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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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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

Please note that there will now be a break in updating the Sightings Page from the 30th August until the 10th September.

Sunday 30th August

Hickling - 2 Spotted Flycatcher [foraging from dead Elm by the Dalby Brook, 15:45; Peter Playle].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Ruff [Clifton Pit, 15:03; David Farnsworth].

Laxton - Whinchat [South Field, this afternoon; Sharon Wilson].

Idle Valley NR [Lound] - 2 LITTLE STINT, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover, LRP, Dunlin, 3 Hobbies [Neatholme Fen, this afternoon], 3 Pintail, 4 Red-crested Pochard [Neatholme Pit], 2 Red-crested Pochard, 2 Great White Egret, Common Tern [Neatholme Scrape], Ruff, 2 Snipe, Great White Egret [Chainbridge ScrapeEast], Greenshank [heard, Chainbridge Pit].

Oxton - 3 Hobbies [on the ground in ploughed field, Oxton Top; Mark Spencer].

Sherwood Forest NNR - 2 Spotted Flycatcher, female Common Redstart, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Stonechat, Raven [Budby Common, this morning; Alan Scrimshaw].

Skegby - OSPREY [flewing in a southerly direction over the Fox and Crown, 09:43; Darren Hall].

Langford Lowfields - 2 GARGANEY, LITTLE STINT [still Phase Three, 07:08; Mark Dawson].

Saturday 29th August

Holme Pierrepont - 2 BLACK TERN [two juveniles still A52 Pit, this morning; Alan Clewes, Richard Doan, Peter Playle]; also c.250 Hirundines, Swift, Greenshank [heard calling A52 Pit], 2 Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, Yellow Wagtail [Blotts Pit].

Idle Washlands - GARGANEY, WOOD SANDPIPER, 3 Greenshank, Redshank, 2 Ruff, Ringed Plover, GLOSSY IBIS, Tree Pipit [South, 06:55], 2 Marsh Harrier [Slaynes Lane; Steve Furber, Dave Hursthouse, Bob Usher, Keith Fisher]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Langford Lowfields - 2 GARGANEY, LITTLE STINT [still Phase Three, 07:08; Carl Cornish, Mark Dawson].

Friday 28th August

Holme Pierrepont - 2 BLACK TERN [juveniles A52 Pit, 16:40; Ian Livsey].

Netherfield Lagoons - 7 SPOTTED REDSHANK [Seven juveniles, Slurry Lagoon early afternoon - 13:24 at least; Jackie Dennison], GLOSSY IBIS [dropped into the Slurry Lagoon 12:25 then flew east-north-east, 12:45; Miles Cluff]. Spotted Redshanks - Netherfield Lagoons © Miles Cluff.


Langford Lowfields - 2 GARGANEY, LITTLE STINT [Phase Three, 10:29; Carl Cornish].

Scrooby - 4 BLACK TERN [over new gravel workings, Scrooby Top 09:23; Del Evans].

Idle Washlands - Curlew Sandpiper, 7 TURNSTONE [Slaynes Lane, circled then flew south, 08:25; Dave Hursthouse, Steve Furber, Ian Cowgill, Keith Fisher]; also LITTLE STINT, WOOD SANDPIPER, 4 Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank. Curlew Sandpiper and 7 Tunstone - Slaynes Lane © Steve Furber.


Idle Valley NR [Lound] - 3 LITTLE STINT [Neatholme Fen, this morning; Mel Newman], 3 Marsh Harrier, 2 Little Egret, 2 Greenshank, Green Sandpiper [Tiln North], GARGANEY, GLOSSY IBIS, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper [Chainbridge Scrape East; Darren Housman].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - LITTLE STINT [still Clifton Pit, this morning; Paul Buxton], Spotted Flycatcher [Barton Lane bridge, 09:17; Tom Clarkson].

Hoveringham - BLACK TERN [single on the Sailing Lake, 08:04 - 09:26 then flew east; John Hopper].

