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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.
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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.
Saturday 31st October
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 CATTLE EGRET [Coneries roost, this evening]
Colwick CP - GREAT WHITE EGRET, 17 Little Egret [into roost this evening].
Langford Lowfields - 10,000+Starling [murmuration and roost, this evening].
Netherfield Lagoons - 5,000+Starling [murmuration and roost, this evening], CASPIAN GULL [third/fouth-winter, Slurry Lagoon, 11:06].
Cotgrave - c.110 Pink-footed Geese [high east, late afternoon].
Barton in Fabis - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still present in the A453 Balancing Pond/Manor Rd area, 12:45 - 15:15 at least]; also 8 Grey Partridge.
Holme Pierrepont - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [singles still on Old Skylarks Lake and A52 Pit, early afternoon].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [singles on Chainbridge Scrape, Neatholme Fen, late morning].
Besthorpe NR - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Meering Marsh, flew in from the north, 10:56].
Nottingham City - 2 Greater White-fronted Geese [reported on Trent Eastbank just down from Ladybay Bridge, 09:10].
Langford Lowfields - 2 CASPIAN GULL [adult and first-winter Phase 3, 09:00]
Budby Pumping Station - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still present on Budby Flash].
Friday 30th October
Netherfield Lagoons - 5,000+Starling [murmuration and roost, this evening], CASPIAN GULL [adult, on the roof of Enva Recycling Centre, 14:04], GREAT WHITE EGRET [through north, early afternoon], 2 Pintail.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 25 Goosander, 3 Pintail [Clifton Pit, this evening].
Idle Washlands - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 4 Whooper Swan, 2 Pintail, Marsh Harrier [Slaynes Lane, this afternoon].
Holme Pierrepont - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still Old Skylarks Lake, 10:41].
Budby - c.150 Pink-footed Geese [heading south-east, 09:25].
Bothamsall - GREAT WHITE EGRET [in field by the river Meden, 08:30].
Thursday 29th October
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 CATTLE EGRET [into roost on Coneries, this evening]; also Pintail [juvenile], 25 Goosander [Clifton Pit].
Holme Pierrepont - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Old Skylarks Lake, then flew towards Colwick at dusk].
Carlton on Trent - CATTLE EGRET [east of the village in cattle field with 4 Little Egret, early afternoon].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - GREAT WHITE EGRET [singles on Chainbridge Scrape, Neatholme Fen, early afternoon]; also 2 Pintail, 5 Snipe, Ruff, Green Sandpiper.
Papplewick - 2 Peregrine [adult and Juvenile near the miller and carter, this morning].
East Bridgford - Red Kite [over the A46 near to East Bridgford garden center, 08:46].
Hickling Pastures - Merlin [early morning].
Wednesday 28th October
Holme Pierrepont - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still on Old Skylarks Lake, this evening], Whooper Swan [adult, Blotts Pit, 07:44].
Thoresby - 100 Pink-footed Geese [over east, 15:30].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GARGANEY [showing very well on the Barge Channel, on the Nott's/Derby's boundary, early afternoon], GREAT WHITE EGRET [Barge Pit, 11:30], Whooper Swan [adult, Tween, 10:50]; also 16 Goosander, 400 Lapwing [Clifton Pit].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - GREAT WHITE EGRET, 5 Stonechat.
Langford Lowfields - CASPIAN GULL [German ringed X34E, Phase 3, this morning]; also Rock/Water Pipit, Golden Plover, 3 Stonechat, Marsh Harrier [female/juv wing-taged, red 1F], Merlin [female type, flew by Langford Church].
Hoveringham - GREAT WHITE EGRET, 3 Grey Partridge [Sailing Lake Bridleway this morning].
Tuesday 27th October
Netherfield Lagoons - CASPIAN GULL [adult, on roof of Enva Recycling Centre, 11:18].
Budby Pumping Station - GREAT WHITE EGRET [on pond just before the Pumping Station, 11:13].
Idle Washlands - 140+ Whooper Swan [between Misson and Idle-stop, this morning].
Gringley Carr - 51 Whooper Swan, Peregrine [this morning].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREAT WHITE EGRET [briefly on Clifton Pit, this morning]; also c.50 Wigeon/Teal, Common Snipe [Church Pond].
Kilvington Lakes - Yellow-legged Gull [West Lake, this morning]; also 120 Cormorant.
Monday 26th October
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Church Pond, mid-afternoon].
Gedling Country Park - LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER [in the tops of Silver Birch this morning, on lower path opposite where the new road is being constructed]; also 2 Raven over.
Bilsthorpe - Raven [through south, this morning].
