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 Andy Hall. 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 Andy Hall each month, using the Excel spreadsheet that can be downloaded from the Recording page.
Archived Sightings 2001 - 2019
Archived Sightings 2001 to 2019
Archived Sightings 2020
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.
Due to Nottinghamshire now in tier 3 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.
Hopefully daily updates will resume in early December.
Starling Murmurations.
We currently have two very large Starling murmurations in the County at Langford Lowfields and the Netherfield Lagoons.
The Langford Lowfields is the largest murmuration attracting 10’s of thousands although it's not consistent, so depending on the evening you can see between 5,000 to 18'000 with the possibility of larger numbers if you a lucky. The murmuration is mostly over Phases 2 and 3 and has been for at least the last week, therefore the best place to see it is from the end of the seasonal trail where it opens up into the flat area with the picnic bench.
The Netherfield murmuration is now numbering between 10,000 - 12,000 and is best viewed from the path between the Slurry Lagoon and the Deep Pit, although it would be viewable from anywhere on site.
Anyone wishing to view either of these spectacles is advised to arrive on site at around 15:00.
Monday 30th November
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 White-fronted Geese [Clifton Pit, 14:42].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - BITTERN [Chainbridge Scrape, 12:20].
Gunthorpe - 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET [together on the Main Pit, 11:43], Raven, Peregrine, Brambling [along Green Lane, near Bulcote Farm].
Barton in Fabis - 3 White-fronted Geese [Cottages Flash, 11:00].
Sunday 29th November
Hoveringham - CASPIAN GULL, 3 Yellow-legged Gull [in the Railway Pit roost, this evening].
Langford Lowfields - Little Bunting [showing on and off in the Crop field, 15:10 at least], WATER PIPIT [Deep Pit, 10:41], KNOT [Phase 3, 10:48 to 13:54 at least], Cetti's Warbler [Phase 2].
Idle Washlands - 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Slaynes Lane].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Clifton Pit].
Hoveringham/Gunthorpe - GREAT WHITE EGRET, 2 Red Kite, 2 Raven, 3 Pink-footed Geese [along the trent between Hoveringham and Gunthorpe].
Wollaton Park - 15+Ring-necked Parakeet [this afternoon].
Saturday 28th November
Netherfield Lagoons - 20,000 Starling [very little murmuration this evening, but the higest site count roost this year].
Langford Lowfields - Little Bunting [showed intermittently in the Crop field hedgerow 09:26 and 14:13 but very elusive]; also 11 Whooper Swan, GREAT WHITE EGRET, Pintail, Marsh Harrier, 2 Stonechat, 6 Tree Sparrow.
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - BITTERN, 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Chainbridge Scrape, late morning].
Idle Washlands - 6 Whooper Swan, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Pintail, Marsh Harrier, 2 Peregrine, 4 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Slaynes Lane].
Gunthorpe - GREAT WHITE EGRET, Chiffchaff.
Kilvington Lakes - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still on West Lake, this morning].
Friday 27th November
Langford Lowfields - Little Bunting [showed briefly 14:00 after disturbance from two idiots who thought it was a good idea to go into the crop field this morning, "Please only view from the public foot-paths and stay out of the field"!], 8 Lesser Redpoll [in Silver birch tree at end of seasonal trail, 11:00]; also GREAT WHITE EGRET [Silt Lagoon 7, 09:54], Marsh Harrier.
Holme Pierrepont - Short-eared Owl [mobbed by Crows over Blotts Pit, this evening].
Thoresby Park - 16 Whooper Swan, 54 Pink-footed Geese [through west, this evening]; also 4 Hawfinch, 5 Crossbill [over].
Gringley Carr - Short-eared Owl [late afternoon].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 9 Whooper Swan [7 adults/2 juv's, Coneries, early afternoon]; also Pintail.
Besthorpe Nature Reserve - 8 Curlew [on new phase]; also Goldeneye, Cetti's Warbler, 3 Little Egret, 3 Common Snipe.
