Scarce and Rare Species Sightings

This page exists as a convenient news service. None of the 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.

Main sightings page

Thu 29th Jul

• Collingham - 5 Little Egret.
• Kilvington Lakes - 1 Little Egret, 1 Yellow-legged Gull.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Egret.

Wed 28th Jul

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Red Knot, 15 Black-tailed Godwit [Clifton Pond], 7 Little Egret.

Mon 26th Jul

• Collingham Gravel Pits - 5 Little Egret.
• Besthorpe Gravel Pits - 1 Little Egret.
• Kilvington - West Lake: 1 Little Egret.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 6 Little Egret.
• Netherfield Lagoons - Yellow-legged Gull.
• Clumber Park - 2 Mandarin Duck.

Sat 24th Jul

• Budby Common- 4 Tree Pipit.

Fri 23rd Jul

• Budby Common - 3 Tree Pipit.
• Arnot Hill Park - 25 Red-crested Pochard [all wild birds, including ducklings].

Thu 22nd Jul

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Little Egret [Clifton Pond], Northern Wheatear.

Wed 21st Jul

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pond: 2 Little Egret.
• Clumber Park - Great White Egret.

Tue 20th Jul

• Carburton - Crossroads: 1 Turtle Dove.
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pond: Little Egret, Black-tailed Godwit.
• Clumber Park - Great White Egret.

Sun 18th Jul

• Budby Common- 5 Tree Pipit.

Sat 17th Jul

• Clumber Park - Great White Egret [from ornamental bridge - present all day round edge of lake], Common Crossbill, Tree Pipit.

Fri 16th Jul

• Budby Pumping Station - Red Kite [through low].

Thu 15th Jul

• Beeston - River Trent: 1 Common Sandpiper.

Wed 14th Jul

• Meden Pumping Station - Common Sandpiper.

Mon 12th Jul

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Little Egret.

Sun 11th Jul

• Newark - Red Kite [Sconce Hill].
• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Little Egret.

Fri 9th Jul

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - Clifton Pond: 7 Black-tailed Godwit, Little Egret.

Thu 8th Jul

• Budby Common - 2 Tree Pipit.

Wed 7th Jul

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Little Egret.

Sun 4th Jul

• Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 1 Sanderling [through].

Sat 3rd Jul

• King's Mill Reservoir - Black-tailed Godwit.
• Langford Lowfields - 5 Little Egret.

Fri 2nd Jul

• Budby Common - Tree Pipit.

Thu 1st Jul

• Lound - Little Egret.
• King's Mill Reservoir - Black-tailed Godwit.

Wed 30th Jun

• Langford Lowfields - 2 Little Egret.

Mon 28th Jun

• Collingham - Little Egret.

Sat 26th Jun

• Nottingham - 1 Red-crested Pochard [Nottingham Canal].

Fri 25th Jun

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 8 Red-crested Pochard.

Wed 23rd Jun

• Arnold - Lime Lane: Red Kite.

Sun 20th Jun

• Kilvington - Little Egret.
• Budby Common - 2 Tree Pipit.

Fri 18th Jun

• Kirklington - 2 Red Kite.

Thu 17th Jun

• Castle Marina - 1 Red-crested Pochard [male].

Tue 15th Jun

• Attenborough Nature Reserve - 6 Red-crested Pochard.

Sun 13th Jun

• Clumber Park - Old Bridge: Mandarin Duck [female].

Sat 12th Jun

• Budby Pumping Station - Red Kite [north].

Thu 10th Jun

• Caunton - Red Kite.

Fri 4th Jun

• Cotham Flash - Long-eared Owl [hunting over flashes].
• Mansfield Woodhouse - Red Kite [drifting low - heading north].
• Nottingham - Canal: Red-crested Pochard.

Thu 3rd Jun

• Mansfield Woodhouse - Red Kite [drifting low - heading north].

Wed 2nd Jun

• Kilvington Lakes - West Lake: 2 Yellow-legged Gull [2nd summer birds].

Tue 1st Jun

• Clumber Park - 4 Mandarin Duck [2 pairs].