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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.
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.
"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. 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."
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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.
209 Species recorded so far in 2023. Updated 1st July
Full List Here
Monday 31st July
Holme Pierrepont - 3 ARCTIC TERN [all adults, A52 Pit this evening].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - BLACK-NECKED GREBE [juvenile, still Neatholme Scrape, early afternoon], 2 Ruff, 3 Little Egret, Great White Egret [Neatholme Fen], 18 Egyptian Geese [Chainbridge Pit/Scrape], Common Sandpiper [Chainbridge Pit], Mandarin [still Chainbridge Scrape East].
Wollaton Park - 2 Common Sandpiper [on the Lake this morning].
Idle Washlands - 3 TURNSTONE [flew north over Slaynes Lane, 07:30].
Sunday 30th July
Gringley Carr – TURTLE DOVE, adult Yellow-legged Gull. Todays Doncaster Birding
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Mandarin, Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper [Chainbridge Scrape East], Greenshank [Neatholme Fen].
Saturday 29th July
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - CATTLE EGRET [still Chainbridge Pit, late morning], BLACK-NECKED GREBE [juvenile, Neatholme Scrape], Great White Egret, 3 Black-tailed Godwit [Chainbridge Scape East].
Annesley Pit Top - MEDITERRANEAN GULL [juvenile, Middle Lagoon this morning].
Mediterranean Gull - Annesley Pit Top © Paul Naylor.
Friday 28th July
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - CATTLE EGRET [Chainbridge Pit from east screen then flew towards Neatholme Scrape, 20:15], 30 Pochard, Ruff, Redshank, Green Sandpiper [Neatholme Fen], 28+Red-crested Pochard, 2 Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper [Neatholme Scrape].
Langford Lowfields - 2 GARGANEY [still Phase 3 early afternoon].
Ravenshead - COMMON CRANE [flew over north, late morning].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Water Rail, Great White Egret [Church Pond], 25 Herring Gull, Green Sandpiper, Teal, 100+ Lapwing, 3 Shoveler, 2 Oystercatcher, Kingfisher Barnacle Goose, 2 Little Egret [Clifton Pit].
Pleasleyhill - QUAIL [singing male again in field east of Penniment Lane, 07:02].
Thursday 27th July
Hoveringham - Goosander [female River Trent to 13:00 at least] Pochard, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail [Tipping Pond this morning].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Stonechat [juvenile, Tiln North].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - WHIMBREL [flew west over Clifton Pit, 06:55], Hobby [over 05:15]; also Common Sandpiper, Great White Egret, Barnacle Goose.
Wednesday 26th July
Netherfield Lagoons - Baltic Gull [putative Norwegian-ringed adult again at Enva Recycling Centre 13:00 - 16:00].
putative Baltic Gull - Netherfield © Miles Cluff.
Tuesday 25th July
Netherfield Lagoons - Baltic Gull [possible Norwegian-ringed adult on roof at Enva Recycling Centre mid-afternoon then flew east]; also 3 Yellow-legged Gull [2 adults and 1st-summer].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Cuckoo [juvenile this morning and again this evening].
Cuckoo - Attenborough Nature Reserve © Simon Roberts.
Langford Lowfields - 2 GARGANEY [at least two still Phase 3].
Kimberley - Hawfinch [on telegraph wires off Cliff Boulevard mid-afternoon].
Annesley Pit Top - SANDERLING [Middle Lagoon this morning].
Monday 24th July
Langford Lowfields - 6 GARGANEY, WHIMBREL [Phase 3, this evening]; also Black-tailed Godwit [over], 3 Great White Egret.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GARGANEY [eclipse drake], Wigeon, 25 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, Green Sandpiper [Clifton Pit, 17:00], Otter [again on Clifton Pit, this morning].
Idle Washlands - 2 WOOD SANDPIPER [Slaynes Lane north, this morning/afternoon]; also Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff].
Sunday 23rd July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - WHIMBREL [south over Clifton Pit, 17:30], Green Sandpiper [Ridge and Furrow], Barnacle Goose [Clifton Pit], 2 Mandarin [juveniles, still Coneries].
Clumber Park - c.8 Hawfinch [including at least one juvenile, this morning].
Langford Lowfields - 6 GARGANEY [Phase 3 early morning], MEDITERRANEAN GULL [juvenile, Phase 3 late morning].
Saturday 22nd July
Langford Lowfields - 4 TURNSTONE [through Phase 3, this morning]; also 2 GARGANEY, Redshank, 2 Great White Egret.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Otter [Clifton Pit, showing well near Tower hide for its fouth morning; present 07:00-08:30], 2 Mandarin [juveniles, Coneries].