Thursday 27th August

Langford Lowfields - LITTLE STINT [Phase Three, this evening; Nick Crouch].

Collingham Pits - 21 Greenshank [Twenty One, through south late afternoon; Robert Carr]; also 4 Green Sandpiper.

Holme Pierrepont - 18 BLACK TERN [A52 Pit, early afternoon; Alan Clewes]. Black Terns - Holme Pierrepont © Alan Clewes.


Idle Washlands - Curlew, 11 TURNSTONE [9+2 through], GREY PLOVER [through], LITTLE STINT, WOOD SANDPIPER, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, GLOSSY IBIS [Slaynes Lane, Ian Cowgill, Dave Hursthouse, Chip Rhodes, Keith Fisher]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Hoveringham - 4 BLACK TERN [Sailing Lake, this morning; John Hopper, Simon Sharpe].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - LITTLE STINT, Ringed Plover, 2 LRP, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Hobby, 4 Pintail, 2 Cattle Egret [Clifton Pit, this morning; Paul Buxton, Adey Fox].

Wednesday 26th August

Attenborough Nature Reserve - LITTLE STINT [Clifton Pit, early evening - 20:30 at least; David Farnsworth], also today 10 Wigeon, 2 Cattle Egret, LRP, 4 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, Hobby (Adey Fox, Simon Roberts).

Langford Lowfields - 9 Curlew Sandpiper [eight circling over Phase Three then headed off north, this morning; single moulting adult flew into Phase Three, with Ringed Plovers and Dunlins, 09:36], 36 Dunlin [circled over], 2 GARGANEY, SPOTTED REDSHANK, 2 Greenshank, Redshank, 7 Ringed Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Geen Sandpiper (Nick Crouch, Mark Dawson).

Idle Valley NR [Lound] - GARGANEY [female Chainbridge Scrape East, this morning; Sue Came], 4 LRP, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank [Tiln North], 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper [Chainbridge Pit], 2 Green Sandpiper [Neatholme Fen], 2 Marsh Harrier [male Clayworth Common, CC Chainbridge Scrape East; Darren Housman].

Norton - mixed gathering c.100 Hirundines, 08:00 (Peter Burrill).

Tuesday 25th August

Holme Pierrepont - Red-necked Phalarope [juvenile, A52 Pit favouring the west end, this afternoon to 19:46 at least; Alan Clewes]; also LITTLE GULL [juvenile A52 Pit, this afternoon]. Red-necked Phalarope - Holme Pierrepont © Alan Clewes.


Idle Washlands - 2 GARGANEY, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 LITTLE STINT, Green Sandpiper, GLOSSY IBIS, 6 Cattle Egret [Slaynes Lane, this morning; Ian Cowgill, Andrew Woodward], Greenshank, 5 Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper [Slaynes Lane, this evening], 5 SPOONBILL [dropped into Unit 2, 19:45; Bob Usher], Great White Egret [Hagg Lane Flash; Alan Hobson]. Curlew Sandpiper - Slaynes Lane © Ian Cowgill.


Little Stint - Slaynes Lane © Andrew Woodward.


Langford Lowfields - GARGANEY, SPOTTED REDSHANK, 6 Dunlin, 4 Ruff, 5+Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, 6 Ringed Plovern [Phase Three, this morning; Mark Dawson].

Hoveringham - Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper [Tipping Pond; Simon Sharpe].

King's Mill Reservoir - Whooper Swan [ringed adult, still present 10:30; Andrew kerridge].

Monday 24th August

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Mandarin, 2 Curlew, 4 Green Sandpiper [Clifton Pit, this evening; Simon Roberts].

