🔴Nottinghamshire Sightings
Sightings courtesy
( unless stated otherwise )
☎️ 0758-1014293
( by text only please )
Continued sightings * in the same location will be added from the first report that day. Rare, Mega & Walks will be posted at the top of the page.
🔴April
Tuesday - 23/04/24
Waxwing - Harworth - still in a garden at Galway Mews.
Osprey - Blyth - over A1 services NE
1758 - Arctic Tern - Cromwell - 10 past Cromwell Quarry NE
Arctic Tern - Collingham Pits - 10 past N this evening.
1556 - Arctic Tern - Attenborough NR - 1 at Clifton Pit.
1319 - Osprey - Idle Valley NR - over Chainbridge Pit N
LNY - 1630 - Arctic Tern - Idle Washlands - c100 past Slaynes Lane yesterday.
Monday - 22/04/24
Arctic Tern - Hoveringham GPs - 9 through Sailing Lake E
Little Gull - Attenborough NR - 1w still at Clifton Pit this morning.
Arctic Tern - Beeston - 4 over River Trent at Beeston Weir.
Arctic Tern - Attenborough NR - 25 at Clifton Pit also 1w Little Gull *1624 x30
Arctic Tern - Daneshill Lakes - 8.
Kittiwake - Netherfield Lagoons - 2 ad & 1w at Deep Pit this morning.
0931 - Scaup - Colwick CP - 1w/drk still on Main Lake.
Bar tailed Godwit - Collingham Pits - at NE corner of Ferry Lane Lake.
0832 - Arctic Tern - Holme Pierrepont - 17+ on A52 Pit.
Arctic Tern - Attenborough NR - 3 on posts at S corner of Coneries Pond.
Bar tailed Godwit - Holme Pierrepont - 4 on Blotts Pit.
LNY - Mealy Redpoll - Rufford CP - at least 3 yesterday.
Sunday - 21/04/24
Short-eared Owl - Idle Valley NR - by bridge at Tiln North.
Common Swift - Attenborough NR - this afternoon.
Common Swift - Idle Valley NR - over Chainbridge Scrape N
Common Swift - Collingham Pits - this morning.
Black-necked Grebe - Undisclosed site (SSQ)
Scaup - Colwick CP - 1w/drk still on Main Lake.
Wood Sandpiper - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 2 briefly this morning.
Saturday - 20/04/24
Channel Wagtail - Kilvington - male in grass at West Lake this afternoon.
Osprey - Clumber Park - over Clumber Lake this afternoon. then headed towards Carburton.
Scaup - Colwick CP - 1w/drk still on Main Lake.
Garganey - Erewash Meadows NR - drk still.
0756 - Waxwing - Harworth - still in a garden at Galway Mews *1526
Friday - 19/04/24
Bar-tailed Godwit - Collingham Pits - 1 at Ferry Lane Lake.
® Water Pit - Idle Valley NR - reported in sheep fields at Walters Farm.
0820 - Garganey - Erewash Meadows NR - drk still.
0815 - Osprey - Attenborough NR - over Coneries Pond W
Waxwing - Harworth - still in garden at Galway Mews.
Thursday - 18/04/24
Waxwing - Harworth - 1 in a garden at Galway Mews.
1602 - Ruddy Shelduck - Hoveringham GPs - drk again by River Trent.
0900 - Common Swift - Netherfield Lagoons - over Slurry Lagoon.
0950 - Scaup - Colwick CP - 1w/drk still on Main Lake.
0916 - Common Crane - Littleborough - 2 over River Trent S
Tuesday - 16/04/24
Black-necked Grebe - Undisclosed site (SSQ)
0845 - Garganey - Erewash Meadows NR - drk.
Scaup - Colwick CP - drk still.
Monday - 15/04/24
Black-necked Grebe - Undisclosed site (SSQ)
Sunday - 14/04/24
Scaup - Colwick CP - drk still.
℗ 1545 - Serin - Kirkby in Ashfield - probable heard flying over NE over Clumber Street.
Caspian Gull - Attenborough NR - 1
Short-eared Owl - RSPB Langford Lowfields - at western bank of Phase 2
0604 - Garganey - Newstead & Annesley CP - drk on Bottom Lagoon.
Saturday - 13/04/24
Common Redstart - Attenborough NR - in trees by River Trent just before last turning to Meadow Lane.
Arctic Tern - Idle Valley NR - at Tiln North.
Arctic Tern - Attenborough NR - still at Clifton Pit this morning *1430
0918 - Scaup - Colwick CP - 1w/drk still on Main Lake near the car park.
LNY - ® - 12/04/24 - Garden Warbler - Idle Valley NR - reported yesterday.
LN - 11/04/24 - Osprey - Welbeck Watchpoint - on Thursday.
Friday - 12/04/24
1635 - Scaup - drk still on Main Lake.
Arctic Tern - Attenborough NR - still at Clifton Pit.
Thursday - 11/04/24
1942 - Scaup - Colwick CP - drk again at E end of Main Lake.
Waxwing - Ranby - flock still at Beechwood Crescent.
Common Redstart - Holme Pierrepont - male this morning.
0802 - Spoonbill - Attenborough NR - over Clifton Pit heading W
Spoonbill - Netherfield Lagoons - over this morning.
Wednesday - 10/04/24
1127 - Cattle Egret - Idle Valley NR - 8 still in sheep fields at Walters Farm.
