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.
"Records of certain sensitive species may not appear here during the breeding season, unless publicised by site managers or where records relate to what are likely to be passage migrants or wandering non-breeding individuals rather than breeders. Species that this generally applies to include (but are not necessarily limited to): Avocet, Bearded Tit, Bittern, Black-necked Grebe, Black Redstart, Cetti's Warbler, Garganey. Goshawk (except from Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint), Honey-buzzard (except from Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint), Marsh Harrier, Mediterranean Gull, Nightingale, Peregrine (except for Nottingham City Centre), Raven, Red Kite and Woodlark (except for Sherwood Forest NNR/Budby Common). For a range of other species, we will not include specific breeding information - this includes Barn Owl, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Little Ringed Plover, Nightjar, Turtle Dove and Willow Tit. Nevertheless, please submit your sightings anyway."
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 - 2019
Archived Sightings 2001 to 2019
Archived Sightings 2020
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.
Friday 31st July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREAT WHITE EGRET [roosted on Conneries, 20:50]; also 30 Little Egret, Ruff, Green Sandpiper.
Langford Lowfields - juv MEDITERRANEAN GULL, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET, Green Sandpiper [Phase 3, this evening], GREAT WHITE EGRET, Mash Harrier [Phase 2], 3 Redshank, Greenshank, Goldeneye [this morning].
Kilvington Lakes - 4 Yellow-legged Gull, Hobby, 2 Yellow Wagtail [late afternoon].
Tollerton - Hobby [over, 12:57].
Welbeck - PIED FLYCATCHER [one trapped and ringed].
Sutton-cum-Granby - BLACK REDSTART [juv, in garden this morning].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [single from the watchpoint, 08:52].
Thursday 30th July
Holme Pierrepont - Spoonbill [Blotts Pit, 16:17 - 20:58 then flew high east], GREAT WHITE EGRET [flew north over Blotts Pit 21:10, roosting on Old Skylarks Lake with Grey Herons, 21:20].
Cotgrave - QUAIL [singing male, just outside Cotgrave by field path from Tollerton, this evening].
Idle Washlands - Cattle Egret [Newington Flash (South York's) in field with Cattle behind the Ship Inn, 14:00 - 20:30 at least].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 2 Honey Buzzard [barred male and pale male (one with the wing damage recently photographed over Thorsby) were both seen in display simultaneously from the watchpoint with the barred male eventually chasing off the pale bird to the South East before returning to the Welbeck woods], also 2 GOSHAWK, 4 Hobbies, 2 Raven [between 13:30 -16:00].
Gotham - Red Kite [drifting westwards, 13:30].
Blidworth Woods - 3 Raven [flying together and calling on the edge of the woodland].
Clumber Park - TURTLE DOVE [on the road into Clumber Park from Drayton Gate entrance, 10:45].
Annesley Pit Top - Hobby, juv Peregrine, Common Sandpiper.
Sherwood Forest NNR - 300+Siskin [Budby South Forest, 09:15].
Kirton Wood NR - Spotted Flycather.
Besthorpe NR - OSPREY [flew along the Trent, 09:45].
Langford Lowfields - OSPREY [flew south over Phase 3, 08:45], 4 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Silt Lagoon 5].
Hoveringham - Yellow-legged Gull, Hobby, Common Sandpiper, 3 Yellow Wagtail [Sailing Lake, this morning].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Ruff, 4 Yellow Wagtail [Clifton Pit, 06:44], Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, 2 Dunlin, Peregrine [Clifton Pit, 09:12].
Wednesday 29th July
Clumber Park - 14 Common Crossbill [east over Clumber Park hotel, 20:45].
Netherfield Lagoons - GARGANEY [still on the Slurry Lagoon, this evening], 2 Green Sandpiper.
Idle Washlands - Cattle Egret, 12 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, 8 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 4 LRP, 19 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Ruff, Peregrine, 12 Yellow Wagtail [Slaynes Lane Misson].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 13 Black-tailed Godwit, GREAT WHITE EGRET[Neatholme Fen, 18:45], Dunlin [Bellmoor Lake].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 2 Honey Buzzard [2 showing well and frequently, displaying male noted, 17:09].
