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.

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 2024

Archived Sightings 2025

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.

207 Species have been recorded so far in 2025.

Updated 5th November 2025.

Full List HERE

Friday 14th November

Langford Lowfields - 20 Cattle Egret [in field immediately north of Phase One late afternoon; Nick Crouch].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [drake], Caspian Gull [adult, still Clifton Pit, early afternoon; Daniel Shaw].

Thursday 13th November

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [drake, still present on Clifton Pit]; also adult Caspian Gull.

Gedling CP - 2 Stonechat [pair by the beacon; Darren Chapman].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 3 Pintail, cc Marsh Harrier, Raven [Neatholme Scrape], 12 Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper [Neatholme Fen], 25 Redpoll [Linghurst Lake; Vic Giles].

Besthorpe NR - 4 Green Sandpiper [09:00; Alan Bradley].

Wednesday 12th November

Holme Pierrepont - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, A52 Pit late afternoon; Alan Clewes].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [drake], Caspian Gull [still Clifton Pit early afternoon; Paul Buxton].

Tuesday 11th November

Besthorpe NR - Marsh Harrier, Red Kite [over Mons Pool, this afternoon], Green Sandpiper [Silt Lagoon; Ged Morley].

Langford Lowfields - 17 Pintail, Oystercatcher, 6 Golden Plover, 70 Lapwing, 10 Curlew, 3 Snipe, Redshank, KNOT, Dunlin, Red Kite, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, 20 Redwing, 70 Fieldfare, Stonechat [Martin Kennewell].

Monday 10th November

Langford Lowfields - KNOT [still present Phase Three, late morning; Mark Dawson].

Brierley - 4 Goosander [redheads, Brierley Forest Pond 10:10; Tracy Mann].

Besthorpe NR - Marsh Harrier [Meering Marsh 09:00; Alan Bradley].

Holme Pierrepont - GLOSSY IBIS [Blotts Pit, 08:30; Ray Dupnt]; also Great White Egret, 2 Stonechat.

Sunday 9th November

Gringley Carr - 52 Mute Swan, Great White Egret, Peregrine, Cetti's Warbler, 1000 Starling, 37 CORN BUNTING [late afternoon; Adrian Fox].

Collingham - 12 Cattle Egret [seven in field north of Langford RSPB from Trent bank, 11:48; five in flight earlier from Carlton Ferry Lane; John Ellis].

Langford Lowfields - KNOT [Phase Three, 07:48]; also GLOSSY IBIS, 12 Cattle Egret [on site this morning; Mark Dawson].

Saturday 8th November

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 23 Cattle Egret [Walters Sheep Fields; Steve Wilkinson].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [drake, still Clifton Pit, this morning], 25 Pink-footed Geese [moving east over Main Pond, 08:55; Adrian Fox].

Pleasley Vale - Woodcock [flushed from side of stream along the Meden Trail, 07:40; Merv Bartle].

Friday 7th November

Holme Pierrepont - GLOSSY IBIS [still present Blotts Pit, mid-afternoon; Alan Clewes]; also Pintail, 4 Great White Egret.

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 2 GLOSSY IBIS [Chainbridge Scrape East, this morning; Douglas Whall], 6 Whooper Swan [2 adults/4 juvs Bellmoor Lake, 15:38; Paul Hobson]; also Snipe, 10+Gadwall, 20 Wigeon, 2 Great White Egret, 60+Lapwing, Snipe.

Glossy Ibis - Lound © Douglas Whall.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [drake], 3 Green Sandpiper, 9 Snipe, adult Caspian Gull [Clifton Pit, morning/mid-afternoon].

Netherfield - Caspian Gull [1st-winter, Enva Recycling Centre, this morning; Miles Cluff].

Thursday 6th November

Holme Pierrepont - Pintail [drake], GLOSSY IBIS, 2 Great White Egret [Blotts Pit, 13:20; Andrew Lee].