Sunday 25th October
Sherwood Forest NNR - 20 Crossbill [Budby South Forest, this afternoon].
Besthorpe NR - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Meering Marsh, 15:09]; also Stonechat.
Hoveringham - Ruddy Shelduck [flying downstream, 15:00]. Also Goosander.
East Stoke - 150+ Fieldfare, 80 Redpoll [this afternoon].
Spalford Warren - Red Kite [flyover 13:30].
Barton in Fabis/Thrumpton - GREAT WHITE EGRET [along the flood-bank off Manor Rd, then flew towards Thrumpton, 12:20; also briefly on Cottages Flash, 07:29], Green Sandpiper [along flooded dyke behind Cottages Flash], 10 Golden Plover [Trentside], 3 Stonechat [A453 Balancing Pond].
Holme Pierrepont - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [still present, A52 Pit/Old Skylarks Lake].
Hoveringham - 3 BLACK-NECKED GREBE [juveniles, Railway Pit, this morning]; also Raven over.
Langford Lowfields - Rock/Water Pipit [Deep Pit, this morning], GREAT WHITE EGRET [Silt Lagoon 5], Greenshank [calling from the New Workings area], Curlew [over], Stonechat, 2 Goldeneye [Phase 3].
Retford - 2 Swallow [heading south, this morning].
Budby Pumping Station - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still present, Budby Flash, this morning].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Crossbill [single calling in flight over pines by Bailey Bridge, 07:25], 2 Whooper Swan [Clayworth Common/Tiln North], 2 Stonechat, Water Rail [Tiln North], Marsh Harrier [female, Chainbridge Scrape], 2 Pintail, Green Sandpiper [Neatholme Fen], GREAT WHITE EGRET [Chainbridge Scrape].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 CATTLE EGRET, GREAT WHITE EGRET [Coneries, 06:37 - 06:43], CASPIAN GULL [sub-adult, reported again then relocated on the Long Eaton GP's, Derby's mid-afternoon].
Saturday 24th October
Thoresby - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Perlethorpe on flooded fields], also Peregrine, 2 Raven.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - CASPIAN GULL [sub-adult, Sailing Lake briefly early afternoon, then headed west].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 3 Crossbill [still showing in pines near Bailey Bridge, late morning].
Holme Pierrepont - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [still present, A52 Pit/Old Skylarks Lake].
Harwell - 30 Grey Partridge [Pasture Farm].
Budby Pumping Station - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still present, Budby Flash, this morning].
Annesley Pit Top - Jack Snipe [flushed, this morning].
Friday 23rd October
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [singles on Church Pond/Erewash outflow, this evening].
Holme Pierrepont - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [singles on A52 Pit/Old Skylarks Lake, this evening].
Annesley Pit Top - Jack Snipe, 3 Common Snipe [flushed, this evening].
Hoveringham - 2 BLACK-NECKED GREBE [still on the Railway Pit, 12:20]; also the Aythya hybrid Tufted Duck x Pochard has returned again.
Colwick CP - ARCTIC TERN [juvenile, briefly landed on Colwick Lake then flew north-west, late morning].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 3 Crossbill [showing in pines near Bailey Bridge Bellmoor, this morning]; also c.175 Red-crested Pochard [on the Trout Lake].
Langford Lowfields - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Silt Lagoon 7/Phase 1 then flew towards the Trent, this morning], BITTERN [in flight north of the Boardwalk, this evening].
Burton Joyce/Gunthorpe - GREAT WHITE EGRET, 5 Little Egret [on the river Trent between Burton Joyce and Gunthorpe, 08:00].
Thursday 22nd October
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 2 Crossbill [in pines near Bunker Wood, late evening], Jack Snipe [south-west corner of Tiln North, 15:09].
Burton Joyce - Hobby [high over river heading south, 14:15].
Rolleston - CATTLE EGRET [in cow field south of Rolleston opposite the entrance to Swillow Lane].
Spalford Warren - 100+Lesser Redpoll [this afternoon].
Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - GOSHAWK [adult female and juvenile, showing well late morning]; also Brambling over.
Holme Pierrepont - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Old Skylarks Pond, late morning].
Wysall - Red Kite [on Keyworth side of Wysall, 11:00].
Hoveringham - 2 BLACK-NECKED GREBE [Railway Pit, this morning although elusive]; also 4 Pochard, Goldeneye [Railway Pit], 45 Mistle Thrush [through south in 2 groups].
Gunthorpe - GREAT WHITE EGRET, 13 Whooper Swans [adults], 9 Goosander.
Budby Common - 4 Woodlark, 250 Redpoll.
