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 Red Kite, Barn Owl, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Little Ringed Plover, Nightjar, Turtle Dove and Willow Tit. Nevertheless, please submit your sightings anyway."
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.
The Birdwatchers Code of Conduct.
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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 128 Species recorded so far in 2026.
Updated 1st March 2026.
Full List HERE
Monday 6th April
Pleasley Vale - Hoopoe [reported on path right of the River down from St Chads Church, this afternoon; Lee Worker].
Hoveringham - GREATER SCAUP [female Railway Pit, 17:40; Matt Scott].
Kilvington Lakes - Redshank, LRP, 4 Snipe, Red Kite [late afternoon; Jonathan Lloyd].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 White Wagtail [Clifton Pit, this afternoon; Simon Roberts]; GREATER SCAUP [drake, still on Tween], Willow Warbler [Barton Island; Daniel Shaw].
Bennerley Marsh - 3 LRP, 2 Oystercatcher [this afternoon; Mike Leatherland].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 2 Yellow Wagtail [semi-ploughed field near Neatholme Bridge, late morning; Keith Fisher], Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler [Neatholme Lane; Dave Richardson].
Cromwell Quarry - 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, LRP, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Shelduck [early afternoon; Alfie Seastron].
Averham - Swallow [on overhead wires; Ian Smith].
Colwick CP - GREATER SCAUP [drake, still on the Main Lake, 08:43], Common Sandpiper [on rocks below the River Trent Sluice; Tom Shields].
Sunday 5th April
Langford Lowfields/Besthorpe NR/Cromwell - OSPREY [over between 16:50 - 17:30; Mark Dawson, Carl Cornish, Rich Ward].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - GLOSSY IBIS [still Neatholme Fen, this afternoon; Tim Carter], Egyptian Geese [with 4 young], 50+Sand Martin, House Martin, several Blackcap and Chiffchaff [Neatholme Area; Martin McCallam].
Hollinwell Golf Course - OSPREY [low over the 8th tee heading towards Annesley, 11:15; Richard Stanton].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 5 Ruff, 2 Redshank, Green Sandpiper [Chainbridge Pit, mid-morning], 2 LRP, Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, Redshank [Neatholme Fen; Stu Davenport], 2 Swallow, 2 Willow Warbler [Hawthorne Lane; Keith Fisher, Tim Carter].
Annesley Pit Top - OSPREY [through north-west, 08:56; Paul Naylor].
Saturday 4th April
Langford Lowfields - SMEW [redhead still Phase Three, this afternoon; James Wilkinson].
Colwick CP - GREATER SCAUP [drake, still on the Main Lake].
Friday 3rd April
Besthorpe NR - 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, 2 Goosander [Mons Pool, late afternoon; Carl Cornish].
Langford Lowfields - KITTIWAKE [adult flew through north, early afternoon], SMEW [redhead], LRP, 2 Yellow Wagtail [Phase Three], c.150 Golden Plover [flew south; Carl Cornish].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - GLOSSY IBIS [Neatholme Fen; Martin McCallum].
Barton in Fabis - Curlew [heading north-west through Trentside, 12:05], Swallow [over fields off Manor Road; Rob Hoare].
Fiskerton - Redwing [in field at the western end of the village; John Clarkson].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [adult drake, still Tween Pond mid-morning], Swallow [Clifton Pit; Daniel Shaw].
King's Mill Reservoir - Water Rail [under Willows south-west corner], Caspian Gull [2nd-winter, this morning; Robin Brace].
Holme Pierrepont - SMEW [redhead still A52 Pit, early morning], Yellow Wagtail [Blotts Pit; Alan Clewes].
Thursday 2nd April
Hoveringham - Marsh Harrier, 2 Green Sandpiper, Sedge Warbler [Sailing Lake, this morning; John Hopper].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Green Sandpiper [Chainbridge Lane West; Martin McCallum], 2 Egyptian Geese [Water ski Pit], Little Egret [Neatholme Scrape], Shelduck, c.50 Shoveler [Neatholme Fen] Oystercatcher, 3 Egyptian Geese [Field by Chainbridge lane bridge]; Peter Burrill].
Wednesday 1st April
Colwick CP - GREATER SCAUP [drake, Lodge Bay 17:52; Michael Walker].
Skegby - OSPREY [flying north mobbed by Herring Gulls, 16:20; Darren Hall].
Hucknall - Common Buzzard, 3 Grey Partridge, Song Thrush, 2 Yellowhammer [singing males - all seen on Whyburn Farm fields/hedges], 2 Crossbill [2 males/single in tree tops along Park Forest/Misk Farm border; Alan Thomas].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - OSPREY [circling over Tween Pond drifting north, 13:47; Andy Hall], GREATER SCAUP [adult drake, still Tween Pond, early morning], 32 Goosander [Clifton Pit; Adey Fox].
Osprey - Attenborough Nature Reserve ©
Andy Hall.
Welbeck Raptor Viewpoint - Red Kite [circling over, 13:15], 6 Common Buzzard [from the feeding station layby; Peter Burrill].
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