Lapwing], 10 Cattle Egret [flew west, flock of 8 followed by 2 singles], 35+ Pintail, 7 Goldeneye and a Starling murmuration at dusk [Slaynes Lane]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still Bardge Channel], 10 Pintail [Clifton Pit], Cattle Egret, Caspian Gull [Coneries].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Yellow-legged Gull [Bellmoor Lake], Goldeneye, 2 Cattle Egret [Lower Sheep Fields, near Walters Farm], 18 Goosander, 2 Green Woodpecker [Waterski Pit], 2 Marsh Harrier [Chainbridge Scrape].
Besthorpe NR - 2 SMEW [redheads, Mons Pool late morning for second day].
Wednesday 22nd January
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still Tween Pond from the bridge, 14:25], Caspian Gull [adult still Clifton Pit].
Hoveringham - Great White Egret [riverbank], 2 Goldeneye [river].
Rufford CP - 6+ Hawfinch [at least six in trees by the Ice House, mid-afternoon; single from the car park 08:30]; also 4 Goosander, Pochard, Marsh Tit, Blackcap, 25 Siskin.
Carburton - Great White Egret, 2 Goosander [Upper Welbeck Lake, 08:10].
Tuesday 21st January
Stoke Bardolph - Caspian Gull [sub-adult, again opposite the Ferry Boat Inn, 15:08].
Besthorpe NR - Great White Egret, Little Egret, Water Rail [late afternoon].
Girton Pits - 5 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [still sheep fields north of Sailing Lake with feral geese, early afternoon].
Osberton Estate - 24 Barnacle Goose, 3 Red Kite, 4 CORN BUNTING , 5 Raven.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still Tween Pond], Caspian Gull [adult Clifton Pit].
Lenton - 2 Ring-necked Parakeet [in flight over University Park Lake].
Rufford CP - 6 Hawfinch [from the Main Car Park, 08:20].
Monday 20th January
Besthorpe NR - Cattle Egret [in field right of entrance track, 15:00]; also 3 Red Kite [over the village].
North/South Muskham - c.60 Egyptian Geese [field on the eastern side of the A1; viewed from bridge over the A1 between North/South Muskham, 15:00].
Stoke Bardolph - Caspian Gull [sub-adult, again opposite the Ferry Boat Inn, this afternoon].
Idle Washlands - Cattle Egret, Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret [Slaynes Lane, early afternoon].
Clumber Park - 13+ Hawfinch [still in trees east of the Chapel, this morning], 3 Great White Egret, Little Egret, Goosander [mid-morning].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [Tween Pond, 09:18], 23 Pintail, adult Caspian Gull [Clifton Pit].
Carburton - Great White Egret, Goosander, Kingfisher [Upper Welbeck Lake, 09:10].
Norton - Great White Egret [River Poulter, 09:00].
Rufford CP - 7 Hawfinch [seven present from the main car park 08:00, counts of three and four, 09:00 and 12:00], Pintail, 19 Goosander, adult Caspian Gull [on the lake].
Sunday 19th January
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Mediterranean Gull [adult, Neatholme Scrape roost, 15:50], Cattle Egret [Conservation Lake, this morning].
Collingham Pits - SMEW [redhead, still Wharf Pit, 14:40].
Girton Pits - 5 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [in sheep fields north of Sailing Lake with feral geese, early afternoon].
Gringley Carr – 153 Whooper Swan, Great White Egret, 2 Raven. Todays Doncaster Birding
Holme Pierrepont - SMEW [drake still Blotts Pit], KNOT [Blotts Pit, reported on the islands this afternoon].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [still Barge Cannel, this morning], Caspian Gull, 3 Pintail, 3 Great White Egret [Clifton Pit].
Bennerley Marsh - 2 Stonechat, 3 Raven [Chat Corner, this morning].
Rufford CP - 13 Hawfinch [Main car park, 09:30].
Saturday 18th January
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 24 Pintail [Clifton Pit, this evening], GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake again Tween].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 6 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE [flew low over Neatholme Fen calling, 15:00], Caspian Gull [adult, Neatholme Scrape, 16:00].