Kilvington Lakes - Stonechat; also 3 Lesser Redpoll.
Osberton - Merlin [female], 25 Crossbill [Osberton Estate, this morning].
Langford Lowfields - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Phase 1, this morning], 4 Tree Sparrow [in crop field near the car park].
Wednesday 21st October
Gringley Carr - Merlin [this afternoon].
Holme Pierrepont - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still A52 Pit].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 6 Whooper Swan [Chainbridge Pit, this morning], Marsh Harrier [juvenile, Neatholme Pit].
Hoveringham - Water Rail, Green Sandpiper [Sailing Lake, this morning].
Tuesday 20th October
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 CATTLE EGRET [roosting on Coneries, late afternoon]; also 10 Goldeneye, 12 Goosander.
Holme Pierrepont - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still present on the A52 Pit].
Langford Lowfields - ROCK PIPIT [Deep Water Pit, midday], Greenshank [Phase 3, this morning].
Hoveringham - GREAT WHITE EGRET [flew off towards River/Gibsmere, 11.10], 6 Pochard, 3 Goldeneye, 6 Goosander, 200 Northern Lapwing, Fieldfare moving south-west in small groups [Sailing Lake morning]
Budby Pumping Station - GREAT WHITE EGRET [again early morning]; also Red Kite [over Budby, 11:45].
Epperstone - 12 Grey Partridge [in field off Chapel Lane].
Monday 19th October
Thoresby - RING OUZEL [first-winter feeding in private garden area, then flew towards Budby with Fieldfares, this afternoon]; also Merlin, Red Kite, 11 Crossbill, 2 Hawfinch, 2 Raven, Stonechat [all in area with no public rights of way].
Annesley Pit Top - 17 Grey Partridge, 7 Common Snipe, 8 Crossbill, 2 Stonechat, 50+ Lesser Redpoll, good numbers of Redwing/Fieldfare on the move north, this evening.
Langford Lowfields - 2 ROCK PIPIT [single Phase 3, second flew over, this afternoon]; also Yellow-legged Gull [second-winter, Phase 3].
Besthorpe NR - GREAT WHITE EGRET [flew into Meering Marsh 14:40 for about 35 mins before flying off north], 3 Redshank, Stonechat.
Budby Common - 7 Crossbill [6 male] and conservative estimate of 400 Lesser Redpoll.
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still Chainbridge Pit], 2 Raven [north over Bunker Wood, late morning].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still Clifton Pit].
Clifton - Raven [over NTU Campus].
Barton in Fabis - 2 Stonechat [still A453 Balancing Pond, 14:45].
Rainworth - 10 Mandarin [6 drakes], 8 Redwing [Rainworth Water].
King's Mill Reservoir - 28 Shoveler, 2 Goosander, 19 Common Snipe, c.30 Fieldfare [over].
Sutton in Ashfield - 2 Ring-necked Parakeet [Sutton Lawns].
Sunday 18th October
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still Clifton Pit, late afternoon].
Woodborough - 500+Pink-footed Geese [over east, 16:30].
Rise Park - 250 Pink-footed Geese [over north-east, late afternoon].
Holme Pierrepont - ROCK PIPIT [A52 Pit], GREAT WHITE EGRET [Old Skylarks Lake].
Barton in Fabis - Green Sandpiper, 4 Snipe [Cottages Flash, late morning], 2 Stonechat.
Haywood Oaks - Red Kite [flying north over Haywood Oaks/A614 junc, 11:50].
Cotham - 3 Raven [over this morning].
Besthorpe NR - 2 BEARDED TIT [males, Meering Mash].
Budby Common - 4 Common Crossbill, 2 Stonechat, 20 Lesser Redpoll.
Hickling - 150+ Pink-footed Geese [over east], Fieldfare [several small flocks through], Mandarin [on the canal], Raven [over], 200+ Greenfinch [feeding on linseed stubble].
Budby Pumping Station - GREAT WHITE EGRET [again this morning].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 12 Whooper Swan [flew into Chainbridge Scrape, this morning], Cetti's Warbler [Hawthorn Lane], 2 Stonechat [Idle Bank, just south of the bridge].
Gringley Carr - 11 Whooper Swan [this morning].
Saturday 17th October
Langford Lowfields - Yellow-browed Warbler [still present, seen and heard between the footpath and Beach Hut, 14:30 - 15:46]; also ROCK PIPIT [over Phase 3], 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET, BITTERN [over Phase 1], Green Sandpiper [Silt Lagoon].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 10 Whooper Swan [dropped into Tiln North, 13:04], 2 MEALY REDPOLL [in with flock of c.100 Lesser Redpoll [Neatholme Fen], GREAT WHITE EGRET [Chainbridge Scrape], 7 Ruff [Neatholme Fen], Ring-necked Parakeet [over Hallcroft].