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - BITTERN, 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Chainbridge Scrape, late morning], Woodcock [flushed from the river path beside Chainbridge Pit], 8 Red-crested Pochard [4 pairs, Neatholme], 20+Redpoll [behind Alans Meadow], Tawny Owl [Neatholme], Short-eared Owl [Tiln North, this evening].
Hoveringham - Redshank, Water Rail, Chiffchaff [Sailing Lake], Common Sandpiper [on the Trent opposite Ferry Farm Park].
Netherfield Lagoons - GREAT WHITE EGRET [on the Slurry Lagoon, 11:30].
Southwell - c.40 Pink-footed Geese [heading north-west, this morning].
Skegby Trail - c.100 Pink-footed Geese [heading north-west, 09:49].
Welbeck - 21 Whopper Swan [over Welbeck estates, heading north-east, 09:45].
Thursday 26th November
Hoveringham - MEDITERRANEAN GULL, 2 CASPIAN GULL [all adults, Railway Pit roost, this evening], CASPIAN GULL [adult, Railway Pit this morning]; also 6 Pochard, Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, Water Rail.
Langford Lowfields - Little Bunting [showed well in the hedgerow by the wild bird food crop field, 14:00]; Short-eared Owl [hunting over Silt Lagoon 7, 11:05] also Merlin.
Edingley - c.1000 Covid over to roost.
Gunthorpe - GREAT WHITE EGRET [again but mobile, mid-afternoon].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET, Marsh Harrier, Chiffchaff [Chainbridge Scrape East, early afternoon].
Holme Pierrepont - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still on A52 Pit, early afternoon], 3 Whooper Swan [Blotts Pit].
Kirklington - Woodcock [put up in stand of Willow].
Budby Pumping Station - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still Budby Flash, 10:17].
Idle Washlands - 158 Whooper Swan [along Slaynes Lane, this morning]; also 4 GREAT WHITE EGRET.
Wednesday 25th November
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Short-eared Owl [Tiln North, late afternoon], 2 Raven [flew westerly over Chainbridge Scrape, 15:45].
Rainworth - c.7000 Starling [over rainworth bypass towards Rufford colliery site, 15.55].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Whooper Swan [adult by the Visitor Centre, early afternoon], GREAT WHITE EGRET [flew over the reserve].
Kirklington - Blackcap [female, feeding on windfall apples].
Langford Lowfields - Little Bunting [showed briefly in hedge, 09:30 but no further sign].
Tuesday 24th November
Langford Lowfields - Little Bunting [showing on and off from 08:50 - 12:39 at least in the hedgerow by the wild bird food crop field], WATER PIPIT [reported as still present on the reserve by birdguides].
Thoresby - c.150 Pink-footed Geese [over north-west, 13:20].
Kirby in Ashfield - Red Kite [for 90 mins, over an area immediately to the south of NG17 7QD].
Kilton - Red Kite [drifted south-east over Morrisons, 10:10].
Idlestop - Merlin [male].
Idle Washlands - Whooper Swan, 2 Pintail, 45 Pochard, 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET, Merlin, Marsh Harrier [Slaynes Lane].
Kilvington Lakes - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still on West Lake, this morning].
Monday 23rd November
Langford Lowfields - Little Bunting [again in the hedgerow with Reed Buntings by the wild bird food crop field opposite the car park, 07:44, showing well on and off, 14:55 at least], Merlin [perched in trees in woodland overlooking the car park, 10:29]; also 2 Raven, 2 Stonechat, Water Rail, 7 Tree Sparrow, 6 Redpoll, 40+Reed Bunting.
Cottam - Great Grey Shrike [still by the Power Station off Torksey Ferry Road, 14:20].
Kirklington - 15-20 Siskin [feeding in Alder, River Greet].
Collingham Pits - GREAT WHITE EGRET [flew south].
Hoveringham - BLACK-NECKED GREBE [juvenlie, Railway Pit but very elusive, late morning]; also Goldeneye, 6 Pochard, Siskin.
