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 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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Please remember to submit all sightings to Keith Rainford Bullfinch194@gmail.com each month, using the Excel spreadsheet that can be downloaded from the Recording page.
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Archived Sightings 2001 - 2023
Archived Sightings 2001 to 2023
Archived Sightings 2024
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.
213 Species have been recorded so far in 2024.
Updated 2nd December 2024.
Full List HERE
Wednesday 11th December
Langford Lowfields - 2 Caspian Gull [both 1st-winters, Phase Three late afternoon].
Brierley Forest Park - 8 Goosander [late afternoon].
Hoveringham - GREATER SCAUP [1st-winter female, Sailing Lake 10:26 - 13:00 at least]; also 14 Goldeneye, Great White Egret.
Holme Pierrepont - SMEW [redhead, A52 Pit on the west side, 12:22], Redshank [Blotts Pit, this morning].
Netherfield - 3 Caspian Gull [two 1st-winter/adult male, Enva Recycling Centre this morning].
Stoke Bardolph - Yellow-legged Gull [adult male], Barnacle Goose, this morning].
Bingham - 30/40 Pink-footed Geese [over north-west, 09:45].
Welbeck - 3 Great White Egret, Little Egret [on the Upper Lake, 08:15].
Tuesday 10th December
Netherfield Lagoons - c.50 Pink-footed Geese [over north-west, 13:58], Marsh Harrier [male, over the reed-bed late afternoon].
Idle Washlands - c.600 Pink-footed Geese, c.40 Redwing, c.60 Fieldfare [Bawtry flood], Whooper Swan, 26 Pintail, 2m Goldeneye, 2 Marsh Harrier, Kingfisher [Slaynes Lane]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Clumber Park - Great White Egret, 6 Shoveler, 60+Tufted Duck.
King's Mill Reservoir - Goosander [redhead], Black-headed Gull [leucistic indervidual], 8 Snipe, c.600 Wood Pigeon [area to south].
Welbeck - Great White Egret [still on the Upper Lake].
Monday 9th December
Idle Washlands - Ruddy Shelduck, 4 Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 100 Fieldfare [Bawtry Bridge, early afternoon].
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Caspian Gull [adult still Clifton Pit].
Netherfield Lagoons - Marsh Harrier [male, over the reed-bed].
Budby - Red Kite [above the A616].
King's Mill Reservoir - Goosander [redhead].
Sunday 8th December
Collingham Pits - Merlin [west end of Carton Ferry Lane, early afternoon].
Saturday 7th December
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 7 Cattle Egret [in cattle fields, Walters Farm], 355 Shoveler [Bellmoor Lake].
Carlton - Blackcap [female present in same garden as male on the 2nd].
Friday 6th December
King's Mill Reservoir - Mediterranean Gull, Caspian Gull [both adults, in the roost this evening].
Scrooby - Marsh Harrier, Water Rail, 2 Stonechat [east of the railway line, this afternoon].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - BITTERN [in flight over Doughtys Pit, midday].
Idle Washlands - SHORT-EARED OWL [on fence post Mission end of Slaynes Lane, then flushed by a Buzzard and flew over the river late morning], 312 Pink-footed Geese, 400 Canada Geese, Ruddy Shelduck [flew off with Pink-footed Geese], 165 Teal, 250 Wigeon, 3 Pintail, 11 Redshank, 6 Ruff, 6 Dunlin, Marsh Harrier [Bawtry Bridge].
Misson Springs [Finnerley GP] - 3 Shoveler, 350+ Wigeon, 200+ Teal, 5 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, Curlew (ho), 2 Grey Heron, c.200 Starling, 20+ Redwing, c.60 Fieldfare. Todays Doncaster Birding
Holme Pierrepont - BITTERN [Old Skylarks Reserve, sitting in a tree by the lake pretending it wasn't there!].
Bittern - Holme Pierrepont © Andrew Przeslak.
Thursday 5th December
Holme Pierrepont - Marsh Harrier [Blotts Pit, imm male quartering the reed-bed, early morning].
