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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.

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.

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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

There will be no further updates to the Sightings Page until 9th October.

Monday 30th September

Holme Pierrepont - Yellow-browed Warbler [at the north end of the concrete track between A52 Pit and Blotts Pit, late afternoon].

Yellow-browed Warbler - Holme Pierrepont © Alan Clewes.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Caspian Gull [adult and 1st-winter], juv Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Cattle Egret, Pintail, c.50 hirundines [predominantly House Martin with a few Swallow/Sand Martin].

Sunday 29th September

Scrooby - Yellow-browed Warbler [near the wooden bridge over the railway crossing at the bottom of School Lane, 15:00].

Clumber Park - Yellow-browed Warbler [trapped and ringed this morning].

Yellow-browed Warbler - Clumber Park © Glen Thomas.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pintail, Cattle Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, adult Caspian Gull [Clifton Pit, this morning].

Bennerley Marsh - Caspian Gull [1st-winter, 10:00].

Langford Lowfields - Cattle Egret [Phase Two, 08:40], 3 Whooper Swan [Phase Three].

Saturday 28th September

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - 170+ Pink-footed Geese [north; also several hundred distantly to NE heading north-west to roost], 6 Whooper Swan [still present late afternoon but had left by dusk], 2 Shelduck, c.60 Wigeon, 100+ Teal, 12 Ringed Plover, 44 Curlew, 2 Dunlin, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Green Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, c.60 Linnet. Todays Doncaster Birding

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Cattle Egret, Green Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier [through Clifton Pit south-west, 06:53; over Tween Pond, 08:48], 2 Caspian Gull [adult/1st-winter], 20 Swallow.

Sutton in Ashfield/Skegby - 2 Raven [high over calling/interacting].

Friday 27th September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pectoral Sandpiper, SPOONBILL, 2 Cattle Egret Caspian Gull [Clifton Pit, late afternoon].

Idle Washlands - 2 GARGANEY [Slaynes Lane south, late afternoon], Goosander [Hagg Lane Flash].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 2 BLACK-NECKED GREBE, 6 Cattle Egret, Little Egret, 4 Ruff, Snipe, Raven [Chainbridge Pit], 4 Pintail, 6 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 2 Marsh Harrier, Great White Egret [Neatholme Fen], 15 Swallow, 10 House Martin [Neatholme Pit], Red Kite, 80 Swallow [Neatholme Scrape], 21 Red-crested Pochard [Chainbridge Scrape East].

Colwick CP - ARCTIC TERN [juvenile, feeding over the main Lake this morning; then flew high east].

Sutton in Ashfield - c.150 House Martin [low north, this morning].

Thursday 26th September

Colwick CP - Yellow-browed Warbler [fairly mobile with Tit flock north side of the Main Lake, this morning].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pectoral Sandpiper [Juvenile, still present on Clifton Pit, this evening]; also Cattle Egret, 2 Caspian Gull [adult and 1st-winter], 2 Common Sandpiper.

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 6 Cattle Egret [Alan's Meadow with Longhorn Cattle, this evening].

Idle Washlands - Whooper Swan, 7 Great White Egret, 2 GARGANEY, Pintail, 4 Marsh Harrier [two imm male/two cream-crown], 6 Ruff [Slaynes Lane, this afternoon], 6 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret [Hagg Lane Flash].

Langford Lowfields - KNOT [Phase Three, early afternoon].

Holme Pierrepont - Spotted Flycatcher [near the Regatta Lake, midday].

Barton in Fabis - 2 Tree Sparrow [in with mixed finch/bunting flock off Trentside, late morning]; also 3 Stonechat, Hobby, c.60 mixed hirundines.

Wednesday 25th September

Newark on Trent - Yellow-browed Warbler [in private garden, this morning].

Yellow-browed Warbler - Newark on Trent © Nick Crouch.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pectoral Sandpiper [Juvenile, still present on Clifton Pit, on the small gravel island viewable from the bund north-east of Tower Hide]; also Pintail, Cattle Egret, 2 Caspian Gull [adult and 1st-winter], Otter.

Idle Washlands – KNOT, 2 Greenshank, 3 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail [Hagg Lane Flsh], 4 Ruff, Hobby, Marsh Harrier [Slaynes Lane].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 2 BLACK-NECKED GREBE [still Neatholme Scrape], 5 Ruff [Neatholme Fen].

Holme Pierrepont - ROCK PIPIT [briefly on Blotts Pit, this morning].

Hoveringham - Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper [Tipping Pond, this morning], Marsh Harrier [cream-crown], Stonechat, 2 Raven [Sailing Lake].

Osberton - Redwing [over Scofton village, this morning].

Tuesday 24th September

Hoveringham - COMMON SCOTER [female, still Sailing Lake 17:40], Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper [Tipping Pond].

Besthorpe NR - 7 Curlew [flew over Mons Pool, late afternoon].

Newark on Trent - Northern Wheatear, 100+Meadow Pipit, 20 Common Gull [in potato field at the back of Newark Rugby Club, mid-afternoon].

