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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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.

153 Species have been recorded so far in 2024.

Updated 6th April 2024.

Full List HERE

Friday 19th April

Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Curlew [over the Slurry Lagoon, this evening].

Collingham Pits - BAR-TAILED GODWIT [Ferry Lane Lake, late afternoon].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Cuckoo [The Willows], Lesser Whitethroat [Water Ski Pit], 2 Whitethroat [NeatholmeScrape/Chainbridge Meadow], Reed Warbler [Neatholme Pool], Sedge Warbler [Chainbridge Meadow], White Wagtail, Green Sadpiper [Lower Sheep Fields], 2 Northern Wheatear [ploughed field river end Neatholme Lane].

Blidworth Woods - Tree Pipit.

Idle Washlands - Whooper Swan, Greenshank, Marsh Harrier, 2 Sedge Warbler [Slaynes Lane, early afternoon].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 9 Black-tailed Godwit [briefly Clifton Pit, 11:30], OSPREY [over Coneries heading west, 08:15], 2 Grasshopper Warbler [reeling behind Kingfisher Hide, early morning], 2 Common Sandpiper, White Wagtail [Clifton Pit], Common Tern [Sailing Pit].

Hoveringham - White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail [on flash north of Sailing Lake track near the lifting barrier this morning], Sedge Warbler [Sailing Lake], 50+ Swallow [in the area], Fulvous Whistling Duck [on flash north of Sailing Lake, 13:05 at least].

Ranby - Merlin [over north, 09:10].

Erewash Meadows NR - GARGANEY [drake, still present 08:20].

Nottinham City - 3 Sand Martin [nesting in wall of Victoria Embankment, east of Trent Bridge at new apartment scheme].

Barton in Fabis - 2 Norther Wheatear [still near Cottages Flash, this morning].

Harworth - WAXWING [still in garden on Galway Mews, early morning].

Thursday 18th April

Harworth - WAXWING [in garden on Galway Mews, this evening].

Hoveringham - Ruddy Shelduck [by the River Trent, 16:05].

Thoresby Pit Top - RING OUZEL [briefly this morning]; also LRP.

Sherwood Forest NNR - Common Redstart, several Tree Pipit.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 Black-tailed Godwit [Gull Island then circling over Clifton Pit and flew south-west, 10:56], Common Tern [over Visitor Centre towards Clifton Pit].

Colwick CP - GREATER SCAUP [drake, still on the Main Lake, 09:50].

Littleborough - 2 COMMON CRANE [flew south over the River Trent, 09;16].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Lesser Whitethroat [Neatholme Scrape, 09:11], Cuckoo [Neatholme Lane, near the river bridge], Grasshopper Warbler [sang briefly The Willows, 10:25], 2 Northern Wheatear [first ploughed field south of The Willows], Common Tern, 4 Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Green Sandpiper [Lower Sheep Fields], 2 Yellow Wagtail [Tiln North].

Netherfield Lagoons - Swift [over the Slurry Lagoon, 09:00].

Barton in Fabis - 5 Northern Wheatear [2 Cottages Flash, 3 Trentside, this morning], 2 Oystercatcher, Swallow, 3 Yellow Wagtail [flash off Trentside], Whitethroat [Manor Road], Yellow Wagtail, Swallow [Barton Lane].

Watnall - 3 Northern Wheatear [field off New Road, Watnall, just before small car park near Beauvale Priory]; also Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare.

Elkesley - Common Sandpiper [still Elkesley Irrigation Pond, 07:30].

Wednesday 17th April

Stoke Bardolph - Yellow-legged Gull [opposite the Ferry Boat, this evening, present on and off since 11th September and now paired up with a LBBG].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 2 Brambling [Neatholme Lane, near Neatholme Fen this morning].

Hoveringham - Sedge Warbler [Sailing Lake].

