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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 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.

"Records of certain sensitive species may not appear here during the breeding season, unless publicised by site managers or where records relate to what are likely to be passage migrants or wandering non-breeding individuals rather than breeders. Species that this generally applies to include (but are not necessarily limited to): Avocet, Bearded Tit, Bittern, Black-necked Grebe, Black Redstart, Cetti's Warbler. Goshawk (except from Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint), Honey-buzzard (except from Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint), Marsh Harrier, Mediterranean Gull, Nightingale, Peregrine (except for Nottingham City Centre), Raven, Red Kite and Woodlark (except for Sherwood Forest NNR/Budby Common). For a range of other species, we will not include specific breeding information - this includes Red Kite, Barn Owl, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Little Ringed Plover, Nightjar, Turtle Dove and Willow Tit. Nevertheless, please submit your sightings anyway."

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Archived Sightings 2001 - 2023

Archived Sightings 2001 to 2024

Archived Sightings 2025

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.

156 Species have been recorded so far in 2025.

Updated 1st April 2025.

Full List HERE

Tuesday 29th April

Langford Lowfields - 3 WOOD SANDPIPER, Ruff, CHANNEL WAGTAIL [Phase Tree, this evening], GARGANEY, WHIMBREL [Phase Three, this morning].

Kilvington Lakes - BLACK TERN, Greenshank [West Lake, this evening], 2 Hobby [this morning].

Collingham Pits - Glossy Ibis [still on the west side of Ferry Lane Lake].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Yellow Wagtail, Garden Warbler [Neatholme area], Red-crested Pochard [Linghurst]; also Grass Snake.

Holme Pierrepont - Dunlin, 2+Hobby [Blotts Pit].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 BLACK TERN, 4 LITTLE GULL [Clifton Pit/Sailing Pit this morning then quickly moved on].

Kirkby in Ashfield - 4 Swift.

Retford - 2 Swift, House Martin [above Retford High Street].

Monday 28th April

Langford Lowfields - GARGANEY [drake still Phase Three, late morning], 2 Hobby [Phase Two].

Hoveringham - WHIMBREL [flew north-east through the Sailing Lake].

Idle Washlands - 2 GARGANEY [2 drakes], ARCTIC TERN [Slaynes Lane].

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – Wigeon, Great Crested Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, Ringed Pover [north-west at dusk], 2 LRP, 16+ Lapwing, WOOD SANDPIPER, 4 Redshank, Dunlin, Grey Heron, 5 Sand Martin, 2s Willow Warbler, 5 (3s) Chiffchaff, 2s Blackcap, 2s Whitethroat, 1s Chaffinch. Todays Doncaster Birding

Clumber Park - 20+Tufted Duck, 2 Shoveler, 2 Oystercatcher, Blackcap, Green Woodpecker.

Sunday 27th April

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Whinchat, Cuckoo, 3 Lesser Whitethroat [Chainbridge Meadows], 15+Hobby [Chainbridge Scrape East], Green Sandpiper [Neatholme Fen], Red-crested Pochard [Bellmoor Lake].

Holme Pierrepont - Ring-necked Duck [female still A52 Pit, this morning; visible distantly from the concrete track at the east end], Whinchat [Blotts Pit, mid-morning to mid-afternoon at least].

Langford Lowfields - GARGANEY [drake, still Phase Three]; also Garden Warbler.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 105 Tufted Duck, 4 Goosander, Goldeneye.

King's Mill Reservoir - Whooper Swan [colour ringed bird again], 2 Common Tern.

Retford - Marsh Harrier [over Retford football field this morning].

Calverton - 2 Oystercatcher, Blackcap, Willow Warbler [Springwater Golf Course], Common Redstart [male, undisclosed location].

Sutton in Ashfield - Swift, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk.

Ollerton - Swift.

Sutton on Trent - 2 Swift.

Saturday 26th April

Holme Pierrepont - Ring-necked Duck [female A52 Pit, 15:35 - 17:00 at least], ARCTIC TERN [A52 Pit, 17:00], WOOD SANDPIPER [Blotts Pit, 08:45 - 12:04]; also Wheatear.

