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Archived Sightings 2001 - 2023

Archived Sightings 2001 to 2023

Archived Sightings 2024

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.

211 Species have been recorded so far in 2024.

Updated 2nd November 2024.

Full List HERE

Wednesday 20th November

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 3 Whooper Swan, 5 Pintail [Neatholme Fen], Great White Egret, Little Egret, 2 Shelduck, 150+Shoveler, Goosander [Bellmoor Lake].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Marsh Harrier [cream-crown over Tween, late morning

Barton in Fabis - c.100 Golden Plover, JACK SNIPE, Great White Egret, c.250 Skylark, 2 Stonechat, c.60 Greenfinch, c.20 Yellowhammer [fields to the west of the village, mid-morning/early afternoon], 13 Barnacle Geese [again riverside fields near Cottages Flash].

Rufford CP - 2 Hawfinch [in trees near the Abbey, 08:30-09:30].

Tuesday 19th November

Clumber Park - 3w Caspian Gull, adult Mediterranean Gull, adult/two 2w Yellow-legged Gull [on the Main Lake, this afternoon].

Mediterranean Gull - Clumber Park © Paul Hobson.

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Hawfinch [again Lound Village crossroad junction, this morning], White-fronted Goose [Conservation Lake], 2 GARGANEY [reported Chainbridge Scrape East], 2w Caspian Gull, adult Mediterranean Gull [Chainbridge Scrape East, 14:00], 10+Goosander [Sailing Pit], Shelduck, Great White Egret, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher [Bellmoor Lake area].

Kilvington Lakes - JACK SNIPE [between West and North Lakes this morning].

Netherfield Lagoons - Short-eared Owl [Slurry Lagoon, this morning].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 13 Barnacle Geese [Clifton Pit this morning then flew over the river to Barton in Fabis returning to roost on Clifton Pit this evening].

Hickling - Whooper Swan [calling high in the cloud out of sight moving south-west, this morning]; also Treecreeper [Shelts Spinney away from any significant woodland areas].

Monday 18th November

Langford Lowfields - Purple Sandpiper [still present Phase Three, late morning to mid-afternoon at least].

Clumber Park - 3 Caspian Gull, 800 LBBG [Main Lake, Hardwick end late afternoon].

Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Caspian Gull [adult and 2nd-winter Deep Pit/Enva this afternoon].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - Hawfinch [Lound Village crossroad, in park opposite nursing home, mid-afternoon at least], Chiffchaff [singing Parish Park], Chiffchaff, Green Woodpecker [Neatholme Lane], 4 Shelduck, Pintail, 920 Golden Plover, 470 Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 2 Ruff [Neatholme Fen], Goosander, Goldeneye, 2 Marsh Harrier [Neatholme Pit], 2 Pintail, 33 Goldeneye [Neatholme Scrape], Bullfinch [Water Ski Pit], Chiffchaff [Windsurf Pit], Goldeneye, Great White Egret [Chainbridge Pit].

Idle Washlands - KNOT, 16 Ruff, 10 Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper [Hagg Lane Flash, all waders flushed by a Sparrowhawk 10:40], c.300 Greylag Geese, 2000+ Pink-footed Geese, 4 Whooper Swan, 200+ Wigeon, c.25 Pintail, 2 Goldeneye, 300+ Coot, 4+ Great Crested Grebe, 200+ Lapwing, 2 Snipe, 6 Redshank, 4 Dunlin, 28 Cormorant, Little Egret, 3 Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Sparrowhawk, 2 Buzzard, Cetti’s Warbler, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail [Slaynes Lane/Hagg Lane Flash]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Hoveringham - 3 Whooper Swan, Great White Egret [Sailing Lake, mid-morning].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull [adult still Clifton Pit, this morning], 47 Goosander [this evening].

Sunday 17th November

Langford Lowfields - Purple Sandpiper [present on the Deep Water Pit, 14:54 at least].

Purple Sandpiper - Langford Lowfields © James Wilkinson.