Holme Pierrepont - 2 SMEW [drake and redhead, A52 Pit mid-afternoon].
Kilvington Lakes - 4 Snipe, 2 JACK SNIPE, 3 Siskin, 2 Stonechat, Grey Wagtail, Shoveler [this afternoon].
Clumber Park - 13+Hawfinch [again east of the Chapel, 11:30].
Rufford CP - 4 Hawfinch [Main car park, 10:30].
Friday 17th January
Idle Washlands - 80-90 Whooper Swan [minimum 80 dropped into Slaynes Lane, 17:05]; also Woodcock, big Starling murmuration.
Osberton Estate - 23 Barnacle Geese, Merlin [male], 2 Barn Owl, Jack Snipe, 8 Woodcock [flushed], Goshawk [juv male], Red Kite, 6 Raven.
Upper Langwith - Red Kite [above the A632, 14:00].
Holme Pierrepont - 2 SMEW [drake Blotts Pit, redhead A52 Pit, early afternoon].
Kirklington - c.350 Pink-footed Geese [over in two skeins, early afternoon]; also Marsh Tit, 2 Raven.
Whatton - Hoopoe [at the south end of Manor Lane, this morning].
Girton Pits - 5 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [in sheep fields north of Sailing Lake with feral geese, late morning].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still Barge Channel/Tween Pond], 20 Pintail [Clifton Pit, this evening, adult Caspian Gull still.
Welbeck - Caspian Gull [adult, feeding on carcassUpper Welbeck Lake, 10:00], Great White Egret [River Poulter].
Rufford CP - Caspian Gull [two on the lake].
Clumber Park - Great White Egret [Clumber Lake].
Thursday 16th January
Holme Pierrepont - SMEW [drake, A52 Pit, late afternoon]; also 2 Great White Egret.
Carlton on Trent - 5 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [in field with feral geese mid-afternoon, viewed from north-west end of Carlron Ferry Lane].
Hoveringham - TURNSTONE [flew south over the Sailing Lake with a small flock of Lapwing]; also Green Sandpiper, Stonechat, Pink-footed Goose, Great White Egret.
Rufford CP - 21 Goosander [10 drakes, Rufford Lake], Grey Wagtail [near the Ford].
Bennerly Marsh - 200+Wigeon, 2 Raven [midday].
Clumber Park - 5 Hawfinch [east of the Chapel from track to cow pasture, 10:30].
Newstead - Hawfinch [single on Hucknal Road].
Wednesday 15th January
Langford Lowfields - 75,000 Starling [estimated 75,000 mayby upto 100,000 in the roost this evening].
King's Mill Reservoir - Caspian Gull [adult in the roost this evening].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake again in the Barge Channel, early afternoon]; also Pintail, Caspian Gull, Raven.
Stoke Bardolph - Caspian Gull [sub-adult], adult Yellow-legged Gull [opposite the Ferry Boat Inn, late morning to 14:30 at least]; also 5+Chiffchaff [in hedge by the outflow].
Tuesday 14th January
Clumber Park - 5 Hawfinch [east of the Chapel], Caspian Gull [adult on the lake].
Nott'm City - Raven [flying around and perching on the BioCity Buildings].
Netherfield - 4 Caspian Gull [two 2nd-winters and two 1st-winters, Enva Recycling Centre this afternoon].
Stoke Bardolph - Caspian Gull [sub-adult], adult Yellow-legged Gull [opposite the Ferry Boat Inn, 12:30].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, Tween 10:38], Caspian Gull [adult Clifton Pit this afternoon], 14 Pintail, 180+Common Gull.
Monday 13th January
King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Mediterranean Gull [adult and 1st-winter], adult Caspian Gull [in the roost this evening].
Idle Washlans - 3 BEWICK'S SWAN, Cattle Egret, Merlin, 3 Raven [Slaynes Lane].
Netherfield Lagoons - Herring Gull [Leucistic adult, Deep Pit].
Herring Gull - Netherfield Lagoons © Simon Roberts.
Stoke Bardolph - Caspian Gull [sub-adult], Yellow-legged Gull [adult, squabbling over fish carcass, this afternoon].
