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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.

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Archived Sightings 2001 - 2023

Archived Sightings 2001 to 2025

Archived Sightings 2026

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 Feral/unknown origin.

Total of 128 Species recorded so far in 2026.

Updated 1st March 2026.

Full List HERE

Wednesday 11th March

Holme Pierrepont - 3 SMEW [drake/2 redheads, A52 Pit, this evening], Caspian Gull [3rd-winter, Blotts Pit; Alan Clewes].

Collingham Pits - 2 TUNDRA BEAN GEESE [with greylags], 2 Curlew, 2 SPOONBILL [feeding in pool near the river with several GWE and Heron], 10 Little Egret, 2 Cattle Egret, 8 Great White Egret [this afternoon; Steve Wilkinson].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 27 Whooper Swan, 2 Mute Swan, GLOSSY IBIS, 2 Oystercatcher, Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, singles of Great Crested Grebe [Neatholme Scrape North end of lake], Bullfinch [male, Neatholme Lane], 2 Great White Egret [Cross Lane Fishery], Shelduck, 4 Pintail [2 pairs], Goldeneye [3 pairs], Shoveler, Teal, Pochard, Tufted, Mallard, 2 Grey Heron, 2 Little Egret, Great White Egret [Neatholme Fen], Goldeneye [at least six displaying drakes], 2 Egyptian Geese [Neatholme Pit; Lesley Noar].

Welbeck Raptor viewpoint - Great White Egret, four Red-legged Partridge, 10 Fieldfare [this morning; Peter Burrill].

Langford Lowfields - SMEW [redhead Phase Three, 08:22; Mark Dawson].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [adult drake], Caspian Gull [1st-winter, Clifton Pit 07:00; Adey Fox].

King's Mill Reservoir - Red-crested Pochard [female still; Robin Brace].

Adbolton - 26 Cormorant [on the river, Nottingham Sailing Club; Ruth Nettleship].

Carlton - Blackcap [over wintering male still in garden; Gil Green].

Tuesday 10th March

Holme Pierrepont - 3 SMEW [drake/2 redheads, A52 Pit, this evening], Caspian Gull [2nd-winter, Blotts Pit; Alan Clewes].

Bawtry Bridge - 4 Black-tailed Godwit [on the flood; Chip Rhodes].

Monday 9th March

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] - 42 Pochard, 2 Goldeneye, 5 Little Grebe, 4 Oystercatcher, 113 Lapwing, 103 Curlew, 1+ Redshank (h), 6+ Dunlin, 4 GB-b Gull, Grey Heron, Skylark, 3 Chiffchaff, Fieldfare (Chris Robinson) Todays Doncaster Birding

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - GLOSSY IBIS [Neatholme Scrape, in the north east corner; Phil Cadman], 7 Whooper Swan, Black Swan [Clayworth Common], 4 Pintail [Neatholme Fen].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [adult drake, Tween Pond late afternoon; Brian Whetton], Pintail [Clifton Pit].

Girton Pits - Slavonian Grebe [still North Pit, 11:57].

Sunday 8th March

Girton - Slavonian Grebe [still present on North Pit, early afternoon], 3 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [Smithy Marsh; Nick Crouch].

Rufford CP - 5 Hawfinch [trees in the main car park, 08:27], Caspian Gull [3rd-winter, Rufford Lake; Paul Hobson].

Mansfield - Rose-ringed Parakeet [on garden feeders; David Kelby].

Saturday 7th March

Bawtry/Scrooby - c.1000 Pink-footed Geese, 2 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, 24 Pintail, 350 Teal, 17 Ruff, 2 Redshank, 28 Dunlin, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Golden Plover, 7 Oystercatcher [Bawtry Bridge/Flood area; Lance Degnan].

Idle Washlands - 5 Shelduck, 4 COMMON SCOTER [all drakes], 49 Pochard, 18 Great Crested Grebe, Green Woodpecker, juv/m Peregrine, Raven [Slaynes Lane; Lance Degnan].

