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 Red Kite, 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 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 2025
Archived Sightings 2026
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 Feral/unknown origin.
Total of 190 Species recorded so far in 2026.
Updated 31st May 2026.
Full List HERE
Sunday 12th July
Holme Pierrepont - Cattle Egret [adult, Blotts Pit, 17:14; Alan Clewes].
Idle Valley NR [Lound] - Cuckoo [juvenile Rural Learning Centre,being fed by 2 Reed Warbler, this afternoon; Gary Hobson].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Black-crowned Night Heron [2nd-summer, flew across Barge Channel, then towards Attenborough Church, 13:15; Daniel Shaw], GARGANEY [eclipse drake, now on Tween from the viewing screen, this morning; Daniel Shaw, Adey Fox], Caspian Gull [2nd-summer, sud-adult Yellow-legged Gull [Clifton Pit, early afternoon].
Saturday 11th July
Idle Valley NR [Lound] - BLACK TERN [over Sutton Lake/Doughty's Pit, then flew off in the direction of Lound village, 19:20; Andy Merrick].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Black-crowned Night Heron [2nd-summer, again Bardge Channel, 09:55 to 13:48 at least; Simon Roberts, "et al"], GARGANEY [eclipse drake], 7 Green Sandpiper, 5 LRP, Hobby, Yellow-legged Gull [Clifton Pit, this morning; Adey Fox].
Friday 10th July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Black-crowned Night Heron [2nd-summer, Bardge Channel in willows 30 metres from the bridge/car park, 19:25 - 20:44 when it flew towards Tower Hide/Tween Pond; Robert Roza], Mediterranean Gull [1st-summer Clifton Pit, mid-morning; Simon Roberts].
Thursday 9th July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Mediterranean Gull [2nd-summer Clifton Pit, different bird to yesterday, 21:25/moulting adult Clifton Pit, 09:22; Simon Roberts, Gordon Ellis], GARGANEY [eclipse drake, still Church Pond, 15:30; Simon Roberts].
Hoveringham - Mediterranean Gull [1st-summer, Sailing Lake, 21:22; John Hopper].
Besthorpe NR - 26 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper [Mons Pool, this evening; Nick Crouch].
Wednesday 8th July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GARGANEY [eclipse drake dropped into Church Pond, 19:50], Mediterranean Gull [2nd-summer, metal ring], Yellow-legged Gull [Clifton Pit, this afternoon; Simon Roberts].
Idle Washlands - 6 SPOONBILL, GLOSSY IBIS [Slaynes Lane, this morning; Dave Hursthouse]; Nearby Austerfield S.Yorks; Red-necked Phalarope, 11 Great White Egret, 54 Little Egret [Austerfield to Misson].
Tuesday 7th July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Black-crowned Night Heron [flew low over Tween Pond reed-bed, 06:56; Adey Fox], Mediterranean Gull [2nd-summer], 6 Green Sandpiper [Clifton Pit, this afternoon; Simon Roberts].
Holme Pierrepont - 9 Black-tailed Godwit [Blotts Pit, early evening; Alan Clewes].
Tollerton - c.30 Swift [above rape field on Melton Road; Kevin Pyke].
Monday 6th July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 Black-tailed Godwit [single on Clifton Pit, 19:38; a further four circling Clifton Pit with all five birds departing high south-east 20:16; Daniel Shaw].
Collingham Pits - 3 Little Egret, LRP, Lapwing, Oystercatcher [late afternoon; Robert Carr].
King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Little Egret [this afternoon; Tracy Mann].
Sunday 5th July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Black-crowned Night Heron [Tween Pond from the viewing screen, 20:52; Tom Clarkson].
Rufford Pit Top - Stonechat [family group, male and 3/4 juveniles near the Desert Pond, 11:00; Merv Bartle]; also Grey Wagtail.
Idle Washlands - 9 Great White Egret, 49 Little Egret, 10 Grey Heron, Green Sandpiper, Ruff [Hagg Lane Flash, this morning], GLOSSY IBIS, SPOONBILL, 2 Little Egret, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 LRP, Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, 7 Snipe, Cuckoo [Slaynes Lane; Steve Furber, Ian Cowgill].
Saturday 4th July
Holme Pierrepont - 2 Black-tailed Godwit [Blotts Pit, 18:20; Alan Clewes].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 6 LRP, 4 Green Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull [ 4cy, Clifton Pit; Simon Roberts].
Cotgrave Woods - Hobby [on the south edge of the woodland this morning; Peter Playle].
Friday 3rd July
Idle Washlands - 2 SPOONBILL, GLOSSY IBIS, Cuckoo [Slaynes Lane], 17 Little Egret, Great White Egret [Hagg Lane Flash; David Adamson].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Yellow-legged Gull [adult, 4cy Clifton Pit; Simon Roberts].
Thursday 2nd July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Tern [1st-summer, Clifton Pit this afternoon], Curlew [midday Clifon Pit then flew off; Simon Roberts]; also 4 LRP, 4 Green Sandpiper.
Wednesday 1st July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 13 Black-tailed Godwit [briefly Clifton Pit, early morning], Cuckoo [juvenile still being fed damselfly's by male and female Reed Bunting], Grasshopper Warbler [reeling, Wheatear field; Adey Fox], adult Yellow-legged Gull, Green Sandpiper, 2 LRP.
Idle Washlands - 30+Great Crested Grebe, 2+Teal, 47 Little Egret, 11 Great White Egret, 10 Grey Heron, 2 SPOONBILL, GLOSSY IBIS, Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Ringed Plover, 8 Little Ringed Plover, BAR TAILED GODWIT, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 1+ Ruff, 30+ (15 fledged js) Common Terns, 12 Egyptian Geese, Kingfisher [Austerfield to Misson floods (S. Yorks/Notts); Dave Hursthouse, Bob Usher, Rich Collis]. Todays Doncaster Birding
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