Hoveringham - Merlin [female/immature], 5 Pintail, Great White Egret, 2 Raven, Stonechat [Sailing Lake].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, Barge Channel this morning].
Eakring - 4 Brambling, Leucistic Chaffinch, 120 Fieldfare, 150 Linnet [all field adjacent to Eakring Flash].
Rufford CP - 2 Hawfinch [Main car park, 08:40], 2 Caspian Gull [adult and 1st-winter Rufford Lake], 20 Siskin.
Gringley Carr - Cattle Egret [by the Pumping Station, this morning].
Sunday 12th January
Holme Pierrepont - WATER PIPIT [flew south towards the A52 Pit, 15:03], SMEW [redhead, still A52 Pit].
Misterton - 300 Whooper Swan [north of Cornley Road, this afternoon].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 16 Pintail, 25 Goosander, adult Caspian Gull [Clifton Pit, this afternoon], GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake still this morning].
Colwick CP - SMEW [redhead, Main Lake late morning].
Stoke Bardolph - Caspian Gull [near adult on carcass opposite the Ferry Boat Inn, late morning].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Woodcock, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Barn Owl.
Ollerton Hills - 30+Yellowhammer [on public bridleway, mid-morning].
Rufford CP - 2 Caspian Gull [1st and second-winter Rufford Lake, 09:30], Hawfinch [single by the car park, 12:30].
Scrooby - Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Little Egret [along old riverbed on Mill Lane, this morning].
Hoveringham - Pintail [drake], 2 Great White Egret [Sailing Lake, this morning].
Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - Pintail, 14 Curlew, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Green Woodpecker, Redwing, 2 Song Thrush, 2 Raven. Todays Doncaster Birding
Saturday 11th January
Idle Washlands - Water Rail, Caspian Gull, 2 Raven, Chiffchaff and a large number of Starling into roost Slaynes Lane. Todays Doncaster Birding
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, from the Barton Lane bridge, 15:05], 5 Pintail [4 Clifton Pit; single drake Coneries], GBBG [adult, Clifton Pit].
Holme Pierrepont - SMEW [redhead, Blotts Pit on single ice free pool in centre, this afternoon].
Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Caspian Gull [3rd and 2nd-winter on Deep Pit, 14:14].
Beeston - c.300 Pink-footed Geese [south-west over Beeston Marina, 10:24].
Clifton - c.300 Pink-footed Geese [heading south-west, 10:20].
Stapleford - Blackcap [male, in garden, 10:00].
Rufford CP - 16 Hawfinch [main car park, 09:00], Yellow-legged Gull [Rufford Lake], 7 Whooper Swan [over], Marsh Tit.
Friday 10th January
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 2 Cattle Egret, 2 Stonechat [Tiln North], 55 Pink-footed Geese [on the deck, Alans Meadow], c.20 Goldeneye [Neatholme Scrape], Great White Egret [4 Tiln North, 4 Clayworth Common, 3 roosted Chainbridge Wood], 8-10 Cattle Egret [Clayworth Common].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 6 Pintail [Clifton Pit, this evening], c.60 Pink-footed Geese [heading north-west 10:00].
Clumber Park - BITTERN [in reeds Harwick Ford, 14:00].
Idle Washlands - 5 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, Raven [Slaynes Lane South, late morning], Starling [large murmuration again over Slaynes this evening].
Clifton - c.300 Pink-footed Geese [heading west, late morning].
Colwick CP - 11 Whooper Swan [over west, 10:51].
Burton Joyce - 11 Whooper Swan [on river bank near Poplars Sports Ground then flew towards Netherfield, 10:45].
Gedling - Blackcap [female, in private garden].
Thursday 9th January
Idle Washlands - 12 Cattle Egret [over between 16;00 and 16;30]; 2 Marsh Harrier, c.50,000 Starling [murmuration and roost]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Kilvington Lakes - Slavonian Grebe [West Lake, other lakes now frozen over].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 3 Cattle Egret [Conservation Lake], 5 Great White Egret, 7 Cattle Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Stonechat [Chainbridge Scrape East].
