Sheffield Bird Study Group

Lots of lovely books:

‘The New Birds of the Sheffield Area’ - published this week!

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The books have arrived!

‘The New Birds of the Sheffield Area’ - Launch Night is this Wednesday 7.15pm

LT2
The Diamond Building
Uni of Sheffield
Leavegreave Road
S3 7RD

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‘The New Birds of the Sheffield Area’
The proof copy back from the printers, before it went to the bookbinders 😍

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gomerprinting.co.uk

Lecture Theatre 2
The Diamond Building
Leavygreave Rd
(Off Broad Lane)
S3 7RD

Park at Devonshire Green or at
Q-Park Durham Rd

Tram Stop: University (3 min walk)

7.15pm 11/2/26

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'The New Birds of the Sheffield Area'
Indoor Meeting: Weds 11th Feb 7.15pm

Join us to celebrate the launch of our fabulous new 440 page book detailing all 300 species ever sighted in our area. Editors Richard & David will talk us through the project.
Copies for sale + complimentary fizz!

Great to see Redpoll on the feeders this morning. 1m and 1f. @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social

1 Lesser White-fronted Goose in with Greylag flock at Ingbirchworth reservoir @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social

@orgreavebirder.bsky.social ⬆️

A Peregrine over the New York Stadium in Rotherham just before kick off. Hopefully not the only highlight this afternoon!
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2/ Until the 1980s Little Egrets were a rare sight in the UK but they’ve been on the up since they first bred in Dorset in 1996. Population estimates have, however, proven tricky to assess, with birdwatchers contributing data to @ukrbbp.bsky.social and BTO’s Heronries Census.

A Little Egret in flight showing its white plumage, black bill and legs, and yellow feet. Wording below reads: New Study. Producing breeding population estimates to monitor Little Egret trends. BTO logo is top right of the image.

1/🧵 New BTO-led research sheds light on the number and range of Little Egrets with population estimates higher than previously thought – likely exceeding 2,000 pairs in the UK! 🙌 #Ornithology @britishbirds.bsky.social

📖 www.bto.org/little-egret...

We're closing in on our first £6,000 milestone for the Beacon Ponds Little Tern Project.

It’s just the start, but hitting this today would be huge. Please share if you can.

Thank you for all your support so far!

🧵 An urgent appeal to protect one of the UK’s most important Little Tern colonies at Beacon Ponds in 2026.

Without funding for professional wardening, the project may not be able to run this season.

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Tankersley ponds this pm. Mallard 9 Gadwall 9 Teal 50 and 2male ringed teal (escapes) moorhen 1 @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social

Loved the Siberia books. I got to see one of his Grey Plover skins in the Hancock back room some years back, complete with handwritten label from one of his Siberia expeditions. And birders on Shetland call it 'work'...😁

Brilliant!

After our Swift talk with @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social, member, Wesley Booth turned inspiration into action!
With help from MCCP, MASKK & an AMAZING donor, 2 Swift boxes & a swift caller are now up at Temple Park Centre.
🙏 for giving Manor Park's swifts a fighting chance.

💬 Comment or website

Thank you @helpsheffield.co.uk

Indoor Meeting:
Weds 14th January 2026,

Author Paul Hobson takes us thro the life and time of pioneering Victorian ornithologist & Sheffield steel baron Henry Seebohm

7.15pm LT2 The Diamond

Sheffield in January: a gull’s paradise In the popular imagination, gulls are dull. But there’s much more to this enterprising bird than meets the eye

A Gull Guide for @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social - ta @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social and Andy D for the photo - www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sheffield-in...

Tracking reveals precise blueprint for Red-backed Shrike migration Researchers show that Red-backed Shrikes organise their 20,000-kilometre journeys into predictable stages, suggesting migration is governed by an inherited travel plan refined by environmental cues

Red-backed Shrike study helps to shed light on migration strategies
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www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/T...

The SBSG Recording area:

Dark Peak & White Peak
Up hill and down dale
Town & Country
South Yorks & north Derbyshire

First two pages of the comic. Page one features a Kittiwake in the sky wondering where all the birds have gone. Page two shows how climate change impacts the diet of seabirds. One fish looks healthy, the other ones looks smaller and poorer quality.

Grab a cuppa and read our Seabird Poo comic! ➡️ http://www.bto.org/S... ☕📖

Discover how seabird scientists collected bird poo and analysed its DNA contents to determine the types of prey consumed by Shags and Kittiwakes! 😮 #Ornithology

✏️ Illustrations by Anna Dupont-Crabtree

Third year in a row we’ve had Blackcap overwinter in the woodland behind the house (High Green). @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social

A summary of the history of each & every species ever recorded in the Sheffield area (including LSW!) features in our forthcoming book:

‘The NEW Birds of the Sheffield Area’ will be published early 2026 - available for public orders soon!

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@britishbirds.bsky.social @debalmer.bsky.social

Staggering to think LSW is now less than annual across our entire 120 sq km area

Go back to any SBSG annual report* from the 70s & 80s and you can read records from many of the city’s parks & woods

*Birds of the Sheffield Area
Digitised copies available online in the Member’s area.
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Super article in December @britishbirds.bsky.social detailing use of passive bioacoustic recorders to detect Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - thanks to @lesserspotnet.bsky.social @simongillings.bsky.social @hosbirding.bsky.social et al

A glimmer of hope? 🙏

Read here:
britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...