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• Please note some of our symbols on our sighting pages will speed you to this page to identify symbols.

• Click, then highlight the information symbol in the bottom left corner of the page to see when the page was last updated.

🔵 Lincolnshire regions

🔴 Nottinghamshire regions

⚫ Leicestershire and Rutland regions

🟠 Bird of the Month and Scratch Pad

🟡 BTO Short Walk

🟣 Car Trips

🟢 Booked Short Walks

🟩 Weekend Walks

🟤 SLA Gallery, images from across the UK

⚪ Latest site information and site key

🎵 Sound recording

☹️ Negative News

⛔ Mis-identified or re-identified species

❌ Erroneous sighting

®  Reported

℗  Probable or Possible

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✅ Target species found

🟥 Click to open What3Words

/// what3word sighting location

• Sighting pages only instead of w3w, note @ before /// is bird location . from /// obviously where bird was viewed from.

w3w what3word car parking or meeting point location

Click the camera icon 📸 next to species on our sighting pages to open image to sighting in the relevant regions gallery using google photos, if you have a google account click join to be notified instantly of any images uploaded.

📸 on sighting page then (NAME) is image contributor.

🔵 Lincolnshire gallery 📸

🔴 Nottinghamshire gallery 📸

⚫ Leicestershire and Rutland gallery 📸

NOTE: 

BOLD COLOURS

May have links added so hover to see if any have been added with information via eBird on Species

RARE & MEGA will now be posted at the top of that day's sighting page

Species in White - Common, Local or Scarce species

Species in Green - Rare species

Species in Blue - MEGA species

Species in Orange - Information on species via eBird

Species in Pink - Information on species via eBird

*1234 - Confirmed sighting time

• Continued sightings * in the same location will be added from the first report that day.

AM - sighting reported in the morning

PM - sighting reported in the afternoon

EV - sighting reported in the evening

NI - sighting reported in the night

LNY - Late News Yesterday

• Please note LNY and LN will be added to the bottom of that day's sightings.

LN - Late News

(SSQ) - Undisclosed sighting location

• County recorders, please contact for information if needed.

(8th day) - Confirmed sighting days from first reported

(JOE) - Contributor abbreviated

(nocmig) - Nocturnal Migration, from overnight sound recordings

(vizmig) - Visible Migration

sp. - Abbreviation for Species

Ssp. - Abbreviation for Sub Species

drk - Male Bird

ad/drk - Adult Drake

juv/drk - Juvenile Drake

ecl/drk - Eclipse Drake, in moult

ringtail - Female Hen Harrier

redhead - Female Smew

sub/ad - Sub adult bird

ad - Adult Bird

juv - Juvenile Bird

imm - Immature Bird

sum/p - Summer Plumage

1cy - First Calendar year bird

2cy - Second Calendar year bird

3cy - Third Calendar year bird

1s - 1st Summer Plumage

2s - 2nd Summer Plumage

3s - 3rd Summer Plumage

1w - 1st Winter Plumage

2w - 2nd Winter Plumage

3w - 3rd Winter Plumage

VC - Visitor Centre

CP - Country Park

GPs - Gravel Pits

NT - National Trust

NNR - National Nature Reserve