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 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.
184 Species have been recorded so far in 2025.
Updated 1st May 2025.
Full List HERE
Wednesday 7th May
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 4 Common Sandpiper [3 Neatholme Scrape, single Chainbridge Pit].
Holme Pierrepont - Common Sandpiper, 2 LRP, Hobby [Blotts Pit], Great White Egret [A52 Pit].
Idle Washlands - 5 WOOD SANDPIPER [Hagg Lane Flash, early morning].
Clumber Park - House Martin's [collecting mud from the estate yard, numbers up from last week].
Tuesday 6th May
Hoveringham - Greenshank, Green Sandpiper [Tipping Pond] Cuckoo (heard), 2 Swift [Sailing Lake this evening].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 LRP, 3 Common Sandpiper, Dunlin [Clifton Pit, this evening].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - SANDERLING [Chainbridge Pit, 10:37].
Annesley Pit Top - BAR-TAILED GODWIT [through north-east, 07:40].
Langford Lowfields - BLACK TERN, 2 WOOD SANDPIPER [Phase Three, early morning].
Monday 5th May
Langford Lowfields - Glossy Ibis [Phase Two, this afternoon], WOOD SANDPIPER [still Phase 3, this evening].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 6 ARCTIC TERN [max of six through Clifton Pit/Sailing Pit today, with one exhausted bird killed by Carrian Crow]; also 4 Goosander, 100 Swift.
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - ARCTIC TERN [Neatholme Fen], 18 Common Tern [Neatholme area], Common Sandpiper, Red-crested Pochard [Tiln North].
Netherfield Lagoons - ARCTIC TERN [through this morning].
Misson Springs [Finningley GPs] – Barnacle Goose, Wigeon, 10 Swift, 2 LRP, 1c Redshank, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 100+ Sand Martin, Yellow Wagtail. Todays Doncaster Birding
Newstead Abbey - Oystercatcher [Newstead Abbey top lake].
Sunday 4th May
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 37 ARCTIC TERN [Clifton Pit 18:58, most moved off east but a few still remaining 20:30], 4 COMMON CRANE [high over the reserve drifting south, 12:55], 4 Hobby, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 LRP, Cuckoo [Clifton Pit, early morning], c.50 Swift [over the Visitor Centre, 08:30].
Idle Washlands - 4 WOOD SANDPIPER [one leg flagged], 2 ARCTIC TERN [Slaynes Lane, this morning]; also 2 Ruff, Snipe, 1+Whimbrel [one through north-west, one north side island, possibly same bird], Kingfisher, Peregrine. Todays Doncaster Birding
Langford Lowfields - WOOD SANDPIPER [Phase 3 this morning along the northern shoreline].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 150+Swift, 6 Common Tern, 5+Hobby [Chainbridge Scrape West], 3 Red-crested Pochard, LRP [Chainbridge Pit], Lesser Whitethroat [The Willows], 20 House Martin [Walters Lane], Grey Partridge [Clayworth Common].
Besthorpe NR - BLACK TERN [with Common Tern, 09:20].
Saturday 3rd May
Idle Washlands - GARGANEY [drake], 2 Great White Egret, Little Egret, 3 WOOD SANDPIPER, 6 Ringed Plover, Ruff, Greenshank [calling over Unit 2], 3+Common Tern, BLACK TERN, Cuckoo [heard], Yellow Wagtail [Slaynes Lane/Hagg Lane, early evening].
Misson Springs [Finningley GPs] – Barnacle Goose, 18+ Egyptian Geese, 15 Shelduck, c.140 Gadwall, 1m Wigeon, 6p Teal, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Oystercatcher, 38 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, 3 Common Tern, 3 Little Egret, 3 Willow Warbler, 1s Reed Warbler, 1s Lesser Whitethroat. Todays Doncaster Birding
Kilvington Lakes - 5 Oystercatcher, 3 Common Sandpiper, 5 Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Lapwing, 3 Yellow Wagtail [late afternoon].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 50+Swift [Neatholme/Cross Lane], 5+Hobby, Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail [Tiln North], Cuckoo [calling Chainbridge Lane], 80+House Martin [Bellmoor Lake], Caspian Gull [1st-summer, in flight over Chainbridge Pit towards the Sheep Fields], 10 Common Tern, 2 Egyptian Geese [pair with 2 young].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 4 Common Redstart [singing from top of silver birches], Cuckoo, 3 pairs of Stonechat, 20+ singing Tree pipit, good numbers Willow and Garden Warbler.
Friday 2nd May
Hoveringham - OSPREY [flew south-west along the Trent from the fishermans car park, 15:35], Common Sandpiper, Greenshank [Tipping Pond to 11:30], Yellow Wagtail, Swift [Sailing Lake 12:45], Whinchat, Wheatear [Horse Paddock adjacent Sailing Lake track].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 3 BLACK TERN, 2 ARCTIC TERN [Neatholme Scrape, late morning], 14 Common Tern, 5 Hobby [Chainbridge Scrape], 2 Cuckoo [singing Walters Farm and Wetlands Fishing Lakes].
Langford Lowfields - GARGANEY, 2 WOOD SANDPIPER [Phase 3, this morning], BLACK TERN [Phase One], Whimbrel [Phase 3, this afternoon].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 6 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Common Redstart.
Idle Washlands - GARGANEY, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Dunlin, 3 Common Tern, Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret [Slaynes Lane], Oystercatcher, LRP, Ruff, 2 WOOD SANDPIPER, Common Sandpiper, 3 Redshank, Common Tern [Hagg Lane Flash]
Misson Springs [Finningley GPs] – 10 Egyptian Geese, 7 Shelduck, 4 Great Crested Grebe, , 3 Oystercatcher, 40+ Lapwing, WOOD SANDPIPER, 2 Common Tern, 2 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, Hobby, c.20 Sand Martin, 3s Willow Warbler, 8s Chiffchaff, 2s Sedge Warbler, 2s Reed Warbler, 4s Blackcap, 3s Whitethroat, 1s Reed Bunting. Todays Doncaster Birding
Thursday 1st May
Langford Lowfields - 5 WOOD SANDPIPER [Phase 3, this evening], GARGANEY [this morning], Whinchat [along the path towards the exit by Tarmac, mid-afternoon].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - ARCTIC TERN [Clifton Pit, this evening]; also probable Channel/flava Wagtail.
Hoveringham - Greenshank, LRP [Sailing Lake, 15:20].
Scrooby - 3 BLACK TERN [over Scrooby Top Quarry, then moved off North-easterly, 12:55].
Sutton on Trent - 4 Swift.
Ollerton - 15 Swift.
Collingham - 6 Swift.
Sherwood Forest NNR - 3 Tree Pipit, Cuckoo, 2 Green Woodpecker [Budby Common].
Kilvington Lakes - 2 Hobby, 2 Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, 4 LRP [West Lake, this morning].
Many thanks to:
Ian Brown, Helen Burke, Peter Burrill, Paul Buxton, Ian Cowgill, Nick Crouch, Mark Dawson, Del Evans, Ade Fox, Steve Furber, Gary Hobson, Paul Hobson, John Hopper, Mike Leatherland, Jonathan Lloyd, Mike Lee, Dawn Marie, Martin McCallum, Paul Naylor, Peter Playle, Simon Roberts, Chris Robinson, Sue Robinson, Richard Scott, Alan Scrimshaw, Alfie Seastron, Simon Sharpe, Daniel Shaw, Tom Shields, Richard Stanton, Edmund Staunton, David Tyldesley, James 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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