Ring-necked Duck and Wood Sandpiper - Holme Pierrepont © Alan Clewes.

Bennerley Marsh - 2 Wheatear [Chat Corner, 14:00], 4 LRP [on the marsh].

Besthorpe NR - 2 Glossy Ibis [circled over Mons Pool].

Collingham Pits - Glossy Ibis [still on the west side of Ferry Lane Lake, early afternoon].

Idle Waslands - 10 Swift [Slaynes Lane, 10:00].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 2 BAR-TAILED GODWIT [Bellmoor Lake, this morning].

Rufford Pit Top - Cuckoo, Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Willow Warbler, Tree Pipit [this morning].

Wollaton - Grasshopper Warbler [reeling from several locations along Parkside Road, 09:00 - 15:45].

Langford Lowfields - GARGANEY [drake], WHIMBREL [still Phase Three, early morning].

Annesley Pit Top - Whinchat [north side of the Middle Lagoon, 06:44].

Friday 25th April

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 7 Hobby [Chainbridge Scrape, mid-afternoon], 4 Common Tern [Bellmoor Lake], Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail, Cuckoo, 2 Grey Partridge [Tiln North]

Langford Lowfields - WOOD SANDPIPER, drake GARGANEY, WHIMBREL [all Phase 3 late morning], Wheatear, 3 White Wagtail [Deep Water Pit late morning].

Thursday 24th April

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - OSPREY [flew north over Bellmoor Lake], Grasshopper Warbler [riverside scrub near Neatholme Scrape], 2 Cattle Egret, Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail [Tiln North], 5 Hobby, 3 Common Tern [Chainbridge Scrape East], Cattle Egret [Chainbridge Pit].

Holme Pierrepont - OSPREY [over Blotts Pit, 11:00], 2 ARCTIC TERN [Blotts/A52 Pit, early afternoon].

Idle Washlands - WHIMBREL [heard only], 5 Greenshank across the site this morning.

Langford Lowfields - GARGANEY [drake, Phase Three 06:25 - 17:39], ARCTIC TERN [Phase Three, 07:19].

Sherwood Forest NNR - 4 Common Redstart, 7+Tree Pipit, 2 Garden Warbler, Cuckoo [Budby Common, early morning].

Wednesday 23rd April

Collingham Pits - Glossy Ibis [late afternoon].

Ollerton - 2 COMMON CRANE [soaring high over, 11:30].

Holme Pierrepont - LITTLE TERN [A52 Pit, 11:00 - 16:40 at least], 9+ARCTIC TERN [5+ A52 Pit 11:48 then 2+ flew high north-east, 11:58; 6 over the A52 Pit, 13:04 - 17:23], CHANNEL WAGTAIL [male, Blotts Pit this evening]; also 3 WHIMBREL, Greenshank, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail [Blotts Pit].

Little Tern - Holme Pierrepont © Alan Clewes.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 24 ARCTIC TERN [23 Sailing Pit, 10:24 - 11:05 then flew high east; single over Clifton Pit, 17:12], Swift [over Sailing Pit, this morning].

Idle Washlands - 2 ARCTIC TERN [Slaynes Lane for 30mins then left, 10:35], GARGANEY [drake], 10 Ruff, Dunlin, Greenshank [Slaynes Lane], Ruff, 6 Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 2 LRP, Great White Egret [Hagg Lane Flash].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Roseate Tern [probable Bellmoor Lake this morning], ARCTIC TERN [briefly Neatholme Scrape, early afternoon], 2 LRP, 3 Wigeon [Neatholme Pit], 8+Hobby [Chainbridge area].

Tuesday 22nd April

Langford Lowfields - GARGANEY [drake Phase Three, early afternoon].

King's Mill Reservoir - 2 Common Tern [on cages in Conservation area, 12:58].

Southwell - 2 COMMON CRANE [over calling heading east, this morning].

Little Gringley - 3 Wheatear [this morning].