Misson Springs [Finningley GP] – 8 Dunlin, 21 Sand Martin [through in a single flock; Dave Hursthouse]. Todays Doncaster Birding

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - COMMON SCOTER [at the south end of th e Great Lake, 10:36; Birdguides].

Calverton - 3 Chiffchaff [singing malesSpringwater Golf Club; Mark Wilde].

Langford Lowfields - COMMON SCOTER [Phase Three, 07:35], 2 LRP [Deep Water Pit; Mark Dawson].

Friday 6th March

Attenborough Nature Reserve - c.70 Sand Martin [60+low over Coneries, nine Main Pond, three over Wet Marsh, this evening; Adey Fox].

Southwell - BLACK REDSTART [site undisclosed, 15:07; Simon Sharpe].

Langford Lowfields - House Martin [Phase Three, 10:45; John Elwell].

Lenton - 4 Red-crested Pochard [3 drakes], Mandarin, calling Rose-ringed Parakeet [Highfields Lake; David Parkin].

Thursday 5th March

Attenborough Nature Reserve - c.30 Sand Martin [Clifton Pit, 18:01; Adey Fox].

Barton in Fabis - 10 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [still present in fields 200m east of Cottages Flash, 17:37; Adey Fox].

Holme Pierrepont - 3 SMEW [drake/2 redheads], Cattle Egret, 3 Sand Martin [A52 Pit, this evening; Alan Clewes].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - SMEW [adult drake, Chainbridge Scrape late afternoon], 5 Whooper Swan [Chainbridge Pit; Stu Davenport], 2 Pintail [pair neatholme Pit], 7 Shelduck, 7 Great White Egret [Neatholme Fen; Peter Burrill].

Hoveringham - 9 Whooper Swan [in fields adjacent to the Sailing Lake, 15:44; Simon Sharpe].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 2 GOSHAWK [from the feeding station lay-by, 12:10; Rod Dean]; also Marsh Tit.

Bawtry/Scrooby - 13 Whooper Swan, 2 Shelduck, 2 Golden Plover, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 20+ Dunlin [Bawtry Flood; Robin Elliott].

Sherwood Forest NNR - c.5 Woodlark [singing males, Budby Common; Robin Elliott].

Wednesday 4th March

Annesley Pit Top - 46 Whooper Swan [dropped into the Bottom Lagoon, 18:05; Richard Stanton].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - c.52 Whooper Swan [7 Chainbridge Pit, this evening; Janice Bradley; 20 over Claywoth Copse 16:40, 25 heading north over Clayworth Canal 17:09; Dave Richardson], 7 Cattle Egret [in cattle field on the west side of the river opposite Tiln].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint 14:00 - 14:45 - 10+ Common Buzzard [at least 8 in the air together including birds displaying at one point], GOSHAWK, 2 Red Kite, 3 Red legged Partridges, 35+ Great crested Grebe, 6 Shelduck, singing Chiffchaff (Wendy Ambler, Mike Wilkinson).

Barton in Fabis - 10 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [still present in field behind Cottages Flash, this afternoon; Rob Hoare]; also 4 Great White Egret

Collingham Pits - 11 Shelduck, 8 Curlew [this afternoon; Robert Carr].

Sherwood Forest NNR - 4 Jay, 2 Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker [drumming male], Nuthatch [bathing near Major Oak], 2 Chiffchaff [1 in song]. Budby Common - 2 Crossbill [over calling]. 2 Green Woodpeckers, Woodlark [singing briefly, heard only], 2 Buzzard (Wendy Ambler, Mike Wilkinson).

Idle Washlands - 12 Sand Martin [high up over Slaynes Lane, late morning; Keith Fisher], 19 Ruff, 5 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Golden Plover, 45 Redshank, 32 Dunlin, 25 Snipe [this afternoon; Lance Degnan].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - 3 Sand Martin [over Clifton Pit, late morning; Paul Buxton].

Hoveringham - 10 Great White Egret, 9 Whooper Swan, 3 Sand Martin [Sailing Lake this morning; John Hopper].