Gringley Carr - 100+Golden Plover, 6 Whooper Swan.
Kilvington Lakes - GREAT WHITE EGRET [on spit on West Lake, mid-morning].
Sunday 22nd November
Langford Lowfields - Little Bunting [in the hedgerow with Reed Buntings by the wild bird food crop field opposite the car park, mid-afternoon and again in flight late afternoon as it flew north-west (calling three times) towards the reserve presumedly to roost. This constitutes only the second record for Nottinghamshire with the first record 23rd October 1950].
Holme Pierrepont - Dusky Warbler [showing incredibly well Blotts Pit, in reeds/willows by the far viewing screen along the dead end track over Barkers Bridge, 14:10 at least], GREAT WHITE EGRET [still A52 Pit, 08:40].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 2 BITTERN [Chainbridge Scrape, early afternoon], 6 GREAT WHITE EGRET [around the site].
Annesley Pit Top - 17 Whooper Swan [15 adults/2 juv's, dropped onto the Middle Lagoon, 10:56]
Collingham Pits - WOOD SANDPIPER [Ferry Lane Lake, on gravel islands 10:41, then flew north then back south and lost to view, 10:48], 13 Whooper Swan [in fields at the western end of Carton Ferry Lane], 6 Curlew [Ferry Lane Lake].
Kilvington Lakes - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [West Lake, this morning].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 12 Crossbill, 2 Stonechat [Budby Common].
Thoresby Park - GREAT WHITE EGRET [in trees at east end of lake, this morning]; also 4 Hawfinch, 4 Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, 20 Fieldfare.
St Ann's - 60 Pink-footed Geese [over the St Ann's Allotments, 09:26].
Cottam - Great Grey Shrike [still by the Power Station off Torksey Ferry Road, 08:50].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3+ GREAT WHITE EGRET [single Clifton Pit 08:03, three Coneries, 08:43], 2 Raven [north over Coneries, 07:44], Pintail, 40 Goosander [Clifton Pit, this evening].
East Stoke - Stonechat.
Budby Pumping Station - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still Budby Flash, 07:34], 5 Whooper Swan [over south-east, 09:35].
Idle Washlands - c.180 Whooper Swan [Slaynes Lane at dawn, then flew towards Gringley Carr], Pintail, 2 Goldeneye, Goosander, 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 4 Stonechat [Slaynes Lane].
Saturday 21st November
Holme Pierrepont - Dusky Warbler [again on the west side of Blotts Pit, in reeds at the base of the far viewing screen and surrounding willows along the dead end track over Barkers Bridge, 07:45 - 15:45 at least], also GREAT WHITE EGRET [A52/Blotts Pit, this afternoon], 2 Chiffchaff.
Cottam - Great Grey Shrike [still off Torksey Ferry Road, this afternoon].
Stoke Bardolph - Common Sandpiper, Chiffchaff [by the outflow].
Collingham Pits - 3 Pink-footed Geese, 2 Curlew, 2 Redshank [Ferry Lane Lake, late morning/early afternoon]; also 2 Lesser White-fronted Geese or hybrids.
Sherwood Forest NNR - 4 Crossbill [Budby South Forest, this morning].
Langford Lowfields - 5 Whooper Swan [Phase 3, 08:00]; also Marsh Harrier [female/juv], Raven [over Phase 2].
Bilsthorpe - 2 Raven [heading west, this morning].
Kilvington Lakes - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [West Lake, this morning]; also Goldeneye [female].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET [still on Neatholme Fen, this morning].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Clifton Pit, this morning].
Rufford Country Park - 8 Goosander [2 drakes], Kingfisher.
Friday 20th November
Cottam - Great Grey Shrike [still along the power station security fence, south of Torksey Ferry Road, this afternoon].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET [still on Neatholme Fen, early afternoon].
Kilvington Lakes - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still on West Lake, mid-morning].
Gunthorpe - GREAT WHITE EGRET, 28 Goosander.
