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.

 

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.

Archived Sightings 2001 - 2020


Archived Sightings 2001 to 2020


Archived Sightings 2021


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.

During this period of lockdown restrictions for Corvid-19, it has been decided to once again revert back to weekly updates to discourage social gatherings.

Weekly updates will be put out each Sunday evening and will continue until government restrictions are lifted.

Wednesday 31st March

Langford Lowfields - Little Bunting [male, in crop field by car park, this morning], 2 COMMON CRANE [flew over north, 13:50], Whooper Swan [11, Phase 3], Sedge Warbler [single, Silt Lagoons], Yellow Wagtail [Phase 3], Swallow [4 over picnic site on mound], Great White Egret [pit beside entrance track], Peregrine [on pylon at car park].

Elkesley - Willow Warbler [singing by the River Poulter].

Budby Common - Woodlark [pair seen mating].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Whooper Swan [33 flew over Chainbridge Pit], Smew [redhead still on Neatholme Fen].

Collingham Pits - 6 House Martin, Great White Egret, 2 Common Tern [Ferry Lane Lake].

Bassingfield - Yellow Wagtail [two in horse paddocks].

Tuesday 30th March

Netherfield Lagoons - OSPREY [circled low then flew slowly north, 15:30].

Langford Lowfields - Little Bunting [male, still in hedge by car park, this morning], Great White Egret [Phase 3], 8 Curlew.

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - SCAUP [female still on Chainbridge Pit, this morning], Smew [redhead, showing well on Neatholme Fen], White Wagtail [Neatholme Fen], Northern Wheatear, LRP [Tiln North], 2 Great White Egret [Neatholme Fen].

Hoveringham - Northern Wheatear [on ploughed field off the access road].

Annesley Pit Top - Northern Wheatear.

Rufford Pit Top - 18 Chiffchaff.

Monday 29th March

South Muskham - Glossy Ibis [flew over towards sugar beet factory, 18:25].

Holme Pierrepont - LITTLE GULL [1st-winter again at A52 Pit, this evening].

Langford Lowfields - Little Bunting [male, singing in hedge by car park this morning]; also Smew [redhead still on site].

Colwick CP - LITTLE GULL [1st-winter again on Main Lake].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - OSPREY [over today].

King's Mill Reservoir - Water Rail, 9 Common Snipe.

Sunday 28th March

Holme Pierrepont - 2 SANDWICH TERN [flew north-west through Blotts Pit, this morning], KITTIWAKE [adult flew south-west through A52 Pit, 18:03], LITTLE GULL [1st-winter, A52 Pit].

Daneshill Lake - COMMON CRANE [flew south-east over railway crossing, 11:02].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Smew [redhead still at west end of Neatholme Fen], Swallow [two, Chainbridge Pit].

Colwick CP - LITTLE GULL [1st-winter, still mid-morning].

Maplebeck - BLACK REDSTART [male in garden near the centre of the village of Maplebeck, by the church and village green, 10:45].

Clifton Grove - OSPREY [flew east over Brandshill, 10:45].

Idle Washlands - Iceland Gull [probable flew north-west over Slaynes Lane, 10:30].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - SANDWICH TERN [Tween Pond/Clifton Pit, 07:30 - 09:30 at least], Sand Martin [c. 60, over Clifton Pit].

Annesley Pit Top - White Wagtail [one on Middle Lagoon].

Besthorpe NR - White Wagtail [three with Pied Wagtail flock in ploughed field at Meering].

Sibthorpe - White Wagtail.

Saturday 27th March

Colwick CP - LITTLE GULL [1st-winter, still mid-morning].

Budby Pumping Station - OSPREY [through north, 09:30].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - SCAUP [female still on Chainbridge Pit], Whooper Swan [20 Clayworth Common], Northern Wheatear [two in field behind Conservation Lake], Great White Egret [3/4 on site].

King's Mill Reservoir - 7 Common Snipe, 10 Sand Martin.

Collingham Pits - Swallow.

Holme Pierrepont - White Wagtail [near Hacketts Fishing Lake], Swallow [flew east over Blotts Pit].

Skegby - Northern Wheatear [female, 07:24].