Idle Washlands - 4 Cattle Egret, GLOSSY IBIS, LITTLE STINT, 2 Golden Plover, KNOT through; 4 Dunlin, 4 Ruff, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper [Slaynes Lane, Dave Hursthouse, Ian Cowgill, Bob Usher]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Idle Valley NR [Lound] - Lesser Scaup [probable, female again Neatholme Scrape], Marsh Harrier [cream-crown, Neatholme Fen], Great White Egret [Chainbridge; Martin McCallum].

Sunday 23rd August

Brierley Forest - Spotted Flycatcher [early afternoon; Tracy Mann].

Ollerton - Hobby, 2 Raven, Swift [Alan Scrimshaw].

Idle Valley NR [Lound] - Greenshank, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little-ringed Plover, GLOSSY IBIS, 9 Yellow Wagtail, imm male Marsh Harrier, Raven, juv Cuckoo [this morning; Pete Freeman].

Langford Lowfields - 2 GARGANEY, SPOTTED REDSHANK [still Phase Three, this morning; Carl Cornish].

Bestwood CP - Spotted Flycatcher [in trees by the toilet block, Alexandra Lodge 08:09; Helen Swain].

Saturday 22nd August

Idle Valley NR [Lound] - Lesser Scaup [probable, female/imm Neatholme Scrape 20:20 - 20:50; Paul Hobson]; also BLACK-NECKED GREBE, 21 Red-crested Pochard, Goldeneye, Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, 20 Common Tern.

Idle Washlands - 2 GARGANEY, Cattle Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Ruff, Chiffchaff [Slaynes Lane, this afternoon; Ian Cowgill, Lance Degnan].

Bentinck Pit Tip - 2 Whinchat [Rich Box].

Kilvington Lakes - 2 TURNSTONE [West Lake, this morning; Edmund Staunton].

Langford Lowfields - GARGANEY, SPOTTED REDSHANK [still Phase Three, this morning; Mark Dawson].

Friday 21st August

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 9 Goosander, 5 Green Sandpiper [Clifton Pit, this evening; Simon Roberts].

Idle Valley NR [Lound] - GLOSSY IBIS, Greenshank, Common Sandpiper [Chainbridge Pit; Vicky Bell], 6 Whitethroat, 12 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, 20 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler [ringing at Clayworth Copse; The Willows].

Besthorpe NR - Black-tailed Godwit, c.21 Oystercatcher [Mons Pool; John Ellis].

Langford Lowfields - 2 GARGANEY, juv SPOTTED REDSHANK [Phase Three, this morning; Mark Dawson].

Thursday 20th August

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 6 Goosander [Clifton Pit, this evening; Simon Roberts].

Wednesday 19th August

Hoveringham - Marsh Harrier, Hobby, 2 Red Kite, Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Wheatear, 20 Yellow Wagtail [John Hopper].

Idle Washlands - 5 Cattle Egret, 2 Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret, Greenshank [heard only], 3 Black-tailed Godwit [Slaynes Lane; Chip Rhodes, Dave Adamson]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Idle Valley NR [Lound] - Greenshank [juvenile], Common Sandpiper [Chainbridge Scrape East], 3 Common Sandpiper [Chainbridge Pit; Gary Hobson]; also Ruff, 3 Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, 14 Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear [Pete Freeman].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Greenshank [Clifton Pit, mid-morning; Colin Penny].

Holme Pierrepont - 13 Greenshank, 8 Ruff [on site today; Alan Clewes], 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Common Terns [Blotts Pit, 07:00; Ray Dupont].

Tuesday 18th August

Idle Valley NR [Lound] - GLOSSY IBIS [Tiln North, this afternoon], Marsh Harrier, c.100 Swift [riverside/copse], Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Hobby [Chainbridge Scrape East], 2 Wigeon, Great White Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Snipe, Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover Neatholme Fen], 8 Grey Partridge [Clayworth Copse; Dave Richardson].

Hoveringham - 3 Ruff [Sailing Lake; John Hopper].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 LRP [juv's], Caspian Gull [1st-summer], 2 Yellow-legged Gull, Yellow Wagtail [Clifton Pit; Simon Roberts].