Elkesley - Common Sandpiper [Elkesley Irrigation Pond, 07:30].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Grasshopper Warbler [reeling behind Kingfisher Hide, early morning], Garden Warbler [behind Tower Hide], GBBG [2nd-winter, Clifton Pit], 2 Great White Egret [flew east], Yellow Wagtail [Clifton Pit], 2 Swift [over Church Pond this evening].

Tuesday 16th April

Collingham Pits - 6+White Wagtail, 21 Yellow Wagtail, Cuckoo, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper [this evening].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Swallow [over Linghurst Lake], Cuckoo, 10+Sand Martin [over Neatholme Fen], 3 Yellow Wagtail [Tiln north then flew east], 2+White Wagtail, 10 Yellow Wagtail, 23 Pied Wagtail [Lower Sheep Fields], Whitethroat [Chainbridge].

Bennerley Marsh - 2 Common Sandpiper.

Newark on Trent - Snipe, Common Gull [flash by the Rugby club], Green Sandpiper [British Sugar Factory ponds].

Colwick CP - GREATER SCAUP [drake, still on the Main Lake, this morning], Common Sandpiper, numerous House Martin in with 100s Sand Martin.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Sandpiper [Clifton Pit], Grasshopper Warbler [reeling behind Kingfisher hide, 08:00].

Monday 15th April

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Dunlin, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 3 White Wagtail [Tiln North], Green Sandpiper [Chainbridge Pit].

Bennerley Marsh - 3 LRP, 3 Yellow Wagtail [15:00].

Newstead Abbey - Common Sandpiper [Japanese Garden this afternoon].

Collingham Pits - 3 White Wagtail [with Yellow Wagtails, Ferry Lane Lake north-east corner, ealry afternoon].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - ARCTIC TERN [heading west over Clifton Pit, late morning], 2 LRP, Common Sandpiper, White Wagtail [all Clifton Pit].

Erewash Meadows NR - GARGANEY [this morning].

Sunday 14th April

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper [Clifton Pit, Gull Island this evening].

Hickling - Curlew [through north-west, 19:30].

Farndon - 2 LRP, 2 Yellow Wagtail [on partially flooded field, 16:00].

Netherfield Lagoons - MEDITERRANEAN GULL [1st-winter, Deep Pit early afternoon].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Dunlin, Common Tern [Tiln North, late morning], 2 Garden Warbler, Whitethroat.

Idle Stop - 27 Cattle Egret [11:00].

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – c.60 Pink-footed Geese [over of which 44 got down], Egyptian Goose, 37 Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Curlew, 2 WHIMBREL, c.30 Lapwing, 9 Buzzard up, Sparrowhawk, 1 ‘y’ Green Woodpecker, 1s Sedge Warbler, 3c Willow Warbler, 4 Blackcap, 1s Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear. Todays Doncaster Birding

Langford Lowfields - Short-eared Owl [on the westeren bank of Phase Two, this morning], Whooper Swan [Phase Three].

Sherwood Forest NNR - Common Redstart [singing male, this morning].

Watnall - Grasshopper Warbler [Greasley fields, reeling briefly from hedge near the brook 06:50 - 06:55]

Annesley Pit Top [Newstead & Annesley CP] - GARGANEY [drake, Bottom Lagoon 06:04].

Garganey - Annesley Pit Top © Paul Naylor.

Saturday 13th April

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – Whooper Swan, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 3 WHIMBREL, 3p Curlew, 38 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Oystercatcher, 3 Redshank, 4 Wigeon, Tawny Owl, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, hundreds of Sand Martin, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler.

Misson village – Goosander [on river], 23 Cattle Egret [assumed some of Idlestop birds from this morning], Sand Martin.

Idle Stop - 28 Cattle Egret, 34 Mute Swan, Cuckoo [this morning].

Idle Washlands - 4 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Stock Dove, 2+ Swallow [Hagg Lane Flash]. Todays Doncaster Birding

King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Northern Wheatear [in large field beyond the metal railway bridge].

Colwick CP - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still on the Main Lake by the car park, 09:18].

