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.

"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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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.

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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.

190 Species have been recorded so far in 2024.

Updated 1st June 2024.

Full List HERE

Sunday 30th June

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - Black-winged Pratincole [again on the east side of the gravel pit south of Fiftyeights Road 05:38 - 17:35 when it flew off with no further sign; also on fields on the north side of Fiftyeights Road S.York's early morning], Caspian Tern [adult again 06:15 - 19:47 at least]; also 6 Shelduck, 4 Shoveler, 40+ Teal, Cuckoo, 3 Avocet, 4 Oystercatcher, c.150 Lapwing, 14 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, Ruff, Redshank, Greenshank, 2 Common Tern, Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, Marsh Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, 2 Hobby, 2 Skylark, c.400 Sand Martin, 5 House Martin, Garden Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, 2+ CORN BUNTING, Yellowhammer. Todays Doncaster Birding

Black-winged Pratincole - Finningley GP © Ian Cowgill.

Caspian Tern - Finningley GP © Ian Bollen.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - COMMON SCOTER, 3 Cattle Egret [Coneries, this evening], WOOD SANDPIPER, Green Sandpiper [Ridge and Furrow, 07:00 - 21:05], 2 Avocet, 2 Common Sandpiper [Clifton Pit, this morning].

Idle Washlands – 7 Little Egret, Great White Egret, Hobby through [Slaynes Lane], 9 Little Egret, 18 Black-tailed Godwit [Hagg Lane Flash].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Cattle Egret [Tiln North].

Holme Pierrepont - 2 Avocet, 4 Black-tailed Godwit [Blotts Pit], Stonechat.

Saturday 29th June

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - Black-winged Pratincole [on the east side of the gravel pit south of Fiftyeights Road 16:13 - 21:59 at least], Caspian Tern [adult into roost on the east side 21:59]; 13 Egyptian Geese, 64 Teal, 3 Pochard, 3+ Avocet, 2p Oystercatcher, 5 Curlew, 12 Black-tailed Godwit, 1+ Snipe, WOOD SANDPIPER, Greenshank, 2+ Common Tern, Barn Owl, Sedge Warbler, 2 CORN BUNTING. Todays Doncaster Birding

Black-winged Pratincole - Finningley GP © Ian Cowgill.

Black-winged Pratincole - Finningley GP © Alan Clewes.

Caspian Tern - Finningley GP © Nick Crouch.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - WOOD SANDPIPER [again Ridge and Furrow, 14:00], 2 Green Sandpiper [this morning]; also Norfolk Hawker.

Erewash Meadows NR - 5 Black-tailed Godwit [07:40].

Holme Pierrepont - Cattle Egret, Green Sandpiper [Blotts Pit, 07:15].

Friday 28th June

Attenborough Nature Reserve - WOOD SANDPIPER [adult, Clifton Pit then relocated to Ridge and Furrow 05:58 - 16:08 at least], 3 Cattle Egret [low over Clifton Pit towards Coneries, 19:33]; also Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Wigeon].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 4 Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 50+Pochard, Little Egret, 6+Common Tern [Chainbridge Pit, this evening], Yellow-legged Gull [Bellmoor Lake].

Holme Pierrepont - Cattle Egret [adult still Blotts Pit, this afternoon].

Bennerley Marsh - 3 Barnacle Geese, leucistic Canada Goose [12:20].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - OSPREY [again 08:20].

Thursday 27th June

Idle Washlands - 41 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, Cattle Egret [feeding along the western edge Slaynes Lane, 18:00], 7 Common Tern, 120 Swift, 500 Starling, Peregrine [Slaynes Lane late evening].

Gringley on the Hill - QUAIL [ran across road]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Hobby, 3 Common Tern, 9+Swift, Kestrel [Chainbridge Scrape viewing platform, early afternoon], Oystercatcher, Sparrowhawk [Chainbridge Lane], Red-crested Pochard [Linghurst Lake], 15+ Lapwing [Bittern Pools], Garden Warbler [Hawthorn Lane].

Holme Pierrepont - 5 Cattle Egret [adults, Blotts Pit 11:50; with at least three still present 14:30].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - OSPREY [again 11:15].

Kilvington Lakes - Great White Egret, Little Grebe with 4 chicks [West Lake, this morning].

