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)
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!
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!
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.
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
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
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
Indoor Meeting Reminder:
Weds 8th October (tomorrow)
‘Bound from Valparaiso round the Horn’ - Pete Brown’s odyssey around southernmost South America: Chile, Argentina, Falklands & a little Brazil
Can’t wait for this one!
7.15pm - The Diamond Building
Later - The Pub!
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
Weds 8th October (tomorrow)
‘Bound from Valparaiso round the Horn’ - Pete Brown’s odyssey around southernmost South America: Chile, Argentina, Falklands & a little Brazil
Can’t wait for this one!
7.15pm - The Diamond Building
Later - The Pub!
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
October 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Indoor Meeting Reminder:
Weds 8th October (tomorrow)
‘Bound from Valparaiso round the Horn’ - Pete Brown’s odyssey around southernmost South America: Chile, Argentina, Falklands & a little Brazil
Can’t wait for this one!
7.15pm - The Diamond Building
Later - The Pub!
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
Weds 8th October (tomorrow)
‘Bound from Valparaiso round the Horn’ - Pete Brown’s odyssey around southernmost South America: Chile, Argentina, Falklands & a little Brazil
Can’t wait for this one!
7.15pm - The Diamond Building
Later - The Pub!
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
October already on the SBSG calendar!
Which means a chance to enjoy @tomhines.bsky.social ‘s stunning juv Shag photo once more.
Would members & followers like us to produce a 2026 calendar?
Please let us know in the replies.
#ukbirding
Which means a chance to enjoy @tomhines.bsky.social ‘s stunning juv Shag photo once more.
Would members & followers like us to produce a 2026 calendar?
Please let us know in the replies.
#ukbirding
October 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
October already on the SBSG calendar!
Which means a chance to enjoy @tomhines.bsky.social ‘s stunning juv Shag photo once more.
Would members & followers like us to produce a 2026 calendar?
Please let us know in the replies.
#ukbirding
Which means a chance to enjoy @tomhines.bsky.social ‘s stunning juv Shag photo once more.
Would members & followers like us to produce a 2026 calendar?
Please let us know in the replies.
#ukbirding
Any birders reporting autumn passage Ring Ouzels (esp in southern England) please look out for coloured leg rings on juveniles from the Peak District Eastern Moors project. 🙏
Report to peakouzels@yahoo.com
Combo of 3 colours on left leg
@birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
#ukbirding
Report to peakouzels@yahoo.com
Combo of 3 colours on left leg
@birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
#ukbirding
September 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Any birders reporting autumn passage Ring Ouzels (esp in southern England) please look out for coloured leg rings on juveniles from the Peak District Eastern Moors project. 🙏
Report to peakouzels@yahoo.com
Combo of 3 colours on left leg
@birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
#ukbirding
Report to peakouzels@yahoo.com
Combo of 3 colours on left leg
@birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
#ukbirding
The wait is nearly over!
Our 2021 Annual Report will be available for collection in person at our October Indoor meeting (8/10/25 7.15pm @ The Diamond)
Postal/Hand delivered copies will go out in the following weeks
The lovely cover art celebrates the Porter Valley Long-tailed Skua #ukbirding
Our 2021 Annual Report will be available for collection in person at our October Indoor meeting (8/10/25 7.15pm @ The Diamond)
Postal/Hand delivered copies will go out in the following weeks
The lovely cover art celebrates the Porter Valley Long-tailed Skua #ukbirding
September 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The wait is nearly over!
Our 2021 Annual Report will be available for collection in person at our October Indoor meeting (8/10/25 7.15pm @ The Diamond)
Postal/Hand delivered copies will go out in the following weeks
The lovely cover art celebrates the Porter Valley Long-tailed Skua #ukbirding
Our 2021 Annual Report will be available for collection in person at our October Indoor meeting (8/10/25 7.15pm @ The Diamond)
Postal/Hand delivered copies will go out in the following weeks
The lovely cover art celebrates the Porter Valley Long-tailed Skua #ukbirding
This is an interesting record of one of "our" birds exploring the wider region post-juvenile moult.
It has moved 18km through the Snake Valley, the first confirmed record of an Eastern Moors juv moving in a westerly direction pre-migration - knowledge only possible through colour-ringing #ukbirding
It has moved 18km through the Snake Valley, the first confirmed record of an Eastern Moors juv moving in a westerly direction pre-migration - knowledge only possible through colour-ringing #ukbirding
September 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is an interesting record of one of "our" birds exploring the wider region post-juvenile moult.