Hoveringham - 2 Stonechat [Sailing Lake].
Thursday 19th November
Netherfield Lagoons - BITTERN [circled low over the lagoons at dusk calling], GREAT WHITE EGRET [on riverside fields].
Hoveringham - CASPIAN GULL [adult, in the Railway Pit roost, this evening], 5 Whooper Swan [Railway Pit, then flew towards the Sailing Lake, this morning]; also Pochard, Goldeneye, Goosander, Water Rail, 170 Northern Lapwing, 10 Fieldfare, 25 Siskin [Railway Pit mid-day].
Rainworth - Jack Snipe [on the eastern side of the old Rufford Colliery, 15:10].
Wilford - c.300 Pink-footed Geese [Wilford Hill, over A52 towards Clifton, 14:30].
Thoresby Pit Top - Snow Bunting [circled the Pit Top several times calling then flew north, 11:37].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 17 Crossbill [Budby Common, in the Triangle area viewed from the crossroads track, 11:30], LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER [female], 2 Brambling.
Annesley Pit Top - c.80 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 10:30], Crossbill [male, through north-west, this afternoon]; also 12 Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, Raven.
Cottam -Great Grey Shrike [along the power station security fence, south of Torksey Ferry Road, 10:00].
Tollerton - c.50 Pied Wagtail [on freshly ploughed field next to Tollerton Airfield].
Kilvington Lakes - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still on West Lake].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 55 Whooper Swan [on site, mainly on Clayworth Common this morning, flew into Chainbridge Scrape West late afternoon].
Budby Pumping Station - GREAT WHITE EGRET [again on Budby Flash, 08:07].
Holme Pierrepont - Dusky Warbler [calling and showing briefly at first light, c.40m south of Bakers Bridge but no sign since].
Wednesday 18th November
Gunthorpe GP's - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [feeding in long grass on the east side of the largest pit, mid-afternoon].
Kilvington Lakes - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still on West Lake].
Annesley Pit Top - Jack Snipe [flushed on top of the Plateau].
Cottam -Great Grey Shrike [still south of Torksey Ferry Road, late morning].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 11 Crossbill [Budby Common, this morning].
Gringley Carr - 230 Whooper Swan [this morning].
Hoveringham - 4 Whooper Swan [Railway Pit], Stonechat [Sailing Lake].
Holme Pierrepont - Dusky Warbler [still showing briefly/occasionally, c.40m south of Bakers Bridge this morning], GREAT WHITE EGRET [A52 Pit, mid-morning].
Tuesday 17th November
Holme Pierrepont - Dusky Warbler [still on the west side of Blotts Pit, c40 yards south of Barkers Bridge from the main footpath, calling and showing briefly, from first light to 15:05 at least].
Netherfield Lagoons - c.12,000 Starling [murmuration and roost, this evening].
Thoresby - 146 Pink-footed Geese [87 heading north-east, 15:40, 59 heading south-east, 11:30], 4 Whooper Swan [flew south-west over Thoresby Lake, 11:05]; also Red Kite, Peregrine.
Gringley Carr - 200+Whooper Swan [on first field on left].
Edingley - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [again present for most of the day].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 20 Crossbill [Budby Common, late morning].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Red Kite [over Neatholme Lane, 12:30], 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET [around the reserve].
Monday 16th November
Holme Pierrepont - Dusky Warbler [on the west side of Blotts Pit, c40 yards south of Barkers Bridge from the main footpath, calling and showing briefly but very elusive, early afternoon to dusk. This constitutes only the second record for Nottinghamshire with the first record 7th October 2007], Red Kite [over the Rowing Course], Stonechat, Grey Wagtail [Blotts Pit].
Hoveringham - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE [Railway Pit, flew off in the general direction of the Sailing Lake].
Edingley - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [in and out of ditch on Station Road, 12:50, joined by second 14:30].
Idle Washlands - White-fronted Goose [Slaynes Lane, on small island with Greylags, late morning].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 2 Raven [circling over Neatholme Pit, 11:19], GREAT WHITE EGRET [Chainbridge Scrape].