Wednesday 4th December
Idle Washlands - 150 Teal, 250 Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Redshank [Hagg Lane Flash], Ruddy Shelduck, 4 Goldeneye [Slaynes Lane], 360 Canada Geese, Pink-footed Goose, 10 Redshank [Bawtry Bridge].
Misson Springs - 4 Cattle Egret.
Holme Pierrepont - Marsh Harrier [Blotts Pit, mid-afternoon].
Welbeck - Great White Egret [upper Welbeck Lake, this afternoon].
Hucknall - Brambling [on garden feeder mid-day].
Ravenshead - Raven [fly-over].
Tuesday 3rd December
Idle Washlands - 4 Whooper Swan, Bar-headed Goose, Sparrowhawk [Slaynes Lane], 7 Cattle Egret [flew west to roost], 5 Great White Egret [roosting in trees Unit 2].
King's Mill Reservoir - Caspian Gull [near adult in the roost, 16:00], 27 Common Snipe.
Attenborough Nature Reserve - Pintail, Great White Egret, adult Caspian Gull [Clifton Pit, late morning], Great White Egret, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet [Beeston Pond].
Rufford CP - Hawfinch [female by the car park, 11:30].
Langford Lowfields - Greenshank [Phase Three].
Holme Pierrepont - Cattle Egret [in paddocks, Regatta Way, 10:36].
Clumber Park - 2 Hawfinch [in Chapel grounds this morning].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - 4 Cattle Egret [Alans Meadow, this morning], 1+Great White Egret [Bellmoor Lake], 4 Goosander, Great White Egret, Little Egret [Chainbridge Pit],
Monday 2nd December
Scrooby - HEN HARRIER [male, from A638 over field between Scrooby and Scrooby Top, 08:00].
Carlton - Blackcap [male, feeding on Mahonia flowers].
Sunday 1st December
Holme Pierrepont - SHORT-EARED OWL [again on the south end of Skylarks NR, 16;30], Cattle Egret [Holme Pierrepont Campsite with Little Egrets].
Idle Washlands - 3 WHITE-FRONTED GEESE [2 adults and 1st-winter, in with c.1500 Pink-footed Geese in fields north of lay-by by Bawtry Bridge on A631]; 3 Marsh Harrier [1m, 1f, 1 1cy], Red Kite, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, c.1950 Pink-footed Goose [c.50 North, c.400 Souty, c.1,500 South and appeared to land towards Bawtry end of washlands], 13 Egyptian Goose, 1m Pintail, 1m Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebe, Great White Egret, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat [Slaynes Lane]; 2 Pintail, 14 Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2 Redshank [Hagg Lane Flash]. Todays Doncaster Birding
Attenborough Nature Reserve - 2 Pintail, Caspian Gull [adult], 20+Goosander, 1000 Starling [into roost late afternoon, Clifton Pit], 5 Pintail, Raven [flew west, midday], Barnacle Goose [Sailing Pit], Great White Egret [Tween Pond].
Kilvington Lakes - Merlin [bathing West Lake, this afternoon], Great White Egret, c.80 Lapwing.
Misson Springs - 12 Cattle Egret [Springs Road, mid-afternoon].
Lound [Idle Valley NR] - c.200 Shoveler, 3 Goosander, 2 Great White Egret, 2 Grey Wagtail [Bellmoor Lake].
Grassthorpe/Sutton on Trent - 11 Grey Partridge [Holme Lane].
Rufford Pit Top - 2 Woodcock [flushed mid-morning].
Many thanks to:
Linda Abbott, Suzanne Atkinson, Merv Bartle, Robin Brace, Neil Braund, Paul Burrill, Phil Cadman, Carl Cornish, Ian Cowgill, Nick Crouch, Mark Dawson, Rod Dean, Lance Degnan, Del Evans, Kevin Farmer, Keith Fisher, Ade Fox, Pete George, Gil Green, Paul Hobson, Pat Jennings, Andrew Lee, Jonathan Lloyd, Ged Morley, Andrew Przeslak, Simon Roberts, Chris Robinson, Alfie Seastron, Alan Scrimshaw, Edmund Staunton, Simon Thompson, Steve Thorpe, David Tyldesley, Bob Usher, Brian Whetton, Rob Woodward.
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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