Friday 26th March

Langford Lowfields - Little Bunting [in hedge by car park, mid-afternoon].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - SCAUP [female still on Chainbridge Pit], Whooper Swan [20, Tiln North, 10 Chainbridge Pit],

Colwick CP - LITTLE GULL [1st-winter briefly at Colwick Lake, this morning].

Thursday 25th March

Holme Pierrepont - Smew [drk and redhead, A52 Pit].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Smew [redhead still at west end of Neatholme Fen from screen], Marsh Harrier [juvenile], 2 Red-crested Pochard [pair on Linghurst].

King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Goosander, 7 Sand Martin

Hoveringham - LRP [single, flooded field north of Sailing Lake].

Wednesday 24th March

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - COMMON CRANE [two flew south over Chainbridge Scrape, 09:10], SCAUP [female, still Chainbridge Pit], LITTLE GULL [single at Parish Park, 11:10], Whooper Swan [10 still on Tiln North, 2 Bellmoor Lake].

Collingham Pits - SCAUP [two females on Ferry Lane Lake].

Netherfield Lagoons - BEARDED TIT [single on Slurry Lagoon].

Holme Pierrepont - Common Tern, 2 Smew [A52 Pit, this morning], LRP [Blotts Pit].

King's Mill Reservoir - Goldeneye.

Tuesday 23rd March

Netherfield Lagoons - 2 BEARDED TIT [at least two in reedbed at north end of Deep Pit].

Idle Washlands - Sand Martin [four along Slaynes Lane, this morning].

Langford Lowfields - WATER PIPIT, LRP [Deep Pit], Smew [redhead, Phase 3].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 14 Whooper Swan [Tiln North], Great White Egret [Chainbridge Scrape East], Willow Warbler [single, along Hawthorn Lane], 6 Sand Martin [Neatholme Fen].

Budby Pumping Station - Sand Martin [4 present this morning].

Monday 22nd March

Besthorpe NR - GARGANEY [Mons Pool].

Idle Washlands - SPOTTED REDSHANK [still Hagg Lane Flash, this morning].

Langford Lowfields - WATER PIPIT, Smew [Phase 3].

Wollaton - Ring-necked Parakeet [feeding on blossom in private garden throughout the month; 16th – 2, 17th – 6, 18th – 2, 20th – 6, 22nd – 7].

Besthorpe NR - 2 Great White Egret [Mons Pool].

Clifton Grove - 13 Goosander [on Trent below the Grove, 10:45].

Sunday 21st March

Idle Washlands - KITTIWAKE [adult on Slaynes Lane briefly this morning], SPOTTED REDSHANK [one still on Hagg Lane Flash].

Attenborough NR - Osprey [one flew through early morning].

Holme Pierrepont - 2 Smew [one drake and one redhead still on A52 Pit].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Smew [redhead still on Neatholme Fen, also Ringed Plover briefly], 2 Curlew [Blaco], 67 Whooper Swan [flew north over Belmoor Lake].

Bennerley Marsh - 65 Golden Plover, 2 Little Egret, Peregrine.

Saturday 20th March

Idle Washlands - SPOTTED REDSHANK [one on Hagg Lane Flash, plus 20 Common Redshank].

Annesley Pit Top - Little Ringed Plover [one on Bottom Lagoon].

Wiverton - 2 Brambling [on feeders].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 245 Whoopers Swans [on Chainbridge Scrape at 07:09, but departed by 08:20]. Smew [redhead still on Neatholme Fen]. Curlew [briefly on Tiln North]

Langford Lowfields RSPB - 202 Whoopers Swans [departed at 08:30].

Kingsmill Res - 69 Whoopers Swans [departed at 08:55].

Ranskill - 70 Whooper Swans [north at 09.10].

Friday 19th March

Annesley Pit Top - ROCK PIPIT [one at Pit Top].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - GREATER SCAUP [one on Chainbridge Pit], 380 Whoopers Swans [including 120 north at 12:42, 160 on Chainbridge Pit at 14:30, 70 north over Bellmoor at 18:10 and another 30 north over Bellmoor at 18:37], 2 Dunlin [Tiln North].

Idle Washlands - 3 COMMON SCOTER [along Slaynes Lane at dusk], 154 Whooper Swans [120 flew north, plus 34 at dusk].