West Bridgford - Raven [west over Compton Acres, 09:05].
Sunday 15th November
Thoresby - 200 Pink-footed Geese [over east, 16:18]; also 2 Red Kite, Peregrine.
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Chainbridge Scrape/Tiln North], 200 Pink-footed Geese [east over Bellmoor Lake, 16:10].
Worksop - 200 Pink-footed Geese [north-east over Kilton Hill, 16:05].
Langford Lowfields - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Silt Lagoon 5, late afternoon], Marsh Harrier [Phase 2/Phase 3, seen hunting through out afternoon], Peregrine [Phase 3, on small island early afternoon].
Clumber Park - adult CASPIAN GULL, 2 Yellow-legged Gull [Clumber Lake, this afternoon], 3 Stonechat [at the Ford].
Cottam - Great Grey Shrike [again showing well near the Power Station, late morning - 14:00 at least]; also 2 Peregrine, Raven.
Sherwood Forest NNR - 12 Crossbill [Budby Common, 13:30]; also 4 Stonechat, Red Kite.
Idle Washlands - 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET, White-fronted Goose, 35 Whooper Swan, 2 Pintail, 8 Redshank, 2 Stonechat [Slaynes Lane], GREAT WHITE EGRET, 420 Lapwing, 30 Dunlin, 2 Ruff, 4 Redshank [unit 2].
Scrooby - 3 Stonechat [Scrooby top fisheries hedgerow scrub].
Bramcote - c.60 Golden Plover [farmland at the end of Common Lane], 4 Mandarin [on pond opposite Bramcote park,Ilkeston road].
Bennerley Marsh - GREAT WHITE EGRET [low over the Viaduct, 09:15].
Budby Pumping Station - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still on Budby Flash, early morning]; also Red Kite.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 CATTLE EGRET [Coneries roost, 07:52 and again this evening], GREAT WHITE EGRET [Coneries roost, this evening]; also 31 Goosander, 19 Goldeneye.
Saturday 14th November
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - BITTERN [Chainbridge Scrape West reed-bed, 10:45 - early afternoon], Whooper Swan [Bellmoor Lake, 14:30].
Kilvington Lakes - GREAT WHITE EGRET [West Lake, mid-morning].
Langford Lowfields - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET, juv Marsh Harrier [early morning].
Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - 47 Curlew [through north, early afternoon], c.500 Wigeon.
Friday 13th November
Netherfield Lagoons - MEDITERRANEAN GULL [adult, on Deep Pit, this afternoon], GREAT WHITE EGRET [riverside fields], Green Sandpiper [New Workings], c.10,000 Starling [murmuration and roost, Slurry Lagoon this evening].
Cotgrave - Woodcock [over Saxon Way, late afternoon].
Hoveringham - 2 Pink-footed Geese [Railway Pit 14:00-14:15, then flew off towards Caythorpe].
Langford Lowfields - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Silt Lagoon 5, mid-afternoon], Peregrine [over Phase 2].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Church Pond, commuting back and forth to Erewash Pit, 13:23].
Bilsthorpe - Raven [old Colliery site, 12:18].
Cottam - Great Grey Shrike [still present near the Power Station, 11:58 - 14:42 at least]; also 2 Raven.
Retford - Raven [over Babworth Church, 11:50].
Epperstone - 3 Red Kite [in the air together, back of Hagg Lane].
Bramcote - 2 Raven [Bramcote Hills Park, 08:10].
Thursday 12th November
Cottam - Great Grey Shrike [still showing well in dead tree near the Power Station, mid-afternoon], BLACK REDSTART [briefly also in the same dead tree, this afternoon].
Hoveringham - CASPIAN GULL [adult, Railway Pit].
Langford Lowfields - WATER PIPIT [still present].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 2 Brambling [Seymore Grove, 12:43].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Marsh Harrier [over Neatholme Scrape, 12:22], 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Neatholme Fen].