Idle Washlands – 8 Ruff, 2 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, Raven south [Hagg Lane Flash], 13 Ringed Plover [Slaynes Lane South].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 2 BLACK-NECKED GREBE [Neatholme Scrape], 7 Cattle Egret [Alans Meadow], 6 Pintail, 6 Ruff [Chainbridge Scrape], 10 Little Egret [Chainbridge Pit], 2 Ruff [Neatholme Fen].

Barton in Fabis - 5 Raven [calling/interacting over Branshill Wood], 2 Stonechat [behind Cottages Flash].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pectoral Sandpiper [Juvenile, again on the small gravel island viewable from the bund, this morning]; also Cattle Egret, adult Caspian Gull.

Monday 23rd September

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – 1000+ Pink-footed Geese [in at dusk], c.150 Wigeon, 10 Ringed Plover, 2 Snipe, 3 Greenshank, Dunlin, GB-b Gull, 3 SPOONBILL, 2 Little Egret, c.40 Swallow SW, 2 Chiffchaff. Todays Doncaster Birding

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pectoral Sandpiper [Juvenile, still Clifton Pit 15:53 at least], 3 Barnacle Geese, 2 GARGANEY [til dusk], 3 Pintail, 10 Red-crested Pochard, Ringed Plover, Ruff, 2 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier [juv], Hobby [juv], Caspian Gull [adult], 100 mixed hirundines [all Clifton Pit].

Hoveringham - COMMON SCOTER [female], 2 Goosander, Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 7 Snipe, Hobby, Sand Martin [Sailing Lake].

Holme Pierrepont - Ruff [briefly dropped into Blotts Pit early afternoon then flew east]; also Ringed Plover, 3 Snipe, Great White Egret, 150+mixed hirundines.

Newark on Trent - 70+Teal, 2 Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Snipe.

Sunday 22nd September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pectoral Sandpiper [Juvenile, still present on Clifton Pit, early afternoon]; also 2 Red-crested Pochard, Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, Redshank, Ruff, adult Caspian Gull.

Newark on Trent - 2 GARGANEY, 100+Teal, Wigeon, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, Grey Wagtail [British Sugar Factory; please only view from A616 and do not entre the site].

Saturday 21st September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pectoral Sandpiper [Juvenile, Clifton Pit, still present this evening at least]; also 3 Pintail, Cattle Egret, 2 Dunlin, 3 Common Sandpiper, Ruff, 3 Snipe, adult Caspian Gull.

Netherfield Lagoons - 4 Caspian Gull [adult and three 2nd-winters, commuting between the Enva Recycling Centre and the Deep Pit, this afternoon].

Gunthorpe - 3 Hobby [adult/2 juveniles hawking Dragonflies over the river].

Basford - c.70 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 11:10].

Idle Washlands – 7 Pintail, Whooper Swan, 2 Ruff, Greenshank [heard only], 5 Buzzard, Sedge Warbler [Slaynes Lane].

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – 5 Ringed Plover, c.120 Lapwing, 3 Greenshank, Dunlin, Common Gull, 4 SPOONBILL, 2 Little Egret, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier [south], 2 Buzzard, 4 Chiffchaff. Todays Doncaster Birding

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 2 Marsh Harrier [male/female, flew west over Chainbridge Scrape East, 09:25].

Friday 20th September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pectoral Sandpiper [Juvenile, still present on Clifton Pit all day]; also GARGANEY, 12 Goosander, 4 Pintail [eclipse], Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Caspian Gull [adult, two 1st-winter including German ringed "XMLX"].

Holme Pierrepont - BLACK TERN [juvenile], Cattle Egret [A52 Pit, late afternoon/early evening], Yellow-legged Gull, Black-tailed Godwit [Blotts Pit].

Hoveringham - BLACK-NECKED GREBE, Goldeneye [female], Yellow-legged Gull [adult], Peregrine, 2 Sand Martin [Sailing Lake].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 4 Pintail, 2 Red-crested Pochard, BITTERN, 2 Great White Egret, 4 Ruff, 15 Snipe, Common Gull [Chainbridge Scrape East].

Thursday 19th September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pectoral Sandpiper [Juvenile, Clifton Pit on Gull Island late afternoon/early evening], Cattle Egret [Clifton Pit, 15:00 - 16:15 at least], 3 Caspian Gull [adult, two 1st-winter including yellow ringed XMLX, still present Clifton Pit]

Pectoral Sandpiper - Attenborough Nature Reserve © Simon Roberts.

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - 3 SPOONBILL [flew over north-east then back south-east, this evening].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - BLACK-NECKED GREBE [Neatholme Scrape, mid-morning], Ruff, 2 Snipe, juv Marsh Harrier [Neatholme Fen], 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, Cattle Egret [Chainbridg Pit], 19 Snipe, 3 Ruff, Great White Egret, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier [Chainbridge Scrape East], BITTERN [glimpsed briefly in reeds Chainbridge Lane side], Red-crested Pochard [4 Trout Lake/3 Neatholme Fen/7 Parish Park].

