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 should be submitted to Andy Hall the County Recorder, to be included in the monthly Newsletter and Annual Reports.

None of these reports have been verified or checked by the Notts Birdwatchers' Records Committee.

Records of certain species will not appear here during the breeding season - but please send in your reports regardless.

Please report your Latest Sightings to: Rob Hoare or @NottsBirders on the Twitter feed.

Monday 31st March

Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 1 Red Knot, 1 Green Sandpiper.

Bentinck Void- 3 Little Ringed Plover.

Carburton - Duncan Wood: Common Crossbill.

Bramcote - Red Kite [circling over farmland - Common Lane].

Beckingham - River Trent: 1 Common Tern [south down river], 1 Eurasian Curlew.

Collingham Lakes - 1 Glossy Ibis, 4 Goosander [1 male, 3 females], 32 Common Goldeneye, 60+ Eurasian Wigeon, 8 Sand Martin, 2 Oystercatcher [piping display].

Gonalston - 1 Glossy Ibis.

Oxton - Oakmere Park Golf Club: 1 Red Kite.

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Sanderling, Red Kite.

Sunday 30th March

Sherwood Forest NNR - Budby South Forest: 1 Willow Warbler [heard and seen at 10:40].

Kirklington - c.80 Fieldfare [north of village].

Collingham Lakes - Little Ringed Plover, 8+ Common Redshank, 10+ Common Shelduck.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Shelduck [Tween Pond], Pink-footed Goose [over river with Greylags], 8 Red-crested Pochard [4 near visitor centre, 4 on Tween Pond], Blackcap.

Southwell - Red Kite [over Halam Road/Allenby Road at 12:15].

Penny Pasture - 1 Jack Snipe.

Clifton Grove - Northern Wheatear, 2 Barn Swallow, 10 Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, Blackcap.

Cottam - Willow Warbler [caught and ringed].

Hoveringham - 4 Common Goldeneye [2 males, 2 females], 1 Chiffchaff. Railway Lake: 1 Red Knot, 1 Common Scoter, 6 Whooper Swan.

Ferry Farm - 2 Raven [up river].

Saturday 29th March

Eakring Meadow NWT - 1 Garganey [male], 2 Common Snipe, 2 Willow Tit [in west hedgerow, male singing from large willow tree in hedge].

Bentinck Void - 3 Northern Wheatear

Oxton - 1 Red Kite.

Girton Pits - 1 Short-eared Owl.

Welbeck Lakes - 16 Mandarin Duck [8 pairs].

Penny Pasture - 1 Garganey [drake - presumably the Eakring Flash bird], 1 Common Snipe, c.5 Fieldfare.

Friday 28th March

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Bittern.

Hermitage LNR - 2 Grey Wagtail, 12 Grey Heron [9 adults and 3 juveniles in heronry].

Thursday 27th March

Bennerley Marsh - 230 European Golden Plover, 10 Northern Lapwing, 1 Common Redshank.

Gonalston - 1 Glossy Ibis [seen and photographed at 09:15].

Collingham Lakes - 1 Glossy Ibis [different to Gonalston/Lowdham bird].

Wednesday 26th March

Sharphill Woods - 1 Marsh Tit [singing male from blackthorn scrub at southern end of wood].

Blidworth - 1 Osprey [Ricketts Lane - flying low and slow to north].

Maun Valley Trail - Red Kite.

Ravenshead - Red Kite [at 14:00].

Tuesday 25th March

South Muskham - 1 Northern Wheatear [male - old sailing lake], 2 Common Snipe, 13 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Gull, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Chiffchaff.

Bentinck Void - 2 Northern Wheatear.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Garden Warbler, 1 Bittern.

Monday 24th March

Holme Pierrepont - 1 Water Pipit [seen in afternoon at east end of lake], 1 Little Egret, 5 Common Buzzard, c.40 Sand Martin, 6 Chiffchaff, 62 Common Goldeneye, c.200 Eurasian Wigeon, 2 Common Redshank.

Hoveringham - Riverside: 2 Sand Martin, 1 Common Redshank, 6 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Egret.