Bennerley Marsh - Gadwall, 2 LRP, Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Blackcap [this morning].

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - Wigeon, 2 Pintail, 2 Oystercatcher, 9 Lapwing, WHIMBREL, Snipe, 4+ Redshank, c.10 Sand Martin, 2s Willow Warbler, 1s Sedge Warbler, 2s Whitethroat. Todays Doncaster Birding

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

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pink-footed Goose, 4 Shelduck, Cuckoo [early morning.

Monday 21st April

Langford Lowfields - CHANNEL WAGTAIL [male], 16+Yellow Wagtail, 19+White Wagtail [Phase Three this evening], WHIMBREL [Phase Three/Deep Water Pit], Cattle Egret [with Little Egrets from Corfe Castle Viewing Point], SHORT-EARED OWL [this evening].

Channel Wagtail - Langford Lowfields © Nick Crouch.

Holme Pierrepont - ARCTIC TERN [A52 Pit, early evening], WHIMBREL [flew north], 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Dunlin, Great White Egret [Blotts Pit], 8 species of warbler on site.

Kings Mill Reservoir - KITTIWAKE [adult, on wooden cage in south-west corner late morning, thenn flew off], Common Tern, c.80 Sand Martin.

Besthorpe NR - Cuckoo [heard], Lesser Whitethroat [Western hedge].

Carlton on Trent - Lesser Whitethroat [singing in treeline to south].

Averham - Hooded Crow [feeding amongst Rooks on spring barley, Averham Park Gallops this morning].

Idle Washlands - LITTLE GULL [Slaynes Lane, still early morning], SANDERLING, Dunlin [flew through late morning]; also GARGANEY [drake], Whooper Swan, Common Sandpiper, Cuckoo [Slaynes], 4 Greenshank [Hagg Lane Flash, this evening].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Grasshopper Warbler [still behind Kingfisher Hide, this morning], GREATER SCAUP [drake], Common Sandpiper, 2 LRP, 2 Common Tern, Goosander, Goldeneye, 2 Yellow Wagtail [Clifton Pit], Common Tern [Sailing Pit].

Sunday 20th April

Scrooby Top Quarry - LITTLE GULL, 2 WHIMBREL [new workings viewable from the steel gate opposite the quarry entrance, 16:14].

Idle Washlands - 3 LITTLE GULL [2 adults, Slaynes Lane 15:53 then headed south with BH Gulls, 16:03], Whooper Swan, GARGANEY [drake], 14 Ruff, Yellow Wagtail [Slaynes Lane mid-afternoon], Greenshank [Hagg Lane Flash].

Strelly - RING OUZEL [male, still present for second day at the end of Lawrence Drive overlooking the M1, 13:50 at least].

Ring Ouzel - Strelly © Simon Roberts.

Carlton on Trent - Lesser Whitethroat, White Wagtail, 4 Yellow Wagtail.

Holme Pierrepont - 4 COMMON SCOTER [2 drakes/2 females, A52 Pit 07:05].

Common Scoter - Holme Pierrepont © Alan Clewes.

Kirton - 3 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler [Kirton Brickworks pond].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - COMMON CRANE [over Neatholme Fen, early afternoon], 6 Hobbies [over Chainbridge Scrape East], Marsh Harrier, Redshank, LRP [Neatholme Fen], Garden Warbler [Chainbridge Lane], Mandarin [drake, Chainbridge Pit].

Attenborough Nature Reserve- Savi's Warbler [still present 05:55 - 08:00 singing/showing on and off from the small reed-bed Coneries sluice outflow], GREATER SCAUP [drake, still Clifton Pit, 4 Common Tern [Sailing Pit].

Saturday 19th April

Attenborough Nature Reserve- Savi's Warbler [still present this morning but very elusive singing/showing on and off from the small reed-bed Coneries sluice outflow 06:05 and again 09:00 -09:15, then flew to the other side of the sluice with no further sign], 6 ARCTIC TERN [east through Clifton Pit, 08:30], 10 Avocet [Clifton Pit, flew over Gull Island then landed on Squires Island, late morning to 14:36 at least]; also GREATER SCAUP, LRP, 2 Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Cuckoo.