East Leake - 35 Golden Plover [Bunny Lane, 12:26; Ade Fox].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [drake], Caspian Gull [adult, Clifton Pit early afternoon; Daniel Shaw].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - GLOSSY IBIS [Chainbridge Pit, mid-morning; Keith Fisher], Peregrine, Green Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 12 Snipe, 20 Cattle Egret [Pete Freeman].

Wednesday 5th November

Budby Common - FIRECREST [caught and ringed at the western edge of Budby Common, this afternoon].

Firecrest - Budby Common © Dave Morton.

Gringley Carr - c.1100 Pink-footed Geese, 2 Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, 3 Brambling, 350 Fieldfare, 30+CORN BUNTING [Gringley/Misterton, this afternoon; Miles Cluff].

Misterton Carr - 80+ Whooper Swan [still in field by Cattle Road; Miles Cluff].

Whooper Swan - Misterton Carr © Miles Cluff.

Annesley Pit Top - 2 Red Kite, 12+Meadow Pipit, 2 Redpoll [late morning; Rod Dean].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [drake], Caspian Gull [adult], Green Sandpiper [Clifton Pit, this morning; Ade Fox].

Tuesday 4th November

Netherfield Lagoons - MEDITERRANEAN GULL [1st-winter, on the Slurry Lagoon this afternoon], 5 Caspian Gull [two adults/3rd-winter/2nd-winter and 1st-winter, Enva Recycling Centre; Miles Cluff].

Holme Pierrepont - Caspian Gull [1st-winter, Blotts Pit early afternoon; Alan Clewes].

Thoresby Pit Top - 9+ Crossbill [11:30 - 11:52 at least; Dave Cooke].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [drake, still Clifton Pit late morning; Daniel Shaw]; also adult Caspian Gull.

Monday 3rd November

Blidworth Woods - 9 Crossbill [Old Hall Nurseries on the edge of Blidworth Woods; Peter Playle].

Thoresby Pit Top - 23 Crossbill.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [drake, still Clifton Pit 10:35; Daniel Shaw].

Besthorpe NR - 60+Egyptian Geese, 80+Greylag [Meering Marsh 08:30; Alan Bradley]..

Langford Lowfields - GREY PLOVER [still Phase Three, 08:15; Mark Dawson].

Sunday 2nd November

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [eclispe drake, Clifton Pit, this afternoon]; also 2 Caspian Gull [1st-winter/2nd-winter; Simon Roberts].

Hickling - Little Egret [over fields adjacent to the Grantham Canal late afternoon; Vicki Baker].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 5 Crossbill [Broom Wood, mid-afternoon; Darren Housman], Peregrine [over Chainbridge Lane], 100+Pink-footed Geese [moving north-east], 10+Teal, 4 Goldeneye, 8 Little Egret, 5 Great White Egret, 115 Lapwing, Snipe, Marsh Harrier, 5 Fieldfare [Neatholme Fen], 2 Herring Gull [Bellmoor Lake; Gary Hobson].

Clumber Park - 30+Crossbill [this morning; Martin Radford].

Saturday 1st November

Holme Pierrepont - GLOSSY IBIS [Blotts Pit, mid-afternoon; Brian Reid], 2 Caspian Gull [1st-winter/2nd-winter, Blotts Pit 09:48; Alan Clewes].

Rufford Pit Top - Great White Egret [Desert Pond, 14:45; Merv Bartle].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Caspian Gull [1st-winter/2nd-winter, Clifton Pit this afternoon], Green Sandpiper [Wet Marsh; Ade Fox].

Hickling - 20+Fieldfare [field adjacent to the Grantham Canal early afternoon; Vicki Baker].

Clumber Park - Caspian Gull [1st-winter], c.1000 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 200 Black-headed Gull, 20 Herring Gull [in the park Pig Unit; Rae Harrington].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 2 GLOSSY IBIS, 2 Stonechat [Tiln North, this morning], 11 Pintail [Chainbridge Scrape West], Great White Egret [Neatholme Fen].

Kirkby in Ashfield - Hawfinch [flew over calling 08:43; Mike Feely].

Langford Lowfields - GREY PLOVER, 11 Ringed Plover [Phase Three 07:23; Mark Dawson].

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