Kingsmill Reservoir - 65 Whooper Swan [late afternoon].

Clipstone - 35 Whooper Swans [north over Vicar Water at 18:14].

Southwell - 30 Whooper Swan [over NTU Brackenhurst].

Newark on Trent - 22 Whooper Swan [flew west].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 Sand Martin [over Tween Pond].

Misson Carr - Willow Warbler [one at yesterday].

Thursday 18th March

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 22 Whooper Swans [Tiln North].

Retford - 12 Whooper Swans [north at 09:00].

Hoveringham - 8 Whooper Swan [eight adults on Railway Pit].

Wednesday 17th March

Newark on Trent - Short-eared Owl [one circled nearby early afternoon].

Bennerley Marsh - Little Ringed Plover

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Smew [redhead still on Neatholme Fen].

Tuesday 16th March

Holme Pierrepont - MEDITERRANEAN GULL [2nd year].

Eakring - 4 Jack Snipe [three at Penny Pasture and another at Eakring Meadows].

Sherwood Forest - Curlew [one flew NW at 17:54].

Rufford Pit Top - 2 COMMON REDPOLL, Marsh Tit.

Monday 15th March

Harworth - BLACK REDSTART [male on hillside opposite Harworth and Bircotes Recreation Ground].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Smew [redhead still on Neatholme Fen].

Sunday 14th March

Annesley Pit Top - KITTIWAKE [adult briefly this morning, then flew north west].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - KITTIWAKE [adult flew west over Tiln North].

Idle Washlands - KITTIWAKE [adult along Slaynes Lane this morning],

Harworth - BLACK REDSTART [male on hillside opposite Harworth and Bircotes Recreation Ground].

Saturday 13th March

Harworth - BLACK REDSTART [male on hillside opposite Harworth and Bircotes Recreation Ground].

Friday 12th March

Sherwood Forest CP - GANNET [one flew high north-east at 17:40].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Smew [redhead still on Neatholme Fen] also 12 Sand Martin.

Rufford CP - 2 Hawfinch [in main car park].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Brambling [ on riverside path old car park junction].

Thursday 11th March

Colwick CP - RED-BREASTED MERGANSER [drake still on Colwick Lake].

Harworth - BLACK REDSTART [male on hillside opposite Harworth and Bircotes Recreation Ground].

Wednesday 10th March

Colwick CP - RED-BREASTED MERGANSER [drake still on Colwick Lake].

Blidworth - 80 Whooper Swan [flying north-west, 18.00].

Woodthorpe - COMMON REDPOLL [at least one in garden at Mapperley Park].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Smew [redhead still on Neatholme Fen] also 4 Sand Martin.

Tuesday 9th March

Colwick CP - RED-BREASTED MERGANSER [drake still on Colwick Lake].

Harworth - BLACK REDSTART [male on hillside opposite Harworth and Bircotes Recreation Ground].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - KITTIWAKE [on Neatholme Pit / Scrape this afternoon], Smew [redhead still on Neatholme Fen].

Annesley Pit Top - Sand Martin [this afternoon].

Bennerley Marsh - 100 Golden Plover [early morning].

Monday 8th March

Newark on Trent - Glossy Ibis [flew from the pond and landed out of sight to the right of the wooded area, viewed from Nether Lock].

Harworth - BLACK REDSTART [male on hillside opposite Harworth and Bircotes Recreation Ground].

Colwick CP - RED-BREASTED MERGANSER [drake on Colwick Lake], also Yellow-leeged Gull [adult briefly].

Sunday 7th March

Newark on Trent - Glossy Ibis [on pool opposite Nether Lock again at midday].

Holme Pierrepont - 2 Spoonbill [on Blotts Pit again early morning, until they flew off highat 08:25].

Annesley Pit Top - KITTIWAKE [adult this morning].

Harworth - BLACK REDSTART [male on hillside opposite Harworth and Bircotes Recreation Ground].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Smew [redhead still on Neatholme Fen], Green Sandpiper [Chainbridge Lane], at least 4 Great White Egrets and 8 singing Chiffchaff around the site today.

Besthorpe NWT - 2 Smew [2 redheads on Mons Pool, 14:37].

Idle Washlands - 30 Whooper Swan [Slaynes Lane].