Watnall - Northern Wheatear [on the top of telegraph pole, on Narrow Lane, 08:00].

Bennerley Marsh - Yellow Wagtail [still 07:30].

Elkesley - Cuckoo.

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Cuckoo [heard near Alans Meadow, 07:02], Sedge Warbler [Chainbridge Pit], Cattle Egret [in field opposite Walters Farm], ARCTIC TERN [Tiln North], Common Tern [Chainbridge Scrape West].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - ARCTIC TERN [Clifton Pit, 07:30 - 14:30 at least], Common Redstart [reported in trees by the river just before the last turing to Meadow Lane], Marsh Harrier [female, briefly then followed the Trent into Derbyshire 10:28], 4 Black-tailed Godwit, Grasshopper Warbler [Clifton Pit, 06:05].

Arctic Tern - Attenborough Nature Reserve © Andy Hall.

Friday 12th April

Colwick CP - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still on the east side of the Main Lake, 16:35].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 12 Cattle Egret, White Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtail [Lower Sheep Fields].

Bennerley Marsh - 3 LRP, Yellow Wagtail [16:00].

King's Mill Reservoir - 4 Teal, 6 Gadwall, c.15 Pochard, Shoveler, 2 Snipe, Sparrowhawk, Willow warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, c.10 Sand Martin, 6 Mistle Thrush.

Hoveringham - Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff [Railway Pit and Wood this morning], 5 Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail [on flood in field east of the Sailing Lake entrance, late afternoon].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - ARCTIC TERN [still present on Clifton Pit, 06:06 to 18:55 at least], Grasshopper Warbler [reeling Wheatear Field, 06:00], Garden Warbler [heard from Tower Hide, mid-morning], Common Tern [Clifton Pit briefly then flew west].

Thursday 11th April

Colwick CP - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still on the east side of the Main Lake, 19:42].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - OSPREY.

Ranby - WAXWING [flock still present on Beechwood Creasent, this morning].

Holme Pierrepont - Common Redstart [male, this morning].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - SPOONBILL [flew west over Clifton Pit, 08:02], ARCTIC TERN [still Clifton Pit, 06:11 to 18:55 at least].

Netherfield Lagoons - SPOONBILL [imm, flew over early morning], Grasshopper Warbler [Slurry Lagoon reed-bed].

Spoonbill - Netherfield Lagoons © Jason Vickers.

Wednesday 10th April

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - ARCTIC TERN [over Chainbridge Lane this afternoon], Northern Wheatear [ploughed field east of dyke Clayworth Common, this morning].

Scrooby - Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat [singing along Mill Lane, this morning].

Clumber Park - Cuckoo [female heard and seen this morning].

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – 36 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 WHIMBREL.

Langford Lowfields - OSPREY [west over Phase Three/Cromwell Weir, 08:50], Lesser Whitethroat [west side of the perimeter path Phase one].

Idle Washlands - 14 Cattle Egret [flew east 07:00], 3 Avocet, Cuckoo, 4 Sedge Warbler [Slaynes Lane]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Attenborough Nature Reserve - ARCTIC TERN [still present Clifton Pit, 06:30 - 16:30 at least], OSPREY [over Delta Wood heading north, 09:00].

Epperstone/Woodborough - Black Kite [possible briefly 17:30 yesterday].

Tuesday 9th April

Attenborough Nature Reserve - SANDWICH TERN [Clifton Pit 09:00 - 10:29 at least], ARCTIC TERN, Cattle Egret [Coneries, 09:49; then Clifton Pit this evening with Common Tern], LITTLE GULL [adult Clifton Pit 16:48].

Sandwich Tern - Attenborough Nature Reserve © Paul Buxton.

King's Mill Reservoir - Northern Wheatear [in field beyond the metal railway bridge], Whooper Swan [colour-ringed YGT again].

Hoveringham - LITTLE GULL [1st-summer Sailing Lake, this morning].

Kilvington Lakes - Hobby [West Lake, through west this morning].

