🟠Scratch Pad


Rarity, out of range, early or late migrants, showed well, movement, long stayer, number of species.

Quick view so far this month, final sp. will be on our 🟠BOTM page, click sp. name for more info on sp. via ebird.


March - 24

🔵 Curlew Sandpiper - RSPB Frampton Marsh

🔴 Hooded Crow - East Bridgford

âš« Firecrest - Watermead CP


Species plates: Bird of the Month

©Hen Harrier (ringtail) by Dean Eades

BOTM - 2024

February - 24

🔵 Rough-legged Buzzard - Ruckland

🔴 Waxwing - Gedling

âš« Scaup - Rutland Water NR

January - 24

🔵 Tundra Bean Goose - Woodhall Spa Airfield LWT

🔴 Ferruginous Duck - Idle Washlands

âš« Ring-necked Duck - Thornton Reservoir

BOTM - 2023

December - 23

🔵 Great Grey Shrike - Doddington

🔴 Lesser Scaup - Idle Washlands

âš« Waxwing - Anstey

November - 23

🔵 Hoopoe - Bardney Village

🔴 Ferruginous Duck - Idle Washlands

âš« Shag - Stoney Stanton

October - 23

🔵 Semipalmated Sandpiper - RSPB Frampton Marsh

🔴 Hooded Crow - Westwoodside

âš« Yellow-browed Warbler - Rutland Water NR

September - 23

🔵 Woodchat Shrike - Gibraltar Point NNR

🔴 Little Stint - Kilvington

âš« Honey Buzzard - Stanford Reservoir

August - 23

🔵 Kentish Plover - RSPB Frampton Marsh

🔴 Red-necked Phalarope - King's Mill Reservoir

âš« White-tailed Eagle - Rutland Water NR

July - 23

🔵 American Wigeon - RSPB Frampton Marsh

🔴 Caspian Tern - Idle Washlands

âš« Black-crowned Night Heron - Oakthorpe Flash

June - 23

🔵 Black-winged Stilt - RSPB Frampton Marsh

(1st breeding pair in Lincolnshire, 4 chicks)

🔴 Red-footed Falcon - Attenborough NR

âš« Golden Oriole - Stanford Reservoir

May - 23

🔵 Kentish Plover - Saltfleetby NNR

🔴 Wood Sandpiper - Bennerley Marsh

âš« Wood Warbler - Croft

April - 23

🔵 Temminck's Stint - RSPB Frampton Marsh

🔴 Little Gull - Holme Pierrepont

âš« Black-crowned Night Heron - Watermead CP

March - 23

🔵 Alpine Swift - Grainthorpe Haven

🔴 Firecrest - Attenborough NR

âš« Red-throated Diver - Rutland Water NR

February - 23

🔵 American Wigeon - Woodhall Spa Airfield LWT

🔴 Pallas's Warbler - Attenborough NR

âš« Ring-necked Duck - Dishley Pool

January - 23

🔵 Falcated Duck - Covenham Reservoir

🔴 Baikal Teal - Finningley

âš« Yellow-browed Warbler - Wigston SW

BOTM - 2022

December - 22

🔵 Red-flanked Bluetail - Deeping Lakes LWT

🔴 Dartford Warbler - Barton in Fabis

âš« Mediterranean Gull - Stanford Reservoir

November - 22

🔵 Little Gull - Huttoft Bank

🔴 Smew - Attenborough NR

âš« Ring-necked Duck - Swithland Reservoir

October - 22

🔵 Marbled Duck - Woodhall Spa Airfield LWT

🔴 Purple Sandpiper - Holme Pierrepont

âš« Great Egret - Rutland Water NR

September - 22

🔵 Spotted Crake - Marston Sewage Works

🔴 White-tailed Eagle - Idle Valley NR

âš« Red-backed Shrike - Rutland Water NR

August - 22

🔵 European Roller - Timberland

🔴 Ferruginous Duck - Holme Pierrepont

âš« Pectoral Sandpiper - Eyebrook Reservoir

July - 22

🔵 Stilt Sandpiper - Alkborough Flats

🔴 Black-headed Wagtail - shades of yellow wagtails - Hayton

âš« Ruddy Shelduck - Rutland Water NR

June - 22

🔵 Marsh Warbler - Anderby Creek

🔴 Caspian Tern - Idle Washlands

âš« Black Tern - Rutland Water NR

May - 22

🔵 Savi's Warbler - Wolla Bank

🔴 Roseate Tern - Idle Valley NR

âš« Temminck's Stint - Rutland Water NR

April - 22

🔵 Spotted Crake - RSPB Frampton Marsh

🔴 Wood Warbler - Holme Pierrepont

âš« Little Tern - Eyebrook Reservoir

March - 22

🔵 Firecrest - Gibraltar Point NNR

🔴 Sand Martin - Holme Pierrepont

âš« Common Crane - Rutland Water NR

February - 22

🔵 Corn Bunting - Crowle

🔴 Goshawk - Welbeck Raptor Watchpoint

âš« Hawfinch - Charnwood Lodge NR

January - 22

🔵 Siberian Chiffchaff - Marston Sewage Works

🔴 Hen Harrier - Clifton

âš« Smew - Eyebrook Reservoir

BOTM - 2021

December - 21

🔵 White-tailed Lapwing - East Halton Skitter

🔴 Caspian Gull - Attenborough NR

âš« Black-throated Diver - Rutland Water NR

November - 21

🔵 American Wigeon - RSPB Frampton Marsh

🔴 Great-northern Diver - RSPB Langford Lowfields

âš« Lapland Bunting - Grimston

October - 21

🔵 Yellow-browed Warbler - Gibraltar Point NNR

🔴 Baird's Sandpiper - Idle Washlands

âš« Rock Pipit - Rutland Water NR

September - 21

🔵 Red-breasted Goose - Wrangle

🔴 Pectoral Sandpiper - Attenborough NR

âš« Wryneck - Groby Pool

August - 21

🔵 Black Stork - RSPB Frampton Marsh

🔴 Black-winged Pratincole - Newstead & Annesley CP

âš« Glossy Ibis - Rutland Water NR

July - 21

🔵 Pacific Golden Plover - RSPB Frampton Marsh

🔴 Little Tern - Collingham Pits

âš« Rosy Starling - Ullesthorpe

June - 21

🔵 European Bee-eater - Gibraltar Point NNR

🔴 Purple Heron - RSPB Langford Lowfields

âš« American Golden Plover - Rutland Water NR

May - 21

🔵 Pallid Harrier - Bonby Carrs

🔴 Great Reed Warbler - Besthorpe NWT

âš« Golden Oriole - Stanford Reservoir

April - 21

🔵 Lesser Scaup - Chapel Six Marshes

🔴 Two-barred Crossbill - Edwinstowe

âš« Kentish Plover - Rutland Water NR

March - 21

🔵 Whooper Swan - Langtoft

🔴 Black Redstart - Harworth

âš« Osprey - Rutland Water NR

February - 21

🔵 Red-throated Diver - Deeping High Bank

🔴 Sand Martin - Beeston

âš« Slavonian Grebe - Rutland Water NR

January - 21

🔵 Little Stint - Alkborough Flats

🔴 Hawfinch - Thoresby Park

âš« Ring-necked Duck - Staunton Harold Estate