Kirton Brick Pits - 15 Teal, 2 Little Egret, 3 Common Snipe, 6 Cormorant, 4 Green Woodpecker, 2 Raven (Alan Scrimshaw).

Monday 17th August

Attenborough Nature Reserve - LRP [juv], 3 Yellow-legged Gull, Marsh Harrier [juv], Yellow Wagtail [Clifton Pit, this evening; Simon Roberts], 6 Black-tailed Godwit [circling Clifton Pit, then flew west late morning; Rod Dean]; also Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper, Snipe.

Costock - Hobby [Holy Cross, 19:00; Mother Mary Julian].

Idle Washlands - GLOSSY IBIS, 5 Great White Egret, 9 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron [Hagg Lane Flash, this morning; Keith Fisher].

Idle Valley NR [Lound] - Greenshank, Common Sandpiper, 5 Little Egret [Chainbridge Pit], c.20 Common Terns [including juveniles], Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, Shoveler [Chainbridge Scrape East], 2 Ruff, Great White Egret [Chainbridge Scrape West], Great White Egret, Wigeon [Neatholme Pit], 9 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Great White Egret [Neatholme Fen; Peter Burrill].

Langford Lowfields - GARGANEY [eclipse drake, Phase Three, late morning; Simon Sharpe], SPOTTED REDSHANK [still Phase Three, 06:32; Mark Dawson].

Sunday 16th August

Attenborough Nature Reserve - SPOTTED REDSHANK [adult, Clifton Pit 17:00 - 20:27 at least; Kai Wilson]; also 3 Yellow-legged Gull [juvenile, 1st-summer and 3rd-summer; Simon Roberts]. Spotted Redshank - Attenborough Nature Reserve © Kai Wilson.


Kilvington Lakes - Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Shoveler, 20 Lapwing, LRP [late afternoon visit; Jonathan Lloyd].

Collingham Pits - Common Sandpiper, 20+Yellow Wagtail [around Cow Wath, 18:49; Robert Carr].

Langford Lowfields - GLOSSY IBIS [Phase Three, 16:48; Graham Gamage], SPOTTED REDSHANK [Phase Three, 10:22 - 18:25 at least; Mark Dawson].

Idle Valley NR [Lound] - 3 Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 8 Snipe, 2 Ruff, Kingfisher, 7 Yellow Wagtail, Raven [Pete Freeman].

Littleborough - 2 GLOSSY IBIS [Littleborough Pond, this morning; Dave Read].

Besthorpe NR - 2 Whimbrel, 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Tree Pipit [all through south at Mons Pool, this morning; Nick Crouch]; also Curlew, Green Sandpiper.

Wollaton Park - Cuckoo [juvenile; Debbie Beet]. Cuckoo - Wollaton Park © Debbie Beet.

Saturday 15th August

Clumber Park - Mediterranean Gull [1st-summer, on the Main Lake early afternoon; Andy Shooter].

Idle Valley NR [Lound] - WOOD SANDPIPER, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Greenshank [Chainbridge Pit, late morning; Tom Hibbert].

Holme Pierrepont - Ring-necked Duck [eclipse drake, still A52 Pit 09:00; Alan Clewes]. Ring-necked Duck - Holme Pierrepont © Alan Clewes.


Netherfield Lagoons - COMMON SCOTER [drake, Deep Pit this morning - late afternoon at least; Jason Vickers], Caspian Gull [juvenile], Yellow-legged Gull [Enva Recycling Centre early afternoon; Simon Roberts].

Budby Pumping Station - Great White Egret, Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Bullfinch [11:00; Lee Brack].

Langford Lowfields - GARGANEY [eclipse drake], WOOD SANDPIPER [Phase Three, this morning; Mark Dawson].

Friday 14th August

Holme Pierrepont - Ring-necked Duck [eclipse drake, A52 Pit 19:28; Alan Clewes], Hobby [Blotts Pit, 08:00; Ray Dupont].

