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🔴May

Friday - 29/05/26

0705 - Sanderling - Holme Pierrepont - 3 at Blotts Pit.

Thursday - 28/05/26

1431 - Little Tern - Holme Pierrepont - 1 on Blotts Pit *1640 . *1821

0610 - White-winged Black Tern - Idle Washlands - ad at Slaynes Lane South *0752 then headed N at 0858

• Grey Plover - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 1 on Phase 3.

• Caspian Gull - Idle Washlands - 1.

• 0948 - White-winged Black Tern - Finningley - ad at pool S of Fiftyeights Road then headed NE at 1100.

Wednesday - 27/05/26

Purple Heron (3rd day) - Holme Pierrepont - 1s again at Works Pond.

Little Tern - Attenborough NR - 1 at Clifton Pit *0747 . *0750 x2

• Little Stint - Idle Valley NR - 1 at Neatholme Fen.

• Sanderling - Attenborough NR - 1 at Gull Island at Clifton Pit.

Tuesday - 26/05/26

Purple Heron - Holme Pierrepont - 1s again at Works Pit then headed towards A52 Pit *0920 . *1304 . *1358 . *1530 . *1713 . *1835

• 0641 - Sanderling - Attenborough NR - 1 at Gull Island at Clifton Pit.

LNY - ® - 1707 - Corncrake - Gringley on the Hill - singing male reported NW of Carr Road/Ellicar Lane junction yesterday.

Monday - 25/05/26

0925 - Purple Heron - Holme Pierrepont - 1s again in flight at Works Pond then dropped into reedbed *0938 . *0953 flew from Works Pond towards Blotts Pit . *1849 . *2033

• 🟠 0854 - Purple Heron - Holme Pierrepont - 1 flew low N over Blotts Pit.

LNY - Ruddy Shelduck - Burton Joyce - ad/drk again along River Trent yesterday.

LNY - Wood Sandpiper - Idle Washlands - 1 at Slaynes Lane yesterday.

Saturday - 23/05/26

• Glossy Ibis - Idle Valley NR - still at Chainbridge Scrape.

• Garganey - Holme Pierrepont - drk at Blotts Pit.

Friday - 22/05/26

• 0620 - Little Tern - Idle Washlands - 2 at Slaynes Lane South.

Thursday - 21/05/26

• Glossy Ibis - Idle Valley NR - still at Chainbridge Scrape East.

• Temminck's Stint - Finningley - 3 still at E end of pools S of Fiftyeights Road at c w3w , viewed from yellow gate , park on Croft Road w3w & walk E then NE along the track to view

Wednesday - 20/05/26

• Sanderling - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 1 still at Phase 3.

• 1009 - Glossy Ibis - Idle Valley NR - still alongside reedbed at Chainbridge Scrape East.

Tuesday - 19/05/26

• Sanderling - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 2 at Phase 3.

• Sanderling - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 1 at Deep Water Pit.

• Ruddy Turnstone - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 1 still at Phase 3.

Monday - 18/05/26

• Glossy Ibis - Idle Valley NR - again at Chainbridge Scrape.

Sunday - 17/05/26

• Ruddy Turnstone - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 1 at Phase 3 then headed N also 3 Sanderling then they headed NW.

Saturday - 16/05/26

Temminck's Stint - Finningley - 3 still at E end of pools S of Fiftyeights Road at c w3w , viewed from yellow gate , park on Croft Road w3w & walk E then NE along the track to view *1254 . *1338 

• ☹️ Temminck's Stint - Holme Pierrepont - no sign on Blotts Pit.

• Little Stint - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 1 at Phase 3 , park sensibly along Holme Lane w3w & take public footpath N to southern boundary of Phase 3.

Friday - 15/05/26

• Temminck's Stint - Holme Pierrepont - still at Blotts Pit also Ruddy Turnstone still.

• Common Crane - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 5 over heading N this afternoon.

• Temminck's Stint - Finningley - at least 2 still at E end of pools S of Fiftyeights Road , park on Croft Road & walk E then NE along the track to view *0717 x3 . *1250 x3

Thursday - 14/05/26

Temminck's Stint - Finningley - 3 at E end of pools S of Fiftyeights Road also 46 Ringed Plover , park on Croft Road & walk E then NE along the track to view *1150 1 still

• Eurasian Spoonbill - Idle Valley NR - 1 over Neatholme Fen N.

• 0920 - Common Crane - Idle Washlands - 4 over Slaynes Lane heading NE.

LNY - Eurasian Spoonbill - Idle Washlands - 2 at Slaynes Lane yesterday.

LN - 09/05/26 - Montagu's Harrier - Idle Valley NR - female over Chainbridge Scrape N on Saturday (identification confirmed from photograph)

Wednesday - 13/05/26

• Temminck's Stint - Holme Pierrepont - still at Blotts Pit this evening.

• Garganey - Idle Valley NR - drk at Chainbridge Pit.

• Wood Sandpiper - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 1.

Tuesday - 12/05/26

• Temminck's Stint - Holme Pierrepont - again at Blotts Pit.

• Eurasian Spoonbill - Netherfield Lagoons - sub/ad over early morning.

• Ruddy Turnstone - Holme Pierrepont - 1 at Blotts Pit.

• ☹️ Temminck's Stint - Holme Pierrepont - no sign at Blotts Pit.

• 0553 - Eurasian Spoonbill - Attenborough NR - again at Clifton Pit then headed N.

Monday - 11/05/26

Temminck's Stint - Holme Pierrepont - still at Blotts Pit , view from the hide at W side of pit at w3w use Skylarks NR cp at w3w or park sensibly along Adbolton Lane *1424 . *1716

• 1608 - Wood Sandpiper - Gringley Carr - 3.

