Sheffield Bird Study Group
@shefbirdstudy.bsky.social
A club for birders, ornithologists, scientists & nature lovers of all ages & abilities. We record, study & report on birdlife across Sheffield, Rotherham & NE Derbyshire.
Talks, Field Trips, Reports & Publications sbsg.org
Registered Charity (est 1972)
Talks, Field Trips, Reports & Publications sbsg.org
Registered Charity (est 1972)
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The SBSG Recording area:
Dark Peak & White Peak
Up hill and down dale
Town & Country
South Yorks & north Derbyshire
Dark Peak & White Peak
Up hill and down dale
Town & Country
South Yorks & north Derbyshire
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
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
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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
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
Reposted by Sheffield Bird Study Group
A Gull Guide for @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social - ta @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social and Andy D for the photo - www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sheffield-in...
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
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM
A Gull Guide for @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social - ta @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social and Andy D for the photo - www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sheffield-in...
Red-backed Shrike study helps to shed light on migration strategies
#ukbirding
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/T...
#ukbirding
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/T...
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
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Red-backed Shrike study helps to shed light on migration strategies
#ukbirding
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/T...
#ukbirding
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
Dark Peak & White Peak
Up hill and down dale
Town & Country
South Yorks & north Derbyshire
December 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The SBSG Recording area:
Dark Peak & White Peak
Up hill and down dale
Town & Country
South Yorks & north Derbyshire
Dark Peak & White Peak
Up hill and down dale
Town & Country
South Yorks & north Derbyshire
Reposted by Sheffield Bird Study Group
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
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
December 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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
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
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Third year in a row we’ve had Blackcap overwinter in the woodland behind the house (High Green). @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Third year in a row we’ve had Blackcap overwinter in the woodland behind the house (High Green). @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social
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...
A glimmer of hope? 🙏
Read here:
britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
December 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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...
A glimmer of hope? 🙏
Read here:
britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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...
A glimmer of hope? 🙏
Read here:
britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
⬇️ Don’t forget! ⬇️
This Wednesday. Come and see out the birding year in style!
2026 Calendars and recent Annual Report will be on sale. Plus member’s offer on our forthcoming book.
This Wednesday. Come and see out the birding year in style!
2026 Calendars and recent Annual Report will be on sale. Plus member’s offer on our forthcoming book.
Christmas Indoor Meeting:
Weds 10th December 7.15pm
'Birds and Us' with Professor Tim Birkhead
plus the traditional wine, mince pies and then on to the pub!
LT2, The Diamond Building
Leavygreave Rd
Sheffield City Centre
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
Weds 10th December 7.15pm
'Birds and Us' with Professor Tim Birkhead
plus the traditional wine, mince pies and then on to the pub!
LT2, The Diamond Building
Leavygreave Rd
Sheffield City Centre
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
December 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
⬇️ Don’t forget! ⬇️
This Wednesday. Come and see out the birding year in style!
2026 Calendars and recent Annual Report will be on sale. Plus member’s offer on our forthcoming book.
This Wednesday. Come and see out the birding year in style!
2026 Calendars and recent Annual Report will be on sale. Plus member’s offer on our forthcoming book.
Build it & they will come!
Fundraising effort to install more nestboxes for Pied Flycatchers in north Sheffield - an initiaitive which has already shown great success
Can you help Wharncliffe Heath Trust get their appeal over the line this winter?
www.justgiving.com/campaign/pie...
#ukbirding
Fundraising effort to install more nestboxes for Pied Flycatchers in north Sheffield - an initiaitive which has already shown great success
Can you help Wharncliffe Heath Trust get their appeal over the line this winter?
www.justgiving.com/campaign/pie...
#ukbirding
Pied Flycatcher Box Appeal
Our reserve currently supports the highest number of pied flycatcher territories recorded at any site in South Yorkshire! We’re aiming to raise £600 to purchase 20 new bird boxes for our nest box sche...
www.justgiving.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Build it & they will come!
Fundraising effort to install more nestboxes for Pied Flycatchers in north Sheffield - an initiaitive which has already shown great success
Can you help Wharncliffe Heath Trust get their appeal over the line this winter?
www.justgiving.com/campaign/pie...
