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 128 Species recorded so far in 2026.
Updated 1st March 2026.
Full List HERE
Sunday 10th May
Idle Washlands - Lesser Yellowlegs [Slaynes Lane on the Peninsular, 16:40 to 18:45 at least; Ian Cowgill].
Lesser Yellowlegs - Slaynes Lane ©
Ian Cowgill.
Holme Pierrepont - Temminck's Stint [Blotts Pit, 15:20 - 18:16 at least; Ian Livsey], Whimbrel [Blotts Pit, briefly this morning then flew north; Alan Clewes].
Langford Lowfields - Temminck's Stint, GREY PLOVER [Phase Three, this morning - 17:59 at least; Nick Crouch].
Hoveringham - Hobby, Grasshopper Warbler [Sailing Lake late morning; David Tyldesley].
Budby - SANDERLING [Gleathorpe Grange Lake, 09:48 present for 30minutes only; Alan Scrimshaw].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - GLOSSY IBIS, Ringed Plover, Dunlin [Neatholme Fen; Garry Hobson].
Saturday 9th May
Friday 8th May
Stoke Ferry - White Stork [flew over the River Trent towards Gunthorpe, 19:15; Ryan Emans].
Holme Pierrepont - Avocet [A52 Pit, 16:21; then relocated to Blotts Pit; Alan Clewes, Spencer Lawrence].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Whinchat, Cuckoo, Lesser Whitethroat, Hobby [Chainbridge Meadow; Keith Smith, Mike Vickers], GLOSSY IBIS, Red Kite [over Neatholme Fen, late afternoon], 2 Cuckoo [male and "bubbling" female, Neatholme Fen/Pit area; Mike Vickers].
Glossy Ibis and Whinchat - Lound ©
Mike Vickers.
Netherfield Lagoons - Avocet [Deep Pit this morning, then flew off; Peter Smith].
Hoveringham - BAR-TAILED GODWIT [Tipping Pond; John Hopper].
Langford Lowfields - GREY PLOVER, 4 WOOD SANDPIPER [Phase Three, early morning; Mark Dawson].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Hobby [above the reed-bed from Tower Hide pre-sunrise; Daniel Shaw], Wigeon, Shelduck, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 2 Yellow Wagtail [Clifton Pit]
Thursday 7th May
Langford Lowfields - GREY PLOVER [Phase Three, this evening], 3 WOOD SANDPIPER [2 on the Deep Water Pit; 1 flew north through the site; Nick Crouch].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - GLOSSY IBIS [still Neatholme Fen, 16:55; Birdguides].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - SPOONBILL [Clifton Pit, dropped in 07:14, still present late morning at least; Paul Buxton], Cattle Egret, Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 LRP, Hobby, 2 Cuckoo [male and "hepatic" female], 7 Goosander.
Wednesday 6th May
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 2+ARCTIC TERN [Neatholme Scrape, with Common Terns, 09:57; Malc Goodman].
Ollerton - Greenshank, Common Sandpiper [White Water Road Flash; Alan Scrimshaw].
Langford Lowfields - 3 WOOD SANDPIPER [still Phase Three, this morning; Mark Dawson].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Whimbrel [through Clifton Pit, heading west 06:45; Paul Buxton],Goosander [female with young still on the River Trent, 07:45], Cuckoo [rufous "hepatic" female, Clifton Pit reed-bed; Gary Barber],
SPOONBILL [Clifton Pit, 15:38; Neil Glen].
Goosander - Attenborough Nature Reserve ©
Gary Barber.
Cuckoo "hepatic" female - Attenborough Nature Reserve ©
Gary Barber.
Tuesday 5th May
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - GLOSSY IBIS [still Neatholme Scrape, this afternoon], 2 Dunlin Neatholme Fen; Jackie Dennison].
Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - 10 Egyptian Geese, c.20 Shelduck, 9 Shoveler, 10+ Mallard, 4 Avocet, 6 Ringed Plover, c.10 Lapwing, WOOD SANDPIPER , Redshank, Greenshank, 9 Dunlin, 2 Common Tern, c.200 Sand Martin, Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Song Thrush, Yellow Wagtail (Steve Furber, Chris Robinson).
Idle Washlands - LRP, 4 WOOD SANDPIPER, 4 Redshank, Cuckoo [Hagg Lane Flash; Keith Fisher]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Nott'm City - Sedge Warbler [singing male, by small pond off Carrington Street, Broad Marsh 08:30; Gareth Hirons].
Langford Lowfields - 3 WOOD SANDPIPER [still Phase Three, 08:07; James Wilkinson].