Worksop - Great White Egret, Mandarin [on the River Ryton in the Canch].
Gunthorpe - 13 Whooper Swan [on flooded field south-east of Bulcote Farm, just west of Gunthorpe GP's this afternoon].
Barton in Fabis/Thrumpton - 6 Pintail [on flooded fields towards Thrumpton, mid-morning], 3 Pink-footed Geese [with greylags [Thrumpton riverside fields].
Wollaton Park - Great White Egret [this morning].
Clumber Park - 3 Hawfinch [at least 3 still north-east of the chapel, 11:00].
Rufford CP - 9 Hawfinch [main car park, 08:40].
Wednesday 8th January
Kilvington Lakes - Slavonian Grebe [still present on North Lake].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 2 Cattle Egret, BITTERN, Marsh Harrier, 2 Snipe, SHORT-EARED OWL, Chiffchaff, Stonechat.
Calverton - 400+Pink-footed Geese [flew north-west, 14:15].
Rufford CP - Caspian Gull [adult], Yellow-legged Gull [2nd-winter, rufford Lake this afternoon].
Clumber Park - 18+Hawfinch [north of the Chapel, early afternoon].
Idle Washlands - Caspian Gull, Grey Wagtail [Slaynes Lane], 70 Dunlin, 26 Snipe, 11 Redshank, 10 Ruff [Bawtry Floods].
Barton in Fabis - 6 Great White Egret, Little Egret, Merlin [female type], Peregrine, c.400 Lapwing, adult Caspian Gull [flooded fields off Manor Road, 10:30 - 15:00].
Colwick CP - 2 Great White Egret [flew out of roost, 07:45].
Tuesday 7th January
Barton in Fabis - Mediterranean Gull [adult, briefly on flooded fields off Manor Road 15:25 then flew west]; also 9 Pintail.
Idle Washlands - 2 Caspian Gull [1st-winter and near-adult], 11 Goldeneye, 4 Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, 4 Raven, Stonechat, 2 Yellowhammer [Slaynes Lane], several Ruff and Redshank [Bawtry lay-by on Gainsborough road].
Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - Great Crested Grebe, 3 Redshank, c.98r Curlew, c.20 GB-b Gull, Marsh Harrier, c.10 Fieldfare. Todays Doncaster Birding
Retford - Kingfisher [Chesterfield Canal, behind the Hospice, this afternoon].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - SMEW [redhead still Neatholme Fen, late morning].
Clumber Park - Great White Egret [Clumber Lake], 5 Goosander [subsidiary pond by causeway].
Welbeck - 2 Great White Egret [Upper Welbeck lake].
Rufford CP - 8 Hawfinch [by the car park, 08:30].
Monday 6th January
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - SMEW [redhead], 2 Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier [female], Raven, 15+Redpoll [Neatholme].
Idle Washlands - 25 Redshank, 25 Dunlin, 5 Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit [Bawtry Floods, this morning]..
Clumber Park - Hawfinch [at least one still east of the Chapel].
Hoveringham - Ruddy Shelduck [drake on the Sailing Lake].
Sunday 5th January
Kilvington Lakes - Slavonian Grebe [still present on East Lake, midday], 2 Whooper Swan [East Lake midday, then relocated to West Lake this afternoon].
Collingham Pits - SMEW [redhead, still Wharf Pit].
Hoveringham - Great White Egret [Railway Pit].
Holme Pierrepont - Marsh Harrier [3cy male 'Orange 6T' - Previously seen at HP 10.02.2024; Tagged by North West Norfolk Ringing Group at RSPB Nene Washes, Cambs on 12.07.2023].
Marsh Harrier - Holme Pierrepont © Alan Clewes.
Saturday 4th January
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - SMEW [redhead], Green Sandpiper, 2 Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier [Neatholme Fen, late afternoon], 2 Pintail, 2 Great White Egret [Neatholme Scrape], 3 Goosander [Chainbridge Scrape].
Gringley Carr - 20+CORN BUNTING, 4 Yellowhammer, 6 Reed Bunting, small numbers of Golden Plover, Grey Partridge.