Strelly - RING OUZEL [male, still present for second day at the end of Lawrence Drive overlooking the M1, 18:00].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL [female type, Neatholme Fen 16:40], Redshank, Dunlin, Hobby, Marsh Harrier [Neathome Fen], Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, LRP, 4 Swallow [Bellmoor Lake], Green Sandpiper [Chainbridge Pit], Garden Warbler [Water Ski Pit].

Bennerley Marsh - 4 LRP, Pair of Shelduck.

Hoveringham - 2 ARCTIC TERN [north-east through the Sailing Lake, 09:33], OSPREY [over the Sailing Lake, 10:30], 3 Yellow Wagtail [ Tipping Pond], Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler [Sailing Lake this evening].

Besthorpe NR - OSPREY [over Mons Pool, 09:37].

Idle Washlands - 50 Black-tailed Godwit [east over Slaynes Lane, 08:25]; also Whooper Swan, 2 Wigeon, 2 Pintail [flew south], Greenshank, Dunlin, 2 LRP, 3 Marsh Harrier.

Black-tailed Godwit - Idle Washlands © Steve Furber.

Friday 18th April

Attenborough Nature Reserve- Savi's Warbler [singing and showing well at times reeling from small reed-bed Coneries sluice outflow 10:35 until just after midday but no further sign], 2 WHIMBREL [Clifton Pit, Squires Island early afternoon]; also GREATER SCAUP, Dunlin, Cuckoo, Grasshopper Warbler, Yellow Wagail.

Savi's Warbler - Attenborough Nature Reserve © Paul Buxton.

Idle Washlands – Whooper Swan, 6 Shelduck, 4 LRP, Snipe, 8 Redshank, Greenshank, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Mediterranean Gull [adults, flew high north-west], 3 Great White Egret, Yellow Wagtail, 6 Sedge Warbler, 2 Swallow, 2 Little Egret [Slaynes Lane].

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Whitethroat, LRP, 6 Curlew, WHIMBREL, 2 Oystecatcher, 2 Egyptian Geese with young. Todays Doncaster Birding

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Hobby [Chainbridge Scrape], 2 Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, Swallow, 3 House Martin, 3+Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler [Bellmoor Lake], Garden Warbler [Crodd Lane/Hawthorn walk junc].

Strelly - RING OUZEL [male, reported at Streely Hall].

Rainworth Heath - Tree Pipit.

Sherwood Forest NNR - 2 Cuckoo, 4 Common Redstart, several Tree Pipit [this morning].

Thursday 17th April

Langford Lowfields - 2 Glossy Ibis [still present, Phase Two], OSPREY [moving north-west over Cromwell Loch, late morning]; also Tree Pipit, Hobby.

Hoveringham - Common Sandpiper, 8 Oystercatcher, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Gadwall, Ruddy Shelduck [Trent-side], 3 Yellow Wagtail [on the Kneeton bank of the Trent opposite Ferry Farm Park, this afternoon].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Whinchat [male], 4 Wheatear [Tiln Noth].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Grasshopper Warbler [Clifton Pit, reeling from the gate on Barton Lane early to mid-morning at least], 2 Shelduck, 2 Goosander, 2 Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail [Clifton Pit].

Langwith - Common Sandpiper [langwith lodge fishing lake].

Ollerton - Garden Warbler.

Wednesday 16th April

Hoveringham - 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper [Tipping Pond], Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat [Sailing Lake this evening].

Holme Pierrepont - 2 Shelduck, Dunlin, 6 Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail [Blotts Pit, this evening].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [drake], LRP, Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 2 House Martin, 3+Yellow Wagtail [Clifton Pit].

Langford Lowfields - CHANNEL WAGTAIL, 15+White Wagtail [Phase Three, 08:30], WHIMBREL [through north].

