Latest Bird News and Sightings
Species shown in red on this page are BBRC rarities or species recorded on less than ten occasions in the county and those in blue are county rarities (generally more than 10 records since 1941, but less than annual). This is a news service only – reports have not been verified or subjected to scrutiny by the LROS Records Committee.
Latest Bird News and Sightings
Species shown in red on this page are BBRC rarities or species recorded on less than ten occasions in the county and those in blue are county rarities (generally more than 10 records since 1941, but less than annual). This is a news service only – reports have not been verified or subjected to scrutiny by the LROS Records Committee.
A request for the LROS Annual Reports for 1946, 1967 & 1968 has been added to the For Sale/Wanted page. Also if any of the items on the page have now sold, or you have found what you were looking for, please let me know so I can take them off. Thanks.
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Listing page updated 9th June 2026.
For Sale/Wanted page updated 22nd August 2026.
September 2026
Thursday 3rd September
Rutland Water: 4 Little Stints, Turnstone, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 5 Wood Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank & 4 Black Terns, South Arm 3; 2 Wood Sandpipers, North Arm.
Eyebrook Res: 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 3 Greenshanks, 11 Ruff, 14 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Dunlin, 16 Ringed Plovers & 1 LRP.
August 2026
Monday 31st August
Rutland Water: Knot & 2 Garganey, Goldeneye hide; 4 Little Stints still, North Arm; 5 Wood Sandpipers, South Arm 3; 3 Black Terns & Spotted Redshank, Lagoon 3.
Swithland Res: Pied Flycatcher behind the dam, but no sign after c15:30, also Ruff, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 8 Greenshanks, Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshanks & 5 Common Sandpipers.
Sunday 30th August
Rutland Water: 4 Little Stints & 1 Spotted Redshank, North Arm; Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, 4 Wood Sandpipers & Garganey, South Arm 3; 3 Black Terns, Lagoon 3.
Swithland Res: 2 juv Black Terns on the north side early afternoon, also Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Greenshanks, 3 Common Sandpipers & 3 Redshanks.
Eyebrook Res: Garganey still.
Saturday 29th August
Rutland Water: Little Stint, North Arm; 3 Wood Sandpipers, Lapwing hide.
Swithland Res: Black Tern, 2 Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 6 Greenshanks, Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpipers & 1 Snipe.
Stanford Res (permit holders only): Bittern in the reedbed.
Friday 28th August
Rutland Water: 2 Curlew Sandpipers & 2 Wood Sandpipers, South Arm 3; Curlew Sandpiper, North Arm; 4 Spotted Redshanks & 1 Wood Sandpiper, Lagoon 1.
Warren Lane GP: Glossy Ibis still this morning then flew off.
Eyebrook Res: 1 Garganey still.
Swithland Res: Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Greenshanks, Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpipers, Ringed Plover, 2 Redshanks, 2 Snipe & 5 Dunlin briefly on the north side.
Stanford Res (permit holders only): female Ferruginous Duck still.
Thursday 27th August
Rutland Water: 4 Curlew Sandpipers, North Arm; 4 Spotted Redshanks, Lagoon 2.
Eyebrook Res: 12+ Black Terns south of the island.
Warren Lane GP: Glossy Ibis.
Stanford Res (permit holders only): Cattle Egret flew west at 08:15 but no further sign.
Wednesday 26th August
Swithland Res: Turnstone on the north side, also 6 Greenshanks, Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpipers, Ringed Plover, Redshank & Snipe.
Rutland Water: Curlew Sandpiper, Lagoon 2; Wood Sandpiper still, Lapwing hide.
Bradgate Park: ringtail Harrier sp flew south at 10:40.
Eyebrook Res: no sign of Red-necked Phalarope today, but 1 Wood Sandpiper still.
Stanford Res (permit holders only): female Ferruginous Duck still.
Tuesday 25th August
Eyebrook Res: juv Red-necked Phalarope still at the inflow, also Knot, Wood Sandpiper, Garganey, 12 Black-tailed Godwits, 5 Greenshanks, 5 Ruff, 11 Dunlin, 1 Redshank, 6 Ringed Plovers & the Whooper Swan still.