Wednesday 26th June

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [male, briefly 10:45]; 3+Red Kite, 6+Common Buzzard, Peregrine, 2 Hobby.

Idle Washlands - 33 Little Egret [Hagg Lane Flash]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Tuesday 25th June

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Cattle Egret [adult summer plumage, Coneries this evening], Green Sandpiper [Ridge and Furrow].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - OSPREY [Bellmoor Lake, this evening], 13 Black-tailed Godwit [Lower Sheep Fields].

Langford Lowfields - Red-crested Pochard, 6 Teal, 16 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret [including one in breeding condition], Cattle Egret [perched in bush in Phase II then flew north over Phase I around 08:30] Cuckoo, Ruff [male with black mane and white chest] Black-tailed Godwit.

Monday 24th June

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Cattle Egret [Coneries, 18:20], Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper, Cuckoo [early morning].

Idle Washlands - 4 Great White Egret, 38 Little Egret, Whooper Swan, 53 Pochard, Shelduck [pair with 8 young], 2 Oystercatcher, Dunlin, c.350-400 Sand Martin [Slaynes Lane, late afternoon].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [12:30].

Styrrup - White Stork [unringed adult, again in field north of the Golf Course 05:30 - 07:20 but no further sign after].

Sunday 23rd June

Styrrup - White Stork [unringed adult, in field between the Golf Course and Common Lane, 12:43 - 13:36 when it flew high over Harworth; again in the same field north of the Golf Course, 17:25 - 21:00 then flew off towards S.York's].

White Stork - Styrrup/Harworth © Stu Davenport.

Saturday 22nd June

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - OSPREY [again this afternoon].

Besthorpe NR - Black-tailed Godwit [Mons Pool, 19:25]; Cuckoo heard.

Annesley Pit Top [Annesley and Newstead CP] - Garden Warbler, 20+ Sand Martin, 3 House Martin, 4 Lapwing, Reed Bunting.

Friday 21st June

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, single fledged BH Gull [Clifton Pit], 3 Cuckoo.

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 7 Common Tern, Cuckoo [heard calling near Chainbridge Scrape], 4 Egyptian Goose, Garden Warbler, 2 Hobby, 2 Little Egret, c.50 Pochard and a Grass Snake crossing the 'road' near Chainbridge Scrape.

Thursday 20th June

Idle Washlands - 6 Great White Egret, 8 Little Egret, 5 Heron, 100+Mute Swan, Cuckoo, numerous Reed Warbler [Slaynes/Hagg Lane].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Little Egret, Cuckoo [this afternoon].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Cattle Egret [Tiln North, this morning], Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper [Chainbridge Pit], 4 Hobby [from the Chainbridge Scrape viewing platform, midday].

Wednesday 19th June

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Black-winged Pratincole [briefly in flight Chainbridge Lane towards Chainbridge Pit, 19:30], 6 Hobby [Chainbridge this morning], Redshank [Chainbridge Pit].

Black-winged Pratincole - Lound © Jonathan Hird.

Idle Washlands - 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Shoveler, Red-crested Pochard, 20 Pochard, 5 Lapwing, Common Tern, 11 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, Grey Wagtail [Slaynes Lane] Todays Doncaster Birding

Langford Lowfields - Peregrine [sat on pylon adjacent to car park, 14:00].

Hoveringham - OSPREY [over the river Trent, 08:00].

Tuesday 18th June

Holme Pierrepont - Gull-billed Tern [adult flew low over Blotts Pit towards the A52 Pit 17:43; again circling over Blotts Pit before landing in the front of the hide, 20:29 - 21:26 when it flew north with Black-headed Gulls]; also 2 Black-tailed Godwit [Blotts Pit, midday].

Gull-billed Tern - Holme Pierrepont © Alan Clewes.

Bassingfield - Gull-billed Tern [adult showing very well in tilled fields along Bassingfield Lane 19:35 - 20:04 then flew north back towards Holme Pierrepont].

Gull-billed Tern - Bassingfield © Miles Cluff.

Netherfield Lagoons - OSPREY [fishing over the lagoons, 18:25].

Misterton - QUAIL [singing male still in field opposite muck heap by Cornley Lane].