Tuesday 15th April

Kilvington Lakes - Goosander, 3+LRP, 3 Oystercatcher, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, 9 Yellow Wagtail [West Lake, this evening].

Littleborough - 2 Ring-necked Duck [two females, still present Littleborough Pond, late morning].

Hoveringham - 2 Cattle Egret, Green Sandpiper, 6 Yellow Wagtail, Grasshopper Warbler.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - WHIMBREL [flew through Clifton Pit 07:35], GREATER SCAUP, Yellow Wagtail, 2 Common Tern [Clifton Pit], CHANNEL WAGTAIL [reported again on Squires Island, Clifton Pit 16:29].

Monday 14th April

Holme Pierrepont - Ferruginous Duck [female, still A52 Pit this evening].

Besthorpe NR - OSPREY [Mons Pool, early afternoon].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP 1w drake], CHANNEL WAGTAIL, 4 Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail [Clifton Pit, late morning].

Hoveringham - 2 Cattle Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, Hobby, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover.

Bennerley Marsh - Goosander, 2 Shoveler, Willow Warbler, Swallow, Sand Martin, Kingfisher, 6 LBB Gulls, 3 Little Egret.

Saundby - Common Redstart [male, private site 07:30].

Sunday 13th April

Littleborough - 2 Ring-necked Duck [two females, still Littleborough Pond, this evening].

Stoke Bardolph - OSPREY [heading east-north-east over the Ferry Boat towards Shelford, 18:35].

Holme Pierrepont - OSPREY [A52 Pit, through north-east 18:15], Ferruginous Duck [female, still present A52 Pit].

Ferruginous Duck - Holme Pierrepont © Simon Roberts.

Idle Washlands WeBS+ 5 Ruff, 6 Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit [Hagg Lane Flash, late afternoon], 7 Canada Geese, 91 Greylag Geese, 15 Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, 3 Shelduck, 1m GARGANEY, 70 Shoveler, 94 Gadwall, 179 Mallard, 160 Teal, 4 Pochard, 63 Tufted Duck, 2 Water Rail, 10 Moorhen, 150 Coot, 20 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Oystercatcher, 18 Lapwing, 10 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Redshank, Ruff, 8 Black-headed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 17 Cormorant, 2 Great White Egret, 3 Sedge Warbler [Slaynes Lane]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Mattersey - White Wagtail [briefly in garden, this afternoon].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 3 Cattle Egret [in field behind Tiln Woods, early afternoon], Cattle Egret, LRP, 2 Wheatear, Cuckoo, 7 Yellow Wagtail [Tiln North], 2 Green Sandpiper [Chainbridge Pit], Garden Warbler, Fieldfare [Tiln Village], Cuckoo [river side south of Chainbridge Pit], Redshank, Common Sandpiper [Bellmoor Lake], House Martin [Neatholme Scrape].

Barnestone - OSPREY [Barnestone, late morning].

Hoveringham - Ruddy Shelduck [by the river bank car park].

Bennerley Marsh - 6 Swallow, 14 Sand Martin [11:00].

Kinoulton - Whitethroat [Grantham Canal, 07:50].

Saturday 12th April

Holme Pierrepont - Ferruginous Duck [female, A52 Pit at the west end 13:00 at least], WHIMBREL [Blotts Pit, early morning].

Scrooby Top Quarry - RING OUZEL [in hedgeline viewed from the steel gate on the A638 almost directly opposite the quarry, early afternoon].

Sherwood Forest NNR - Common Redstart, several Tree Pipit.

Thoresby Pit Top - Wheatear, 2 Grey Partridge, Curlew [south-east, 10:00].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - WHIMBREL, LRP [Neatholme Fen, this morning], Wheatear [still Tiln North], Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat [along the river Idle], Cattle Egret [single Alans Meadow, 7 in field behind Tiln Woods].

Hickling - Swallow [Hickling Basin].

Friday 11th April

Littleborough - 2 Ring-necked Duck [two females, Littleborough Pond late morning - 14:00 at least].

Ring-necked Ducks - Littleborough © Dave Read.