Monday 24th August
Eyebrook Res: juv Red-necked Phalarope still at the inflow, also Knot, Wood Sandpiper, 2 juv Arctic Terns, Garganey and Whooper Swan still.
Rutland Water: 2 Wood Sandpipers, Lapwing hide.
Also a Nightjar seen briefly in flight between Kilby and Wistow at 16:40.
Sunday 23rd August
Eyebrook Res: juv Red-necked Phalarope still at the inflow, also report of Spotted Redshank, Wood Sandpiper, Garganey, 12 Black-tailed Godwits, 6 Greenshanks, 7 Ruff, 7 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Redshank & 8 Ringed Plovers.
Rutland Water: Black-necked Grebe, Lagoon 3; Wood Sandpiper, Lapwing hide.
Bradgate Park: Redstart at the Anstey gate.
Saturday 22nd August
Eyebrook Res: Red-necked Phalarope at the inflow, also Garganey, Turnstone & 3 Wood Sandpipers.
Swithland Res: 6 Greenshanks, 4 Common Sandpipers & 3 Curlews (not Whimbrels as reported earlier) on the north side.
Rutland Water: 2 Garganey still from Lapwing hide; 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 13 Ruff & 2 Greenshanks, South Arm 3 from Green Bank.
Wednesday 19th August
Eyebrook Res: Wood Sandpiper still, also Cattle Egret, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Ruff, 5 Greenshanks, 6 Dunlin, 2 Green Sandpipers, 5 Common Sandpipers, 2 LRPs, 22 Ringed Plovers and Whooper Swan still.
Rutland Water: 2 Garganey, South Arm 3 from Lapwing hide.
Sunday 16th August
Hicks Lodge: Wood Sandpiper in front of the hide this afternoon.
Rutland Water: Sandwich Tern in the North Arm.
Eyebrook Res: Wood Sandpiper still at the inflow, and similar wader numbers to recent days.
Stanford Res: female Ferruginous Duck still.
Saturday 15th August
Eyebrook Res: Wood Sandpiper still, also Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Greenshanks, 3 Dunlin etc.
Friday 14th August
Swithland Res: juv Spotted Redshank on the north side.
Eyebrook Res: Wood Sandpiper still, 9 Greenshanks, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Dunlin etc.
Thursday 13th August
Eyebrook Res: Knot & Wood Sandpiper still, also 1 Ruff, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Dunlin, 6 Greenshanks, 1 Redshank, 4 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Ringed Plover & 2 LRPs.
Wednesday 12th August
Eyebrook Res: Wood Sandpiper still, also 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 7 Greenshanks, 2 Ruff, 6 Green Sandpipers, 4 Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpipers, 4 Ringed Plovers & 2 LRPs, plus Whooper Swan still.
Monday 10th August
Eyebrook Res: Wood Sandpiper at the inflow, also 1 Ruff, 8 Dunlin, 5 Greenshanks, 10 Black-tailed Godwits, 6 Green Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Redshank, 3 Ringed Plovers, 4 LRPs, 2 Marsh Harriers and the Whooper Swan still.
Friday 7th August
Eyebrook Res: Little Stint reported still at the inflow this afternoon, also 2 Cattle Egrets in the south-west corner, Marsh Harrier, 1 Ruff, 7 Black-tailed Godwits, 6 Dunlin, 5 Greenshanks, Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpipers, 2 Ringed Plovers & 6 LRPs.
Also a request for LROS Annual Reports for 1946, 1967 & 1968 has been added to the For Sale page.
Thursday 6th August
Eyebrook Res: Little Stint at the inflow, also 2 Greenshanks, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Dunlin, 5 Green Sandpipers, 1 Common Sandpiper, 6 LRPs & 1 Redshank. Report of a Curlew Sandpiper this evening on national news services referred to a long-billed Dunlin.
Rutland Water: 3 Cattle Egrets, Fishponds; male Redstart near Kingfisher hide this evening.
Saturday 1st August
Stanford Res (permit holders only): 2 Black-necked Grebes still, also Osprey & female Ferruginous Duck of likely feral origin.
Rutland Water: Garganey, Lagoon 3.
Swithland Res: Greenshank on north side.