Clumber Park - Caspian Gull [adult on the lake in front of the Chaple, this morning]; also 8 Whooper Swan [over east], Hawfinch [near the Classical Bridge], 2 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 10 Goosander.

Collingham Pits - Marsh Harrier [male, Silt Pit mid-morning].

Meering - 5 Great White Egret [south-west, 07:45], Goosander [female, on the River Trent].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull [adult still Clifton Pit, early morning].

Saturday 16th November

Idle Washlands – 2 Great White Egret, Grey Heron, 4 Redshank, 9 Whooper Swan, 25+ Cormorant, juv Peregrine, cc Marsh Harrier, Kestrel.

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – 3 Great Crested Grebe, 2+ Curlew, JACK SNIPE, Snipe, Grey Heron, Peregrine [north], c.1500 Starling [south-west]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Langford Lowfields - KNOT [Phase Three, early afternoon].

Clumber Park - 2 Caspian Gull, Yellow-legged Gull [all adults, on the Main Lake, late morning].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull [adult still Clifton Pit, mid-morning].

Friday 15th November

Idle Washlands - 14 Whooper Swan, 2 Pintail, GREATER SCAUP, 50 Lapwing, 10 Snipe, 8 Redshank, 2 Ruff, 3 Great White Egret, Sparrowhawk, Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher, 2 Kestrel, 12 Redwing, 50 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 30 Goldfinch [Slaynes Lane]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 21 Cattle Egret, 5 Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, 3 Goosander, 3 Pintail, 30 Goldeneye, Dunlin, 2 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 5 Snipe, c400 Golden Plover, 2 Green Woodpecker, 2 Blackcap, Raven.

Chilwell - 8 Ring-necked Parakeet [over Chilwell Cemetery].

Kirklington - 7 Little Egret [on field in seperate parties of 3 and 4, late morning].

Thursday 14th November

Idle Washlands - 8 Whooper Swan, 6 Great White Egret [roosting in big trees by Unit 2], Water Rail [heard], 350 Canada Geese, Goosander, 116 Lapwing, Kingfisher and several thousand corvids roosting [Slaynes Lane], Great White Egret, 16 Redshank, 17 Ruff, 530 Lapwing, 10 Dunlin [Hagg Lane Flash]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Harworth - Hawfinch [flew south over Farleigh Drive].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 49 Goosander [early morning], Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret [Clifton Pit].

Wednesday 13th November

Gringley Carr - 3 Great White Egret, 6 Grey Partridge, Marsh Harrier, 3 Common Buzzard, 38 CORN BUNTING [15:00 - dark visit].

Idle Washlands - 27 Redshank, Snipe, Marsh Harrier, Grey Wagtail [Hagg Lane Flash, late morning].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - GARGANEY [female/imm], Pintail, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 3 Golden Plover, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Snipe [Neathome Fen, this morning].

Kilvington Lakes - Whooper Swan, Marsh Harrier, 8 Pink-footed Geese [in among Greylags, West Lake this morning].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull [adult still Clifton Pit, this morning], 200+Tufted Duck [flew west].

Chilwell - 60 Pink-footed Geese [north-west, 09:55].

Clumber Park - 3 Goosander, 30 Gadwall.

Tuesday 12th November

Netherfield Lagoons - Woodcock [in flight at dusk], c.75 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 14:36].

Holme Pierrepont - JACK SNIPE [Blotts Pit, on one of the islands this afternoon].

Bingham - c.200 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 14:35].

West Bridgford - c.200 Pink-footed Geese [heading north-east, 14:30].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - c.250 Pink-footed Geese [over in three Skeins; 2 skeins east, one north-west], Pintail, Great White Egret, Caspian Gull, 90 Common Gull [Clifton Pit]

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 11+Cattle Egret [Lower Sheep Fields], 15 Whooper Swan north], Marsh Harrier, Chiffchaff [Chainbridge Scrape West], 3 Pintail, 3 Shelduck, Great White Egret, 300+Golden Plover, 3 Dunlin, 3 Ruff, Green Sandpiper [Neathome]; 5 Whooper Swan, 16 Pink-footed Geese [over].

