Birds of Sprotbrough flash (Part 1)

A total of 195 bird species have been recorded at (YWT) Sprotbrough Flash since 1957 within a catchment area which comprises of the Flash, Pot ridings wood, Levitt hagg wood, Sprotbrough plantation, Limestone meadow, (TPT) Trans pennine trail and river Don at Sprotbrough. Additional areas where birds are known to travel into or through the catchment area have also been included for recording purposes. Listed below is part 1 of the comprehensive bird list (click to expand individual bird data). Sparrowhawk ringed in 2019.

 001 Mute swan cygnus olor

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred after 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 6,500 pairs

UK Wintering 50,500 birds

Conservation status Green

002 Bewick's /Tundra swan cygnus columbianus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1996

Bred after 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 pairs

UK Wintering 4,350 birds

Conservation status Red, Schedule 1

003 Whooper Swan cygnus cygnus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred after 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 24 pairs

UK Wintering 16,000 birds

Conservation status Amber, Schedule 1

004 Pink-footed Goose  anser brachyrhynchus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred after 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 pairs

UK Wintering 510,000 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

005 Greylag Goose anser anser

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred after 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 47,000 pairs

UK Wintering 510,000 birds

Conservation status Amber

006 Snow Goose  anser caerulescens

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1986

Bred after 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds Several escaped pairs

UK Wintering 75 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

007 Canada Goose branta canadensis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred after 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 47,000 pairs

UK Wintering 510,000 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

008 Barnacle Goose branta leucopsis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2021

Bred after 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1450 pairs

UK Wintering 94,000 birds

Conservation status Amber

009 Brent (Brant) Goose branta bernicla

Sprotbrough flash data

Lat recorded 1983

Bred after 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 pairs

UK Wintering 105,000 birds

Conservation status Amber

010 Egyptian Goose alopochen aegyptiaca

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2023

Bred after 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,850 pairs

UK Wintering 5,600 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

011 Shelduck tadorna tadorna

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2023

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 7,850 pairs

UK Wintering 51,000 birds

Conservation status Amber

012 Mandarin Duck aix galericulata

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2024

Bred after 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 4,500 pairs

UK Wintering 13,500 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

013 Wigeon anas penelope

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred after 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 200 pairs

UK Wintering 450,000 birds

Conservation status Amber

014 Gadwall mareca strepera

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,250 pairs

UK Wintering 31,000 birds

Conservation status Amber

015 Eurasian Teal anas crecca

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 2,100 pairs

UK Wintering 210,000 birds

Conservation status Amber

016 Mallard anas platyrhynchos

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 145,000 pairs

UK Wintering 675,000 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

017 Northern Pintail  anas acuta

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2016

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 27 pairs

UK Wintering 20,000 birds

Conservation status Amber, Schedule 1

018 Garganey anas querquedula

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2022

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 105 pairs

UK Summer 210 birds

Conservation status Amber, Schedule 1

019 Northern Shoveler anas clypeata

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,100 pairs

UK Wintering 19,500 birds

Conservation status Amber

020 Red-crested Pochard netta rufina

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2000

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 45 pairs

UK Wintering 570 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

021 Pochard aythya ferina

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 720 pairs

UK Wintering 29,000 birds

Conservation status Red

022 Tufted Duck aythya fuligula

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 19,000 pairs

UK Wintering 140,000 birds

Conservation status Green

023 Greater Scaup aythya marila

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2011

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 2 pairs

UK Wintering 6,400 birds

Conservation status Red, Schedule 1

024 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 Vagrant

UK Wintering Less than 10 birds

Conservation status Not Assessed

025 Common Eider somateria mollissima

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1982

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 37,000 pairs

UK Wintering 86,000 birds

Conservation status Amber

026 Long-tailed Duck  clangula hyemalis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1964

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 pairs

UK Wintering 13,500 birds

Conservation status Amber, Schedule 1

027 Common Scoter melanitta nigra

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2006

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 52 pairs

UK Wintering 135,000 birds

Conservation status Red, Schedule 1

028 Goldeneye bucephala clangula

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2021

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 200 pairs

UK Wintering 21,000 birds

Conservation status Red, Schedule 1

029 Smew mergellus albellus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1996

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 pairs

UK Wintering 125 birds

Conservation status Red

030 Red-breasted Merganser mergus serrator

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1985

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,650 pairs

UK Wintering 11,000 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

031 Goosander  mergus merganser

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 5,250 pairs

UK Wintering 14,500 birds

Conservation status Green

032 Ruddy Duck oxyura jamaicensis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2006

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 2-3 pairs

UK Wintering 23 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

033 Red-legged Partridge alectoris rufa

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 72,500 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Not assessed

034 Grey Partridge perdix perdix

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 37,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