Clumber Park - Hawfinch [still in trees near chapel although elusive,11:46].

Saturday 6th March

Newark on Trent - Glossy Ibis [ in flight again over fields by British Sugar factory, best viewed from Trent Lock].

Holme Pierrepont - 2 Spoonbill [present on Blotts Pit from 16:10 until 18:02 when they flew north].

Idle Washlands - RED-BREASTED MERGANSER [briefly on Hagg Lane Flash at 14:50, then flew East], 14 Whooper Swans, 5 Pintail, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 14 Redshank [Slaynes Lane].

Idle Bank - 2 Russian White-fronted Geese [in fields with 550 Pink-footed Geese].

Harworth - BLACK REDSTART [male on hillside opposite Harworth and Bircotes Recreation Ground].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - Goshawk [10:00].

Thoresby - Great White Egret [on floos by A614].

Friday 5th March

Newark on Trent - Glossy Ibis [showing intermittently in fields by British Sugar factory; viewable from footpath along east side of River Trent].

Idle Washlands - RED-BREASTED MERGANSER [again on River Idle by Slaynes Lane], also 27 Curlew over.

Harworth - BLACK REDSTART [male on hillside opposite Harworth and Bircotes Recreation Ground], also c 50 Pink-footed Geese move NW.

Budby Common - 6 Common Crossbill.

Rufford CP - 10 Hawfinch [again this morning].

Sherwood Forest - Pink-footed Goose [small flock moved NW 08:57].

Hickling - Mandarin [with Mallards on the Grantham Canal].

Thursday 4th March

Newark on Trent - Glossy Ibis [one flew over bypass towards British Sugar factory].

Idle Washlands - RED-BREASTED MERGANSER [one at Slaynes Lane mid-afternoon].

Harworth - BLACK REDSTART [male on hillside opposite Harworth and Bircotes Recreation Ground].

Treswell - 30 Corn Bunting [in hedge along Ashley Lane].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Smew [redhead still on Neatholme Fen].

Clumber Park - Hawfinch [one still].

Wednesday 3rd March

Harworth - BLACK REDSTART [male on hillside opposite Harworth and Bircotes Recreation Ground].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Smew [redhead still on Neatholme Fen].

Besthorpe NWT - 2 Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret [Mons Pool].

Holme Pierepont - Great White Egret [Blotts Pit, 10.00].

Elkesley - Sand Martin [one over River Poulter by reservior].

Bennerley Marsh - 85 Golden Plover.

Tuesday 2nd March

Harworth - BLACK REDSTART [male on hillside opposite Harworth and Bircotes Recreation Ground].

Langford Lowfields RSPB - WATER PIPIT [one from path on south side].

Elkesley - c100 Corn Bunting

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Smew [redhead still on Neatholme Fen].

Bennerley Marsh - 40 Golden Plover [this afternoon].

Monday 1st March

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Smew [redhead still on Neatholme Fen], Green Sandpiper [Tiln North].

Annesley Pit Top - 4 Whooper Swan [this morning; also Jack Snipe].

Holme Pierepont - Whooper Swan [single on Blotts Pit].

Many thanks to:

Celia Abbott, Saj Ahmad, Joanne Atkinson, Bob Beck, Robin Brace, Alan Bradley, Paul Buxton, Don Cameron, Darren Chapman, Kevin Clarke, Alan Clewes, Miles Cluff, Wayne Collingham, Carl Cornish, Peter Cottam, Ian Cowgill, Mark Dawson, Rod Dean, John Ellis, John Forester, Robert Fuge, David Gilbert, Russ Gimson, Gil Green, John Forester, Adey Fox, Rae Harrington, John Hopper, Philip Johnson, Mike Leatherland, Jonathan Lloyd, Dawn Marie, Martin McCallum, Peter Mee, Ruth Nettleship, Lesley Noar, Robert and Ann Oates, Raymond Parker, David Parkin, Steve Payne, Clive Prescott, Dave Read, Phil Read, Andy Richmond, Simon Roberts, Pete Saunders, Alan Scrimshaw, Andy Shooter, Mark Speck, Simon Thompson, Mick Tring, David Tyldesley, Tony Wardell, Mark Wilde, Andy Winning.



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