Eakring Flash - Garganey [drake].

Penny Pasture - 1 Jack Snipe, 8 Common Snipe, 10 Fieldfare.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Garden Warbler [earlist Nott's record by five days if accepted].

Kilvington Lakes - Whooper Swan.

Lowdham - Glossy Ibis.

Sunday 23rd March

Collingham Lakes - 3 Sand Martin, 2 Goosander, 4 Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Eurasian Curlew, 3 Common Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher.

Eakring Flash - Garganey, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Coot, Skylark.

Clipstone Forest - 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Yellowhammer, 5 Chiffchaff, 30 Siskin, 5 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Goldcrest, 3 Redwing, 1 Eurasian Nuthatch.

Sherwood Forest NNR - Common Crossbill, Parrot Crossbill.

Hoveringham - Railway Lakes: 6 Goosander [1 drake], 1 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Oystercatcher, 4 Common Redshank, c.5 Common Goldeneye, c.20 Eurasian Wigeon. c.4 Chiffchaff, Bullfinch, Eurasian Nuthatch.

Rufford Country Park - 2 Pink-footed Goose, Goosander.

Lowdham - Glossy Ibis.

Saturday 22nd March

Sherwood Forest NNR - Budby South Forest: Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Siskin, 2 Linnet, 2 Common Crossbill [all birds part of mixed flock of c.300 birds], 2 Chiffchaff.

Budby Pumping Station - Raven, 3 Common Shelduck, 1 Little Ringed Plover [flew over bridge], 6 Eurasian Teal, 2 Gadwall, 1 Little Egret.

Mansfield - Sherwood Forest Golf Course: 2 Common Crossbill, 30+ Lesser Redpoll.

Eakring Flash - 1 Red Kite.

Sherwood Forest NNR - 2 Raven, 3 Marsh Tit.

Colwick Country Park - 100+ Sand Martin.

Barton-in-Fabis - 2 Pink-footed Goose [with Canadas and Greylags].

Friday 21st March

Collingham Lakes - Glossy Ibis.

Annesley Woodhouse - 1 Red Kite [along Forest Road].

Eakring Flash - Garganey

Thursday 20th March

Eakring Flash - Garganey.

Penny Pasture Common - 7 Common Snipe, 20 Fieldfare, 40 Redwing.

Southwell - Red Kite [Southwell Minster School].

Holme Pierrepont - A52 Pit: 2 Sand Martin, Common Redshank, Oystercatcher, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff.

Kings Mill Reservoir - 4 Sand Martin.

Wednesday 19th March

Beckingham Marshes RSPB - 3 Common Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 18 Northern Lapwing, 8 Eurasian Teal, 1 Grey Heron, c.50 Fieldfare, c.200 Eurasian Starling, c.50 Meadow Pipit.

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - North: 20+ Common Shelduck, 8+ Common Goldeneye, 8+ Oystercarcher, 5 + Chiffchaff. Windsurf Pit: 3 Red-crested Pochard. Crosslane Fisheries: 1 Slavonian Grebe. Neatholme Pit: 4 Sand Martin [over]. Chainbridge Scrape: 2 Little Egret, 5 Ruff, 1 Common Snipe. Chainbridge Pit: 2 Goosander.

Clayworth Common - 7 Whooper Swan.

Holme Pierrepont - Blott's Pit: 2 Whooper Swan, 3 Chiffchaff, 2 Sand Martin, 7+ Common Goldeneye, 1 Common Redshank.

Mansfield - Sherwood Oaks Business Park: Red Kite.

Netherfield Lagoons - Sand Martin.

Collingham Lakes - Glossy Ibis.

Lowdham - Glossy Ibis.

Budby Pumping Station - 3 Brambling, 3 Sand Martin, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Shelduck.

Calverton - Tithe Green Burial Ground: 1 Red Kite [mobbed by crows].

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Red Kite [flew west at 09:30], 1 Slavonian Grebe, 10 Whooper Swan.

