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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.

"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."

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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 2024

Archived Sightings 2025

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.

138 Species have been recorded so far in 2025.

Updated 4th March 2025.

Full List HERE

Wednesday 12th March

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4,000 Starling [roosted Church Pond], 50 Goosander, 47 Goldeneye [Clifton Pit, this evening], GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake], Redshank [Clifton Pit early morning], 10 Great White Egret [at the outflow, Barton Lane].

Hoveringham - Ruddy Shelduck [still Ferry Lane, late afternoon].

Bennerley Marsh - 6 Little Ringed Plover [late afternoon].

Langford Lowfields - 2 Glossy Ibis [still Phase One, 09:29].

Tuesday 11th March

Ollerton - 150+Brambling [field opposite the pump house on Whinney Lane, 14:44]; also Snipe, Grey Wagtail.

Girton Pits - 5 Whooper Swan [north of Green Lane, early afternoon].

Besthorpe NR - 30 Whooper Swan [field adjacent to the reserve, 10:30].

Langford Lowfields - 2 Glossy Ibis [still present on the southern section Phase One, 08:40], 13 Great White Egret [Phase Two], 250 Shoveler [Phase Three].

Sherwood Forest NNR - 4 Woodlark, 6 Buzzard, 2 Stonechat, Nuthatch, 7 Yellowhammer [Budby Common].

King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Sand Martin.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still Clifton Pit early morning], 7 Great White Egret [at the outflow, Barton Lane].

Monday 10th March

Holme Pierrepont - 2 SMEW [adult drake/redhead], 3 GREATER SCAUP [western end of the A52 Pit], 2 Goosander [river Trent].

Wysall - Redwing/Fieldfare [mixed flock c.250], 500+Starling [late afternoon].

Bennerley Marsh - Avocet, Redshank [15:00 to ].

Langford Lowfields - 2 Glossy Ibis [still present on the southern section Phase One early-afternoon at least].

Ollerton - 100+Brambling, 200+Chaffinch [field opposite the pump house on Whinney Lane, early afternoon].

Idle Washlands - c.100 Wigeon, 3 Pintail, Black-tailed Godwit, 9 Redshank [Hagg Lane Flash], 45 Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank [Quarry entrance].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still Clifton Pit 09:20], JACK SNIPE , Grey Partridge, 4 Sand Martin [Clifton Pit, late morning/early afternoon], 42 Goosander [this afternoon].

King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Sand Martin.

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Whooper Swan [Bellmoor Lake calling in the fog, late morning], 3 Goosander, 2 Oystercatcher, Yellow-legged Gull [adult], Herring Gull, 3+Chiffchaff [Bellmoor Lake].

Stoke Bardolph - Yellow-legged Gull [adult still by the Ferry Boat Inn, this morning].

Sunday 9th March

Burton Joyce - Whooper Swans [flock heard flying over, 21:30].

Langford Lowfields - 2 Glossy Ibis [still present on the southern section Phase One mid-afternoon at least], 12 Whooper Swan [Phase Three], 13 Great White Egret [together Phase One].

Gringley Carr - 250 Whooper Swan, 3 Goosander, 3 Redshank, 2 Great White Egret, 27 Dunlin, 3 Ruff, 55 Golden Plover, Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, Cetti's Warbler, 5 CORN BUNTING.

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Avocet [Neatholme Fen, early afternoon].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 15 Common Buzzard, 2 GOSHAWK, 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk.

Sherwood Forest NNR - 4 Woodlark, 2 Yellowhammer, 4 pairs of Stonechat, 4 Song Thrush, Green Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard [Budby Common].

Idle Washlands - BEWICK'S SWAN [Slaynes Lane].

Newark on Trent - Whooper Swans [heard heading north, 08:36].

Netherfield Lagoons - c.45 Whooper Swan [over this morning].

Rufford Pit Top - 2 Stonechat [pair].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake], 53 Goldeneye, 6 Great White Egret [Clifton Pit], 12 Whooper Swan [Coneries, 06:49 - 18:15 then flew off west], 4000 Starling [murmuration and roost, Church Pond this evening].

Saturday 8th March

Langford Lowfields - 2 Glossy Ibis [two Phase One 10:58; single still 14:51], 63 Whooper Swan [over north, 08:10]; Sand Martin, Green Sandpiper.

Glossy Ibis - Langford Lowfields © Andy Richmond.

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 2 GOSHAWK [again from the watchpoint, 13:59]

Idle Washlands - BEWICK'S SWAN [in with c.150 Whooper Swan], 2 Goosander, 4 Goldeneye, several Pintail, Great White Egret [Slaynes Lane].

Rufford CP - Hawfinch [single from the main car park, this morning].

Sherwood Forest NNR - 2 Woodlark [male in song west side Budby Common], 3 Buzzard, 4 Green Woodpecker, 5+ Stonechat, 2 Chiffchaff [in song] Jay, 4 Yellowhammer [07:45 - 11:30].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 6 Great White Egret [six together River Trent outflow, end of Barton Lane, 06:33].

Mansey Common - Marsh Tit.

Duke's Wood - Chiffchaff [singing].

Friday 7th March

Collingham Pits - 5 Whooper Swan [Ferry Lane Pit, late afternoon].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Yellow-legged Gull [3rd-winter, Bellmoor Lake 16:30]; also 12 Herring Gull, 20 Goosander, 2 Shelduck, 2 Song Thrush.

Beckingham Marshes - Glossy Ibis [by ditch on the far eastern end of the reserve viewed from the road bridge near the small layby, 14:10].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 2 GOSHAWK [again from the watchpoint, late-morning]; also 9 Buzzard, Red Kite.

Langford Lowfields - 2 Glossy Ibis [Phase One this morning to mid-afternoon at least].