It has moved 18km through the Snake Valley, the first confirmed record of an Eastern Moors juv moving in a westerly direction pre-migration - knowledge only possible through colour-ringing #ukbirding
It has moved 18km through the Snake Valley, the first confirmed record of an Eastern Moors juv moving in a westerly direction pre-migration - knowledge only possible through colour-ringing #ukbirding
One of our local colour-ringed juvenile Ring Ouzels has turned up near Glossop. The lower bird in photo, seen feeding on Rowan & Hawthorn. Ringed in the nest at Stanage on 27/6/25 (second brood) - an 18km movement west
Thanks to reporter Paul Cole for sharing his photos #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
Thanks to reporter Paul Cole for sharing his photos #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
September 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
One of our local colour-ringed juvenile Ring Ouzels has turned up near Glossop. The lower bird in photo, seen feeding on Rowan & Hawthorn. Ringed in the nest at Stanage on 27/6/25 (second brood) - an 18km movement west
Thanks to reporter Paul Cole for sharing his photos #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
Thanks to reporter Paul Cole for sharing his photos #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
After the deluge:
A sunny Sunday morning greeted members who attended the ringing demo with Sorby Breck Ringing Group at Blackburn Meadows.
134 birds caught - feisty Jay a highlight! #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
A sunny Sunday morning greeted members who attended the ringing demo with Sorby Breck Ringing Group at Blackburn Meadows.
134 birds caught - feisty Jay a highlight! #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
September 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
After the deluge:
A sunny Sunday morning greeted members who attended the ringing demo with Sorby Breck Ringing Group at Blackburn Meadows.
134 birds caught - feisty Jay a highlight! #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
A sunny Sunday morning greeted members who attended the ringing demo with Sorby Breck Ringing Group at Blackburn Meadows.
134 birds caught - feisty Jay a highlight! #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
This Grey Phalarope was another excellent find for Kev Gould at Rother Valley this morning. Still present, on the Main Lake, at the time of posting. #UKbirding #YorkshireBirding
September 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This Grey Phalarope was another excellent find for Kev Gould at Rother Valley this morning. Still present, on the Main Lake, at the time of posting. #UKbirding #YorkshireBirding
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:
www.sbsg.org/sbsg-news/re...
#ukbirding
📷 Chris Greenwood ©
Please see our website news item for more details:
www.sbsg.org/sbsg-news/re...
#ukbirding
📷 Chris Greenwood ©
August 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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:
www.sbsg.org/sbsg-news/re...
#ukbirding
📷 Chris Greenwood ©
Please see our website news item for more details:
www.sbsg.org/sbsg-news/re...
#ukbirding
📷 Chris Greenwood ©
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.
#ukbirding
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#ukbirding
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July 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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.
#ukbirding
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#ukbirding
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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
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
June 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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
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
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
June 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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
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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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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June 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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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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.
Don’t forget the current website closes at 5pm today for the upgrade work to commence.
June 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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.
Don’t forget the current website closes at 5pm today for the upgrade work to commence.
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*
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*
June 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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*
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*
The experienced bird handlers took the bird in overnight. It made a full recovery and was released on Thursday morning. Video below (thanks to Luke Nelson for sharing)
May 16, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The experienced bird handlers took the bird in overnight. It made a full recovery and was released on Thursday morning. Video below (thanks to Luke Nelson for sharing)
However, this was not the avian action in the Portobello area last night….
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May 16, 2025 at 6:21 AM
However, this was not the avian action in the Portobello area last night….
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Many thanks to @SheffSwiftNet
‘s Flora Jeferzade, @chetcunago
& Dr Kiera Chapman
Given the good attendance Swifts are clearly a bird Sheffielders care about greatly.
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‘s Flora Jeferzade, @chetcunago
& Dr Kiera Chapman
Given the good attendance Swifts are clearly a bird Sheffielders care about greatly.
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May 16, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Many thanks to @SheffSwiftNet
‘s Flora Jeferzade, @chetcunago
& Dr Kiera Chapman
Given the good attendance Swifts are clearly a bird Sheffielders care about greatly.
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‘s Flora Jeferzade, @chetcunago
& Dr Kiera Chapman
Given the good attendance Swifts are clearly a bird Sheffielders care about greatly.
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On Wednesday evening, SBSG Members and Guests enjoyed a passionate talk on the subject of Swifts and the wider (thorny) issues surrounding accommodating nature in matters of planning and development.
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May 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
On Wednesday evening, SBSG Members and Guests enjoyed a passionate talk on the subject of Swifts and the wider (thorny) issues surrounding accommodating nature in matters of planning and development.
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