Beckingham Marshes RSPB - OSPREY [flew along the Trent at Gainsborough then headed over the flood-back towards Beckingham Marshes, 17:35].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Cattle Egret [adult in channel by reed-bed from Chainbridge Lane 16:07; two flew north over Chainbridge Scrape, 20:20].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [male, 13:54], OSPREY [still 13:30].

Hoveringham - COMMON SCOTER [drake Railway Pit, mid-afternoon].

Monday 17th June

Netherfield Lagoons - Gull-billed Tern [flew over the site calling, 06:00].

Gull-billed Tern - Netherfield Lagoons © Jason Vickers.

Idle Washlands - Great White Egret, 5 Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Shelduck [with at least 4 chicks], 246 Gadwall, drk Wigeon, LRP, 3 Oystercatcher, 100 Lapwing, Redshank, 3 Common Tern [Slaynes Lane]

Langford Lowfields - LITTLE TERN [Phase Two, late morning].

Barton in Fabis - 2 Hobby, Cuckoo [Trentside, mid-morning].

Sunday 16th June

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [wing damaged male again 11:40].

Misterton - QUAIL [singing male still in field opposite muck heap by Cornley Lane].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 6 Teal, Cuckoo, 2 Sedge Warbler [Cross Lane], Cuckoo [calling Neatholme Pit], 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcap, Whitethroat, Reed Warbler [Chainbridge Lane/Hawthorn Lane/ Neatholme Lane].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Green Sandpiper [Ridge and Furrow], Hobby, 2 Cuckoo [over Clifton Pit, this afternoon].

Bennerley Marsh - 3 Barnacle Geese, 2 Little Egret, 4 Cormorant [11:00].

Calverton - 2 Oystercatcher [Springwater Golf Club].

Saturday 15th June

Clumber Park - Purple Heron [adult circled over Hardwick Ford before moving off south-east, 09:26].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Cuckoo, Green Sandpiper [Clifton Pit, this evening].

Hoveringham - OSPREY [over the River Trent, 16:15].

Elkesley - Hooded Crow [again in Pig fields adjacent to the Irrigation Pond, midday; please only view from public rights of way].

Idle Washlands - 3 drk Teal, 4 Stock Dove, Caspian Gull, 2 Little Egret, Kestrel [Hagg Lane], 200+ Mute Swan, 9 (7 drk's) Teal, 2 drk Red-crested Pochard, Hobby [Slaynes Lane]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Friday 14th June

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - OSPREY [landed on post on the Top Lake, midday].

Thursday 13th June

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [wing damaged male displaying 11:15]; also OSPREY.

Wednesday 12th June

Misterton - QUAIL [singing male still in field opposite muck heap by Cornley Lane, 15:09 - 19:15 at least].

Langford Lowfields - 3 Cattle Egret.

Hickling - Cuckoo [Grantham Canal, calling from trees 10:30 then flew south].

Elkesley - Hooded Crow [again in Pig fields adjacent to the Irrigation Pond, 06:46 - 11:41 at least; please only view from public rights of way]; also juv Peregrine, Yellow-legged Gull.

Tuesday 11th June

Elkesley - Hooded Crow [Pig fields adjacent to the Irrigation Pond, 07:16 - 11:54 at least].

Hooded Crow - Elkesley © Steve Wilkinson.

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - LITTLE TERN [Chainbridge Pit (yellow ring TK2), 12:36 - 17:25 at least], TURNSTONE [Chainbridge Pit, 12:49 - 17:25], Hobby [Chainbridge Scrape West], 5 Teal [Cross Lane Fishery].

Kilvington Lakes - Cattle Egret, Hobby [West Lake, this afternoon].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint -OSPREY [again early afternoon].

Kirklington - Corncrake [singing male reported at the Rookery 15:55, but no sight or sound by 20:15].

Monday 10th June

No News

Sunday 9th June

Holme Pierrepont - LITTLE TERN [Blotts Pit (yellow ring TK2), 14:09 - 17:32 then flew strongly north-east].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [briefly this afternoon], OSPREY [flew north early afternoon].

Misterton - QUAIL [singing male still in field by Cornley Lane, mid-afternoon]; also CORN BUNTING, Yellow Wagtail.

Epperstone - 2 Spotted Flycatcher [pair in private garden this afternoon].

Bennerley Marsh - 3 Barnacle Geese.

