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.
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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 194 Species recorded so far in 2026.
Updated 1st August 2026.
Full List HERE
Friday 7th August
Idle Washlands - GLOSSY IBIS, SPOONBILL, 5 Ruff, 4 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper [Slaynes Lane, this morning].
Langford Lowfields - 2 WOOD SANDPIPER, 2 Green Sandpiper [Phase Three, 08:15; Mark Dawson].
Thursday 6th August
Idle Valley NR [Lound] - Caspian Gull [3rd/4th-Summer], Yellow-legged Gull [adult], 256 Common Gull [Bellmoor Lake, this evening; Paul Hobson], Raven [heard over Lound village, this morning; Mike Vickers].
Osberton - Northern Wheatear [on the Osberton Estate; Andy Shooter].
Besthorpe NR - 2 WOOD SANDPIPER [Mons Pool, early morning then flew south; Mark Dawson]; also 7 Curlew, 22 Oystercatcher, 2 Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, LRP.
Netherfield Lagoons - Ring-necked Duck [eclipse drake, still present on the Deep Pit, this morning; Birdguides].
Wednesday 5th August
Idle Washlands - GARGANEY, 3 Common Sandpiper, Golden Plover [Slaynes Lane; Lance Degnan]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Clumber Park - Spotted Flycatcher [family group, Alan Scrimshaw]; also 2 Little Egret, 700+ Lesser Black-backed Gull, Stonechat.
Carburton - 5 Little Egret [Carburton Pond, 12:45; Peter Burrill].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Ruff [moulting adult], 3cy Caspian Gull [Clifton Pit, 10:30; Simon Roberts].
Holme Pierrepont - Great White Egret, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper [Blotts Pit, 09:00; Ray Dupont].
Tuesday 4th August
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Whimbrel [over Clifton Pit, 21:35; Simon Roberts]; also 3 Yellow-legged Gull, 4cy Caspian Gull.
Kilvington Lakes - 2 Lapwing, 3 Common Sandpiper, Dunlin [West Lake, this evening; Jonathan Lloyd].
Egmanton - Raven [circling/calling over the village centre, 16:25; Pete Mee].
Monday 3rd August
Netherfield Lagoons - Ring-necked Duck [eclipse drake, still present on the Deep Pit, late afternoon], Caspian Gull [juvenile on the River Trent next to Enva Recycling; Miles Cluff].
Idle Washlands - 6 SPOONBILL, Water Rail, [juv], 2 Dunlin [Slanes Lane; Chip Rhodes]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 6 Red Kite, 12 Buzzard, 2 Hobby, Marsh Harrier [juvenile south, 10:55], 2 Yellow Wagtail [10:30-14:30 visit; Richard Doan].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, LRP, 3 Great White Egret, Yellow-legged Gull [Clifton Pit, this morning], 3 Hobby [over Coneries, early morning; Adey Fox].
Sunday 2nd August
Idle Washlands - GLOSSY IBIS, 3 SPOONBILL, SANDERLING, 2 cc Marsh Harrier, 2 Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, LRP, 21 (twenty-one) Snipe, Ruff, 5 Common Sandpiper [Slaynes Lane; Dave Hursthouse, Lance Degnan]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Collingham Pits - Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper [this evening; Robert Carr].
Langford Lowfields - WOOD SANDPIPER [Phase Three, this morning; Mark Dawson].
Saturday 1st August
Idle Washlands - Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin, 3 Common Gull, 50 Swift, Kingfisher [Slaynes Lane, late evening; Lance Degnan].
Idle Valley NR [Lound] - 37 Black-tailed Godwit [flew into Chainbridge Pit, 18:00; Sharon Wilson], Golden Plover [Bellmoor Lake on floating vegetion, 20:00], 51 Common Gull [Bellmoor Lake, 19:45; Paul Hobson].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 Black-tailed Godwit [Clifton Pit, 16:23; David Farnsworth].
Ollerton - 52 Swift [south-west, 12:04; Alan Scrimshaw].
Collingham Pits - 2 Common Sandpiper, Red Kite, Swallow [large gathering, feeding/perched on wires, this morning; Robert Carr].
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