• Common Quail - Kilvington - 1 by West Lake.

• ☹️ Lesser Yellowlegs - Idle Washlands - no sign at Slaynes Lane so far this morning.

Sunday - 10/05/26

• Lesser Yellowlegs - Idle Washlands - on peninsular from Slaynes Lane.

• 1744 - Wood Sandpiper - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 1 still at Phase 3.

• Temminck's Stint - Holme Pierrepont - 1 at Blotts Pit.

• Sanderling - Budby - 1 at Budby Flash.

• Temminck's Stint - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 1 on Phase 3.

LNY - 1930 - White Stork - Stoke Bardolph - 1 over River Trent towards Gunthorpe yesterday evening.

Saturday - 09/05/26

Wood Sandpiper - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 2 still *1503 1 still at Phase 3

• Eurasian Spoonbill - Attenborough NR - again at Clifton Pit from Tower Hide.

• Osprey - RSPB Langford Lowfields - over Silt Lagoon 7 this afternoon.

• Osprey - Attenborough Village - N over the church this evening.

• 1223 - Glossy Ibis - Idle Valley NR - still at Neatholme Fen.

• 1132 - Harrier sp. - Idle Valley NR - ringtail over Chainbridge Scrape N.

• Glossy Ibis - Idle Valley NR - still at Neatholme Fen.

• 0736 - Wood Sandpiper - Idle Valley NR - 1 at Neatholme Fen.

Friday - 08/05/26

• Wood Sandpiper - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 4 at Phase 3.

• Grey Plover - RSPB Langford Lowfields - still at Phase 3.

Thursday - 07/05/26

• 1655 - Glossy Ibis - Idle Valley NR - still at Neatholme Fen.

• 0713 - Eurasian Spoonbill - Attenborough NR - again at Clifton Pit from Tower Hide.

Wednesday - 06/05/26

• 1031 - Caspian Gull - Attenborough NR - 1s at Clifton Pit.

• Arctic Tern - Idle Valley NR - 2 at Neatholme Scrape.

• Glossy Ibis - Idle Valley NR - still at Neatholme Scrape.

• Wood Sandpiper - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 3 still at Phase 3.

Tuesday - 05/05/26

• ☹️ Roseate Tern - Idle Valley NR - no further sign.

• Glossy Ibis - Idle Valley NR - 1 at Neatholme Fen.

• ℗ Roseate Tern - Idle Valley NR - possible at Tiln North this morning.

• Wood Sandpiper - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 3 at Phase 3.

• Eurasian Spoonbill - Attenborough NR - at Clifton Pit early morning then flew off.

LNY - Wood Sandpiper - Idle Washlands - 3 at Hagg Lane Flash yesterday.

Monday - 04/05/26

Sanderling - Attenborough NR - 1 at Gull Island at Clifton Pit *1212

• 1245 - Black Tern - Idle Valley NR - still at Neatholme Fen.

• Black Tern - Idle Valley NR - still at Neatholme Fen.

• 0924 - Sanderling - Holme Pierrepont - 2 at Blotts Pit , view from the hide at W side of the pit.

• 0717 - Sanderling - Holme Pierrepont - 1 at Blotts Pit also Bar-tailed Godwit briefly then headed S at 0558.

• Ruddy Turnstone - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 1 at Phase 3 also Sanderling & 4 Bar-tailed Godwit.

LNY - Sanderling - Finningley - 2 at Finningley GPs yesterday.

LNY - ® - Black Tern - Idle Valley NR - 1 reported yesterday.

Sunday - 03/05/26

• 1450 - Common Quail - Ruddington Moor - singing male in field W of footpath by railway line.

• Black Tern - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 1 at Phase 3 this evening.

• Little Tern - Idle Washlands - 1 at Slaynes Lane also Ruddy Turnstone.

• Kittiwake - Newstead & Annesley CP - ad at Middle Lagoon.

• Sanderling - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 2 at Phase 3.

• Wood Sandpiper - RSPB Langford Lowfields - at least 2 still at Phase 3 also Sanderling.

Saturday - 02/05/26

® 1220 - Great Reed Warbler - Attenborough NR - unconfirmed report of singing male in reeds on S side of Sailing Pit , but no sign since.

• 1446 - Osprey - Welbeck Watchpoint - over Top Lake.

• Wood Sandpiper - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 3 still at Phase 3.

LNY - ® - Bluethroat - Misson - unconfirmed reported of 1 at Misson Springs yesterday.

LNY - Wood Sandpiper - Idle Washlands - 2 at Hagg Lane Flash yesterday.

Friday - 01/05/26

• 1300 - White Stork - Attenborough NR - green-ringed 'GBP3' over VC.

• ☹️ Eurasian Spoonbill - Idle Valley NR - no further sign by early evening.

• Wood Sandpiper - Idle Valley NR - 1 at Neatholme Fen breifly.

• Eurasian Spoonbill - Idle Valley NR - 1 at Neatholme Fen.

• White Stork - Beeston - on pylon at Beeston Weir.

• Wood Sandpiper - RSPB Langford Lowfields - 8 at Phase 3.

• Wood Sandpiper - Attenborough NR - 1 at Clifton Pit.

• Greater Scaup - Holme Pierrepont - drk still at A52 Pit.

LNY - Wood Sandpiper - Finningley - 9 at Finningley GPs yesterday afternoon but no further sign by dusk.

Mega, Rare, Walks and * will be posted at the top of the page. Continued sightings * in the same location will be added after first report that day.

Schedule 1 species in alphabetical order can be found here