Annesley Pit Top - 23 Whooper Swan [flew over south, late morning]; also 2 Brambling, 22 Crossbill, Jack Snipe and a count of 460+ Jackdaw.
Clumber Park - 5 GREAT WHITE EGRET [flew east over Clumber Lake, this morning]; also 14 Crossbill.
Budby Pumping Station - GREAT WHITE EGRET [09:43 for twenty minutes].
Holme Pierrepont - 2 Stonechat [pair, Blotts Pit].
Friday 16th October
Rolleston - Great Grey Shrike [first-winter, Swillow Lane showing well 14:30-16:00 at least].
Langford Lowfields - Yellow-browed Warbler [calling by Pond 6, early afternoon], CASPIAN GULL [second-winter, German ringed X34E Phase 3], 2 BEARDED TIT [male and female, Phase 1], GREAT WHITE EGRET [flew up the Trent towards Collingham], Jack Snipe [Phase 3], Crossbill [through north], 62 Pink-footed Geese [heading east].
Thoresby - Merlin [female, flew east towards the Courtyard, 11:45], 15 Pink-footed Geese [heading east], 3 Hawfinch.
Idle Washlands - 16 Whooper Swan [east], 3 Pintail, c.40 Pochard, Marsh Harrier, 35 Dunlin, 8 Redshank, 7 Ruff, 20 Fieldfare [Slaynes Lane, Misson], 5+ GREAT WHITE EGRET [Slaynes Lane/Newington Flash].
Idle Stop/Park Drain - c.395 Pink-footed Geese [195 in fields, 200+ over east].
Hoveringham - BLACK-NECKED GREBE, 4 Goldeneye, Goosander, Common Sandpiper, ROCK PIPIT, 2 Stonechat [Sailing Lake].
Nuthall - c.75 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 11:20].
Harwell - c.30 Pink-footed Geese [heading north-east, 10:33].
Keyworth - 2 Swallow [through east, this morning].
Thursday 15th October
Collingham - 2 White-fronted Geese [Ferry Farm Lake, 14:50-15:00]; also 2 Pintail.
St Ann's - c.70 Pink-footed Geese [over south-west, 10:04].
Newark - c.70 Pink-footed Geese [over north, 10:02].
Carlton - 80 Pink-footed Geese [flew south-west, 09:55].
East Leake - 5 Swallow [feeding low over the brook in the center of East Leake village, 09:20].
West Bridgford - 7 Fieldfare [atop Conifers opposite the Registry Office, 09:00].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Jack Snipe [south-east corner of Tiln North, this morning], Marsh Harrier [Tiln North], White Wagtail [Chainbridge Pit], GREAT WHITE EGRET [Chainbridge].
King's Mill Reservoir - 23 Common Snipe, 2 Chiffchaff.
Budby Pumping Station - GREAT WHITE EGRET [briefly, early morning].
Wednesday 14th October
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 70 Pink-footed Geese [over Tiln North, 17:40].
Holme Pierrepont - GREATER SCAUP [female, A52 Pit, this afternoon], ROCK PIPIT [flew north], 11 Whooper Swan [through south, this morning], GREAT WHITE EGRET [still A52 Pit].
Langford Lowfields - 3 KNOT [Phase 3, midday], CASPIAN GULL [2w, German ringed X34E, Phase 3].
Hoveringham - KNOT [single flew north-east], 3 Goldeneye, 2 Swallow, 2 Cetti's Warbler [Sailing Lake].
Kilvington Lakes - 2 Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Stonechat, Goldeneye [all West Lake, this morning].
Annesley Pit Top - KNOT [Bottom Lagoon, 07:58]; also 3 Crossbill, 70+Lesser Redpoll, 200+Redwing, 6 Snipe.
Tuesday 13th October
Langford Lowfields -4 Whooper Swan, 2w CASPIAN GULL, ROCK PIPIT [Phase 3, this afternoon], BEARDED TIT [Phase 1], 2 Raven [west over Phase 2].
Clipstone - 2 Crossbill [flying south from Intake Wood, 12:30].
Budby Pumping Station - 2 Raven [midday].
Gunthorpe -c.200 Pink-footed Geese [heading north-east, late morning].
Budby Pumping Station - 2 Whooper Swan [briefly, this morning].
