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 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 125 Species recorded so far in 2026.

Updated 1st February 2026.

Full List HERE

Saturday 7th February

King's Mill Reservoir - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake off pontoons with Tufted Duck, 16:30].

Barton in Fabis - 10 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [minimum of ten still present with Greylag in fields opposite the Trentside Chalets, 11:05 - 15:20 at least; Rob Hoare, Daniel Shaw]; also 4 Great White Egret.

Hoveringham - 5 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [in field at the north-west side of the Sailing Lake, 14:06; Birdguides].

Rufford CP - 11 Hawfinch [in trees by the Ice House, 10:30; Birdguides].

Burton Joyce - 35 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [over east/north/east, 09:48; Miles Cluff].

Holme Pierrepont - 54 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [19 flew north-east through Blotts Pit, 08:29; 35 north-east over the A52 Pit 09:42], 3 SMEW [drake/2 redheads], GREATER SCAUP [dr'k Red-crested Pochard [A52 Pit, 11:20; Alan Clewes].

Collingham Pits - Merlin, Oystercatcher [this morning; Robert Carr].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull [1st-winter], 6 Pintail [4 drakes, Clifton Pit early morning; Adey Fox], 8 Pintail [Coneries, this afternoon; Simon Roberts].

Friday 6th February

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - 12 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 13 Shoveler, 3+ Oystercatcher, 500+ Lapwing, 45 Golden Plover, c.30 Curlew, Dunlin, 16 Common Gull, Caspian Gull [1st-winter], Great White Egret [south at dusk], 2000+ Starling [feeding with waders then left west presumably to Potteric roost at dusk; Chris Robinson]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Attenborough Nature Reserve - adult Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull [again on Clifton Pit, this evening; Simon Roberts].

Barton in Fabis/Thrumpton - 18 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [in field west of the A453 Balancing Pond with Greylag flock late morning/mid-afternoon, then flew towards the river dropping into fields by the Thrumpton riverside chalets; Rob Hoare].

Holme Pierrepont - Merlin [probable near Hackett's Lakes this morning; Dylan Lawton].

Rufford CP - 5 Hawfinch [in trees by the car park, then flew north towards the Ice House, 08:42].

Thursday 5th February

Attenborough Nature Reserve - adult Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, 1w GBB Gull [Clifton Pit, this evening; Simon Roberts].

Rufford CP - 3 Hawfinch [near the Ice House, 15:24].

Thrumpton - c.85 Pink-footed Geese [two skeins of 15 and c.70 over the Long Eaton GP's heading into Thrumpton, late morning; Paul Buxton].

Wednesday 4th February

Nott'm City - Tawny Owl [calling male, Park Tunnel this evening; Chloe Langley].

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - 63+ Shelduck, c.15 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 800+ Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 105+ Curlew [into roost], Merln [flew west at dusk], Green Woodpecker (Chris Robinson). Todays Doncaster Birding

Gringley Carr - 3 Grey Partridge, 6 CORN BUNTING, Brambling [this afternoon; Jane Smith].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 3 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [in with Pink-footed Geese Clayworth Common], c,100 Lapwing, c.50 Golden Plover [in stubble field by Clayworth Copse; Dave Richardson], Woodcock [Bunker Wood], Woodcock, Tawny Owl [heard], 2 Goosander [Bellmoor Ponds], 65 Shoveler, 2 Goosander, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Herring Gull [Bellmoor Lake; Gary Hobson].

Besthorpe NR - 8 Whooper Swan, 5 Cattle Egret, Great White Egret [still in field off Trent Lane by the old quarry pump house, early afternoon, Keith Smith].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Oystercatcher, Snipe, Water Rail, adult Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull [Clifton Pit], 4 Pochard [Coneries], Great White Egret [Tween Pond; Simon Thompson].

Langford Lowfields - SMEW [redhead, Phase Two late morning].

Rufford CP - 11 Hawfinch [this morning; Jane Smith].

Welbeck - Great White Egret [below the dam wall of the middle Lake; Peter Burrill].

Nether Langwith - Little Egret [foraging in horse field; Peter Burrill].

Tuesday 3rd February

Besthorpe NR - 7 Whooper Swan, 17 Little Egret, 8 Cattle Egret [still in field off Trent Lane, viewed from the old quarry pump house, 13:36; Ged Morley].

Huthwaite - Raven [flew west calling over Silverhill Trail, 10:40; Merv Bartle].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 82 Goldeneye [Clifton Pit first light], 5 Oystercatcher [3 Clifton Pit, 2 Sailing Pit], Pintail [drake], Raven [Coneries; Adey Fox].

Monday 2nd February

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Merlin [male in flight over Neatholme Scrape], Marsh Harrier [Neatholme Pit; Phil Cadman], 5 Pintail [2 drakes], SMEW [redhead, Neatholme Fen; Keith Fisher, Dave Richardson].

Holme Pierrepont - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF [calling from the ringing scrub, west of Blotts Pit, mid-afternoon], SMEW [redhead], GREATER SCAUP [A52 Pit].

Stoke Bardolph - Caspian Gull [4th-winter, in fields opposite the Ferry Boat Pub, mid-afternoon], 10+Chiffchaff [by the outflow; Rob Hoare].

Lambley/Lowdham - 20+ Red Kite [between Lambley and Lowdham, this afternoon].

Besthorpe NR - 7 Whooper Swan, 20+Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 8 Cattle Egret [in field south of the track to Meering], 6 Pintail [3 pairs], Marsh Harrier [Mons Pool; Alan Bradley, Robert Carr].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Great White Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, Water Rail [Clifton Pit; Peter Burrill].

Welbeck - Great White Egret [feeding in field with two Grey Heron near Welbeck Garden Centre; Jim Mccall].

Sunday 1st February

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Caspian Gull [different 1st-winter, Clifton Pit this evening; Simon Roberts; adult, Clifton Pit this morning; Daniel Shaw]; also 55 Goosander.

Cromwell Quarry - 3 SMEW [drake/2 redheads, 15:06; Alfie Seastron].

Besthorpe NR - 7 Whooper Swan, 7 Cattle Egret [field north of Mons Pool, early afternoon; Nick Crouch, Alfie Seastron].

Collingham Pits -30 Goldeneye, SMEW [redhead, Ferry Farm Lake, early afternoon; Nick Crouch].

Girton - 2 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [Smithy Marsh, 12:35; Alfie Seastron].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Caspian Gull [1st-winter, briefly Bellmoor Lake, 12:15; Paul Hobson]; also 2 Shelduck, 2 Goosander, 2 Oystercatcher, Grey Wagtail.

Ranskill - 2 TREE SPARROW, 5 House Sparrow, several hundred Starling, Raven [public footpaths along Station Road/Common Lane; Del Evans].

Low Marnham - 2 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [both adults, flew over north, 10:06; Alfie Seastron].

Scaftworth - 3 COMMON CRANE [flew south-west over Barrow Hills 09:20, viewed from Slaynes Lane; Steve Furber].

Holme Pierrepont - SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF [calling from the ringing scrub, west of Blotts Pit, this morning], 3 SMEW [drake/2 redheads], GREATER SCAUP [female] and Red-crested Pochard female [still A52 Pit 09:20; Alan Clewes].

Gringley Carr - HEN HARRIER [male, flew west towards Gringley this morning, Darren Housman].

Hodsock - 220 Lapwing. (John Gallagher)

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