#ukbirding
Fundraising effort to install more nestboxes for Pied Flycatchers in north Sheffield - an initiaitive which has already shown great success
Can you help Wharncliffe Heath Trust get their appeal over the line this winter?
www.justgiving.com/campaign/pie...
#ukbirding
Christmas Indoor Meeting:
Weds 10th December 7.15pm
'Birds and Us' with Professor Tim Birkhead
plus the traditional wine, mince pies and then on to the pub!
LT2, The Diamond Building
Leavygreave Rd
Sheffield City Centre
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
Weds 10th December 7.15pm
'Birds and Us' with Professor Tim Birkhead
plus the traditional wine, mince pies and then on to the pub!
LT2, The Diamond Building
Leavygreave Rd
Sheffield City Centre
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
November 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Christmas Indoor Meeting:
Weds 10th December 7.15pm
'Birds and Us' with Professor Tim Birkhead
plus the traditional wine, mince pies and then on to the pub!
LT2, The Diamond Building
Leavygreave Rd
Sheffield City Centre
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
Weds 10th December 7.15pm
'Birds and Us' with Professor Tim Birkhead
plus the traditional wine, mince pies and then on to the pub!
LT2, The Diamond Building
Leavygreave Rd
Sheffield City Centre
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
Well Peter’s Barn Owl family story didn’t disappoint on Wednesday night! Members enjoyed a first class presentation with some fab footage.
Calendars & Annual Reports were snapped up and our Anniversary Book pre-publication offer was launched too.
Next meet: 10th Dec with wine + mince pies!
Calendars & Annual Reports were snapped up and our Anniversary Book pre-publication offer was launched too.
Next meet: 10th Dec with wine + mince pies!
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Well Peter’s Barn Owl family story didn’t disappoint on Wednesday night! Members enjoyed a first class presentation with some fab footage.
Calendars & Annual Reports were snapped up and our Anniversary Book pre-publication offer was launched too.
Next meet: 10th Dec with wine + mince pies!
Calendars & Annual Reports were snapped up and our Anniversary Book pre-publication offer was launched too.
Next meet: 10th Dec with wine + mince pies!
Tomorrow...
Come and join us at our Indoor Meetings
Next up:
‘Barn Owls - The Inside Story’
Pete Garrity chronicles a family of Barn Owls breeding at the bottom of his garden - all caught on camera.
Weds 12th Nov 7.15pm
LT2 The Diamond Builiding
Leavygreave Rd
Next up:
‘Barn Owls - The Inside Story’
Pete Garrity chronicles a family of Barn Owls breeding at the bottom of his garden - all caught on camera.
Weds 12th Nov 7.15pm
LT2 The Diamond Builiding
Leavygreave Rd
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Tomorrow...
The SBSG 2026 Calendar is back from the printers and will be on sale at tomorrow’s Indoor Meeting - minimum donation £5.
Please bring the correct cash amount!
Please bring the correct cash amount!
November 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The SBSG 2026 Calendar is back from the printers and will be on sale at tomorrow’s Indoor Meeting - minimum donation £5.
Please bring the correct cash amount!
Please bring the correct cash amount!
Wednesday evening ⬇️
Come and join us at our Indoor Meetings
Next up:
‘Barn Owls - The Inside Story’
Pete Garrity chronicles a family of Barn Owls breeding at the bottom of his garden - all caught on camera.
Weds 12th Nov 7.15pm
LT2 The Diamond Builiding
Leavygreave Rd
Next up:
‘Barn Owls - The Inside Story’
Pete Garrity chronicles a family of Barn Owls breeding at the bottom of his garden - all caught on camera.
Weds 12th Nov 7.15pm
LT2 The Diamond Builiding
Leavygreave Rd
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Wednesday evening ⬇️
Another batch of 2021 Annual Reports (BotSA) hand delivered in S11 this morning. Most of the hand deliveries are now complete and another 100 will go out via Royal Mail next week to qualifying members (2021)
Extra copies will be for sale £8 at our next indoor meeting on November 12th.
Extra copies will be for sale £8 at our next indoor meeting on November 12th.