Hoveringham - GREAT WHITE EGRET [over heading north-east, 11:05], 2 Marsh Tit, Cetti's Warbler [Railway Pit].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 8 Stonechat [Tiln North/Conservation area, this morning], LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER [Parish Park, 10:15], 25 Golden Plover, 40+ Fieldfare [south-west over Tiln North], 15 Goosander Chainbridge Pit].
Monday 12th October
Holme Pierrepont - 2 ARCTIC TERN [juveniles, over the A52 Pit 10:45 - 10:55 then flew west], GREAT WHITE EGRET [A52 Pit], ROCK PIPIT [through south], Crossbill [through north].
Thoresby - 110 Pink-footed Geese [heading east, 10:45].
Kilvington Lakes - 2 Yellow-legged Gull, Stonechat, ROCK PIPIT [this morning].
Langford Lowfields - Whinchat [still on Phase 2].
Hoveringham - Goldeneye, 2 Chiffchaff, Brambling, 12 Siskin [Sailing Lake].
Rufford Pit Top - 50+ Lesser Redpoll, 30 Redwing.
Sunday 11th October
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Pectoral Sandpiper, 7 Ruff, 4 Green Sandpiper, Redshank, Ringed Plover [through], 9 Common Snipe, 4 Pintail [Neatholme Fen], 4 Whooper Swan, 3 Stonechat, 40 Fieldfare, 2 Raven [Tiln North], 30 Redwing [over Water Ski Pit, 14:45], GREAT WHITE EGRET [Chainbridge Scrape west/Windsurf Pit/Neatholme Fen], Goosander [Windsurf Pit], 31 Pink-footed Geese, Marsh Harrier [Parish Park], Peregrine [Clayworth Common], Lesser Redpoll [several hundred across the site].
Idle Washlands - 5 GREAT WHITE EGRET [including 4 together], Little Egret, 3 Ringed Plover, c.20 Dunlin, 4 Ruff, 2 Redshank, c.250 Lapwing, 2 Buzzard, Sparrowhawk [Slaynes Lane], 12 Ruff, 14 Little Egret, 2 Dunlin [Hagg Lane Flash].
Holme Pierrepont - Ring-tail Harrier [brief/obscured views Old Skylarks 14:15, then flew west].
Littleborough - 2 Whooper Swan, GREAT WHITE EGRET, 6 Redwing, 6 Grey Partridge, LBBG [this afternoon].
Annesley Woodhouse - 4 Raven [through 12:30].
Thoresby Park - 8+Woodlark [feeding in Carrot fields, in area with no public access this morning], Merlin [female/juvenile, flew low east this evening]; also 2 Raven, Stonechat, 450 Redwing, 2 Hawfinch, 3 Crossbill.
Burton Joyce - 150+ Pink-footed Geese [heading east, c.11:15], c.250 Redwing [12+parties from the east, 07.45 - 11.00], Chiffchaff [in garden].
Netherfield Lagoons - BEARDED TIT [heard calling from the Slurry Lagoon bench, 10:45]; also 3 Raven, 300+ Redwing, 80+ Skylark, 2 Goldeneye, 20+ Siskin, 40+ Lesser Redpoll, 20+ Snipe.
Kelham - c.170 Pink- footed Geese [over, 10:40].
Newark - 170 Pink-footed Geese [heading east over London Road, 10:30].
Budby Pumping Station - 5 BEWICK'S SWAN [through south, this morning], 500 Pink-footed Geese [over in three skiens by 10:20]; also 1,023 Redwing [west], 32 Fieldfare [west], 2 Brambling, 3 Crossbill.
Lowdham - 150 Pink-footed Geese [north-east over Ploughman Wood, 10:20].
Gedling CP - 180+ Pink-footed Geese [heading east, viewed from the Netherfield Lagoons, 10:18].
Barton in Fabis/Thrumpton - 2 Stonechat, 25 Redwing [west], c.150 Skylark, c.80 Meadow Pipit [mid-morning].
Meden Vale - c.100 Pink-footed Geese [east over Welbeck Colliery, 10:05].
Langford Lowfields - 94 Pink-footed Geese [over east, 09:54], 3 BEARDED TIT [Phase 3, 11:36], Peregrine [Tarmac workings near Phase 3, 12:07], Whinchat [Phase 1, 15:15], 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Phase 2, late afternoon].
Rufford Pit Top - c.260 Pink-footed Geese [c.120 east/north-east 09:45, c.100 east 10:10, 40 east 10:50].
Annesley Pit Top - 690 Pink-footed Geese [east, this morning], 5,110 Redwing [west]; also Red Kite, 3 Crossbill.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 200+Redwing, 12 Fieldfare [west, 07:00 - 08:30]
Clifton Grove - 460 Redwing, 5 Fieldfare [west over Branshill, 07:30 - 09:00], 22 Siskin [south], 42 Meadow Pipit [east], 80 Skylark [east].