Thoresby - 12 Pink-footed Geese [east over, midday].
Idle Washlands - 4 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 15 Dunlin, 7 Redshank [Hagg Lane Flash].
Budby Pumping Station - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still on Budby Flash, 08:08].
Wednesday 11th November
Thoresby - 249 Pink-footed Geese [over north-west, this evening].
Cottam - Great Grey Shrike [still showing well, 16:30].
Sherwood Forest NNR - large numbers of Lesser Redpoll and Crossbill [Budby Common].
Osberton - 12 Crossbill [south-east over the Osberton Estate, 12:30].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - GREAT WHITE EGRET, 2 Pintail [pair], 2 Golden Plover [Neatholme area].
Hoveringham - CASPIAN GULL, MEDITERRANEAN GULL [both adults, Railway Pit, this morning], Common Sandpiper, 2 Stonechat [Sailing Lake].
Mansfield - Goosander [Quarry Lane NR, first site record].
Bulwell - 2+ Ring-necked Parakeet [heard calling Bulwell Park Woods].
Tuesday 10th November
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [late afternoon].
Hoveringham - 2 Whooper Swan, GREAT WHITE EGRET, Pintail, Common Sandpiper [Sailing Lake], Pintail [drake], Railway Pit] Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 6 Pochard, 70 Northern Lapwing [over], Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Great black-backed Gull, c.180 Lesser black-backed Gull [Railway Pit].
Netherfield Lagoons - GREAT WHITE EGRET [on the Slurry Lagoon/ditch opposite the Recycling Centre, 14:20].
Cottam - Great Grey Shrike [on fence/dead tree in front of the cooling towers, 10:00 - 15:20 at least].
Harworth Pit Top - 4 Jack Snipe, 20+Skylark, 3 Stonechat, 30+Meadow Pipit, Brambling [south-west], 8 Siskin, c.30 Redpoll.
Wollaton - 3 Ring-necked Parakeet [Harrow Road, this morning].
King's Mill Reservoir - Goldeneye, 34 Snipe.
Gunthorpe - 7 Goosander, 4 Goldeneye, 17 Little Egret.
Sibthorpe - Stonechat.
Monday 9th November
Cottam - Great Grey Shrike [showing well in the south-west corner of the Cottam Power Station boundary fence, mid-afternoon. From Rampton village take Torksey Ferry Roadfor about 800m to the junction on the right runs south beside a willow crop. The bird was along that lane and also the big trees just inside the power stn fence].
Langford Lowfields - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Silt Lagoon 5, early afternoon], 2 Whooper Swan [phase 3, early afternoon], 7 Curlew [fly over, late afternoon].
Holme Pierrepont - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still A52 Pit, early afternoon].
Hoveringham - GREAT WHITE EGRET, 2 Stonechat, Chiffchaff [Sailing Lake].
Clumber Park - Cetti's Warbler [calling by the bridge at Hardwick].
Kirklington - 50+Yellowhammer [in two flocks feeding on corn stubble with Reed Bunting, Chaffinch, Linnet]; also 12 Golden Plover, drake Mandarin, 70+Fieldfare.
King's Mill Reservoir - 5 Wigeon, Goldeneye, 30 Snipe.
Sunday 8th November
Collingham Pits - MEDITERRANEAN GULL [adult, in the Ferry Lane Lake roost, this evening].
Cottam - 2 BEWICK'S SWAN [adults, then flew south at 14:30]; also single Whooper Swan.
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Woodcock [over Chainbridge Lane paddocks], 7 Dunlin [Neatholme Scrape].
Langford Lowfields - 25 COMMON SCOTER [Deep Water Pit, 11:57], WATER PIPIT [Phase 3/Deep Water Pit], 2 Whooper Swan, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew [Phase 3].
Farndon - 2 Goosander [on the Trent].
Gunthorpe - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 36 Goosander [this morning].
Woodthorpe - Woodcock, Blackcap [private garden NG5].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 9 Whooper Swan [3 heading upriver, 09:17, 6 Church Pond, 14:30 - 15:00 at least].