Burton Joyce - 22 Whooper Swan [on the river Trent between Burton Joyce/Bulcote, early morning; Miles Cluff].

Rufford CP - 5 Hawfinch [in trees by the car park, this morning; John Hague].

Tuesday 3rd March

King's Mill Reservoir - GREATER SCAUP [1st winter drake still at the east side, 17:27; Birdguides].

Stoke Bardolph - 4 Sand Martin [flying upriver, this afternoon; Paul Wilcox].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 3 GOSHAWK, 2 Red Kite, 10+Buzzard, Sparrowhawk [from the Feeding Station Lay-by, late morning; Martin McCallum, Ian Bollen].

Holme Pierrepont - 3 SMEW [drake/2 redheads], 3 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [A52 Pit, late morning; Alan Clewes].

Barton in Fabis - 6 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [still present on Cottages Flash, late morning; Brian Whetton, Peter Burill]

Mansfield - Whooper Swan [Reed Mill Pond still; Robin Brace].

Annesley Pit Top - Sand Martin [09:58; Paul Naylor], 2 Teal, 6 Gadwall, 10 Tufted Duck, 3 Mute Swan, 4 Little Grebe, 6 Redpoll, 6 Siskin, Linnet, Reed Bunting, Coal Tit [David Draper].

Rufford CP - 8 Hawfinch [in trees by the car park, this morning; Mike Hill].

Monday 2nd March

Stoke Bardolph - Ruddy Shelduck [adult drake with Egyptian Geese opposite the Ferry Boat Pub, 17:00; Birdguides].

Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 19 Golden Plover, 4 Grey Partridge, 2 Stonechat, Redwing, Fieldfare, Yellowhammer, c.30 Linnet [Clayworth Common; Dave Richardson].

Barton in Fabis - 6 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [still present in field behind Cottages Flash, 15:00; Karen & Laurence Archibald].

Bennerley Marsh - LRP [small island on main pool, from the gate on Newton's Lane mid-afternoon at least; Mike Leatherland].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - 2 GOSHAWK [from the viewpoint, 12:57; Birdguides].

Girton Pits - Slavonian Grebe [still on North Pit, in the south-east corner 11:10; Tom Malarkey].

King's Mill Reservoir - GREATER SCAUP [1st winter drake still, close in to east bank, mid-morning; Robin Brace]; also 3 Cormorant, 2 Snipe, Grey Heron on nest, Coot on nest, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Grebe, 30+ Lapwing, 40+ Pochard, Jay (David Elliott).

Daneshill Lakes - Heron, 12 Red-crested Pochard, 2 female Goosander [Lesley Noar].

Sunday 1st March

Idle/Ryton Valleys [Scrooby area] – 8 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, c.750 Pink-footed Geese [Bawtry Flood, Great North Road, opposite South Yorkshire Aquatics; Lance Degnan].

Bawtry Bridge [Scrooby side] – Great White Egret, 3 Little Egret, 2 Redshank, 14 Ruff, c.30 Dunlin, 4 Oystercatcher (Lance Degnan).

Todays Doncaster Birding

King's Mill Reservoir - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter drake still present; Birdguides].

Costock - Raven [calling, low over Intake Wood then across fields south west 15:00, Holy Cross]; Also Red Kite [last two mornings, very low over convent, 07:30am; Mother Mary Julian].

Kilvington Lakes - JACK SNIPE, 5 Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher, Redshank, Siskin [late morning; Jonathan Lloyd].

Barton in Fabis - 15 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [still present in field behind Cottages Flash 10:06 - 13:35 at least; Adey Fox, Rob Hoare].

Girton Pits - Slavonian Grebe [still on North Pit, in the south-east corner 09:40; Nick Crouch].

Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint - GOSHAWK [from the feeding Station Lay-by; Heather Easton].

Attenborough Nature Reserve - GREATER SCAUP [adult drake, Main Pond, 09:02; Adey Fox].

Flinton - RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [single with feral geese on Flinton Hall Lake, early morning; Tracy Hempstead].

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