Idle Valley NR [Lound] - WOOD SANDPIPER, 2 Common Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull, several Common Tern [Chainbridge Pit; Darren Housman].

Besthorpe NR - Common Redstart [along the western boundary, this afternoon; Nick Crouch]; also Mandarin, 32 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper.

Thursday 13th August

Idle Washlands - GARGANEY, GLOSSY IBIS, 9 Yellow Wagtail [Slaynes Lane; Ian Cowgill].

Misson Spings [Finningley GP] - 9 Egyptian Geese, c.40 Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern, adult Common Gull, 14 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 4+ Great White Egret, Cattle Egret, 5+ Grey Heron, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker [this evening; Chris Robinson]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Idle Valley NR [Lound] - WOOD SANDPIPER, Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, 9 Yellow Wagtail [Tiln North; Darren Housman], Hobby, 2 Yellow Wagtail [Clayworth Common; Dave Richardson].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Yellow-legged Gull [juvenile, Clifton Pit this afternoon; Simon Roberts]; also 2 juv Goosander, Mandarin.

Wednesday 12th August

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull [juvenile, Clifton Pit 18:58; Simon Roberts].

Langford Lowfields - 2 WOOD SANDPIPER [still Phase Three, this evening; Mark Dawson].

Idle Washlands - 10 TURNSTONE [circled Slaynes Lanethen flew east, 07:10; Steve Furber].

Tuesday 11th August

Idle Washlands - GLOSSY IBIS, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 4 Common Tern [Slaynes Lane, this morning], Great White Egret [single Hagg Lane Flash; Peter Burrill].

Langford Lowfields - 2 WOOD SANDPIPER, TURNSTONE [Phase Three, 07:14; Mark Dawson].

Monday 10th August

Netherfield Lagoons - Ring-necked Duck [eclipse drake, still present on the Deep Pit, this morning; Birdguides].

Idle Valley NR [Lound] - WOOD SANDPIPER [still Tiln North; Darren Housman], 25 Red-crested Pochard, 7 Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, LRP [Neatholme Fen; Ian Cowgill, Dave Richardson].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Hobby [over Coneries, early morning], 3 Great White Egret, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull [Clifton Pit; Adey Fox].

Sunday 9th August

Idle Valley NR [Lound] - WOOD SANDPIPER, Dunlin [Tiln North, 19:50], 2 Little Egret, Yellow-legged Gull [Bellmoor Lake, early afternoon; Paul Hobson].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 32 Black-tailed Godwit [Clifton Pit, then flew WSW 19:00; Simon Roberts].

Idle Washlands - GLOSSY IBIS (SL), 2 GARGANEY, Water Rail, 3 Wigeon, (SL) 15 Teal, 2 Black-tailed Godwit (SL), 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 18 Snipe (SL), 13 Common Tern [Slayes Lane; Newington Flash, S.Yorks; (SL= Slaynes Lane only); Steve Furber, Del Evans and Lance Degnan]. Glossy Ibis - Slaynes Lane © Steve Furber.


Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – 7 SPOONBILL (John Burdall). Todays Doncaster Birding

Annesley Pit Top [Newstead & Annesley CP] - WOOD SANDPIPER [briefly on the Middle Lagoon, this morning; Paul Naylor].

Langford Lowfields - GARGANEY [female/juv], 2 WOOD SANDPIPER [Phase Three, 07:22; Mark Dawson].

Saturday 8th August

Idle Washlands - 2 GARGANEY, 3 Wigeon, GLOSSY IBIS, 6 SPOONBILL, 4 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, Water Rail [juv], 2 Oystercatcher, 12 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Ruff, Marsh Harrier, 2 Hobby, 25 juv Common Tern, GBBG [Slaynes Lane; Lance Degnan, Keith Fisher].

Scrooby - Hobby [hunting along Mill Lane, 10:10; Del Evans].

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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