Sheffield Bird Study Group

A female Greenfinch is perched on a branch looking unwell. Her feathers are fluffed up, which can be a sign of trichomonosis.

Help @rspbscience.bsky.social study bird disease (trichomonosis) outbreaks

If you see a sick or dead bird in your garden, please report it here: gardenwildlifehealth.org

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📷 Ben Andrew

Calling all Sheffield & Derbyshire birders! We're looking to gather as many Ring Ouzel sightings as possible this August & September to aid the work of RSPB Eastern Moors Partnership.

Please see our website news item for more details:
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Southern UK Hobby nest camera Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

If you are craving some more live Falcon nest action now the Sheffield Peregrines have fledged then check out this Hobby Cam from Dorset. Thought to be the only live Subbuteo nest cam in Europe this year #ukbirding

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Three gulls and an island On Scotland’s Isle of May new research reveals how Lesser Black-backed, Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls divide their feeding grounds.

Understanding Gulls:
#ukbirding @btobirds.bsky.social

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A team of Social Scientists from Cambridge, Helsinki & Lodz are conducting a survey about birdwatching and conservation. Access via this link. Takes 10 mins max.
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Responses should be emailed to: nature.reserves@wildsheffield.com

Woodhouse Washlands Consultation:

Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust have written a new draft management plan for Woodhouse Washlands and are inviting comment from visitors. Click link below

If you use this area please respond by 5th August.

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It’s great to see RSPB Science posting here now. I have added them as an automatic contributor to the UKBirding feed. 🪶🧪

Our SBSG Newsletter Editor Peter Garrity made another appearance on ITV Calendar this week to update viewers with the latest news from his Barn Owl family. You can watch the film on our Website ⬇️

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Juveniles Take Flight ZAC in magnificent flight Today’s blog features the lovely photographs of longstanding and dedicated Sheffield Peregrines watcher Alan, who posts as @doggie3132 on Twitter/X. Two male juvenil…

Our latest Sheffield Peregrines blog features some lovely photos taken by our peregrine-loving friend Alan (@doggie3132 on Twitter) who also posts on here as @sywildlife.bsky.social
Enjoy!
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Have you been exploring our new website?

Remember to log-in to access members-only features & content. For example, you can now search our records database back to 2011 - by species, month, year etc

Go to the 'Sightings' tab and select 'Sightings Archive' from drop down menu (see below) #ukbirding

The Worst Kind of News The Worst Kind of News It is with great sadness that we share the news that our juvenile female bird ZCC died last night, Wednesday 11th June.  We are aware that this news will be upsetting for our…

Sad news in our Sheffield Peregrines blog today

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Field Trip reminder:
Our Annual ‘Crepuscular Creep’
Wednesday 11th June 8.30pm at Redmires Top Res

Details on our new look website at www.sbsg.org/diary-dates

Sheffield’s urban Parakeets featured on #bbcspringwatch tonight. They aren’t everybody’s cup of tea for sure… however, @btobirds.bsky.social say breeding Alexandrines are a county first and also first confirmed UK breeding in 20 years. @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social

Please note: not all content & features have been fully uploaded yet - that will continue gradually, we wanted return access to basic functions to you ASAP

We've already found & fixed a few bugs since launch, no doubt there will be more along the way, pls bear with us

Enjoy!

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Our new website is now live!
Please visit & start to find your way around

*Note*: when logging-in for the first time you will need to set a new password using the "forgot your password" function (see image below)

It is still possible to upload sightings without logging-in

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Here’s another sneak preview of our new website (mobile version), launching this week!

Don’t forget the current website closes at 5pm today for the upgrade work to commence.

It's a year of #headstarting for #BalticDunlins! First chicks are hatching and many more are on the way. We're trying to recover the almost extinct population breeding in coastal meadows around the #BothnianBay. Pics by Gerrit Wehrenberg
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Three healthy Peregrine Falcon chicks ringed in Sheffield as urban nesting success continues Three Peregrine Falcon chicks were recently successfully ringed at the University of Sheffield's St George's Church site.

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Two Down The two juvenile males ended up on the streets yesterday (Mon 2nd June) after taking a tumble.  Both birds were returned to the roof safely. Neither bird was intending to fly as such and they …

Our latest Peregrine blog post is live online and is winging its way to subscriber’s Inboxes

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Good news! Our new-look website goes live later this week 😀

Here’s a sneak preview of how the Home Page will look on a mobile device.

We’ll share more previews soon!

**please note the current website will be unavailable from 5pm Weds 4th June. New website should be available approx 24 hrs later*

Please bear with us if things take a little longer.

Please submit any outstanding sightings before Wednesday 5pm. Submission of records will resume upon website re-launch

New website will retain all the features you know well but in a new improved layout & design
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**SBSG website Scheduled Maintenance**

The SBSG website will be out of action from 5pm Wednesday 4th June for approx 24 hours to enable major maintenance work
Following the upgrade, it is intended that our revamped, new-look website will launch on Thursday afternoon/evening
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Pretty much an SBSG takeover of the Bill’s Mother’s News Bulletin this week! Thanks David! ⬇️

Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 1st June 2025 Stonechats, Sandpipers, Stock Doves and Skylarks (and dozens more singing Sheffield birds) on a free bus pass. Also, falcon fledglings, and wild woods.

Latest notpaper for #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity - ta Pete / Ziggy / Chris / + many others … open.substack.com/pub/abitblac...

Scarcely spotted flycatcher Why is the once-common Spotted Flycatcher becoming so hard to find in the UK? Catrin Eden profiles the stark decline of this species over recent decades and ponders what the future might hold.

Scarcely spotted flycatcher

Why is a once-common summer migrant becoming so hard to find? Catrin Eden profiles the stark decline of the UK's Spotted Flycatcher population:

MIDDLETON MOOR, Derbys. - Wader morning but all fly thru's, 4 SANDERLING, 13 RINGED PLOVER, 3 LR Plover, 1 Curlew, 1 Cuckoo, 1 HOBBY, 2 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, 1 Garden Warbler, 8 Linnet #UKBirding @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social

Ringing through the years Female ZCC ringed 16/5/25 Birds are ringed to give each individual an identity which can be determined by anybody who comes across that bird later on in its life.  Or indeed its death.  I…

‘Ringing through the years:’
A new Sheffield Peregrines blog post ⬇️

An urban wildlife spectacle, 13 years in the making.
@bbcspringwatch.bsky.social

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Ringing success This year’s Peregrine chicks were successfully ringed on Friday 16th May, aged 19 days old.

Three Peregrine chicks were ringed at St Georges Church yesterday @SheffPeregrines

Click on the link to read all about them in our latest blog.

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Urban Peregrines attacking Buzzards has been well documented at other locations across the UK, including one earlier this week in west London, but this may well be a first at St. Georges and just goes to underline how powerful Peregrines can be.

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