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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.

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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.

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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.

201 Species have been recorded so far in 2024.

Updated 1st September 2024.

Full List HERE

Friday 13th September

Collingham Pits - 27 Great White Egret [Northcroft Pit this evening].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 2 Ruff, Dunlin [Chainbridge Scrape East, mid-afternoon].

Idle Washlands - GARGANEY, 2 Ruff, Marsh Harrier [Slaynes Lane], Dunlin, Yellow Wagtail [Hagg Lane Flash].

Newark on Trent - Swift, Hobby, 10 Swallow, steady passage Meadow Pipit [all south this morning].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull [adult], Pintail, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Sedge Warbler [Clifton Pit, early morning].

Thursday 12th September

Holme Pierrepont - Great White Egret [Blotts Pit, mid-afternoon], Common Tern, Hobby, c.300 hirundines [A52 Pit].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 3 Great White Egret, Hobby [Neatholme].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Green Sandpiper [including Norwegian ringed/flagged bird], c.200 hirundines [mostly House Martin], Hobby [Coneries, early morning], Caspian Gull [adult, still Clifton Pit].

Wednesday 11th September

Idle Washlands - 5 Great White Egret, 25 Pochard, 320 Lapwing, Ruff, 2 Dunlin, juv Peregrine, 75 House Martin, 100 Swallow, 25 Sand Martin [Slaynes Lane], Great White Egret, Ruff, 5 Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 55 alba Wagtail, 10 House Martin, 2 Hobby, Peregrine, Common Tern, 3 Chiffchaff [Hagg Lane Flash]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Cromwell Quarry - Yellow-legged Gull [adult].

Carlton on Trent - Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Lesser Whitethroat.

Wollaton Park - Little Egret, 20 House Martin [this afternoon].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - WILLOW TIT [seen well and heard calling near the metal bench, Bellmoor Lake this morning]; also good numbers of hirundines over the lake.

Kilvington Lakes - Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Hobby, 2 Yellow Wagtail [late morning].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Black-tailed Godwit [Juv], Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 44 Shoveler [Clifton Pit, early morning].

Tuesday 10th September

Carton on Trent - Yellow-legged Gull [adult, south 18:35], 25 Egyptian Geese, Common Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcap, 25+Chiffchaff.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 300+hirundines [mainly House Martin over Coneries, 16:30].

Langford Lowfields - OSPREY [over south-west, 15:25].

Newark on Trent - Swift [through south].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 150 House Martin, 5 Sand Martin, 15 Swallow [Bellmoor Lake, late morning].

Holme Pierrepont - 2 BLACK TERN [still present on the A52 Pit this morning], Common Sandpiper, Hobby [Blotts Pit].

Monday 9th September

Holme Pierrepont - 2 BLACK TERN [feeding over the A52 Pit, 13:09 to 17:05 at least]; also COMMON SCOTER [female], Cattle Egret, Whinchat.

Black Tern - Holme Pierrepont © Alan Clewes.

Black Tern - Holme Pierrepont © Ian Livsey.

Kilvington Lakes - Common Sandpiper, Northern Wheatear, 4 Yellow Wagtail [late morning].

Barton in Fabis - Peregrine, Lesser Whitethroat, Whinchat, Northern Wheatear, 2 Raven [between Barton/Thrumpton, this morning].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull [adult still present this morning].

Sunday 8th September

West Leake - Wryneck [reported in area with no general access, 12:55].

Holme Pierrepont - COMMON SCOTER [female, A52 Pit this evening]; also Marsh Harrier, Whinchat, Northern Wheatear.

Idle Washlands - Greenshank, Ringed Plover, Chiffchaff [Hagg Lane Flash], 24 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 6 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 10 Common Tern [Slaynes Lane].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - BITTERN, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Ruff [Chainbridge Scrape East], Great White Egret, Little Egret, Chiffchaff, Blackcap [Bellmoor Lake].

Newark on Trent - 2 Swift [flew south].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Spotted Crake [probable briefly Clifton Pit reed-bed from Kingfisher hide, 08:00], Cuckoo [juvenile briefly Clifton Pit, 10:26], TURNSTONE [heard calling within small group of waders high north over Clifton Pit, 10:40], Caspian Gull [1st-winter again Clifton Pit].

Saturday 7th September

Kilvington Lakes - Snipe, 3 Ringed Plover, Dunlin, 1w Yellow-legged Gull [West Lake].

Hucknall - Tree Sparrow [juvenile in private garden].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GARGANEY [Coneries from the dipping platform late morning], BLACK TERN [juvenile, still present Coneries], Caspian Gull [adult again Sailing Pit on blue buoy; also on Clifton Pit], Green Sandpiper, Great White Egret [Clifton Pit], Chiffchaff [singing near the car park].

Costock - 3 Hobbies [Holycross, flew over calling late morning].

Friday 6th September

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - LITTLE TERN [juvenile, over the lake, 16:30].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - BLACK TERN [juvenile, Coneries 07:17 - 19:30 at least], 2 Caspian Gull [adult, Sailing Pit on blue buoy; juvenile Clifton Pit mid-morning], 5 Ringed Plover, LRP, 3 Dunlin, juv Great Black-backed Gull [Clifton Pit, this evening].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret [Bellmoor Lake].

Thursday 5th September

King's Mill Reservoir - Caspian Gull [adult, 17:50].