West Bridgford - 22 Pink-footed Geese [west over Compton Acres, 07:30].
Saturday 10th October
Langford Lowfields - Yellow-browed Warbler [behind the Beach Hut 11:19 - 17:45 at least, but extremely elusive], 8 Whooper Swan [Phase 3, 09:14].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 CATTLE EGRET [in with Little Egrets in the Coneries roost, this evening]; also 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET.
Thoresby Park - Merlin [adult male hunting Meadow Pipits in private area, then flew north-east, late afternoon]; also Red Kite, 12 Brambling, 34 Crossbill [in area with no public access].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Pectoral Sandpiper [still Neatholme Fen, late afternoon], 18+ Whooper Swan [7 on fields near Tiln North, 09:43, 4 Neatholme Scrape, 15:07, 18 Chainbridge Pit, 17:00].
Idle Washlands - c.100 Pink-footed Geese, Pintail, 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 22 Dunlin, 20 Ruff [Slaynes Lane].
Holme Pierrepont - GREAT WHITE EGRET [A52 Pit, 16:12], 14 Whooper Swan [Blotts Pit, 14:19].
Hoveringham - 4 Whooper Swan [Railway Pit, then flew east 13:00]; also Water Rail.
Netherfield Lagoons - 14 Whooper Swan [calling over the Slurry Lagoon, 12:20 heading towards Colwick].
Nuthall - Raven [over A610 near J26 M1, 12:05].
Bramcote - GREAT WHITE EGRET [flew north-west over Common Lane, late morning].
Clifton Grove - Stonechat [Holme Pit].
Sherwood Forest NNR - 70+Pink-footed Geese [over east, late morning].
Sutton in Ashfield - 3 Ring-necked Parakeet [Sutton Lawns].
Friday 9th October
Mapperley - Yellow-browed Warbler [two sightings throughout the day, both very briefly in private garden NG3].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Clifton Pit, this evening with probably four birds roosting on Coneries], Pintail [Clifton Pit, this morning], 2 Raven [over, heading Clifton direction, 09:42].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Pectoral Sandpiper [still Neatholme Fen, this morning], Hawfinch [Neatholme Lane in flight calling, 18:30], 7 Ruff, Dunlin, 4 Pintail [Neatholme Fen], 6 Whooper Swan, Wheatear [Tiln North], large numbers of Lesser Redpoll around site].
Idle Washlands - 3+GREAT WHITE EGRET, 305 Lapwing, 7 Ringed Plover, 18 Dunlin, 15 Ruff, Greenshank, Mandarin [Slaynes Lane, Misson].
Holme Pierrepont - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still A52 Pit].
Hoveringham - Red Kite, Common Sandpiper, 2 Stonechat. Visible migration included 40 Swallows and 10 Lesser Redpolls moving south.
Caythorpe - GREAT WHITE EGRET [over, this morning], 3 Herring Gull, single House Martin.
Newstead Village - c.120 Pink-footed Geese [over east, 09:10].
King's Mill Reservoir - 10 Common Snipe, c.110 Lapwing, c.10 House Martin, 2 Swallow.
Oxton - Red Kite [Oxton roundabout, 07:30].
Thursday 8th October
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 CATTLE EGRET [roosting on Coneries, this evening]; also GREAT WHITE EGRET [still Clifton Pit].
Holme Pierrepont - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still A52 Pit, early afternoon].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Pectoral Sandpiper [still Neatholme Fen, mid-morning], GREAT WHITE EGRET [Chainbridge Scrape].
Idle Washlands - 7 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 10 Little Egret, c.10 Ringed Plover, c.25 Dunlin, Ruff, Greenshank, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Brambling [Misson end of Slaynes Lane].
Langford Lowfields - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET [this morning].
Mapperley - Yellow-browed Warbler [with 2 Goldcrest, briefly in private garden NG3, this morning].
Wednesday 7th October
Collingham Pits - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Ferry Lane Lake, early afternoon]; also 5 Whooper Swan, 2 Curlew.
Oxton - c.20 House Martins and Swallows [feeding for over an hour around Bankwood Farm, this afternoon].
Holme Pierrepont - OSPREY [flew north through Blotts Pit, 11:07, then back south through Blotts Pit, 11:20]; also GREAT WHITE EGRET [still A52 Pit].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Pectoral Sandpiper [still Neatholme Fen, 09:20 - 13:40 at least], 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 5 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, 4 Pintail [Neatholme Fen], 10 Whooper Swan [south over Hayton Common, 17:30], Wheatear, 2 Stonechat [Tiln North/Conservation], Green Sandpiper, Goosander [Chainbridge Pit].