Saturday 8th June

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [single at distance, 12:30].

Misterton - QUAIL [singing male again in field by Cornley Lane, 11:48].

Friday 7th June

Misterton - QUAIL [singing male 11:00-11:30 in field immediately north of Cornley Lane SK747955], CORN BUNTING [in song in small elder by roadside at same time].

Daneshill Lakes - OSPREY [flew over towards IVNR].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - COMMON CRANE [heard east of the river Idle, this morning].

Kilvington Lakes - 2 Great White Egret [West Lake, this morning].

Thursday 6th June

Tollerton - SHORT-EARED OWL [Tollerton airfield, this evening].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - BLACK TERN [Sailing Pit, 16:24 - 19:03 at least], Green Sandpiper [Ridge and Furrow].

Holme Pierrepont - BLACK TERN [Blotts Pit, then flew towards the A52 Pit, 10:54]; also Ringed Plover.

Misterton - QUAIL [singing male, again in field by Cornley Lane].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 5 Hobbies, Cuckoo [Chainbridge].

Langford Lowfields - Cattle Egret [flew over Phase 1, mid-morning].

Wednesday 5th June

Sherwood Forest NNR - 3 churring Nightjar, single Woodcock, 2 male Stonechat, 2 Cuckoo this evening.

Misterton - QUAIL [singing male, in field by Cornley Lane, 19:14].

Holme Pierrepont - SANDERLING [still present Blotts Pit, 18:29].

Langford Lowfields - Cattle Egret [briefly then flew south, 16:20].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - QUAIL [singing male, east end Chainbridge Lane, 14:00].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - OSPREY [11:35].

Tuesday 4th June

Holme Pierrepont - SANDERLING [Blotts Pit, this evening].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [13:09].

Monday 3rd June

Misterton - 2 QUAIL [singing males, 19:58].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - OSPREY.

Besthorpe NR - 4 Cuckoo [Mons Pool].

Holme Pierrepont - 2 Barnacle Geese, Cuckoo [Blotts Pit, 07:30].

Sunday 2nd June

Holme Pierrepont - Bee-eater [flew low over Blotts Pit toards the A52 Pit, 16:45; but no further sign].

Ratcliff on Soar - OSPREY [flew south over the A453, 11:42].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Cuckoo, Whitethroat [Concrete Bunker], Pochard [Trout Lake].

King's Mill Reservoir - Whooper Swan [colour-ringed YGT, still].

Saturday 1st June

Idle Washlands - Golden Oriole [male Slaynes Lane 100 yards from the houses; flew from tree side of road left to trees in the middle of field].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [male, wing damage individual 16:50].

Holme Pierrepont - BLACK TERN [dropped into Blotts Pit, 10:45 - 14:45 at least]; also 1s White-fronted Goose, Cuckoo.

Shelton - QUAIL [singing male near Elton Lane, although not audible from any public rights of way].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Great White Egret [over Water Ski Pit], 2 Egyptian Goose, Shoveler, 4 Oystercatcher, [Lower Sheep Fields], Common Tern [Baily Bridge], 7 Red-crested Pochard, Dunlin [Bellmoor Lake]

Many thanks to:

Michael Akrill, Wendy Ambler, Andy Baker, Andrew Barks, David Billingham, Nick Blinston, Ian Bollen, Alan Bradley, Paul Buxton, Alan Clewes, Miles Cluff, David Connah, Ian Cowgill, Nick Crouch, Stu Davenport, Mark Dawson, Lance Degnan, Ray Dupont, Mary dymock, David Entwisle, Del Evans, Ade Fox, Neal Glen, Richard Gratton, Gil Green, Julia Gunn, John Hewitt, John Hopper, Alan Hobson, Gary Hobson, Paul Hobson, Dave Hursthouse, Martin kennewell, Andrew Kerridge, Spencer Lawrence, Mike Leatherland, Mike Lee, Ian Livsey, Jonathan Lloyd, James Lyons, Martin McCallum, Bob McEwen, Peter Mee, Paul Millington, Colin Penny, Andrew Przeslak, Philip Rathbone, Simon Roberts, Andy Shooter, Edmund Staunton, Chris Thompson, Mike Vickers, Mark Wild, Mike Wilkinson, Steve Wilkinson, Phil Woods.

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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