Collingham Pits - SMEW [redhead, still Wharf Pit].
Girton Pits - 14 Whooper Swan [in sheep fields].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 Whooper Swan [Sailing Pit, mid-afternoon to dusk].
Kilvington Lakes - Slavonian Grebe [still present on East Lake, midday].
Holme Pierrepont - SMEW [redhead, still A52 Pit], Caspian Gull [1st-winter Blotts Pit].
Idle Washlands - 9 Goldeneye, Kingfisher [Slaynes Lane], 4 Pintail, 6 Redshank, 37 Dunlin, 7 Snipe, cc Marsh Harrier, 2 Stonechat [Bawtry Bridge].
Clumber Park - 9 Hawfinch [around the Chapel late morning; with seven still present 12:00].
Hawfinch - Clumber Park © Andy Hall.
Colwick CP - 2 Caspian Gull [both 1st-winter, Main Lake 10:48].
Langford Lowfields - Green-winged Teal [drake, still present on Phase Three, 08:57].
Skegby Bottoms - Little Egret [in tree along stream, 08:50].
South Muskham - Black-throated Diver [still on A1 Pits, 08:30].
West Bridgford - Blackcap [female, garden Compton Acres], 25 Redwing [on Hawthorn opposite Asda/Allotments entrance].
Friday 3rd January
Langford Lowfields - Green-winged Teal [drake, western corner Phase Three, viewed from the western public footpath; 10:30 - 14:08 at least].
Green-winged Teal - Langford Lowfields © James Wilkinson.
Holme Pierrepont - SMEW [redhead still at west end of A52 Pit, 15:39].
Kilvington Lakes - Slavonian Grebe [still on east lake].
Netherfield - 2 Caspian Gull [1st and 3rd-winter, Enva Recycling Centre].
Oxton - Red Kite [drifting south, mid-afternoon].
Collingham Pits - SMEW [redhead still Wharf Pit, early afternoon].
Clumber Park - Hawfinch [at least one still east of the Chapel, 12:42].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Firecrest [reported in churchyard], 3 Black-necked Grebe [reported Main Pond], Caspian Gull [adult, still Clifton Pit], Ring-necked Parakeet [Delta], Great White Egret [Church Pond], Otter [Main Pond].
South Muskham - Black-throated Diver [still on A1 Pit this morning, viewed from the A1 layby].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - SMEW [redhead], 2 Great White Egret, Kingfisher, Marsh Harrier, 225 Shoveler, 4 Pintail [Neatholme Fen], 7 Little Egret, Great White Egret, 2 Pintail [Linghurst Pool], 3 Great White Egret [Conservation Lake], Cattle Egret [4/5 Tiln North, 4 Conservation Lake, 3 Walters Farm], 2 Great White Egret, 2 Water Rail [Walters Farm].
Rufford CP - 5 Hawfinch [from the main car park, 08:30].
Thursday 2nd January
Kilvington Lakes - Slavonian Grebe [still on east lake, late morning].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Hawfinch [briefly, this morning].
Collingham Pits - SMEW [redhead, still Wharf Pit].
New Ollerton - 3 Brambling [in fields opposite the Pumping House, 09:46]; also Redpoll and Linnets.
Idle Washlands - 4 Great White Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, 5 Goldeneye, 2 Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher [Slaynes Lane].
Misson Springs - 750 Linnet. Todays Doncaster Birding
Clumber Park - 8 Hawfinch [in woodland east of the Chapel, this morning], adult Mediterranean Gull, 2 Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull [Clumber Lake, early afternoon].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 60 Pink-footed Geese [low east over Church Pond, 08:42], adult Caspian Gull, Great White Egret [Clifton Pit].
Rufford CP - 6 Hawfinch [main car park area, 08:20].
South Muskham - Black-throated Diver [still on southern pit south of Church Lane, 08:12 - 14:09 at least].
Black-throated Diver - South Muskham © Steve Robins.
Wednesday 1st January
Tricounty New Year's Day Bird Race
A total of 119 species were recorded in the county on todays Bird Race between Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire.
Final tally was Nott's 119, Leic's 114 and Derby's 113.