Barton in Fabis - 2 Whooper Swan [heading south over the village, 09:05], GREAT WHITE EGRET [still in the Manor Rd/A453 Balancing Pond area, then flew towards Thrumpton, 08:00], 6+Stonechat in the area.
Idle Washlands - Merlin [along Slaynes Lane, this morning].
Budby Pumping Station - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still present, 07:22].
Keyworth - Grey Wagtail [in private garden].
Saturday 7th November
Langford Lowfields - 6 Whooper Swan, Pintail, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit [Phase 3, early afternoon], GREAT WHITE EGRET [Silt Lagoon 6], Marsh Harrier [over Phase 2, 12:36], 19 Whooper Swan [heading east along the Trent, 14:19].
Rufford Pit Top - Stonechat [female, near Desert Pond 14:00].
Holme Pierrepont - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still A52 Pit, 12:30].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Marsh Harrier [male, Chainbridge Scrape West, then flew east, mid-morning], Stonechat [Tiln North].
Barton in Fabis - GREAT WHITE EGRET [A453 Balancing Pond, this morning and again late afternoon]; also 4 Stonechat, 12+Yellowhammer, 10 Grey Partridge.
Holme Pierrepont - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [field between Holme Lane and Polser Brook].
Friday 6th November
Holme Pierrepont - 4 Whooper Swan [flew north-west over site, 16:41].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - BITTERN [Chainbridge Scrape, 14:20], 2 Marsh Harrier [male and female, Neatholme Fen, 15:45], 6 Stonechat [old Tiln North pig fields].
King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Goldeneye, 34 Snipe.
Kneesall - Red Kite [in field west of Kneesall wood 10:15].
Langford Lowfields - Marsh Harrier [over phase 2, this morning], 4+ Stonechat [Phase 1] 2+ Tree Sparrow [field next to car park], GREAT WHITE EGRET [Silt Lagoon 6, this afternoon].
Gunthorpe - 28 Goosander.
Thursday 5th November
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 2 BEWICK'S SWAN [adults, low south over Neatholme Scrape, 16:20]; also 4 Whooper Swan [Neatholme Scrape], GREAT WHITE EGRET, 4 Pintail [Neatholme Scrape], 8 Ruff, Redshank [Chainbridge Scrape].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 22 Goosander, Pintail [Clifton Pit, this evening], Stonechat [over the river by Cottages Flash].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 12 Crossbill [drinking from puddle at entrance to Budby Common, 13:11].
Langford Lowfields - Marsh Harrier [flew over Silt Lagoon 5, this afternoon], 2+ Tree Sparrow [field next to car park], GREAT WHITE EGRET [Silt Lagoon 6].
Worksop - Red Kite [Whaley Common, near Creswell approximately 12 noon].
Blyth -80 Pink-footed Geese [over north-east, late morning].
Rufford Pit Top - 90 Pink-footed Geese [west], 5 Golden Plover [Desert area].
Barton in Fabis - GREAT WHITE EGRET [A453 Balancing Pond, 09:55]; also Stonechat.
Hoveringham - 2 Stonechat [Sailing Lake].
Compton Acres - Woodcock [flew into window early morning, after a few hours of care it made a full recovery and flew off strongly].
Wednesday 4th November
Attenborough Nature Reserve - CATTLE EGRET [in the Coneries roost, this evening].
Bilsthorpe - 18 Pink-footed Geese [heading west, 16:07].
Netherfield Lagoons - Marsh Harrier [female circled low over the Slurry Lagoon, 14:55, then drifted south]; also Pintail, Swallow, 2 Raven.
Idle Washlands - 9 Whooper Swan [6 adults,3 juvs], Merlin, Stonechat, 2 Ruff, c.20 Dunlin, Redshank.
Langford Lowfields - 10 Whooper Swan, 3 Pintail, 2 Common Snipe [Phase 3]; 3 Green Sandpiper, WATER PIPIT [Deep Water Pit]; also 2 Stonchat, 5 Lesser Redpoll in area.