Idle Washlands - 6 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 9 Ringed Plover, 2 LRP, 22 Dunlin, Ruff [Slaynes Lane Misson], 9 Whooper Swan [south towards Gringley Carr].
Hoveringham - 2 Red Kite, 2 Stonechat, 2 Swallow [Sailing Lake, this morning], Ringed Plover, 6 Swallow [through South mid-morning, Railway Pit], Chiffchaff [Railway Pit Wood].
Skegby Trail - Wheatear [in field adjacent to trail, 10:20].
Sibthorpe - Red Kite [over Portland Lakes, near Sibthorpe, this morning].
Tuesday 6th October
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREAT WHITE EGRET [flew over Clifton Pit, 17:47], Goosander, Green Sandpiper [Clifton Pit], Stonechat [Ridge and Furrow].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Pectoral Sandpiper, Ruff, Redshank, 9 Common Snipe [Neatholme Fen, this afternoon], Green Sandpiper [Chainbridge Scrape], 12 Red-crested Pochard [9 drakes, Linghurst Lake].
Idle Washlands - 3 Little Egret, c.15 Dunlin, 18 Ruff, Greenshank, Common Snipe [Hagg Lane Flash], 4 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Slaynes Lane].
Netherfield Lagoons - OSPREY [over 12:50, then drifted upriver], CASPIAN GULL [adult, still on the roof of recycling site, 10:35].
Hoveringham - OSPREY [flew over the Annexe Pit 12:15 - 12:20 before moving off south-east], ROCK PIPIT, Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Curlew, 12 Siskin, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 6 Swallow [Railway Pit, this morning], 6 Swallow [Sailing Lake].
Hazleford Weir - OSPREY [flying towards Hoveringham, 12:05].
Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - 10 Egyptian Geese, 120 Wigeon, Green Sandpiper, 49 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Chiffchaff, Redwing.
Budby Pumping Station - 4 Stonechat [100yds from the bridge].
Langford Lowfields - GREAT WHITE EGRET, 5 Ringed Plover, Curlew, Green Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Stonechat.
Holme Pierrepont - GREAT WHITE EGRET, ROCK PIPIT [still A52 Pit].
King's Mill Reservoir - 5 Common Snipe, 8 House Martin [over this morning].
Arnold - Spotted Crake [Gedling Borough Council depot car park this morning, 05:05. sat in the open by a parked car, it then flew a short distance towards the Go Outdoors store and the storm water holding lagoons behind the buildings].
Monday 5th October
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Pectoral Sandpiper [still Neatholme Fen, 14:30 at least], Yellow-browed Warbler [possible heard from the Neatholme Fen watchpoint, this morning], c.70 Pink-footed Geese [over heading east, mid-morning].
Kilvington Lakes - 1,350 Lesser Black-backed Gull [1,200 roosted on West Lake 19:00, 150 East Lake].
Clifton village - 3 House Martin [heading north, 17:15].
Netherfield Lagoons - CASPIAN GULL [adult, on the roof of recycling site adjacent to the Netherfield Lagoons, this afternoon], Ruddy Shelduck, Green Sandpiper [New Workings].
Langford Lowfields - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Phase 1, this afternoon]; also Lesser Whitethroat.
Holme Pierrepont - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still A52 Pit, early afternoon].
Hoveringham - 2 ROCK PIPIT, Wheatear, Common Sandpiper, 3 Red Kite [Railway Pit, this morning], Skylark [Sailing Lake, southerly passage involving a total of 66 birds], 6 Goosander, 3 Grey Wagtail [Railway Pit at dusk].
Sunday 4th October
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Pectoral Sandpiper, Ruff, 2 Green Sandpiper, 6 Common Snipe, Marsh Harrier, White Wagtail [Neatholme Fen], GREAT WHITE EGRET [Walters Lane], GREAT WHITE EGRET, 2 Common Sandpiper [Chainbridge Pit], GREAT WHITE EGRET, Cetti's Warbler [Chainbridge Scrape], Lesser Spotted Woodpecker [Neatholme Lane].
King's Mill Reservoir - 5 COMMON SCOTER [3 drakes, 14:05 - 17:30 then flew north-west].
Langford Lowfields - LITTLE STINT, Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plover, 2 Goosander [Phase 3, late afternoon], 8 Stonechat [south-east corner Phase 2].