Epperstone - White Stork [brifly in Ash Tree in field beside Lowdham Road, between the village and the Dover Beck; Ian Rothera].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - SPOONBILL [still Clifton Pit on small Island, 04:42 then flew off; Paul Buxton], Goosander [female with newly fledged young on the River Trent near Barton Ferry "Potentially the first confirmed breeding for the county"; David Cropper]
Monday 4th May
Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - 2 WOOD SANDPIPER [still present; Dave Hursthouse].
Idle Washlands - 3 Whooper Swan [one with a tracking device], Whimbrel, 4 TURNSTONE, BAR-TAILED GODWIT, 1+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover, 15 Common Tern, 4 Little Egret, 9 Great White Egret [inc sum/plumage bird], Hobby, Grey Wagtail [Slaynes Lane; Steve Furber, Chip Rhodes], 3 WOOD SANDPIPER [Hagg Lane Flash; Steve Furber]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Kilvington Lakes - Dunlin, 4 LRP, 2 Common Sandpiper, 6 Yellow Wagtail [West Lake; Peter Playle].
King's Mill Reservoir - Whooper Swan, 2 Common Sandpiper, 20 House Martin [late morning; Robin Brace].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - BLACK TERN [Neatholme Fen, 09:09; Tom Hibbert]; also Greenshank [Cross Lane].
Ollerton - Great White Egret, Ringed Plover [White Water Road Flash, 08:35; Alan Scrimshaw].
Langford Lowfields - 3 TURNSTONE, 4 BAR-TAILED GODWIT, SANDERLING, Whimbrel [Phase Three, early morning; Nick Crouch].
Holme Pierrepont - BAR-TAILED GODWIT [Blotts Pit then flew south, 05:58], 2 SANDERLING, 4 Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover [Blotts Pit, 09:24], GREATER SCAUP [drake, still A52 Pit, 10:17; Alan Clewes].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - SANDERLING, 2+ Ringed Plover, 2 LRP, Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpiper [Clifton Pit, Gull Island 05:46; Paul Buxton], SPOONBILL [Clifton Pit, late afternoon - 19:47 at least; Simon Roberts].
Sunday 3rd May
Ruddington Moor - QUAIL [singing male from fields west of the footpath running alongside the railway line; Graham Beeley]; also Yellow Wagtail.
Idle Washlands - TURNSTONE, LITTLE TERN, 18 Common Tern [Slaynes Lane, late morning/early afternoon; Stu Davenport, Dave Hursthouse].
Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - 4 Egyptian Geese, 7 Shoveler, 15+ Swift N, c.18 Ringed Plover, 2 Curlew, 3 Redshank, Greenshank, 2 SANDERLING, 26+ Dunlin, 1 Little Egret, Great White Egret, 3 Grey Heron, Green Woodpecker, 200+ Sand Martin, 30+ Swallow, 3 Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Bunting (Chris Robinson, Steve Furber). Todays Doncaster Birding
Bentinck Pit Tip - 2 Avocet, 2 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin, Whinchat, Yellow Wagtail (Rich Box).
Annesley Pit Top - KITTIWAKE [adult, Middle Lagoon, 09:40], 3 Whimbrel [Middle Lagoon, 11:16; Paul Naylor].
Langford Lowfields - 3 WOOD SANDPIPER, 2 SANDERLING [Phase Three, this morning; Mark Dawson], BLACK TERN [Phase Three, 17:45 then flew north; Carl Cornish].
Saturday 2nd May
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - OSPREY [over the Top Lake, 14:47; Simon Roberts].
Rufford Pit Top - Cuckoo [singing male; Graham Beeley].
Langford Lowfields - 3 WOOD SANDPIPER [Phase Three, this morning; Nick Crouch].
Friday 1st May
Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - 4 Egyptian Geese, 22 Shelduck, 6 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, Pochard, 2 Red-legged Partridge, 7 Stock Dove, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 30 Lapwing, 1+ Whimbrel, 2 Curlew, 6 WOOD SANDPIPER [early morning only], 3 Greenshank, Great White Egret, 2 Grey Heron, Green Woodpecker, 3 Skylark, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat (Chris Robinson, Dave Hursthouse)
Idle Washlands - 2 WOOD SANDPIPER [Hagg Lane Flash; Steve Furber]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - SPOONBILL [Neatholme Fen, early afternoon; Stu Davenport].
Beeston - White Stork ["green davic ring GBP3, male that originated from Poland and later participarted in a rehabilitation reloocation project"; sat on pylon Beeston Weir fields, this morning then flew low north-east 10:00; Nigel Bosworth].
White Stork - Beeston ©
Simon Roberts.
Holme Pierrepont - GREATER SCAUP [drake, still A52 Pit, 07:00; Alan Clewes], 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Cuckoo [Blotts Pit, 08:00; Ray Dupont].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - WOOD SANDPIPER [Clifton Pit, on small Island 05:12; Paul Buxton]; also 4 Common Sandpiper, 4 LRP, Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 3 Great White Egret, Hobby, Grasshopper Warbler.
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