🟠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
Species plates: Bird of the Month
©Hen Harrier (ringtail) by Dean Eades
BOTM - 2024
February - 24
🔵 Rough-legged Buzzard - Ruckland
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
November - 23
🔴 Ferruginous Duck - Idle Washlands
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
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
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
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
February - 21
🔵 Red-throated Diver - Deeping High Bank
🔴 Sand Martin - Beeston
âš« Slavonian Grebe - Rutland Water NR
January - 21
🔵 Little Stint - Alkborough Flats
âš« Ring-necked Duck - Staunton Harold Estate