Friday 21st July
Idle Washlands - Great White Egret, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, 1j Peregrine, 3 Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 5 Ruff [through west], Redshank, Greenshank, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, MEDITERRANEAN GULL [juvenile], 3 Sedge Warbler [Slaynes Lane]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Thursday 20th July
Langford Lowfields - 2 GARGANEY [both drakes, Phase 3 this evening].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GARGANEY [Coneries, 18:35].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - CATTLE EGRET, Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret [Chainbridge Pit, early afternoon], Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper, Hobby [Chainbridge Scrape East].
Hoveringham - 4 SPOONBILL [flew west over the Sailing Lake, late morning].
Kilvington Lakes - Ruff [West Lake, this morning].
Wednesday 19th July
Langford Lowfields - 2 GARGANEY, WOOD SANDPIPER, 9 Black-tailed Godwit [Phase 3, this evening].
Holme Pierrepont - GARGANEY [eclipse drake, Blotts Pit early afternoon].
Annesley Pit Top - 32 Black-tailed Godwit [through north-east this morning]; also Whimbrel.
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - CATTLE EGRET [still Chainbridge Pit, this morning].
Tuesday 18th July
Idle Washlands - 3 Little Egret, Great White Egret, 14 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Shelduck, 20 Pochard, Avocet, 2+ Oystercatcher, c.500 Lapwing, 2 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, WOOD SANDPIPER [juvenile in at 13:30, 3 Redshank 10+ Common Tern, Buzzard, Kingfisher, Kestrel, HOBBY [Slaynes Lane] Todays Doncaster Birding
Hoveringham - Common Sandpiper, Redshank [Tipping Pond].
South Muskham - Goosander [redhead on river], 2 Little Egret.
Newark Sugar Factory - 4 Green Sandpiper, 78 Lapwing.
Monday 17th July
Idle Washlands - Caspian Tern [colour-ringed UPX that was ringed as a chick on Hammarland, Aland Islands 28/06/21, Slaynes Lane north 08:47 - 16:18; but no further sign by 17:50].
Caspian Tern- Idle Washlands © Ian Cowgill.
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - CATTLE EGRET [still Chainbridge Pit, 14:03].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Common Sandpiper, LRP, Barnacle Goose [Clifton Pit, 06:42].
Sunday 16th July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GARGANEY [eclispse drake, Clifton Pit 11:06 - 20:30 at least]; also 4 LRP, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper.
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Dunlin, LRP [Chainbridge Scrape East, late morning], Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher [Bellmoor Lake].
Idle Washlands - QUAIL [audible from the Slaynes Lane viewing mound 07:45], Dunlin, Greenshank.
Saturday 15th July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 LRP, Green Sandpiper, 7 LBB Gull [juveniles], Cuckoo [Clifton Pit this afternoon].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Great White Egret [Chainbridge Scrape, 09:40], Great White Egret, Hobby [Neatholme Fen].
Idle Washlands - 2 Little Egret, 22 Pochard, 11 Great Crested Grebe, 70+ Mute Swan, Egyptian Goose, Kestrel, 4 Stock Dove, 2 LBB Gull took 2 Coot chick’s in as many minutes. Doncaster Birding
Friday 14th July
No News Today.
Thursday 13th July
Holme Pierrepont - MEDITERRANEAN GULL [adult, Blotts Pit 16:30].
Collingham Pits - Ferruginous Duck type hybrid [again present on Wharf Pit, seen in better light this evening with 7 Pochard and it is now definitely a hybrid].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - CATTLE EGRET, Common Sandpiper [Chainbridge Pit, midday].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Redsahank, 3 Common Sandpiper, LRP [Clifton Pit, early morning], Green Sandpiper [Ridge and Furrow].
Wednesday 12th July
Collingham Pits - Ferruginous Duck or hybrid [probably a 1st-summer male this evening, then almost certainly flew south towards Langford Lowfields].
Langford Lowfields - 4 SANDWICH TERN [adults Phase Three 10:01, single adult still present 17:44]; also Black-tailed Godwit.
Sandwich Terns - Langford Lowfields © Mark Dawson.
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 18 Black-tailed Godwit [flew north over Chainbridge Scrape this evening], CATTLE EGRET, Great White Egret, Little Egret [Chainbridge Pit, early afternoon].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Black-tailed Godwit, Hobby [Clifton Pit, this evening].
Tuesday 11th July
Clumber Park - Hawfinch [calling over the Courtyard 16:00].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Yellow-legged Gull [adult], Common Gull [1st-summer], 2 LRP, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper [Clifton Pit, this afternoon], 2 Cuckoo, 2 Common Sandpiper, LRP [Clifton Pit this morning], Green Sandpiper [Ridge and Furrow].
Hoveringham - Common Sandpiper [Tipping Pond, this morning].
Monday 10th July
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - CATTLE EGRET [Chainbridge Pit, with cattle on the south-east shoreline], 2 Great White Egret [Chainbridge Scrape West], 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 LRP [Neatholme Fen].
Sunday 9th July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 LRP, 5 Wigeon [this evening].