November 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Another batch of 2021 Annual Reports (BotSA) hand delivered in S11 this morning. Most of the hand deliveries are now complete and another 100 will go out via Royal Mail next week to qualifying members (2021)
Extra copies will be for sale £8 at our next indoor meeting on November 12th.
Extra copies will be for sale £8 at our next indoor meeting on November 12th.
Reposted by Sheffield Bird Study Group
We've been out delivering again this morning 🌄 #Volunteering
Check your letterboxes!
Your dedicated SBSG Trustees and Officers are out this week and next delivering the latest Annual Report by hand and by post.
Surplus copies will go on sale at November Indoor meeting
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
Your dedicated SBSG Trustees and Officers are out this week and next delivering the latest Annual Report by hand and by post.
Surplus copies will go on sale at November Indoor meeting
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
November 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We've been out delivering again this morning 🌄 #Volunteering
Come and join us at our Indoor Meetings
Next up:
‘Barn Owls - The Inside Story’
Pete Garrity chronicles a family of Barn Owls breeding at the bottom of his garden - all caught on camera.
Weds 12th Nov 7.15pm
LT2 The Diamond Builiding
Leavygreave Rd
Next up:
‘Barn Owls - The Inside Story’
Pete Garrity chronicles a family of Barn Owls breeding at the bottom of his garden - all caught on camera.
Weds 12th Nov 7.15pm
LT2 The Diamond Builiding
Leavygreave Rd
November 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Come and join us at our Indoor Meetings
Next up:
‘Barn Owls - The Inside Story’
Pete Garrity chronicles a family of Barn Owls breeding at the bottom of his garden - all caught on camera.
Weds 12th Nov 7.15pm
LT2 The Diamond Builiding
Leavygreave Rd
Next up:
‘Barn Owls - The Inside Story’
Pete Garrity chronicles a family of Barn Owls breeding at the bottom of his garden - all caught on camera.
Weds 12th Nov 7.15pm
LT2 The Diamond Builiding
Leavygreave Rd
⬇️ Study empahasises long maturation period for larger raptors and, by implication, the significant threat posed by persecution, collisions and indescriminate “hunting” on Mediterranean flyways #ukbirding
Honey Buzzards Take Years to Find Home Again - and Even Longer to Breed
New GPS tracking study reveals that young European Honey Buzzards may wander for half a decade before returning to breed near their natal forests. www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/H...
New GPS tracking study reveals that young European Honey Buzzards may wander for half a decade before returning to breed near their natal forests. www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/H...
Honey Buzzards Take Years to Find Home Again – and Even Longer to Breed
New GPS tracking study reveals that young European Honey Buzzards may wander for half a decade before returning to breed near their natal forests
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
⬇️ Study empahasises long maturation period for larger raptors and, by implication, the significant threat posed by persecution, collisions and indescriminate “hunting” on Mediterranean flyways #ukbirding
Reposted by Sheffield Bird Study Group
Lapwing eggs only rarely taken by badgers, new data shows
Badgers are often blamed when wader nests fail on British farmland, but new evidence suggests their role may be far smaller than assumed and is largely driven by prolonged cold weather. www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/B...
Badgers are often blamed when wader nests fail on British farmland, but new evidence suggests their role may be far smaller than assumed and is largely driven by prolonged cold weather. www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/B...
Badger Predation on Lapwing Nests Is Rare, six-year study finds
Badgers are often blamed when wader nests fail on British farmland, but new evidence suggests their role may be far smaller than assumed
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Lapwing eggs only rarely taken by badgers, new data shows
Badgers are often blamed when wader nests fail on British farmland, but new evidence suggests their role may be far smaller than assumed and is largely driven by prolonged cold weather. www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/B...
Badgers are often blamed when wader nests fail on British farmland, but new evidence suggests their role may be far smaller than assumed and is largely driven by prolonged cold weather. www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/B...