Bird Race species list for Nott's below.
Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Pink-footed Goose, Russian White-fronted Goose, Greylag, Canada Goose, Barnacle Goose, Egyptian Goose, Shelduck, Mandarin, Wigeon, Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, Teal, Mallard, Pintail, Shoveler, Red-crested Pochard, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Scaup, Goldeneye, Smew, Goosander, Red-legged Partridge, Grey Partridge, Pheasant, Black-throated Diver, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Cormorant, Bittern, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Red Kite, Marsh Harrier, Goshawk, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel, Peregrine, Water Rail, Moorhen, Coot, Golden Plover, Lapwing, Snipe, Woodcock, Curlew, Ruff, Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull,Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Collard Dove, Ring-necked Parakeet, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Stonechat, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Cetti's Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Long-tailed Tit, Marsh Tit, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Gret Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Raven, Starling, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Chaffinch, Brambling, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Siskin, Linnet, Lesser Redpoll, Bullfinch, Hawfinch, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, Corn Bunting.
Holme Pierrepont - Green-winged Teal [drake, Blotts Pit, 10:55 - 15:54 at least], Great White Egret, Caspian Gull.
Green-winged Teal - Holme Pierrepont © Alan Clewes.
Kings Mill Reservoir - adult Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull [in the roost, this evening].
Kilvington Lakes - Slavonian Grebe [still on east lake, midday], 16 Siskin [in alders along bank at back of North lake]; also Red Kite, Green woodpecker, 80 Lapwing over, 5 Snipe, Grey Wagtail.
South Muskham - Black-throated Diver [still on the third pit south of Church Lane 13:25, viewed from the A1 lay-by]; also SMEW [redhead].
Collingham Pits - SMEW [redhead, still Wharf Pit].
Clumber Park - Yellow-legged Gull [Clumber Lake].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Cattle Egret, Great White Egret [Tiln North], Red crested Pochard [pair on Linghurst lake], imm Marsh Harrier, 2 Goosander [pair on Water ski pit].
Woodthorpe - 2 Blackcap [garden feeders].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still Tween Pond, this morning], Caspian Gull [adult, still Clifton Pit].
Girton Pits - 5 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE , 2 Barnacle Geese, Pink-footed Goose [sheep fields, north of the Sailing Lake]; also 2 Whooper Swan, Woodcock.
Gringley Carr - CORN BUNTING.
Carburton - Raven, Goosander.
Skegby - 3 Little Egret [Buttery Lane].
Many thanks to:
Alison Baldwin, Gary Barber, Andrew Barks, Mervyn Bartle, Sue & Roger Bird, Adrian Blagden, Nick Blinston, Michael Blount, Ruth Brown, Peter Burrill, Paul Buxton, Miles Cluff, Jim Collinson, Paul Coombes, Ian Cowgill, Nick Crouch, Mark Dawson, Rod Dean, Lance Degnan, Lynne Dermaine, Jackie Dennison, Heather Easton, David Elliott, John Ellis, Del Evans, David Farnsworth, Ann Fletcher, Adrian Ford, Ade Fox, Andy Fox, Pete Freeman, Carl Fritchley, Vic Giles, Neal Glen, Fen Graham, Kathy Granville, Stuart Granville, Laura Green, Andy Hall, Sarah Hewitt, Tom Hibbert, Colin Hughes, Mel Hood, Gary Kidd, Mike Leatherland, Mike Lee, Steve Little, Jonathan Lloyd, Dawn Marie, Martin McCallum, Ged Morley, Kamala Mueller, Lesley Noar, Sarah Payne, Martyn Perkins, Andrew Przeslak, Phil Read, Kenneth Roberts, Simon Roberts, Steve Robins, Chris Robinson, John Rodgers, Alan Scrimshaw, Alfie Seastron, Dan Shaw, Tom Shields, Keith Smith, Andy Shooter, Tim Smith, Edmund Staunton, Simon Thompson, Mel Thorn, Geoff Tindsley, David Tyldesley, Bob Usher, Mike Vickers, Dave Viles, Tony Wardell, John Williamson, James Wilkinson, Andy Winning, Rob Woodward.
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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