Annesley Pit Top [Newstead & Annesley CP] - SANDWICH TERN [briefly then flew north-east early morning].

Monday 8th April

Holme Pierrepont - Cattle Egret [A52 Pit, this evening], 3 Whooper Swan [Blotts Pit].

Netherfield Lagoons - LITTLE GULL [1st-winter again on the Deep Pit, this afternoon].

Bennerley Marsh - 2 Goosander, Oystercatcher, 4 LRPs, Yellow Wagtail [17:00].

NTU Brackenhurst Campus - 2 Common Redstart.

Kirkby Woodhouse - OSPREY [briefly circling over Cuttail Fishing Pond this morning].

Langford Lowfields - Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Northern Wheatear [this morning; please note that the reserve is still currently closed due to high water levels across the site].

Ravenshead - Grasshopper Warbler [reeling from bushes in a over grown garden just off Sandy Lane].

King's Mill Reservoir - 5+ House Martin, 2 Snipe.

Annesley Pit Top [Newstead & Annesley CP] - RING OUZEL [by the Top Lagoon 07:13 then in trees on the north side, 07:38].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler [Clifton Pit, early morning], Reed Warbler [Dragonfly Pond], Common Sandpiper [in front of the Sand Martin hide, 11:00].

Sunday 7th April

Netherfield Lagoons - 2 ARCTIC TERN [feeding over the Deep Pit, 17:37], Cattle Egret [west over the Deep Pit, 18:10].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - ARCTIC TERN [single 17:38].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 20 Swallow, 3 House Martin [Clifton Pit, this evening], Sedge Warbler [Wheatear Field, 09:40].

Ranby - 21 WAXWING [still Beechwood Creasent, 11:55].

Colwick CP - LITTLE GULL [1st-winter on the Main Lake, 10:00], GREATER SCAUP [1w drake, still on the Main Lake].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Common Whitethroat, 2+Willow Warbler [Hawthorn Lane], 2 Hobbies [over Wildgoose Farm, mid-afternoon, Common Tern, 30 Sand Matin, 2 Swallow [Chainbridge Scrape East], 7 House Martin [singles Bellmoor Lake/Neatholme Fen/by the closed down pub in Sutton-cum-Lound; 4 Chainbridge Scrape West].

Annesley Pit Top [Newstead & Annesley CP] - Common Redstart [by the Top Lagoon, 07:40].

Saturday 6th April

Farndon - 2 LRP [feeding on partially flooded field opposite Staythorpe power station 15:30 - 17:30], Northern Wheatear [on manure pile opposite the power station 17:45].

Netherfield Lagoons - LITTLE GULL [1st-winter feeding over the Deep Pit, 11:14 - 14:30 at least].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 14 Cattle Egret [Sutton Grange, 12:45], 30 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow [Chainbridge Scrape East].

Ranby - 21 WAXWING [Beechwood Creasent, 10:41].

Misson - GARGANEY [female], 2 Shelduck, 6 Pintail, GREATER SCAUP [female], 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 2 Dunlin, Treecreeper, Sedge Warbler, 2 Fieldfare, 3 Yellow Wagtail [East Floods]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Reed Warbler [singing Works Pond, 09:40], 2 Curlew [through heading south-east over Branshill, 09:50].

Langford Lowfields - SANDWICH TERN [low east over Phase Two/Three, 06:56].

Friday 5th April

Holme Pierrepont - WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE [again on Blotts Pit, this evening].

Colwick CP - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still on the east side of the Main Lake, 11:28].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - SANDWICH TERN [briefly on Cliton Pit, 10:00 then flew high north], 3 Cattle Egret [flew east over Coneries 19:10].

Hoveringham - 3 Curlew [Sailing Lake].

Langford Lowfields - Common Tern [Phase 3, early morning], Yellow Wagtail [Phase 3, 11:35].