Compton Acres - Little Egret [on the main duck pond].

Netherfield - 3 Goosander [on the river, 08:30].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake], 3 Great White Egret, 7 Oystercatcher [Clifton Pit, 07:00].

Thursday 6th March

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake], 5 Sand Martin, 8 Oystercatcher, 30 Goosander [Clifton Pit, this evening].

Hoveringham - 2 Great White Egret [Sailing Lake, 15:40].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 2 GOSHAWK [again from the watchpoint].

Sherwood Forest NNR - 3 Woodlark [Budby Common].

Clifton Village - Red Kite [over towards the Clifton estate, this afternoon]; also 2 Ring-necked Parakeet.

Langford Lowfields - 2 Glossy Ibis [from the 360 Watch Point, mid-morning].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 23 Whooper Swan [Doughtys Pond, over south-west 07:40].

Wednesday 5th March

Girton Pits - 2 Glossy Ibis [in field immediately north of North Pit (Georges Lake), viewed from Green Lane early afternoon to 14:58 at least]; also Great White Egret [on adjacent pond].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 2 GOSHAWK [displaying pair, 12:10], Great White Egret [Carburton then flew towards Welbeck Lakes, 08:15], 28 Great Crested Grebe [Lower Welbeck Lake]; also 2 Reed Bunting, 2 Stonechat, Goldcrest, Nuthatch.

Cuckney - Water Rail [calling from reeds].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, Clifton Pit 07:05].

Tuesday 4th March

Girton Pits - 2 Glossy Ibis [still in field west of Green Lane, late morning to 16:37 then flew towards South Lake], 5 Whooper Swan [field north of Green Lane], 5 Red-crested Pochard [3 drakes, North Pit].

Idle Washlands - Whooper Swan, 20 Pintail, 3 Goldeneye, 3 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 10 Cattle Egret [Slaynes Lane], 2 Shelduck, 5 Ruff, 5 Redshank, Great White Egret, Kestrel [Hagg Lane Flash]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Besthorpe NR - 22 Egyptian Geese [Mons Pool].

Hoveringham - Great White Egret, 2 Grey Partridge [Sailing Lake].

Clumber Park - Little Egret [11:30].

Carburton - Great White Egret [Upper Welbeck Lake, 09:00].

Monday 3rd March

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – 5+ Pink-footed Geese, 30 Shelduck, 60+ Gadwall, 850+ Wigeon, 2m Pintail, 150+ Teal, c.80 Tufted Duck, 3 Moorhen, c.100 Coot, 1 Little Grebe, 2p Oystercatcher, 42 Lapwing left S; 82 roosting Curlew. Todays Doncaster Birding

Girton Pits - 2 Glossy Ibis [still in field west of Green Lane, early afternoon].

Holme Pierrepont - Marsh Harrier [male Blotts Pit, this afternoon].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake still Clifton Pit, late morning].

Langwith - 4 Stonechat [3 males].

Rufford Pit Top - Dartford Warbler [male, showed again 09:45 though mobile and elusive].

Sunday 2nd March

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 17 Whooper Swan [Neatholme Scrape, 13:00].

Girton Pits - 2 Glossy Ibis [in fields west of Green Lane, 12:30].

Collingham Pits - 24 Whooper Swan [15 Wharf Pit, one juvenile; 9 adults Ferry Lane Lake], Pintail, 10 Pochard, SMEW [redhead still Wharf Pit], Oystercatcher, 5 Curlew, Marsh Harrier, Green Woodpecker, Siskin [over south].

Holme Pierrepont - 2 SMEW [drake and redhead, still A52 Pit, this morning].

Rufford Pit Top - Dartford Warbler [male, showing well on the west side of the pit top early morning but no further sign by late morning].

Saturday 1st March

Rufford Pit Top - Dartford Warbler [male, still present but very mobile and elusive, 13:30 at least].

Collingham Pits - SMEW [redhead still Wharf Pit, late afternoon].

Gringley Carr - c.260 Whooper Swan, Egyptian Goose, 5 Shelduck, 40+ Shoveler, Little Egret [grey-morph/or hybrid], Sparrowhawk, 4 Grey Partridge, 3 Dunlin, 30+ Fieldfare, Raven, 1000 Starling, Chiffchaff [singing male], 3 Brambling, 5 Yellowhammer, CORN BUNTING.

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – c.14 Shelduck, 400+ Wigeon, c.1000 Pink footed Geese N, 3 Black tailed Godwit, 4 Oystercatcher, 1s Chiffchaff, 1+ Green Woodpecker. Todays Doncaster Birding

Rufford CP - Hawfinch [single from the car park, 08:00].

Many thanks to:

Wendy Ambler, Merv Bartle, Graham Beeley, Roger Bennett, Matthew Birkin, Robin Brace, Ian Brown, Peter Burrill, Paul Buxton, Robert Carr, Mick Clay, Alan Clewes, Miles Cluff, Rich Collis, Carl Cornish, Nick Crouch, Rod Dean, Jackie Dennison, Ray Dupont, John Ellis, Del Evans, Ade Fox, John Gallagher, Graham Gamage, Rob Gibb, Rianne Gibb, Vic Giles, Roger Grayson, Paul Hobson, Pat Jennings, Andy Lane, Allabarra Lantern, Mike Leatherland, Kia Mason, Martin McCallum, Ged Morley, Andy Murray, Paul Naylor, Ruth Nettleship, Martyn Perkins, Antony Read, Chip Rhodes, Simon Roberts, Chris Robinson, Simon Sharp, Rachel Seddon, Keith Smith, Simon Thompson, David Tyldesley, Brian Whetton, Jon White, Mike Wilkinson, Steve Wilkinson.

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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