Hoveringham - 2 Whooper Swan, Green Sandpiper, 250 Lapwing, 2 Stonechat [Sailing Lake], 28 Pink-footed Geese [west, 13:23] .
Thoresby - 250 Pink-footed Geese [heading north-west, 13:40], 4 Hawfinch, 25 Crossbill, 2 Red Kite [this afternoon].
Whalesby - 250 Pink-footed Geese [heading north-west over Whalesby Pig Farm, 13:39]; also Yellow-legged Gull [adult], 100 LBB Gull.
Collingham Pits - c.333 Pink-footed Geese [two skeins, c.260 and c.73 heading north-west, 13:15].
Stoke Bardolph - Swallow [single, flew south-west, 11:00].
Annesley Pit Top - c.40 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 10:44]; also Crossbill, 2 Jack Snipe, 12 Common Snipe, 130+Lesser Redpoll, 36 Fieldfare north.
Center Parcs - c.250 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 09:50].
Cropwell - c.40 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 09:45].
Osberton - 150 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 09:36].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 550 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 09:30],BITTERN [Chainbridge Scrape].
Thorpe/Hawton - c.80 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 09:24].
Budby - c.80 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 08:56].
Sherwood Forest NNR - c.300 Pink-footed Geese [heading east over Budby Common, 08:47], 20+Crossbill [feeding on pines].
Holme Pierrepont - GREAT WHITE EGRET, 2 Stonechat [Blotts Pit, 07:51].
Tuesday 3rd November
Misterton Carr - c.70 Whooper Swan [distant view], c.200 Fieldfare, c.40 Golden Plover.
Scrooby - c.80 Pink-footed Geese [south-west, 12:26].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER [female, Bunker Wood then flew south, 12:15].
Aslockton - GREAT WHITE EGRET [near Cranmer’s Mound, 10:35].
Idle Washlands - c.80 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 10:00].
Budby - 400 Pink-footed Geese [341 heading east, 09:39; 59 east, 14:02].
Langford Lowfields - WATER PIPIT [Deep Water Pit, 09:04]; also 11 Whooper Swan, Goosander, 3 Pintail, 2 Shelduck, Redshank [this morning].
Monday 2nd November
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - GREAT WHITE EGRET [flew over Neatholme Scrape, late afternoon], 4 GBB Gull [Neatholme Fen roost].
Langford Lowfields - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Silt Lagoon 6, this afternoon], 4+Little Egret [Phase 3], 2 Stonechat [cycle path near Tarmac processing plant, this morning], 4+ Little Egret - phase 3
Netherfield Lagoons - CASPIAN GULL, Pintail [on the Slurry Lagoon, 15:00-15:15].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 CATTLE EGRET [Coneries roost, 09:38].
Sunday 1st November
Aslockton - GREAT WHITE EGRET [in rough grass field east of Aslockton, adjacent to the railway, 14:18].
Langford Lowfields - Merlin [female type, over Phase 3, 13:56]; also GREAT WHITE EGRET, 2 Pintail, Shelduck, 3 Stonechat.
Besthorpe NR - GREAT WHITE EGRET [on the Trent at Meering then flew north dropping into Girton Pits, early afternoon].
Gunthorpe - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [12:00 - 12:15 at least].
Holme Pierrepont - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [singles still on Old Skylarks Lake and A52 Pit, late morning].
Idle Washlands - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [still Slaynes Lane].
Misterton Carr - Merlin, 66 Whooper Swan, Yellow-legged Gull, Brambling [this morning].
Collingham Pits - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Ferry Lane Lake, 10:22].
Hoveringham - BLACK-NECKED GREBE [juv, Railway Pit, this morning]; also 4 Whooper Swan [2 adults to 12.45 at least], Cetti’s Warbler.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 CATTLE EGRET [still in the Coneries roost, 07:35], GARGANEY [again in the Barge Pit, 11:40].
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