South Muskham - 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Snipe, 4 Grey Wagtail, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Buzzard, 24 Northern Shoveler, 59 Fieldfare, 15 Redwing, 9 Eurasian Wigeon.

Tuesday 18th March

Collingham Lakes - Glossy Ibis, Whooper Swan, Chiffchaff, 10 Common Goldeneye, 2 Oystercatcher.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Tern [Clifton Pond, earlist record for nott'm if accepted].

Monday 17th March

Sherwood Forest NNR - Budby South Forest: Common Crossbill.

Barton-in-Fabis - 2 Pink-footed Goose [with Canadas and Greylags].

Gonalston - Glossy Ibis [same bird - recently moved between Lowdham and Gonalston].

Collingham Lakes - Glossy Ibis

Sunday 16th March

Gringley Carr - Whooper Swan.

Rufford Country Park - 1 Marsh Tit, Hawfinch, Chiffchaff [singing].

Clumber Park - 12 Mandarin Duck [9 drakes], 1 Northern Pintail [male briefly on upper lake at 08:10], Chiffchaff [heard in 5 locations].

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 5 Common Shelduck, 1 Little Egret, 1 Water Rail, 2 Oystercatcher.

Collingham Lakes - Glossy Ibis, Whooper Swan.

Saturday 15th March

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 1 Glossy Ibis, 2 Grey Partridge, 1 Little Owl, 1 Chiffchaff.

Hoveringham - Sailing Lake: 2 Barnacle Goose.

Lound - 1 Red-crested Pochard.

Gonalston - 1 Glossy Ibis.

Hoveringham - River: 1 Gooosander [female], 1 Little Egret, 9 Oystercatcher.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Sand Martin [Clifton Pond].

Friday 14th March

Collingham Lakes - Glossy Ibis.

Rufford Country Park - Rough-legged Buzzard.

Farnsfield - 2 Common Shelduck, Chiffchaff.

Sherwood Forest NNR - 1 Raven

Thursday 13th March

Colwick Woods - 2 Chiffchaff.

Cotham Flash - 1 Short-eared Owl.

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 14 Whooper Swan

Wecnesday 12th March

Sherwood Forest NNR - Budby South Forest: 3 Woodcock.

Lowdham - Glossy Ibis.

Hoveringham - River: 11 Oystercatcher, 1 Common Redshank.

Tuesday 11th March

Holme Pierrepont - 4 Chiffchaff [rowing course], 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Oystercatcher.

QMC - River Leen: 1 Chiffchaff.

Lowdham - Glossy Ibis.

Kirkby in Ashfield - Willow Tit [near Sutton Parkway station].

Wollaton - 1 Red Kite [easy over A52 / Wollaton Vale at 15:15 - mobbed by 2 Jackdaws].

Monday 10th March

Misson Carr - 12 Whooper Swan.

Maun Valley Trail - 4 Chiffchaff, Blackcap.

Hoveringham - 1 Barnacle Goose, 1 Common Greenshank, 10+ Eygtian Goose, 2 Little Egret.

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 3 Common Crane [east], Red Kite.

Rufford Pit Top - 2 Raven, 1 Brambling.

Arnot Hill Park - Red-crested Pochard [2 males, 1 female], Common Pochard.

Hickling - Raven [pair circling].

Sherwood Forest NNR - 1 Red Kite, 12 Common Buzzard, 12+ Common Crossbill, 12+ Goldcrest.

Lowdham - Glossy Ibis.

Sunday 9th March

Bentinck Void - 3 Jack Snipe, 2 Eurasian Curlew, Stonechat.

Clumber Park - 27 Whooper Swan [including 1 juvenile], 8 Mandarin Duck.

Gonalston/Lowdham - Glossy Ibis [Gonalston Lane over Dover Beck just beyond Carr Beck Barn, 2nd field on left].

Rufford Country Park - 1 Marsh Tit, Hawfinch.

Bennerley Marsh -75 European Golden Plover, 22 Northern Lapwing.

Cotham Flash - 2 Short-eared Owl.

Hoveringham - Coneygre Faerm 1 Barnacle Goose, c.8 Egyptian Goose.