Hallcroft GP's - OSPREY [flew north, 10:50].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - CATTLE EGRET [Chainbridge Pit/Chainbridge Scrape, this morning], WHIMBREL, LRP, Great White Egret [Neatholme Fen], 4 Red-crested Pochard, Wigeon [Neatholme Scrape], Common Sandpiper, LRP [Chainbridge Scrape East].
Gringley Carr - 3 CORN BUNTING, 10 Yellow Wagtail, Yellowhammer, Little Egret [this morning].
Saturday 8th July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pink-footed Goose, LRP, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Cuckoo [this evening].
Langford Lowfields - 3 WHIMBREL [south-east over Phase 3 mid-afternoon], MEDITERRANEAN GULL [adult Phase 3].
Holme Pierrepont - WOOD SANDPIPER [Blotts Pit, early afternoon].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Greenshank, c.7 LRP [Neatholme Fen]
Annesley Pit Top - GREY PLOVER [briefly early morning then flew west], 3 Black-tailed Godwit [through south-east].
Friday 7th July
Pleasleyhill - QUAIL [singing male in field east of Penniment Lane, 20:50].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - CATTLE EGRET [with cattle Chainbridge Scrape], Greenshank [over Neatholme Lane mid-morning; Chainbridge West this evening].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Yellow-legged Gull [2nd summer, still Clifton Pit], 52 juvenile Black-headed Gull, 4 LRP, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2 Cuckoo.
Thursday 6th July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Yellow-legged Gull [2nd summer, Clifton Pit this evening]; also 4 LRP [3 adult/juv], Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2 Cuckoo.
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - CATTLE EGRET [Chainbridge Pit, 10:00 - 13:00 at least], 4 QUAIL [flushed from edge of Alans Meadow], 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 LRP [Chainbridge Scrape East], Great White Egret [Chainbridge Scrape West], Green Sandpiper [Chainbridge Pit].
Wednesday 5th July
Gringley on the Hill - QUAIL [singing male].
Budby Pumping Station - 100+Swift [over Budby Flash].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Great White Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper.
Tuesday 4th July
Holme Pierrepont - 29 Black-tailed Godwit [dropped into Blotts Pit, 18:24].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 31 Black-tailed Godwit [Clifton Pit, 15:53], 2 Cuckoo [singing male/bubbling female early morning], 31 fledged Black-headed Gull [Clifton Pit], 18 Common Tern [juvs on the raft near the Visitors Centre]; also Great White Egret, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper.
Hoveringham - Hobby, 20+ Swifts [Railway Pit this morning].
Idle Washlands - SPOONBILL [Slaynes Lane, early morning]. Todays Doncaster Birding
King's Mill Reservoir - MEDITERRANEAN GULL [summer adult briefly, 09:35], Whooper Swan [colour-ringed. individual - YGT - still].
Mediterranean Gull - King's Mill Reservoir © Robin Brace.
Monday 3rd July
Barton in Fabis - 2 Cuckoo [flew west over Trentside, 19:30]; also Hobby.
Caunton - Gannet [probable immature flew south, seen from moving vehicle 13:00].
Newark - 26 Lapwing [Newark Sugar Factory].
Sunday 2nd July
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - CATTLE EGRET [at least one Chainbridge Scrape West, 15:55].
Idle Washlabnds - Dunlin, 8 Black-tailed Godwit [two down, six south-east], Peregrine [Slaynes Lane] Todays Doncaster Birding.
Holme Pierrepont - 7 Black-tailed Godwit.
Saturday 1st July
King's Mill Reservoir - Whooper Swan [colour-ringed adult again this evening], Common Sandpiper, good numbers of Sand Martin.
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 3 SPOONBILL [flew over Neatholme Scrape, early morning], 2 CATTLE EGRET [Chainbridge Scrape East, 08:00].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Black-tailed Godwit [this morning on Clifton Pit], Green Sandpiper [Ridge and Furrow], Grasshopper Warbler [reeling Wheatear Field], Pink-footed Goose [in with Greylags].
Many thanks to:
Sandy Aitkin, Graham Beeley, Robin Brace, Paul Buxton, Phil Cadman, Yvonne Camilleri, Alan Clewes, Miles Cluff, Nick Crouch, Sam Darling, Stu Davenport, Mark Dawson, Ade Fox, Steve Furber, Greg Gilmore, Ian Hall, Gary Hobson, Paul Hobson, Alan Hopkinson, John Hopper, Andrew Kerridge, Dave Lander, Paul Naylor, Suzanne Nelson, Simon Roberts, Alan Scrimshaw, Edmund Staunton, Paul Thomas, David Tyldesley, Mike Vickers, Rich Ward, Mark Wilde, Andy Winning, James Wilkinson, Sharon Wilson.
Notts Rare and Scarce Whatapp Group, @NottsBirders Twitter Feed, Lound Whatapp Group, RSPB Langford Lowfields, Netherfield Wildlife Group, Doncaster Birding.
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