Kilvington Lakes - 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 20 Yellow-legged Gull, 185 Lesser Black-backed Gull [West Lake, 16:00].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 10 Black-tailed Godwit [2 on Clifton Pit, 06:53, increasing to 10 by 13:44]; also Ruff, Dunlin, 4 Yellow Wagtail.
Langford Lowfields - 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, Redshank, 3 Hobby, Wigeon [this morning].
Oxton - Red Kite [early and again late morning].
Tuesday 28th July
Idle Washlands - Cattle Egret [Slaynes Lane, this evening], juv BLACK-NECKED GREBE, 20 Avocet, Ringed Plover, 20 Dunlin, Greenshank, 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Redshank, 5 Ruff, 21 Black-tailed Godwit [all Slaynes Lane].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 19 Black-tailed Godwit [Clifton Pit, this evening]; also Greenshank [heard], Redshank, 3 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 8 Oystercatcher, Yellow Wagtail.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [single, still showing from the viewpoint].
Holme Pierrepont - 4 Black-tailed Godwit [Blotts Pit, 13:39].
Hoveringham - 2 Common Sandpiper, Hobby [Railway Pit, this morning]; also a large movement of Swift and hirundines moving south.
Cotgrave - Common Crossbill [over, 05:50].
Monday 27th July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Ruff, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Hobby [this evening], Yellow Wagtail [juv, opposite the horse field].
Idle Washlands - 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 5 Dunlin, Marsh Harrier [Slaynes Lane, Misson].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - GREAT WHITE EGRET, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Hoveringham - Black-tailed Godwit [Sailing Pit, this morning].
Sunday 26th July
Idle Washlands - Cattle Egret [Slaynes Lane, this evening]; also 18 Avocet, 2 LRP, Ringed Plover, 14 Dunlin, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff.
Langford Lowfields - MEDITERRANEAN GULL [juvenile, Phase 3 18:26], Herring Gull [with yellow ring YA13, Phase 3]; also 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 18 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Avocet, 2 Dunlin, Redshank, Marsh Harrier, 3 Peregrine, Yellow-legged Gull.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 Dunlin, 2 LRP, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper [Clifton Pit, this evening], Black-tailed Godwit [juvenile, Clifton Pit 07:16].
Kilvington Lakes - OSPREY [juvenile, fitted with locator and aerial, over 16:00]; also Black-tailed Godwit.
Annesley Pit Top - Dunlin, Common Sandpiper [this afternoon].
Netherfield Lagoons - 3 WHIMBREL [through south-west, 12:10], GARGANEY [still on the Slurry Lagoon]; also Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - GREAT WHITE EGRET, 2 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper [Neatholme Fen, 10:55], Marsh Harrier [Neatholme area, 11:47].
Mansfield Woodhouse - Red Kite [low to east over Peafield Lane, 11:45].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [single, showed this morning, 15:00 and again 17:50], GOSHAWK, Red Kite [this morning].
Saturday 25th July
Idle Washlands - Cattle Egret [flew from Slaynes Lane early morning towards Hagg Lane/Newington Flash; still present on Newington Flash, S.York's early afternoon at least]; also 7 Pochard, c.18 Avocet, 12+LRP, 2 Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Ruff, Raven, Yellow Wagtail [Slaynes Lane].
Barton in Fabis - 15 WHIMBREL [heading high south-west over Cottages Flash calling, 12:58].
Langford Lowfields - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET, Greenshank, 2 Avocet, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover, Curlew, Goldeneye, Peregrine, 4+Yellow-legged Gull [this morning].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 juv Yellow Wagtail, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 2 juv LRP [Clifton Pit, 08:00 - 09:00].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - GREAT WHITE EGRET, Green Sandpiper [Neatholme Fen, this morning].