Gunthorpe - Cattle Egret [cattle field just past the end of Peck Lane on the western side, 14:45].

Langar - 100+Fieldfare [near the Wildflower Farm].

Holme Pierrepont - Ruff, Common Sandpiper, 3 Yellow Wagtail [Blotts Pit].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Wheatear [field east of bridge over river Idle, Chainbridge Lane], Cuckoo

Langford Lowfields - Cuckoo [singing, Silt Lagoon 6, early afternoon].

Idle Washlands - LITTLE GULL [adult, Slaynes Lane this morning], 43 Teal, 2 Green Sandpiper, 16 Ruff, 2 Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, 2 Swallow [Hagg Lane Flash], GARGANEY [drake, still Slaynes Lane from the viewpoint].

Thursday 10th April

Gotham - RING OUZEL [male in field near Cuckoo Bush Burial Grounds, this evening].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1w GREATER SCAUP [still Clifton Pit], 105 Tufted Duck, 6 LRP [this evening].

Hoveringham - 3 Yellow Wagtail, 4 Shelduck [Sailing Lake, late afternoon].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Cuckoo [heard Chainbridge area], Curlew [south towards the Sheep Fields], Swallow, Green Sandpiper, LRP, Wheatear.

Langford Lowfields - Grasshopper Warbler [this morning].

Thoresby Pit Top - Tree Pipit [this morning].

Wednesday 9th April

Idle Washlands - SPOTTED REDSHANK, 21 Ruff, 9 Redshank [Hagg Lane Flash], MEDITERRANEAN GULL [over], 1m Marsh Harrier, 50+ Swallow, 250+ Sand Martin, Sparrowhawk [Slaynes Lane].

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - WHIMBREL, 2 LRP, 4 Redshank, 1 Snipe, 2 Willow Warbler, 11 Swallow, 60+ Sand Martin. Todays Doncaster Birding

Langford Lowfields - 2 Glossy Ibis [still this afternoon].

Hoveringham - Dunlin, 50+Swallow, 2 House Martin, 20 Sand Martin, 7 Yellow Wagtail, 7 Willow Warbler [Tipping Pond area, mid-morning], 60+Sand Martin [Ferry Farm Park], 2 Pink-footed Geese [between the Sailing Lake and Gibsmere].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - Reed Warbler [Sailing Pit reed-bed], 2 Common Whitethroat [in scrub river path].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Willow Warbler [2 Chambers Meadow, 1 Cross Lane, 3 Chainbridge Lane], Yellow Wagtail, Goldeneye, Green Sandpiper [Neatholme Fen], Bullfinch [pair Hawthorn Lane], Linnet [2 females carrying nesting material, Chambers Meadow], Multiple singing Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs across the area.

Carburton - Swallow.

King's Mill Reservoir - Swallow.

Sutton on Trent - Swallow.

Tuesday 8th April

Sutton in Ashfield - OSPREY [heading north-east 17:51].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Reed Warbler [Tiln Works Pit], 2 Goosander, Goldeneye, Willow Warbler [Bellmoor Lake], 2 LRP, Snipe, 2 Yellow Wagtail [Neatholme Fen], 3 Willow Warbler [Chainbridge], 20+Chiffchaff, 20+Blackcap [across the site].

Langford Lowfields - 6 Cattle Egret [Phase Three, late morning].

Besthorpe NR - 9 Pink-footed Geese [still Mons Pool].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1w GREATER SCAUP, Common Tern [Clifton Pit, 09:00], Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler [Sailing Pit], Common Whitethroat [river path, behind the new viewing scrren].

Barton in Fabis - 3 Swallow, Yellow Wagtail.

Monday 7th April

Langford Lowfields - LITTLE GULL [feeding over Phase Three, this evening], SHORT-EARED OWL [this morning].

Idle Washlands -GARGANEY, BLACK TERN, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine [Slaynes Lane]; 2 Pintail, 2 Ruff, 8 Redshank [Hagg Lane Flash].