Idle Washlands - 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 58 Little Egret, 32 Dunlin, Greenshank [Hagg Lane Flash], 3 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 2 Dunlin, 8 Ruff, 10+Ringed Plover, Golden Plover, Stonechat [Slaynes Lane], GREAT WHITE EGRET [single, Newington Flash, S.York's].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREAT WHITE EGRET, Common Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ruff [Clifton Pit, morning/early afternoon], 3 House Martin [River Path], Curlew [dropped into Clifton Pit, 18:45].
Thoresby Park - 2 Red Kite, Woodlark, Stonechat, 3 Raven, Brambling, 6 Hawfinch, 50+ Crossbill.
Aldercar - Hawfinch [flew south over Aldercar Flash, this morning].
Gedling CP - 4 Stonechat, 40+Redpoll and 5 Redwing [this morning].
Saturday 3rd October
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Pectoral Sandpiper [still present Neatholme Fen, 10:21 - 13:40 at least], 3 Stonechat [Tiln North].
Idle Washlands - 68 Little Egret, 6 GREAT WHITE EGRET [Hagg Lane Flash, early afternoon].
Holme Pierrepont - GREAT WHITE EGRET [A52 Pit, late morning], 5 House Martin, Common Snipe, 2 Cetti's Warbler [Blotts Pit], Cetti's Warbler [Concrete path between Blotts/A52 Pit].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREAT WHITE EGRET, Dunlin [Clifton Pit, this morning].
Friday 2nd October
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Pectoral Sandpiper [Neatholme Fen, viewed from the top viewpoint nearest to Lound village, morning to 16:34 at least]; also Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Pintail.
Wollaton Park - 2 Swallow [heading east, 13:30].
Hoveringham - GREAT WHITE EGRET [Causeway Dyke, flew off towards Gibsmere 11:30].
Thrumpton - 2 CATTLE EGRET [Cranfleet Lock area, 10:10, both birds are mobile commuting between Thrumpton and the Long Eaton GP's, Derby's on the opposite side of the trent].
Idle Washlands - 2 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 68 Little Egret [Hagg Lane Flash], 6 GREAT WHITE EGRET, 12 Ruff, Greenshank, 3 Pintail, Lesser Redpoll, 6 Siskin [Slaynes Lane], 45 Dunlin, 39 Common Snipe, 104 Lapwing, 258 Teal, 2 Swallow [Newington Flash, S.York's].
Kilvington Lakes - 2 Pintail, Yellow-legged Gull [West Lake, this morning].
Thursday 1st October
Holme Pierrepont - CATTLE EGRET [still present on Blotts Pit], GREAT WHITE EGRET [A52 Pit].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREAT WHITE EGRET [still Clifton Pit, this evening].
Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Bittern [Chainbridge Scrape].
Cotham - Woodcock [on the cycle track].
Hoveringham - Wheatear [Sailing Lake], Green Sandpiper, 20 Siskin [Railway Pit].
Kilvington Lakes - 2 Stonechat [on old railway].
Egmanton - Swallow [single, south-east 07:30].
Many thanks to:
Steven Alcock, Karen Archibald, Laurence Archibald, David Atkinson, Bob Beck, Roger Bennet, Mick Blackmore, Robin Brace, Phil Burnham,Paul Charlesworth, Harry Clark, Kevin Clarke, Alan Clewes, Miles Cluff, Rich Collis, Paul Coombes, Carl Cornish, Ian Cowgill, Mark Dawson, David Dunn, Paul Dyson, Gorden Ellis, John Ellis, Adrian Ford, Adey Fox, Pete Freeman, Josh Fusiara, Geoff Gamble, Indy Kiemel Greene, Darren Hall, Stu Davenport, Jill Hannah, Tim Harding, Kev Hawkridge, Mike Hill, Alan Hobson, Paul Hobson, David Holberton, kenneth holland, John Hopper, Rob Johnson, John Kornjaca, Andy Lane, Ian Livsey, Martin McCallum, Peter Mee, Paul Morris, Dave Morton, Paul Naylor, Suzanne Nelson, Ruth Nettleship, Treva O'Brien, Steve Payne, Craig Pitchford, Peter Playle, Clive Prescott, John Pressley, John Purrington, Andy Richmond, Simon Roberts, Harry Robinson, John Roy, Pete Saunders, Alan Scrimshaw, Tom Shields, Ann Smith, David Sommerville, Mark Speck, Edmund Staunton, Darren Starling, Mick Tring, David Tyldesley, Mike Vickers, Michael Walker, Scott Walker, Tony Wardell, Rob Whiteley, Morag Whitworth, Paul Wilcox, Mark Wilde, Rob Woodward.
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