Holme Pierrepont - Marsh Harrier [flew north through the A52 Pit, 08:00].
Thrumpton - 8 WHIMBREL [flew over towards Thrumpton from the Long Eaton GP's, 07:40], 3 Hobby [over large field off Trentside, 10:10].
Friday 24th July
Langford Lowfields - CASPIAN GULL [ringed second-summer], adult MEDITERRANEAN GULL, 12 Yellow-legged Gull, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Curlew, Greenshank, Common Snipe [Phase 3, this evening], 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Silt Lgoon 5, this morning].
Netherfield Lagoons - GARGANEY, 2 Green Sandpiper [Slurry Lagoon, this evening], 2 Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 2 juv LRP [New Workings].
Holme Pierrepont - MEDITERRANEAN GULL [juvenile, Blotts Pit, early evening].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard, GOSHAWK, 2+Red Kite [early afternoon].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Sacred Ibis [Neatholme Fen, 10:30], Common Redstart [The Willows, late afternoon], Short-eared Owl [Tiln North/Hayton Common, this evening].
Idle Washlands - Cattle Egret [Hagg Lane Flash/Newington Flash, 09:57 - 10:34 at least], KNOT [Slaynes Lane Misson, this morning].
Hoveringham - Black-tailed Godwit, Hobby, male Common Redstart [Sailing Lake, this morning], Yellow-legged Gull [Sailing Lake, this evening].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3 LRP [Clifton Pit, 06:44].
Thursday 23rd July
Idle Washlands - Cattle Egret [on the north-east end of Slaynes Lane, late evening]; also 11 Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, 2 Sacred Ibis, 2 Ringed Plover, 42 Dunlin, 5 Common Sandpiper, 5 Ruff, Greenshank, 4 Black-tailed Godwit, WHIMBREL, MEDITERRANEAN GULL, Lesser Whitethroat.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Ruff, 3 LRP, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 20+Little Egret [Clifton Pit, this evening].
Holme Pierrepont - Hobby [Blotts Pit, this evening].
Netherfield Lagoons - GARGANEY [still on the Slurry Lagoon, 17:50]; also Dunlin, 4 juv LRP, Green Sandpiper [New Workings].
Kilvington Lakes - OSPREY [over the lakes, 15:00].
Kirklington - Red Kite [circling low over Kirklington hill, 14:40].
Thoresby Park- Honey Buzzard [male, circled low over private area, 14:07], Curlew [through south, 18:37].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [10:30 - 10:50, then flew west].
Clifton Grove - Red Kite [over Branshill, 10:50].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 2 Whinchat [male and juv, The Willows, 09:41], Red Kite [Wild Goose farm area, 16:24], Yellow-legged Gull [adult, Neatholme Fen 16:45], 2 Green Sandpiper, male Marsh Harrier [Neatholme Fen], 16 Red-crested Pochard [Neatholme Pit], 2 Common Redstart [adult male and juv, The Willows, 18:24].
Langford Lowfields - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Silt Lagoon, early morning], 4 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Yellow-legged Gull [Phase Three]; also 2 Avocet, Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Goldeneye.
Wednesday 22nd July
Langford Lowfields - CASPIAN GULL [adult, 13:00], 4 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Silt Lagoon, early morning], 2 Black-tailed Godwit [Phase 3].
Idle Washlands - GARGANEY, 2 Mandarin, Ringed Plover, 52 Dunlin, 5 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 5 Ruff, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, Hobby [Slaynes Lane, Misson].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Ruff, 3 LRP, Common Sandpiper, 3 Yellow Wagtail [Clifton Pit, early afternoon].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 2 Common Redstart [male and female, The Willows].
Killvington Lakes - 2 Redshank, 2 Peregrine [ad & juv], Common Snipe [over to south-west, this morning].
Tuesday 21st July
Netherfield Lagoons - GARGANEY [on the Slurry Lagoon, this evening], 2 Green Sandpiper [New workings].
Idle Washlands - 47 Dunlin, Ruff, 3 Redshank, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover [Slaynes Lane Misson, this evening].