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - 15 Shoveler, 6 Stock Dove, 2p Oystercatcher, c.30 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, Green Woodpecker, 1s Willow Warbler, 6 (5s) Chiffchaff. Todays Doncaster Birding

Bennerley Marsh - 11 LRP [16:00].

Netherfield Lagoons - Reed Warbler [Eco Park].

Netherfield - BITTERN [flying above the Rivendell estate off the Colwick Loop Road, 15:30].

Hoveringham - Yellow Wagtail, 5 Willow Warbler [Sailing Lake, late morning].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1w GREATER SCAUP, 4 LRP [Clifton Pit], Common Whitethroat [River path, this morning].

Sherwood Forest NNR - Marsh Tit.

Sunday 6th April

Holme Pierrepont - 2 LITTLE GULL [Blotts Pit, 08:53 - 15:00 at least]; also 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Yellow Wagtail.

Idle Washlands - 9 Redshank, 10 Lapwing, 4 Shelduck, 3 Pintail, 35 Teal, 43 Gadwall, Swallow [Hagg Lane Flash], 35 Whooper Swan [flew north, 09:58], GARGANEY, Dunlin, 2 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine [Slaynes Lane].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - GARGANEY, 8 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 LRP, Snipe [Neatholme Fen], Curlew [Bellmoor Lake].

Collingham - Yellow Wagtail [in paddocks south of Collingham station, late morning].

Clumber Park - Hawfinch [in Yews by toilets, 09:25].

Langford Lowfields - 2 Glossy Ibis [from the 360 viewing area, 08:26].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 1w GREATER SCAUP, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, LRP, 1w Caspian Gull, Sedge Warbler [Clifton Pit, this morning], Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler [Sailing Pit], Curlew [flew down river].

Saturday 5th April

Bennerley Marsh - 12 LRP, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Swallow [18:00].

Kilvington Lakes - 22 Whooper Swan [East Lake, early afternoon], Shoveler, 2 Snipe, Oystercatcher [West Lake].

Thoresby -5 COMMON CRANE [over 12:05].

Babworth - 9 COMMON CRANE [heading east towards Retford then turned south, 11:30].

Langford Lowfields - 3 LITTLE GULL [over north-east, late morning], 2 Glossy Ibis [again between Phase Two/Three].

Holme Pierrepont - 3 LITTLE GULL [adults feeding over Blotts Pit, 10:25 at least], 2 SMEW [drake and redhead, still A52 Pit].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - Common Tern [Bellmoor Lake, this morning], Ringed Plover, Willow Warbler [Neatholme Fen], LRP [Chainbridge Pit].

Friday 4th April

Colwick CP - LITTLE GULL [14 through the Main Lake heading north-east, 17:47].

Collingham Pits - LITTLE GULL [9 Ferry Lane Lake, early afternoon]; also c.9 Common Tern.

Hoveringham - LITTLE GULL [single on Annexe Pit, 12:30; 17 Sailing Lake through east 14:50, single still Annexe Pit, 15:50].

Holme Pierrepont - LITTLE GULL [7 Blotts Pit this morning then flew east 12:35, single lingering A52 Pit; 13 high over Blotts Pit, 13:07; 3 feeding over Blotts Pit, 18:50; 12 Blotts Pit then flew north-east, 20:05]; also 2 SMEW [still A52 Pit].

Langford Lowfields - c.20 over Phase Two early afternoon]; also 3 Common Tern.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - LITTLE GULL [5 Clifton Pit, late morning; 7 Clifton Pit 14:30 then flew north 15:40; 5 Clifton Pit, 16:10]; also GREATER SCAUP, 1w Caspian Gull.

Netherfield Lagoons - LITTLE GULL [6 through early morning; 2 north-east through Deep Pit 17:20; 14 through north-east, 17:50].

Thursday 3rd April

Collingham Pits - 9 Ruff [Wharf Pit, this evening].

Idle Washlands - 2 Pintail, LRP, 4 Redshank, SPOTTED REDSHANK, Blackcap [Hagg Lane] (Martin McCallum), dr'k GARGANEY, 2w Caspian Gull [Slaynes Lane].