Holme Pierrepont - 5 COMMON SCOTER [drake/4 females, A52 Pit this afternoon]; also 3 Golden Plover [through high north-east], Hobby, c.500 Hirundines [at least c300 Swallow/c200 House Martin feeding low over A52 Pit], Dunlin, 3 Common Tern [Blotts Pit].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 SANDWICH TERN [flew south over Clifton Pit, 09:30].

Wednesday 4th September

Hickling - Merlin [mobbed by swallows and house martins over Hickling Village 17:20 then flew off west].

Kilvington Lakes - 2 BLACK TERN [juveniles still present on West Lake, 17:00 at least]; also today: 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Marsh Harrier, 4 Hobby, 3 Raven.

Black Tern - Kilvington Lakes © Rob Hoare.

Newark on Trent - Hobby, Red Kite, Swift [over the town centre, mid-afternoon].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull [moulting adult], 3 Barnacle Geese, 2 Green Sandpiper, Swift [Clifton Pit].

Idle Washlands - 2 Greenshank, 2 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 10 Yellow Wagtail [Hagg Lane Flash, this morning], 19 Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 6 Snipe, Marsh Harrier [Slaynes Lane].

Tuesday 3rd September

Kilvington Lakes - 2 BLACK TERN [juveniles still present on West Lake, this evening]; also 3 Common Sandpiper.

Besthorpe NR - SPOONBILL [Mons Pool this evening, then flew to Northcroft Pit, Collingham Pits].

Hoveringham - Wigeon, Common Sandpiper [Tipping Pond], Green Sandpiper 3 Common Tern [Sailing lake], 16 Yellow Wagtail [Horse field Sailing Lake track, this evening].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 8 Goosander, 3 Barnacle Geese, LRP, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 6 Snipe [Clifton Pit, this evening].

Stoke Bardolph - Cattle Egret [again on grass verge by the Ferry Boat Pub].

Erewash Meadows - Whinchat [Aldercar Flash, this afternoon].

Idle Washlands - GARGANEY, 9 Green Sandpiper, Northern Wheatear [Slaynes Lane, this morning], Green Sandpiper, Ruff, 2 Greenshank [Hagg Lane Flash].

Langford Lowfields - BLACK TERN [juvenile, early morning].

Monday 2nd September

Kilvington Lakes - 2 BLACK TERN [juveniles West Lake, 17:35 - 19:40 at least]; also 4 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, 15+Yellow Wagtail [West Lake, this evening].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GARGANEY, 2 Ringed Plover, LRP [Clifton Pit, this evening].

Stoke Bardolph - Cattle Egret [on grass verge by the Ferry Boat Pub, 15:45].

Holme Pierrepont - GREY PLOVER [flew over Blotts/A52 Pit calling, 12:55], Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Redshank, Snipe, Hobby [Blotts Pit, early afternoon].

Clifton Pastures - Whinchat [in field opposite the Nottingham Road/Barton Lane juct layby, late morning].

Idle Washlands - 18 BLACK TERN [through Slaynes Lane towards Hagg Lane Flash, this morning]; 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, Ruff, Common Tern, 3 Great White Egret, 4 Grey Heron, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine [Slaynes Lane]; 10 Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, 2 Snipe, 4 Yellow Wagtail [Hagg Lane Flash]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Besthorpe NR - SPOONBILL [Mons Pool].

Newark on Trent - Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 30 Teal [British Sugar Factory].

Wiverton Hall - Common Redstart [male, in Hawthorn 07:58 - 08:15].

Sunday 1st September

Newark on Trent - Pectoral Sandpiper [juvenile on pit at the British Sugar Factory 17:29 - 19:30 at least; private site with no public access]; also 7 Green Sandpiper, Greenshank.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GARGANEY, Pintail, 3 Green Sandpiper, Whimbrel, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Caspian Gull [juvenile moulting into 1st-winter].

Annesley Pit Top [Newstead & Annesley CP] - 2 SANDWICH TERN [09:30 - 09:43 then flew off north-west].

Idle Washlands - 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Common Tern, 5 Great White Egret, Kestrel [Slaynes Lane].

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – 3 Shelduck, 8 Shoveler, 100+ Teal, 5 Greenshank, Ringed Plover, Snipe, Common Tern, Common Gull, 8 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 8 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, Bullfinch. Todays Doncaster Birding

Holme Pierrepont - SPOTTED REDSHANK [Blotts Pit, 08:18 - 10:02 then flew high west], ARCTIC TERN, LITTLE GULL [both juveniles A52 Pit, this morning], COMMON SCOTER [drake, A52 Pit early afternoon].

Many thanks to:

Dave Adamson, Neil Braund, Paul Buxton, Alan Clewes, Miles Cluff, Ian Cowgill, Nick Crouch, Mark Dawson, Rod Dean, Lance Degnan, Jakie Dennison, Ade Fox, Robert Fudge, Paul Hobson, John Hopper, Sister Mary Julian, Andrew Kerridge, Ian Livsey, Jonathan Lloyd, Drew Lyness, Martin McCallum, Tom Malarkey, Paul Naylor, Steve Palmer, Peter Playle, Andrew Przeslak, Chip Rhodes, Dave Roberts, Simon Roberts, Chris Robinson, Alfie Seastron, Alan Scrimshaw, Edmund Staunton, Alan Thomas, David Tyldesley, Jon White.

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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