Holme Pierrepont - Marsh Harrier [lingering over Blotts Pits, 16:23].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 2 Honey Buzzard [two up together, male with missing central tail feathers displayed 12:05-12:10]; also 2 GOSHAWK, Red Kite, 4+Common Buzzard, Hobby, 2 Common Tern, juv Northern Wheatear.
Langford Lowfields - 4 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Silt Lagoon, 08:21], c.28 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper [Phase 3].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Green Sandpiper [Ridge and Furrow, 06:40], 3 LRP, 2 Dunlin [south through Clifton Pit, 08:50].
Barton in Fabis - Black-tailed Godwit [Cottages Flash, 06:20].
Monday 20th July
Holme Pierrepont - 22 Black-tailed Godwit [Blotts Pit, 16:24].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [single mid-afternoon], OSPREY [again over Great Lake, this morning].
Idle Washlands - SANDERLING, Ringed Plover, 35 Dunlin, 5 Ruff, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 21 Black-tailed Godwit [Slaynes Lane, Misson].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - female Whinchat, juv Common Redstart [The Willows, 10:45].
Langford Lowfields - 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET [2 on Silt Lagoon 5, single on Phase 2, 08:14].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Black-tailed Godwit [Clifton Pit, this morning].
Sunday 19th July
Cotgrave - QUAIL [singing male, in weedy field opposite Giliver Lane, 21:08 - 22:00 at least].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - OSPREY [flew south, 16:40, over west 18:00].
Holme Pierrepont - Black-tailed Godwit [Blotts Pit, 15:00].
Langford Lowfields - 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 2 Marsh Harrier, Avocet.
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper [Neatholme area].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 8 Black-tailed Godwit [four Clifton Pit, 11:39; increasing to eight by 15:38].
Idle Washlands - WOOD SANDPIPER [Slaynes Lane, Misson, this morning]; also Avocet, 39 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 10 Redshank, 18 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 13 LRP, MEDITERRANEAN GULL, 10 Common Tern.
Budby Pumping Station - 2 Whinchat, Dunlin [early morning]; Stonechat [Budby Common].
Saturday 18th July
Kilvington Lakes - 9 Yellow-legged Gull, Peregrine, Common Sandpiper [16:00].
Cotgrave - QUAIL [singing male, in fields between Cotgrave and Tollerton, this morning].
Langford Lowfields - 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Silt Lagoon 5, 09:43], CASPIAN GULL [second-summer, ringed German bird X34E, Phase 3], c.50 Black-tailed Godwit [2 Phase 3, early afternoon, c.33 circled Phase 3 then flew south-east, 14:32; 17 flew south-east, 16:04]; also 2 Goldeneye, Avocet, Redshank, 2+Yellow-legged Gull, Common Gull, Marsh Harrier].
Friday 17th July
Calverton - Hobby [feeding overhead, 18:00].
Idle Washlands - 8 Little Egret [Hagg Lane Flash], 3 Little Egret, 3 Ruff, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, Marsh Harrier [Slaynes Lane, Misson].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Ringed Plover [Clifton Pit, this afternoon]; also Wigeon, Hobby, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper.
Gunthorpe - Red Kite [over midday].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [single from the viewpoint, 11:30].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Common Redstart [female, The Willows, 08:00].
Langford Lowfields - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Phase 2, this morning], Green Sandpiper [Silt Lagoon 5].
Keyworth - Red Kite [over, this morning].
Thursday 16th July
Hoveringham - Red Kite, Water Rail [Railway Pit, this morning].
Langford Lowfields - 2 LITTLE TERN [Phase 3, briefly early morning]; also 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 4 Redshank, Dunlin, Goldeneye.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Ruff [male], Dunlin, Common Sandpiper [Clifton Pit, early 06:00]; also Wigeon, 10 Common Tern.
Wednesday 15th July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Dunlin, Redshank [Clifton Pit, this evening], Green Sandpiper [still Ridge and Furrow].