Thursday 4th April

Holme - Black Kite [sat in tree near the Ashfield Angling Club gate 09:25 then flew low west; again in tree near the Ashfield Anglng Club lake 11:16 - 11:36 when it flew strongly south along the River Trent and lost to view with no further sign].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - MEALY REDPOLL [Neatholme Lane with Lesser Redpolls, 17:20].

Langford Lowfields - 4 Cattle Egret [viewed from the perimeter path, this afternoon; Reserve is still currently closed due to high water levels across the site].

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – 30+ Shoveler, 10+ Wigeon, 1m+2f Pintail, 25+ Curlew, 26 Black-tailed Godwit, Swallow [single north]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Sherwood Forest NNR - Woodlark, Willow Warbler [Budby Common].

Colwick CP - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, again on the Main Lake, 08:58].

Wednesday 3rd April

Langford Lowfields/Holme - Black Kite [low over Phase 3 heading towards Holme mobbed by corvids 12:26; again over the Slough Dyke willows on the southern end of the reserve c.16:05 drifting south-west as it battled against the strong wind, as it neared Holme village it crossed the River Trent on to the west side but then came back and again tried to head south west, over Holme village it circled and then drifted east down the "Holme " Lane towards the Langford railway crossing and church when it was lost to view c.16:10]; also OSPREY [flew north-west over the reserve 11:10].

Bennerley Marsh - 2 Swallow, House Martin [15:00].

Annesley Pit Top [Newstead & Annesley CP] - 5 Swallow [this afternoon].

Baseford - Red-crested Pochard [Vernon Park].

Tuesday 2nd April

Holme Pierrepont - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake dropped onto the A52 Pit, 17:55], White Wagtail [Blotts Pit].

Sherwood Forest NNR - 8 Crossbill [west over Budby 13:00].

Hoveringham - 9 Oystercatcher, Redshank, 8 Sand Martin, 2 Chiffchaff [riverside].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - OSPREY [through north over Tween Pond, 07:20].

Bennerley Marsh - 3 LRP, Redshank [early morning].

Monday 1st April

Colwick CP - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, again on the Main Lake, 20:00].

King's Mill Reservoir - 6 WAXWING [in Willows on the south side by the new bridge, mid-afternoon], Yellow-legged Gull [colour-ringed HB057 ringed in Switzerland in 2022; of interest this same individual was also recorded at the IVNR on Bellmoor Lake 11/03/23]; also Shoveler, 10+Sand Martin.

Misson - 2 LITTLE GULL, GREY PLOVER, Goosander [Misson East, this afternoon], Northern Wheatear [in field along Misson road, next to Hanson's old access road].

Langford Lowfields - 2 GREY PLOVER [Deep Water Pit, viewed from the southern footpath, early afternoon].

Holme Pierrepont - WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE [again Blotts Pit, late morning].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREY PLOVER [Clifton Pit, Gull Island 07:30 - 09:35 then flew east]; also 3 Swallow.

Many thanks to:

Ben Arrowsmith, Oli Beacock, Graham Beeley, Robin Brace, David Brydon, Paul Buxton, Alan Clewes, Miles Cluff, Ian Cowgill, David Cropper, Mark Dawson, John Ellis, Del Evans, Keith Fisher, Ade Fox, Steve Furber, Richard Gratton, Indy Kiemel Greene, Andy Hall, Garry Hobson, Paul Hobson, John Hopper, Haydn Jones, Andrew Kerridge, Mike Leatherland, Ian Livsey, Martin McCallum, Gordon McGowan, Ged Morley, Kamala-Maria Mueller, Paul Naylor, Robert Naylor, Andrew Newton, Nick Pickard, Peter Playle, John Pressley, Andrew Przeslak, Dave Read, Andy Richmond, Simon Roberts, Chris Robinson, Tom Salt, Tom Shields, David Tyldesley, Alan Scrimshaw, Andy Shooter, Edmund Staunton, Alan Thomas, Simon Thompson, Mel Thorn, Bob Usher, Jason Vickers, James Wilkinson, Andy Winning.

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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