Idle Washlands - 28 Whooper Swan [Hagg Lane Flash]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Langford Lowfields - 3 Shelduck, 20+ Wigeon, 5 Curlew [Phase Three].

Harlow Wood - Pink-footed Geese [two skeins, one heard seemingly passing south-east, 10:38; c.100 heading south-east, 11:00].

Beechdale - c.40 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 10:40].

Monday 11th November

Netherfield Lagoons - 5 Whooper Swan [over heading east, 16:30].

Kilvington Lakes - Whooper Swan [2 adults plus a smaller juvenile West Lake; the juvenile was two thirds the size of the adults presumably Bewick's Swan, all three then flew south 15:30].

Chilwell - several hundred Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 10:00].

Beechdale - c.200 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, this morning].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull [adult still Clifton Pit, this morning]; also 7 Common Snipe.

Sunday 10th November

Serlby - 2 Hawfinch [in trees by Golf Club entrance, 15:30].

Kilvington Lakes - KNOT [West Lake, mid-afternoon]; also 60 Pink-footed Geese [east], Pintail, 4 Shoveler, 100 Lapwing, 200 Fieldfare.

Langford Lowfields - RED-BREASTED MERGANSER [still present Phase One, this afternoon].

Rufford Pit Top - c.200 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 10:45].

Bingham - 300 Pink-footed Geese [east/south/east, 11:45], Stonechat [Archer Lake].

Carlton on Trent - 5 Cattle Egret [with cattle in Trent side field, late morning].

Hickling - Hawfinch [heading north-east calling, 10:45]; also Siskin, several Skylark and flocks of Redwing and Fieldfare through all morning].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 18 Cattle Egret, 3 Whooper Swan [over], Redshank, Grey Wagtail, Stonechat [still Lower Sheep Fields, this morning], 65 Pink-footed Geese [north-west, Neatholme Fen], 9 Egyptian Geese, 6 Pintail, 6 Little Egret, Great White Egret, 13 Snipe, 5 Ruff, 3 Redshank, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Water Rail, Marsh Harrier, Grey Wagtail [Neatholme Fen], Chiffchaff [Wild Goose Farm], Blackcap [The Willows], 31 Red-legged Partridge, 5 Grey Partridge, Great White Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier, 90 Pink-footed Geese [north], 30 Linnet, Stonechat [Blaco], 2 Great White Egret, 2 Redshank, 3 Ruff, 2 Caspian Gull [both 2nd-winter, 13:50], Kingfisher [Chainbridge Pit].

North Muskham - Ruddy Shelduck [A1 Pits].

Holme Pierrepont - KNOT [Blotts Pit, this morning].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull [adult still Clifton Pit].

Saturday 9th November

King's Mill Reservoir - MEDITERRANEAN GULL [adult, in the roost this evening], KNOT [on the pontoon near the car park, this morning]; also 4 Redshank, 13 Common Snipe.

Knot - King's Mill Reservoir © Robin Brace.

Clumber Park - 2 Hawfinch, 2 Swallow [Hardwick village car park, 11:30 - mid-afternoon].

Langford Lowfields - RED-BREASTED MERGANSER [still present Phase One, 12:22].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 20 Cattle Egret [still Lower Sheep Fields].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull [adult still Clifton Pit, this morning].

Friday 8th November

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 6 Great White Egret [Coneries roost, this evening], 320 Tufted Duck.

Idle Washlands - 60 Pink-footed Geese, 28 Lapwing, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 WOOD SANDPIPER [feeding with mixed flock of Redshank and Green Sandpiper], 10 Redshank, 3 Ruff, 5 Dunlin, 5 Great White Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 2 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare [Slaynes Lane, early afternoon].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 21 Cattle Egret [Lower Sheep Fields, this afternoon].