Kilvington Lakes - 5 Yellow-legged Gull [this evening].
Idle Washlands - 2 Marsh Harrier, 14 LRP, 3 Dunlin, 5 Ruff, 5 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, WHIMBREL, Hobby, Lesser Whitethroat, Yellow Wagail, Corn Bunting [Slaynes Lane, Misson].
Rufford - 2 Stonechat [pair at the old Rufford Colliery site, 14:00].
Hoveringham - Red Kite [over the Railway Pit, mid-day].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 6 WHIMBREL [4 north-east through Chainbridge Pit, 08:15, 2 south-east over The Willows, 08:35].
Tuesday 14th July
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Whinchat [The Willows, 15:50].
Hoveringham - Red Kite, Yellow-legged Gull [Sailing Lake].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Green Sandpiper [still Ridge and Furrow], 3 Oystercatcher.
Barton in Fabis - 3 Green Sandpiper, LRP [Cottages Flash, 08:45]; also Hobby, Barnacle Goose.
Monday 13th July
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Spoonbill [Bellmoor Lake, present from first light to 6.15 at least. Then later observed moving north over Tiln North and the Willows around 07:00].
Chillwell - MEDITERRANEAN GULL [adult, Chetwynd Barracks with BH Gulls then flew towards Attenborough NR, 14:55].
Scrooby - Honey Buzzard [adult, flew north over Newington Lane, then south over Barrow Hills, 11:58].
Alockton - Red Kite [west over fields Abbey Lane, 11:55].
Cotgrave - QUAIL [singing male, audible from the Cotgrave Woods car park on the bend of Lemming Gap Lane, 10:25 - 14:15 at least].
Kilvington Lakes - 7 Yellow-legged Gull [West Lake, this morning].
Langford Lowfields - 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET [early morning], also Black-tailed Godwit.
Sunday 12th July
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [single from the viewpoint, this afternoon].
Tithby - QUAIL [singing male, 09:45].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Common Redstart [male, the Willows, this morning], Dunlin [Neatholme Fen].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Green Sandpiper [Ridge and Furrow].
Saturday 11th July
Idle Washlands - Red-necked Phalarope [adult female, showing on flash to the north of Slaynes Lane, 19:00 at least though distant]; also 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Ruff, 6 Dunlin, 7 LRP, Green Sandpiper, Pintail.
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [single from the viewpoint].
Langford Lowfields - CASPIAN GULL [second-summer, Phase 3 late morning]; also 5 Yellow-legged Gull, WHIMBREL [over, 14:00], 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Peregrine, Hobby [all Phase 3], GREAT WHITE EGRET [flew from Phase 2 to 3, 09:45].
Bingham - 10 Little Egret [western shore of New Lake, 12:00].
Friday 10th July
Idle Washlands - Red-necked Phalarope [adult female, along Slaynes Lane 13:20 - 17:59 at least]; also Black-tailed Godwit [numerous], Ruff, Little Ringed Plover.
Langford Lowfields - SANDERLING [Phase 3, this evening]; also today, WOOD SANDPIPER, 4 Dunlin, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 12 Redshank, Yellow-legged Gull, Marsh Harrier, GREAT WHITE EGRET.
Bilsthorpe - 3 Black-tailed Godwit [over west to east, 18:30].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - MEDITERRANEAN GULL [juvenile, Clifton Pit, 13:45], 3 Black-tailed Godwit [Clifton Pit, 11:00 - 16:16 at least], Green Sandpiper [Ridge and Furrow].
Annesley Park Forest - Tree Pipit [singing in cleared area of forest, 10:00].
Hoveringham - Goldeneye [female], Red Kite, 2 Common Sandpiper [Railway Pit, this morning].
Thursday 9th July
Worksop - 7 Curlew [over Kilton Hill, 21:15].
Langford Lowfields - WHIMBREL, WOOD SANDPIPER [Phase 3, this evening].
Idle Washlands - OSPREY, KNOT [Slaynes Lane, Misson].