Saturday 8th March

Woodborough - c.5 Twite [on stubble field].

Sherwood Forest NNR - 40 Whooper Swan [over - north].

Kirklington - 2 Common Shelduck.

Budby Pumping Station - c.80 Whooper Swan [over at 07:25], 20 Meadow Pipit, 6 Mandarin Duck [over].

Nuthall - Osprey [near junction 26 - seen very clearly flying east].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Chiffchaff [Barton Lane], Common Snipe, Oystercatcher [pair], 8+ Red-crested Pochard.

Hoveringham - Railway Lakes: 13 Whooper Swan [adults - until 10am at least].

Lowdham - Glossy Ibis.

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Slavonian Grebe, 33 Whooper Swan, Red-crested Pochard.

Worksop - Watermeadows: 100+ Siskin.

Friday 7th March

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 1 Barn Owl, 40+ Fieldfare, 30 Redwing, 5 Little Egret. Plus: 3 Roe Deer.

Sutton cum Lound - Red Kite [towards Tiln].

Thursday 6th March

Mansfield - Berry Hill: 1 Stonechat [male on pitch and putt course].

Ollerton - 50+ Siskin.

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Slavonian Grebe.

Lowdham - Glossy Ibis.

Wednesday 5th March

Beckingham Marshes RSPB - 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Shelduck, 1 Eurasian Curlew, 8 Northern Lapwing.

Lowdham - Glossy Ibis.

Tuesday 4th March

Kilvington Lakes - 1 Little Egret, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Redshank.

Selston - 1 Blackcap [male at Church Lane].

Lowdham - Glossy Ibis.

Monday 3rd March

Gringley Carr - Corn Bunting [singing].

Lowdham - Glossy Ibis.

Idle Valley Nature Reserve - Slavonian Grebe

Sunday 2nd March

Clumber Park - 1 Dipper [ford], c.30 Siskin, c.40 Brambling, 3 Goosander, 1 Common Goldeneye [male], 5 Mandarin Duck, Common Shelduck, 2 Water Rail.

Hoveringham - Railway Lake: 3 Mandarin Duck [all drakes], 3 Goosander [2 males, 1 female], 120 Eurasian Wigeon, 3 Eygptian Goose [over - with 80 Greylag Geese], 2 Oystercatcher [pair, also displaying on islands]. 23 Common Goldeneye, 19 Eurasian Teal, 5 Gadwall, 6 Common Pochard.

Lowdham - Glossy Ibis.

Saturday 1st March

Kilvington Lakes - 6 Whooper Swan.

Budby Pumping Station - 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Snipe, Lesser Redpoll, 2 Mandarine Duck.

Gonalston - Glossy Ibis [immature].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Common Shelduck, Cetti's Warbler [next to Tower Hide].

Many thanks to:

Sandy Aitken, M R Bartle, Chris Bell, Paul Bennett, Roger Bennett, Paul Beresford, D B Bonser, R M Box, Robin Brace, Neil Brown, Phil Burnham, Don Cameron, Andrew P Chick, Jim Clarke, John Corbett, David Dougherty, Steve Doxey, Les Fisher, Andy Franklin, Jeffrey Gellion, John Glover, Chris Golightly, David Goodall, Deborah Herlihy, Ian Hurst, Philip Johnson, Dave Jones, William Laidler, Spencer Lawrence, Matt Kelly, John Kenton, Andy Mason, Neil McLafferty, Josse McMahon, Nigel Mill, John Musgrove, Philip Norris, Robert Norris, Mark Osborne, Michael Parkin, Roger Pask, Richard Penson, Peter Playle, Dave Read, Alan Scrimshaw, Lee Scudder, Robin Sharman, Tom Shields, Marcus Silver, Keith Smith, Jane Spence, Darren Starling, Jan Thompson, Des Turner, David Tyldesley, Mark Tyler, Robert Tyler, Mark Wilde, Greg Wiley, Iain Wilson, John Wilson, Martyn Wilson, Jayne Winter, David Wood.