Wednesday 18th September

Idle Washlands - Pectoral Sandpiper [Slaynes Lane North, juvenile this morning and again late afternoon], c.150 Pink-footed Geese [north], Ruff, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, Snipe [Hagg Lane Flash].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Caspian Gull [adult, two 1st-winter including yellow ringed XMLX, Clifton Pit], Cattle Egret [Clifton Pit/Ridge and Furrow], 10 Red-crested Pochard [7 adults/3 immature, Church Pond].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 2 Cattle Egret [Alans Meadow].

Sherwood Forest Golf Club - c.230 Pink-footed Geese [heading west in 2 skeins, 14:15].

Newark on Trent - 130+ Pink-footed Geese [over high east, 12:00].

King's Mill Reservoir - 31 Pink-footed Geese [west 08:15], Whooper Swan still, 34 Gadwall.

Nott'm City - Whitethroat [foraging in bushes in the Market Square, 09:59].

Netherfield Lagoons - Pintail [drake, Slurry Lagoon this morning].

Tuesday 17th September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Caspian Gull [adult and yellow ringed 1st-winter, Clifton Pit this evening]; also 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 50 Swallow.

King's Mill Reservoir - Whooper Swan, 18 Jay [south-west], 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker [south-west], Raven [east], 27 Meadow Pipit [thru], 9 Skylark [thru south-west], WILLOW TIT [with a tit flock on south-east side], Whitethroat.

Kimberley - Raven [heard 09:00; over west 16:45].

Old Brinsley - Raven [11:30].

Monday 16th September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 GARGANEY [dropped into Clifton Pit, this evening], OSPREY [juvenile, perched on barrier by the closed Works Pond/Main Pond bridge 16:00; watched for 10-15 minutes eating a fish before it flew off], 2 Caspian Gull [both 1st-winter, still Clifton Pit, 11:05]; also Goosander, 4 Red-crested Pochard, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper [Clifton Pit], 2 Red-crested Pochard [Coneries].

Scrooby - 6 SPOONBILL [Scrooby Top Quarry, then flew towards the River Idle 14:40].

Gunthorpe - 2 Hobby [adult and juvenile, two food passes; 250m upstream of Gunthorpe Bridge 14:15].

Netherfield Lagoons - OSPREY [circled over the Slurry Lagoon then continued south, this morning], Marsh Harrier [imm male, over the Slurry Lagoon reed-bed].

Sherwood - 2 Raven [circling over Wimbledon Road].

Sunday 15th September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Caspian Gull [adult and two 1st-winter still present on Clifton Pit], GARGANEY [Coneries]; also 3 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Great White Egret, Sparrowhawk.

Thoresby Pit Top - Whinchat, 10 Grey Partridge.

Gunthorpe - OSPREY [flew downriver with catch, 11:15].

Saturday 14th September

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Caspian Gull [adult and two 1st-winter, Clifton Pit]; also Swift.

1w Caspian Gull - Attenborough Nature Reserve © Andy Hall.

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - 50 Pink-footed Geese, 5 Shoveler, 13 Wigeon, 3 Great Crested Grebe, Lapwing, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Snipe, Green Sandpiper, 4 Greenshank, 4 Dunlin, Cattle Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 4 SPOONBILL, 3 Chiffchaff, Song Thrush. Todays Doncaster Birding

Idle Washlands - 50 Pink-footed Geese [6 down, 34 south-west 10:45, 10 north-west 11:30], 10 Pintail, SPOTTED REDSHANK [flew north, 12:20], 2 Ruff, Marsh Harrier, 2 Jay, GSW, Peregrine [Slaynes Lane]

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].

Netherfield Lagoons - 9 TURNSTONE [through late morning], Marsh Harrier [dropped into the reed-bed].

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.

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, Sandy Aitkin, Simon Barsby, Michael Blount, Neil Braund, Paul Buxton, Alan Clewes, Miles Cluff, Ian Cowgill, Lorraine Creamer, Nick Crouch, Mark Dawson, Rod Dean, Lance Degnan, Jakie Dennison, Allan Dodds, David Entwisle, Del Evans, Ade Fox, Robert Fudge, Steve Furber, Sean Gauton, Vic Giles, Gil Green, Oliver Hague, Rae Harrington, Paul Hobson, John Hopper, Sister Mary Julian, Andrew Kerridge, Andy Lane, Ian Livsey, Jonathan Lloyd, Drew Lyness, Martin McCallum, Gordon McGowan, Tom Malarkey, Dawn Marie, Paul Naylor, Steve Palmer, Peter Playle, Andrew Przeslak, Chip Rhodes, Dave Roberts, Simon Roberts, Chris Robinson, Paolo Sanna, Alan Scrimshaw, Alfie Seastron, Richard Shaw, Tom Shields, Andy Shooter, Jack Smith, Edmund Staunton, Alan Thomas, Glen Thomas, David Tyldesley, Mike Vickers, Billy Westley, Brian Whetton, Jon White.

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