Barton in Fabis - 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 LRP, 6 Oystercatcher [Cottages Flash, mid-morning].
Long Eaton GP's [Derby's] - c.25 Black-tailed Godwit [over towards Attenborough, 10:11].
Wednesday 8th July
Holbeck - belated record of a singing Corncrake on private land, 23rd June.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Black-tailed Godwit [Clifton Pit, 17:30].
Kilvington Lakes - 10 LRP, Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper [16:00].
Hoveringham - 9 Curlew [on the west side of the Sailing Lake, 15:45].
Idle Washlands - BLACK-NECKED GREBE, 9 Ringed Plover, c.10 Redshank, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Greenshank, Ruff, 2 Curlew, 4 Common Sandpiper, 10+Common Tern, Hobby [Slaynes Lane, Misson].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 2 Black-tailed Godwit, GREAT WHITE EGRET, Hobby, Garden Warbler [Neatholme area].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 2 Common Redstart [male and female].
Barton in Fabis - Black-tailed Godwit [single still on Cottages Flash, early afternoon].
Elton - Common Redstart [male, in private garden].
Tuesday 7th July
Kilvington Lakes - Yellow-legged Gull [this afternoon].
Barton in Fabis - Black-tailed Godwit, 5 LRP, Green Sandpiper [Cottages Flash, early afternoon].
Idle Washlands - OSPREY [over Slaynes Lane 09:00 - 09:10, then drifted south-east towards Gringley]; also 2 BLACK-NECKED GREBE.
Langford Lowfields - WOOD SANDPIPER [Phase 3, to 09:00 at least]; also GREAT WHITE EGRET, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Redshank, Goldeneye.
Burton Joyce - Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Hobby, 6 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Tern, 5 Little Egret, 2 Yellow Wagtail [along the River Trent between Burton Joyce and Bulcote this morning].
Monday 6th July
Langford Lowfields - WOOD SANDPIPER [Phase 3, this evening]; also 8 Black-tailed Godwit, 13 Redshank, Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow-legged Gull.
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - OSPREY [over Tiln North/Chainbridge Pit then drifted south, 20:00].
Idle Washlands - BLACK-NECKED GREBE, 15 LRP, Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 14 Black-tailed Godwit [Slaynes Lane, Misson].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 10 Black-tailed Godwit [Clifton Pit, 12:25 - 12:30 then flew east], Redshank [Tween Pond], Green Sandpiper [Ridge and Furrow], 5 Common Sandpiper [Coneries outflow].
Hoveringham - 7 Common Sandpiper [Sailing Lake], Ruddy Shelduck, Goldeneye [female], 2 Common Sandpiper [Railway Pit].
Barton in Fabis - Black-tailed Godwit [Cottages Flash, 07:30], 5 Common Sandpiper [on the river-bank near Cottages Flash].
Sunday 5th July
Barton in Fabis - 13 Black-tailed Godwit [Cottages Flash, then flew high east, 19:49].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Yellow-legged Gull, 200+Swift [Bellmoor Lake, this evening].
Kilvington Lakes - 5 Yellow-legged Gull [this afternoon].
Langford Lowfields - GREAT WHITE EGRET, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, female Marsh Harrier, Curlew.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 Black-tailed Godwit [Clifton Pit, 12:20].
Hoveringham - BLACK TERN [Railway Pit, 11:00].
Clumber Park - 2 Stonechat [pair, this morning].
Saturday 4th July
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard, 2 Red kite, 6 Common Buzzard, Hobby, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Little Egret, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Tern, Kingfisher.
Bennerley Marsh - 9 Little Ringed Plover [this evening].
Idle Washlands - 3 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3 Ruff, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, MEDITERRANEAN GULL [Slaynes Lane, Misson].
Friday 3rd July
Idle Washlands - Roseate Tern [Slaynes Lane, Misson, 08:29 - 08:55 then flew north]; also 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, MEDITERRANEAN GULL, Marsh Harrier.
Annesley Pit Top - 2 Curlew [over heading north-west]; also Hobby, Yellow Wagtail.