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Over 1,000 Redpoll ringed on Cannock Chase, Staffs and one had quite the story! 💫
Originally ringed on 01/10/25 in South Landing, Yorkshire 196 km away, it was recaptured by us just 13 days later. 🐦✨
Incredible journey for such a tiny traveller! #Redpoll #Migration
Originally ringed on 01/10/25 in South Landing, Yorkshire 196 km away, it was recaptured by us just 13 days later. 🐦✨
Incredible journey for such a tiny traveller! #Redpoll #Migration
October 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Over 1,000 Redpoll ringed on Cannock Chase, Staffs and one had quite the story! 💫
Originally ringed on 01/10/25 in South Landing, Yorkshire 196 km away, it was recaptured by us just 13 days later. 🐦✨
Incredible journey for such a tiny traveller! #Redpoll #Migration
Originally ringed on 01/10/25 in South Landing, Yorkshire 196 km away, it was recaptured by us just 13 days later. 🐦✨
Incredible journey for such a tiny traveller! #Redpoll #Migration
Sneak Preview!
The SBSG 2026 Calendar will be on sale soon
Once again featuring member's photos taken within our area and designed by our multi-talented Newsletter Editor Pete Garrity
Details on how/when to buy will be shared once stock is delivered from the printers
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
The SBSG 2026 Calendar will be on sale soon
Once again featuring member's photos taken within our area and designed by our multi-talented Newsletter Editor Pete Garrity
Details on how/when to buy will be shared once stock is delivered from the printers
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
October 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Sneak Preview!
The SBSG 2026 Calendar will be on sale soon
Once again featuring member's photos taken within our area and designed by our multi-talented Newsletter Editor Pete Garrity
Details on how/when to buy will be shared once stock is delivered from the printers
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
The SBSG 2026 Calendar will be on sale soon
Once again featuring member's photos taken within our area and designed by our multi-talented Newsletter Editor Pete Garrity
Details on how/when to buy will be shared once stock is delivered from the printers
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
On the Cost of Disturbance - another informative blog compiling research into Roosting strategies from the ever excellent Wader Tales #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
WaderTales blog about wader roosts and the energy that's lost when birds are disturbed.
wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/10/30/a...
Published on this day in 2016 🎂9️⃣
Over 3000 reads
#ornithology
wadertales.wordpress.com/2016/10/30/a...
Published on this day in 2016 🎂9️⃣
Over 3000 reads
#ornithology
October 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
On the Cost of Disturbance - another informative blog compiling research into Roosting strategies from the ever excellent Wader Tales #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIST LOCAL RESEARCH TEAM
The Uni of Sheffield School of Architechture are currently conducting research at Redmires Reservoirs working with the Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust, Yorkshire Water and other stakeholders.
forms.gle/VMsHq7QGZ8z3...
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
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The Uni of Sheffield School of Architechture are currently conducting research at Redmires Reservoirs working with the Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust, Yorkshire Water and other stakeholders.
forms.gle/VMsHq7QGZ8z3...
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
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Discussing Redmires
We are a group of 12 architecture and landscape students from the University of Sheffield, currently working with the Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust, Yorkshire Water, and university researchers ...
forms.gle
October 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIST LOCAL RESEARCH TEAM
The Uni of Sheffield School of Architechture are currently conducting research at Redmires Reservoirs working with the Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust, Yorkshire Water and other stakeholders.
forms.gle/VMsHq7QGZ8z3...
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
/1
The Uni of Sheffield School of Architechture are currently conducting research at Redmires Reservoirs working with the Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust, Yorkshire Water and other stakeholders.
forms.gle/VMsHq7QGZ8z3...
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
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Check your letterboxes!
Your dedicated SBSG Trustees and Officers are out this week and next delivering the latest Annual Report by hand and by post.
Surplus copies will go on sale at November Indoor meeting
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
Your dedicated SBSG Trustees and Officers are out this week and next delivering the latest Annual Report by hand and by post.
Surplus copies will go on sale at November Indoor meeting
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
October 25, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Check your letterboxes!
Your dedicated SBSG Trustees and Officers are out this week and next delivering the latest Annual Report by hand and by post.
Surplus copies will go on sale at November Indoor meeting
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
Your dedicated SBSG Trustees and Officers are out this week and next delivering the latest Annual Report by hand and by post.
Surplus copies will go on sale at November Indoor meeting
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding