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 Feral/unknown origin.
197 Species have been recorded so far in 2025.
Updated 4th July 2025.
Full List HERE
Tuesday 15th July
Netherfield Lagoons - WOOD SANDPIPER [juvenile still Slurry Lagoon, 18:50].
Holme Pierrepont - 3 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper [Blotts Pit, early afternoon].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Cattle Egret, Great White Egret [Coneries, early morning], 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 LRP, Hobby, Peregrine [Clifton Pit].
Monday 14th July
Netherfield Lagoons - WOOD SANDPIPER [juvenile at the back of the Slurry Lagoon, 18:00].
Holme Pierrepont - Mediterranean Gull [second-summer, Blotts Pit 18:00]; Marsh Harrier [cream-crown A52 Pit, this morning].
Misson Springs [Finningley GP] (WeBS)+ – Canada Goose, 46 Greylag Geese, 67 Mute Swan, 7 Egyptian Geese, 3j Shelduck, 6 Gadwall, 72 Mallard, 3 Teal, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Moorhen, 63 Coot, 3 (1vyj) Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 4 LRP, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 (1wgj) Redshank, 5 Black-headed Gull, 3 SPOONBILL [adults], 8 Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 2 Green Woodpecker.
Idle Washlands - Barnacle Goose, 2 Wigeon, 21 Teal, Caspian Gull [near adult], Common Gull, 69+Common Tern, 2 Avocet, 4 Oystercatcher, Snipe, 4 Ruff, 2 Greenshank, 3 Redshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 17 Little Egret, 2 Great White Egret, 15 Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, imm/m Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Linnet [Slaynes Lane]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Hoveringham - Common Sandpiper, Hobby [Sailing Lake], 2 Yellow Wagtail, 20 House Martin [Tipping Pond].
Sunday 13th July
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - BLACK TERN [adult, Chainbridge Scrape East on Island with BH Gulls, early afternoon to 14:15 at least], 3 Great White Egret [Chainbridge Scrape West], Greenshank, 3 Green Sandpiper [Chainbridge Pit], Yellow-legged Gull [Bellmoor Lake].
Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – 4 Oystercatcher, 6 SPOONBILL, 16 Little Egret, Glossy Ibis [thought to be Slaynes Lane bird, which couldn’t be located there during the early afternoon; a new bird for the site], 3 Great White Egret, 2 Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Idle Washlands (WeBS)+ – 45 Canada Geese, Barnacle Goose, 42 Greylag Geese, 16 Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, 4 Egyptian Geese, 34 Shoveler, 160 Gadwall, 2 Wigeon, 580 Mallard, 24 Teal, 75 Pochard, 179 Tufted Duck, 23 Moorhen, 508 Coot, 7 Little Grebe, 24 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 4 (2yj) Avocet, 215 Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, Dunlin, 66 (25j) Common Tern, BLACK TERN, 83 (23j) Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 10 Cormorant, Glossy Ibis, 21 Little Egret, 9 Great White Egret, 2 Cattle Egret, 12 Grey Heron [Slaynes Lane]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Gringley Carr - Cuckoo [by the Pumping Station].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Cattle Egret [Clifton Pit, 13:10 - 13:25].
Saturday 12th July
Idle Washlands - 18 Great White Egret, 23 Little Egret, 3+ Cattle Egret, Glossy Ibis, Common Sandpiper [Slaynes Lane].
Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – 4 SPOONBILL [adults], Little Egret, 10 Grey Heron, 5 Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, Greenshank, 2 Common Tern, Sparrowhawk, 1 Buzzard, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Whitethroat. Todays Doncaster Birding
Holme Pierrepont - Cattle Egret [adult, Blotts Pit early afternoon].
Langford Lowfields - BAR-TAILED GODWIT [Phase Three, 09:15].
Friday 11th July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Green Sandpiper, 4 LRP, Redshank [Clifton Pit, this evening].
Thursday 10th July
Kirkby in Ashfield - 2 Raven [thermalling/calling then drifted off high east].
Wednesday 9th July
Idle Washlands - 5 Cattle Egret, Barnacle Goose, 2 Egyptian Goose, 12 Grey Heron, 7+ Little Egret, Wigeon, 2 Avocet, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 3+ Oystercatcher, Stock Dove, 4 Shelduck [all 4 juvs] [Slaynes Lane].
Costock - Raven [over north-west calling, 07:30].
Tuesday 8th July
Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - 5 SPOONBILL [4 adults/juvenile, at the top of Fifty-eights Road, this evening].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - SHORT-EARED OWL [in heavy wing moult flying around Clifton Pit, this evening]; also 6 LRP, Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 2 Black-tailed Godwit [Chainbridge Scrape, this evening].
Netherfield - 6 Yellow-legged Gull, juv LBBG [Enva Recycling Certre, this evening].
Idle Washlands - Whooper Swan, Barnacle Goose, 11 Grey Heron, 3 Cattle Egret, 7 Great White Egret, 18 Little Egret, Glossy Ibis, SPOONBILL, Wigeon, 230 Lapwing, SANDERLING, 3 Dunlin, 4 Black-tailed Godwit [Slaynes Lane].
Besthorpe NR - Curlew, Marsh Harrier, MERLIN, 2 Great White Egret [Mons Pool, this afternoon].
Gringley Carr - 2 QUAIL [singing males still in fields on the west side of Carr Road, south of Polybell Farm, 13:30 at least].
Holme Pierrepont - Marsh Harrier [A52 Pit, 13:25].
Monday 7th July
Gringley Carr - QUAIL [one possibly two singing males still in fields on the east side of Carr Road, south of Polybell Farm], Cattle Egret [over west late afternoon].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 36 Black-tailed Godwit [17 dropped into Clifton Pit 10:48 increasing to 31 before all flew south 13:00; a further five on Clifton Pit 18:00 at least], Mediterranean Gull [adult, Clifton Pit briefly 15:30]; also 6 Goosander.
Holme Pierrepont - Ruff [Blotts Pit, 15:07]; also 2 Ringed Plover [this morning].
Idle Washlands - Glossy Ibis, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Cattle Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper [Slaynes Lane, this morning], 39 Little Egret [Hagg Lane Flsh, this evening].
North Muskham - 5 Hobbies [over land north of the village, 09:00].
Hoveringham - Common Sandpiper [River Trent, Ferry Farm Park].
Ruddington - Oystercatcher [Rushcliffe Golf Course, 06:00 - 09:30].
Sunday 6th July
Idle Washlands - Barnacle Goose, Tufted Duck [increase in numbers with 184 on Slaynes North], 72 Pochard, Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper, 16 Redshank, Glossy Ibis, 7 Great White Egret, Hobby [Slaynes Lane, this evening], Glossy Ibis, 41 Little Egret [Hagg Lane Flash, this morning].
Gringley Carr - QUAIL [calling from fields on the east side of Carr Road, south of Polybell Farm 17:01].
Morton, Babworth Retford - QUAIL [singing Male].
Holme Pierrepont - 25 Black-tailed Godwit [Blotts Pit, 16:50 - 17:50 at least].
Dunham - SPOONBILL [flew north over Dunham Bridge, 11:28].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Marsh Harrier [male, over Main Pond early afternoon], 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 6 LRP [3 adults], 4 Green Sandpiper, Hobby [Clifton Pit].
Saturday 5th July
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Herring Gull [Bellmoor Lake, this evening], Hobby, Great White Egret, Common Tern [Chainbridge], 2 Red-crested Pochard [pair, Neatholme Scrape], Common Tern [Neatholme Fen].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Marsh Harrier [male], Green Sandpiper [Clifton Pit, early afternoon].
Collingham Pits - 6 Crossbill [through south-west, early afternoon].
Besthorpe NR - Marsh Harrier [male, over].
Idle Washlands - Glossy Ibis [still Slaynes/Hagg Lane flash this morning].
Friday 4th July
Idle Washlands - 2 Redshank [pair with chick], 22 Little Egret [Hagg Lane Flash].
Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - 10 Egyptian Geese, 6 Shelduck, 11 Teal, 4+ Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, 3 LRP, c.40 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern, 6 Cormorant, 7 Little Egret, Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Green Woodpecker, Peregrine Todays Doncaster Birding
Holme Pierrepont - Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpier [Blotts Pit, 11:30].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 4 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Common Redstart.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Black-tailed Godwit [dropped into Clifton Pit, 10:46].
Thursday 3rd July
Attenborough Nature Reserve - WOOD SANDPIPER [adult, Clifton Pit this evening then flew off 20:35]; also 8 Teal, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Black-tailed Godwit; 40 Little Egret [Coneries roost].
Holme Pierrepont - Wigeon, Great White Egret, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpier, Hobby, juv Cuckoo [Blotts Pit, late morning/early afternoon].
Idle Washlands - Glossy Ibis [flew east early morning], 38 Little Egret [Hagg Lane Flash], 2 Curlew [adult and juvenile, Slaynes Lane].
Wednesday 2nd July
Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - SPOONBILL [adult,this evening]; also 11 Egyptian Geese, Great Crested Grebe, 5 Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover [adults], 7+LRP, 8+ Common Tern, Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron.
Idle Washlands - Barnacle Goose, Whooper Swan, 20 Pochard, Avocet, Oystercatcher, Curlew, 23 Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 15 Common Tern, Glossy Ibis , 3 Cattle Egret, 30 Little Egret [same as Hagg Lane Flash?], 3 Great White Egret [Slaynes Lane], 3 Avocet, Oystercatcher, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Redshank, 3 Ruff, 31 Little Egret [Hagg Lane Flash]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Honey Buzzard [briefly over Cathills Wood, 14:45]; also Woodlark, Silver-washed Fritillary flew through.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 6 LRP, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Black-tailed Godwit [Clifton Pit], 2 Yellow-billed Duck still.
Clumber Park - Green Sandpiper [Ford area; heard only].
Wollaton - Hobby [over Parkside].
Tuesday 1st July
Holme Pierrepont - GARGANEY [eclispe drake, Blotts Pit early evening], also 4 Black-tailed Godwit.
Idle Washlands - Glossy Ibis, 35 Little Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 2 Great White Egret, 8 Black-tailed Godwit [arrived at 18:30], Common Sandpiper, c.50 (10j) Common Tern [Slaynes/Hagg Lane Flash]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 5 Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Gull [Clifton Pit]; of interest 2 Yellow-billed Duck [pair Clifton Pit].
Besthorpe NR - Green Sandpiper [Mons Pool].
Many thanks to:
Merv Bartle, Marcus Beck, Helen Burke, Paul Buxton, Sara Chadd, Phil Cheesbrogh, Alan Clewes, Miles Cluff, Ian Cowgill, Nick Crouch, Stu Davenport, Rod Dean, Lance Degnan, Robin Elliot, Richard Ellison, David Farnsworth, Mick Feely, Ade Fox, John Gallagher, Wayne Glossop, Andy Hall, Garry Hobson, Alan Hobson, Paul Hobson, Andy Lane, Martin McCallum, Ged Morley, Nick Pickard, Andrew Przeslak, Brian Reid, Simon Roberts, Chris Robinson, Nick Tatum-Rowe, Daniel Shaw, Tom Shields, Mark Spencer, David Tyldesley, Bob Usher, Mark Wilde.
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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