Hoveringham - Goldeneye, Ruddy Shelduck [Railway Pit].
Church Warsop - Red Kite [low over houses, 13:00].
Thursday 2nd July
Idle Washlands - BLACK-NECKED GREBE, Dunlin, KNOT, 2 Ruff, 6 Common Sandpiper, WOOD SANDPIPER, 33 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 2 WHIMBREL [heard], MEDITERRANEAN GULL [Slaynes Lane Misson], Green Sandpiper [Hagg Lane Flash].
Langford Lowfields - 16 Black-tailed Godwit [Silt Lagoon, 16:59]; also GREAT WHITE EGRET, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Dunlin, 2 Redshank.
Holme Pierrepont - 33 Black-tailed Godwit [6 heading east through Blotts Pit 14:20, 27 Blotts Pit, 16:26 with 5 still present, 21:00]; also Hobby, Common Sandpiper [Blotts Pit].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Tween Pond, early afternoon], Black-tailed Godwit [single Clifton Pit, 18:15], Tree Sparrows [visitor centre], Garden warbler [near the tower hide].
Langar - Red Kite [heading towards Leics, 13:15].
Besthorpe NR - Yellow-legged Gull [juvenile, Mons Pool, 09:30].
Wednesday 1st July
Langford Lowfields - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Phase 2, this evening].
Idle Washlands - MEDITERRANEAN GULL, BLACK-NECKED GREBE, 30 Shelduck, 2 Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 10 Redshank, 3 Ruff, 16 Black-tailed Godwit [Slaynes Lane Misson].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Little Ringed Plover, Marsh Harrier [cream crown] , Hobby , Egyptian Geese [2+pairs with chicks].
Hickling - Red Kite [over the Village, early afternoon].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 3 Yellow Wagtail.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREAT WHITE EGRET [seen from car park bridge, flying towards power station around 10:00], Green Sandpiper [Still Ridge and Furrow, 21:00].
Chilwell - Red Kite [heading south-west, 06:15].
Many thanks to:
Sajidah Ahmad, Wendy Ambler,Merv Bartle, Roger Bennett, Roger Bird, Sue Bird, Amanda Blackburn, Adrian Blagden, Alfie Bloor, Robin Brace, Ruth Brown, Nicholas Brownley, Paul Buxton, James Christmas, Harry Clark, Mick Clay, Alan Clewes, Miles Cluff,
Mark Cottingham, Ian Cowgill, Nick Crouch, Stu Davenport, Mark Dawson, Rod Dean, Lance Degnan, Lynne Demaine,
Jacqueline Dennison, David Dunn, Lawrence Dunn, Del Evans, Tony Fisher, Adrian Ford, Paula Foster, Adey Fox, Steve Furber, Josh Fusiara, John Gallagher,
Pete George, Indy Kiemel Greene, Andy Hall, Jill Hannah, Judith Harrison,
Kev Hawkridge, Paul Hobson, John Hopper, Steve Jones, Elliott Kelly, Dave Lander, Mike Leatherland, Ian Livsey, Martin McCallum, Peter Mee, Dave Morton, Andy Murray, Suzanne Nelson,
Steve Palmer,
Nicholas Parsons, Steve Payne, Clive Prescott, Charles Richardson, Dave Read, Dave Roberts,
Simon Roberts, Chris Robinson, Harry Robinson, Tracey Saxton, Pete Saunders,
Alan Scrimshaw, Lee Scudder, Keith Short, Andy Shooter, Simon Smith, Steve Smith, Edmund Staunton, Paul Thomas, Mick Tring, David Tyldesley, Bob Usher, Tony Wardell, Leigh Watson, Paul Wilcox, John Williamson, Mike Wilkinson, Rob Woodward.
@NottsBirders Twitter Feed/Facebook Group, Lound And Bellmoor Facebook Group, Lound Whatapp Group, RSPB Langford Lowfields, Netherfield Wildlife Group, Doncaster Birding.
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