Hoveringham - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still Sailing Lake late morning].

Langford Lowfields - 2 BEWICK'S SWAN [adults, flew in from the north, 11:15].

Thursday 7th November

Besthorpe NR - Whooper Swan, 11 Little Egret, 4 Great White Egret [flew into roost], Marsh Harrier, c.5,000 Starling [roosted in the reed-bed; no murmaration].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 14 Cattle Egret, c.50 Pied Wagtail [Lower Sheep Fields, early afternoon].

Harworth - 2 Hawfinch [two present private site with no public access, this morning].

Hoveringham - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, Sailing Lake this morning].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull [still Clifton Pit].

Wednesday 6th November

Collingham Pits - Black-throated Diver [still present Ferry Farm Pit, early afternoon]; also Brambling [calling overhead].

Arnold - Woodcock [flushed from under mature Hawthorn hedge in garden, this afternoon].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - KNOT [1st-winter, again Clifton Pit late morning]; also 37 Goosander, 8 Goldeneye, 4 Pintail, 6 Pochard, Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, 16 Snipe, 2 Caspian Gull [adult & 1st-winter].

Hoveringham - LITTLE GULL [1st-winter, Sailing Lake 10:35].

Kilvington Lakes - KNOT [West Lake, this morning]; also Goldeneye [over], 9 Pink-footed Geese [flying around at low level]

Langford Lowfields - RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, BAR-TAILED GODWIT [Phase Three, early morning], 2 BEWICK'S SWAN [flew north presumably to feed in fields, 07:35]; Pintail, c.200 Golden Plover, Great White Egret [Phase Three], Great White Egret, Kingfisher [Phase One].

Skegby - 2 Raven [flew east calling, 07:35].

Tuesday 5th November

Besthorpe NR - c.10,000 Starling [murmuration over Mons Pool this evening].

Collingham Pits - Black-throated Diver [still present Ferry Farm Pit, this afternoon].

Netherfield Lagoons - 2 Caspian Gull [adult and 1st-winter [this afternoon].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - KNOT [1st-winter, Clifton Pit mid-morning]; also adult Caspian Gull.

Langford Lowfields - 2 BEWICK'S SWAN [adults, Phase Three 08:01-13:52 both then flew south-west but returned 14:00], RED-BREASTED MERGANSER [again Phase One].

Annesley Pit Top [Newstead & Annesley CP] - Hawfinch [through south-west, this morning].

Hoveringham - Pintail, Goosander [Railway Pit], Ruddy Shelduck, Golden Plover through [Sailing Lake].

King's Mill Reservoir - Egyptian Goose, 12 Teal, 5 Little Grebe, 96 Lapwing, 10 Snipe.

Monday 4th November

Netherfield Lagoons - 4 Caspian Gull [adult, two 1st-winter and 2nd-winter at Enva/Deep Pit this afternoon]; also adult Yellow-legged Gull.

Collingham Pits - Black-throated Diver [still present Ferry Farm Pit, this morning].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 9 Pintail, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, c.500 Golden Plover, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 6 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 7 Snipe, Water Rail [Neatholme Fen, 20 Linnet [Wildgoose Farm], Great White Egret, Goldeneye, 280 Linnet, Stonechat [Blaco], 5 Whooper Swan [2 adults/3 Juvs], 2 Marsh Harrier, Snipe [Mattersey Common].

Kilvington Lakes - Whooper Swan, 20 Pink-footed Geese [West Lake, on the water amongst 350 Greylag this morning].

Sunday 3rd November

Collingham Pits - Black-throated Diver [flew north over Collingham Pits this morning then back south dropping onto Wharf Pit before relocating onto Ferry Farm Pit, 13:37 at least]; also 9 Curlew.