Lesser Whitethroat - Scrooby - singing male along Mill Lane also Common Whitethroat.
Osprey - Attenborough NR - over Delta Wood N
Osprey - RSPB Langford Lowfields - over Phase 3
Lesser Whitethroat - RSPB Langford Lowfields - W of perimeter path by Phase 1, note the reserve is still closed.
0630 - Arctic Tern - Attenborough NR - at Clifton Pit.
☹️ Black Redstart - Worksop - no sign of male early morning.
LNY - ℗ - Black Kite - Epperstone - possible reported between Epperstone & Woodborough yesterday evening.
Tuesday - 09/04/24
2046 - Black Redstart - Worksop - male this evening.
Little Gull - Attenborough NR - ad at Clifton Pit.
0940 - Cattle Egret - Netherfield Lagoons - 7 with 6 over & 1 in a tree.
Arctic Tern - Attenborough NR - at Coneries Pond also Cattle Egret.
Little Gull - Hoveringham GPs - 1w at Sailing Lake.
0900 - Sandwich Tern - Attenborough NR - on Clifton Pit *1028 also Cattle Egret from Kingfisher Hide
Sandwich Tern - Newstead & Annesley CP - briefly then headed NE
LNY - Cattle Egret - Idle Valley NR - 8 in sheep field at Walters Farm yesterday.
LNY - Ruddy Shelduck - Hoveringham - drk on River Trent by Ferry Farm Park yesterday.
Monday - 08/04/24
Cattle Egret - Holme Pierrepont - again by A52 Pit.
Little Gull - Netherfield Lagoons - 1w still on Deep Pit this afternoon.
1313 - Ruddy Shelduck - Holme Pierrepont - on Blotts Pit.
1039 - Little Gull - Netherfield Lagoons - 1w still on Deep Pit.
0610 - Common Whitethroat - Attenborough NR - singing by viewing screen also Reed Warbler.
0825 - Osprey - Kirkby Woodhouse - at Cuttail Fishing Pond briefly then headed N
0726 - Common Whitethroat - RSPB Langford Lowfields - this morning (reserve still closed)
Grasshopper Warbler - RSPB Langford Lowfields - reeling this morning (reserve still closed)
Ring Ouzel - Newstead & Annesley CP - by Top Lagoon.
Sunday - 07/04/24
1810 - Cattle Egret - Netherfield Lagoons - over Deep Pit W
1738 - Common Tern - Welbeck Watchpoint - 1 over.
1737 - Arctic Tern - Netherfield Lagoons - 2 over Deep Pit.
Common Tern - Idle Valley NR - at Chainbridge Scrape East.
1155 - Waxwing - Ranby - 21 still at Beechwood Crescent.
Common Redstart - Newstead & Annesley CP - male by Top Lagoon.
LNY - Common Swift - Bestwood CP - reported at Bestwood yesterday.
LNY - Sedge Warbler - Misson - at East Flood yesterday.
Saturday - 06/04/24
Reed Warbler - Attenborough NR - singing male this morning.
1245 - Cattle Egret - Idle Valley NR - 14 at Sutton Grange.
Garganey - Misson - female on East Flood.
1114 - Little Gull - Netherfield Lagoons - 1w at Deep Pit *1430
1033 - Waxwing - Ranby - 10 at Beechwood Crescent *1042 x21
0656 - Sandwich Tern - RSPB Langford Lowfields - over Phase 3 E
Friday - 05/04/24
Cattle Egret - Attenborough NR - 3 over Coneries Pond.
Russian White-fronted Goose - Holme Pierrepont - 1w again on Blotts Pit.
1128 - Scaup - Colwick CP - drk still at E end of Main Lake.
Sandwich Tern - Attenborough NR - at Clifton Pit briefly then headed N
Thursday - 04/04/24
1430 - Short-eared Owl - Rampton - from Cocking Lane, Treswell.
1720 - Mealy Redpoll - Idle Valley NR - at Neatholme Lane with Lesser Redpoll.
Cattle Egret - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 4 still, reserve still closed due to high levels on site, please view only from the perimeter path only.
Black Kite - Langford (village) - again at Holme in a tree near Ashfield Angling Club gate *0945 *1116 then headed S at 1136
0858 - Scaup - Colwick CP - drk again on Main Lake.
Wednesday - 03/04/24
☹️ 1915 - Black Kite - Langford (village) - no further sign in surrounding area by 1915
Black Kite - Langford (village) - at Holme Lane this afternoon.
1227 🟠 Black Kite - RSPB Langford Lowfields - at Phase 3
1110 - Osprey - RSPB Langford Lowfields - over low NW
Tuesday - 02/04/24
1755 - Scaup - Holme Pierrepont - 1w/drk again on A52 Pit.
Waxwing - Harworth - 4 in a tree briefly then flew towards Bircotes.
0720 - Osprey - Attenborough NR - over N
LNY - Waxwing - King's Mill Reservoir - 6 in willows on S side by new bridge yesterday afternoon.
Monday - 01/04/24
Scaup - Colwick CP - drk again on Main Lake.
1525 - Common Crane - Cromwell - 1 over A1 E
Waxwing - King's Mill Reservoir - 4 in willows on S side by new bridge.
Russian White-fronted Goose - Holme Pierrepont - 1w again on Blotts Pit.
Nottinghamshire County Recorder:
Thanks for your Sightings and Images we appreciate every single oneッ