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – 2 COMMON SCOTER [dr'k and female, presumed same as birds earlier in week on S. Yorks side]; 3 Oystercatcher, 2 LRP, c.10 Lapwing, 2 Redshank. Todays Doncaster Birding

Besthorpe NR - 8 Pink-footed Geese [feeding near Mons Pool, 11:25].

Langford Lowfields - 2 Oystercatcher, LRP, Dunlin [Phase Three].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake], LITTLE GULL [adult], Swallow [Clifton Pit].

Wednesday 2nd April

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake], LRP, Redshank, White Wagtail [Clifton Pit, late afternoon].

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 20+Redwing, 2 Blackcap, Treecreeper [Bellmoor Pits], 3+Sand Martin [Hallcroft Sewage Works], Red-crested Pochard [Bellmoor Lake].

Hoveringham - Barnacle Goose, Green Sandpiper [Sailing Lake], Egyptian Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, 2 Sand Martin [Ferry Farm Park].

Holme Pierrepont - Green Sandpiper [Blotts Pit, 11:30].

Carburton - Water Rail [heard by the River Poulter, 08:10].

Newstead Abbey - 3 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck.

Idle Washlands - 16 Whooper Swan, GARGANEY [drake], 6 Cattle Egret [south at 07:55], Willow Warbler [Slaynes Lane].

Tuesday 1st April

Lound [Idle Valley Nature Reserve] - 1+ LITTLE GULL [heard flying over calling, 06:45]; also 3 Swallow.

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 4 LITTLE GULL [briefly, midday], GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake, still Clifton Pit].

Hoveringham -Green Sandpiper [Sailing Lake], 2 Redshank [Tipping Pond], 40+Sand Martin, Ruddy Shelduck [Ferry Farm Park].

Retford - Swallow [on wires, Hyundai Garage, Retford Road this morning].

Meering Marsh - Great White Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, Willow Warbler, Blackcap [this morning].

Sutton on Trent - c.20 Whooper Swan [over north-west, 08:20].

Colwick CP - Yellow-legged Gull [adult], Willow Warbler [early morning].

Many thanks to:

Celia Abbott, Wendy Ambler, Andy Baker, Michael Blount, Robin Brace, Peter Burrill, Paul Buxton, Phil Cadman, Andy Capstick, Robert Carr, Pat Clements, Alan Clewes, Miles Cluff, Pete Cottam, Ian Cowgill, Nick Crouch, Martin Cutler, Stu Davenport, Mark Dawson, Rod Dean, Lance Degnan, Matt Dineen, Steve Dunn, Derrick Evans, David Farnsworth, Ade Fox, Pete Freeman, Steve Furber, Neil Glen, Ian Grindle, Andy Hall, Mike Hill, Gary Hobson, Paul Hobson, Mel Hood, John Hopper, Pat Jennings, Roger Key, Mike Leatherland, Mike Lee, Ian Livsey, Jonathan Lloyd, Tracy Mann, Andy Mart, Andrew Matthews, kai mason, Martin McCallum, Kamala Mueller, Nick Pickard, Andrew Pickles, Andrew Przeslak, Adrian Pykett, Philip Rathbone, Dave Read, Simon Roberts, Chris Robinson, Karen Rowe, Alfie Seastron, Alan Scrimshaw, James Shergold, Simon Sharpe, Daniel Shaw, Keith Smith, Martin Smith, Edmund Staunton, James Wilkinson, Geoff Tindsley, Gary Twells, David Tyldesley, Michael Walker, Dan Brigham-Ward, Jon White, Mike Wilkinson, Andy Winning, Colin Woodruffe, Paul Wright.

Notts Rare and Scarce Whatapp Group, Lound Whatapp Group, Idle Washlands Whatapp Group, @NottsBirders Twitter Feed, RSPB Langford Lowfields, Netherfield Wildlife Group, Doncaster Birding.

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