Langford Lowfields - RED-BREASTED MERGANSER [still present Phase One, north of the floating bridge this afternoon].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 5 Cattle Egret [Lower Sheep Fields], 7 Pintail, 400+Golden Plover, 120 Lapwing, Dunlin, Ruff, 3 Snipe, Little Egret, Great White Egret [Neatholme Fen], Green Sandpiper [calling], 10+Redwing [Chainbridge Scrape West], 25 Goldeneye, 2 Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier [Neatholme Scrape], Woodcock [flew over opposite Bittern Pools], 2 Shelduck, Water Rail [calling], Little Egret, Great White Egret [Bellmoor Lake], c.120 Siskin, a few Redpoll [Bailey Bridge].

Arnold - Woodcock [house flyover NG5 6PQ, this afternoon].

Annesley Pit Top [Newstead & Annesley CP] - HEN HARRIER [ringtail, through north-west 07:50].

Saturday 2nd November

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1w MEDITERRANEAN GULL, 3 Caspian Gull [2 adults and 1st-winter Clifton Pit], 41 Pink-footed Geese [heading north-west 10:36].

Thrumpton - Hawfinch [briefly in tree tops with Redwings behind All Saints Church 11:40; then flew high towards Thrumpton Hall Estate].

Daneshill - Hawfinch [flew south over Daneshill Lakes 10:34].

Clifton Village - 2 Hawfinch [in trees along Holgate 09:45 but mobile].

Holme Pierrepont - 2 Hawfinch [singles flew east over Blotts Pit, 07:50 and south 09:06].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 13 Cattle Egret [still present Lower Sheep Fields, this morning].

Newark on Trent - 16 Pink-footed Geese [heading north-east].

Averham - Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret [pool in field].

Rufford CP - Goosander [drake, Rufford Lake].

Friday 1st November

Kirkby in Ashfield - Avocet [flew over alarm calling this evening].

Langford Lowfields - RED-BREASTED MERGANSER [still Phase Three early morning then relocated to Phase One, early afternoon], 6 Hawfinch [north-west over Phase One calling, late morning]; also 70 Golden Plover, 1w MEDITERRANEAN GULL, 1w Caspian Gull [Phase Three, this afternoon].

Hoveringham - BEARDED TIT [still Sailing Lake just past the clubhouse this morning, then flew high east over the river Trent].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 11 Cattle Egret [still Lower Sheep Fields], c.1000 Pink-footed Geese [80 south-east over the Willows 09:58; 80 north-west Neatholme Fen 10:09; 450 south over Clayworth Common in five skeins 10:20; 310 in stubble Clayworth Common 11:02; 100 east Blaco 11:52], 8 Pintail, 2 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, c150 Golden Plover, 2 Marsh Harrier [Neatholme Fen], 3 Marsh Harrier [up together Neatholme Scrape].

Many thanks to:

Mervyn Bartle, David Billingham, Michael Blount, Robin Brace, David Brydon, Peter Burrill, Paul Buxton, Darren Chapman, Alan Clewes, Rich Collis, David Copper, Carl Cornish, Nick Crouch, Stu Davenport, Mark Dawson, Rod Dean, Lance Degnan, John Ellis, Del Evans, Mike Feely, Ade Fox, Pete Freeman, Steve Furber, Pete George, Vic Giles, Indy Kiemel Greene, Rae Harrington, Tom Hibbert, Gary Hobson, Paul Hobson, John Hopper, Darren Housman, David Jenkins, Andrew Kerridge, Mike Lee, Ian Livsey, Martin McCallum, Andy Merrick, Janet Miller, Ged Morley, Kamala-Maria Mueller, Paul Naylor, Jon O’Malley, Phil Palmer, Peter Playle, Clive Prescott, Andrew Przeslak, Keith Rainford, Philip Rathbone, Simon Roberts, Richard Scott, Alan Scrimshaw, Andy Shooter, Oliver Simpson, Edmund Staunton, David Tyldesley, Jason Vickers, John White, James Wilkinson, Steve Wilkinson, John Williamson, Joe Woods, Rob Woodward.

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