035 Pheasant phasianus colchicus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 2.3 million females

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Not assessed

036 Fulmar fulmarus glacialis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1989

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 500,000 pairs

UK Wintering 1.8 million birds

Conservation status Amber

037 Northern Gannet morus bassanus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2016

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 220,000 nests

UK Resident Fly south Aug-Oct

Conservation status Amber

038 Cormorant phalacrocorax carbo

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 9,018 pairs

UK Wintering 41,000 birds

Conservation status Green

039 Shag phalacrocorax aristotelis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1988

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 27,000 pairs

UK Wintering 110,000 birds

Conservation status Red

040 Bittern  botaurus stellaris

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 80 males

UK Wintering 600 birds

Conservation status Amber, Schedule 1

041 Little Egret egretta garzetta

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 740 Pairs

UK Wintering 4,500 birds

Conservation status Green

042 Great white Egret  ardea alba 

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 16-24 pairs

UK Wintering 180 birds

Conservation status Amber

043 Spoonbill  platalea leucorodia

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2022

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 30 pairs

UK Wintering 110 birds

Conservation status Amber, Schedule 1

044 Grey Heron ardea cinerea

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 13,000 Nests

UK Wintering 63,000 birds

Conservation status Green

045 White Stork ciconia ciconia

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2001

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 pairs

UK Wintering 15-20 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

046 Common Crane  grus grus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2023

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 31 pairs

UK Wintering 170 birds

Conservation status Amber

047 Little Grebe tachybabtus ruficollis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 7,300 pairs

UK Wintering 15,500 birds

Conservation status Green

048 Great crested Grebe podiceps cristatus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 4,900 pairs

UK Wintering 18,000 birds

Conservation status Green

049 Red-necked grebe  podiceps grisegena

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2008

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1 pair

UK Wintering 60 birds

Conservation status Red

050 Honey buzzard pernis apivorus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2002

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 41 pair

UK Summer May-Sept

Conservation status Schedule 1

051 Red kite milvus milvus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 4600 pair

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1

052 Marsh harrier circus aeruginosus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 400 pair

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Schedule 1

053 Hen harrier circus cyaneus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2024

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 650 pair

UK Resident Winters on lowlands

Conservation status Red, Schedule 1

054 Goshawk accipiter gentilis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2022

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 280-430 pair

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1

055 Sparrowhawk  accipiter nisus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 35,000 pair

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

056 Buzzard buteo buteo

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 57,000-79,000 pair

UK resident Year round

Conservation status Green

057 Osprey  pandion haliaetus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 200-250 pair

UK Summer Mar-Oct

Conservation status Schedule 1

058 Kestrel falco tinnunculus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 46,000 pair

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber 

059 Merlin  falco columbarius

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 900-1,500 pair

UK Resident Influx in Winter

Conservation status Red, Schedule 1 

060 Hobby  falco subbuteo

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 2,800 pair

UK Summer Apr - Oct

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1

061 Peregrine falcon  falco peregrinus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,500 pair

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1 

062 Ring-necked parakeet psittacula krameri

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Presumed

UK data

UK breeding birds 8,600 pair

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Not assessed

063 Water rail rallus aquaticus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 4,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

064 Spotted crake porzana porzana

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1981

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 27 males

UK Summer Apr-Sept

Conservation status Amber 

065 Moorhen gallinula chloropus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 210,000 pairs

UK wintering 305,000 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

066 Coot fulica atra

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 26,000 pairs

UK wintering 205,000 birds

Conservation status Green

067 Oystercatcher haematopus ostralegus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 95,500 pairs

UK wintering 305,000 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

068 Golden plover pluvialis apricaria

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2015

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 32,500-52,500 pairs

UK wintering 410,000 birds

Conservation status Green

069 Northern Lapwing vanellus vanellus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 97,500 pairs

UK wintering 635,000 birds

Conservation status Red

070 Little ringed plover  charadrius dubius

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,200-1,300 pairs

UK Summer Mar-Sept

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1

071 Ringed plover charadrius hiatcuka

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1984

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 5,450 pairs

UK wintering 42,500 birds

Conservation status Red

072 Whimbrel numenius phaeopus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2002

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 310 pairs

UK Summer Breeding, Passage

Conservation status Red, Schedule 1

073 Curlew numenius arquata

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2022

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 58,500 pairs

UK wintering 125,000 birds

Conservation status Red

074 Black-tailed godwit  limosa limosa

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1990

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 53 pairs

UK wintering 41,000 birds

Conservation status Red, Schedule 1

075 Dunlin calidris alpina

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2021

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 9,600 pairs

UK wintering 350,000 birds

Conservation status Red

076 Grey / Red phalarope  phalaropus fulicarius

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2002

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 pairs

UK Passage 200 birds Sep-Nov

Conservation status Not assessed

077 Common sandpiper actitis hypoleucos

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 15,000 pairs

UK wintering 73 birds

Conservation status Amber

078 Green sandpiper tringa ochropus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2024

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1-2 pairs

UK wintering 910 birds

Conservation status Amber, Schedule 1

079 Spotted redshank tringa erythropus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1988

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 pairs

UK wintering 98 birds

Conservation status Amber

080 Greenshank  tringa nebularia

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2017

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 700-1,500 pairs

UK wintering 700 birds

Conservation status Amber, Schedule 1

081 Wood sandpiper  tringa glareola

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1985

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 28 pairs

UK Passage Apr-Oct

Conservation status Amber, Schedule 1

082 Redshank tringa totanus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2020

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 25,000 pairs

UK wintering 130,000 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

083 Jack snipe  lymnocryptes minimus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2024

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 pairs

UK wintering 110,000 birds

Conservation status Green

084 Woodcock  scolopax rusticola

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 55,241 pairs

UK wintering 1.4 million birds

Conservation status Red

085 Snipe gallinago gallinago

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 80,000 pairs

UK wintering 1 million birds

Conservation status Amber

086 Little tern sternula albifrons 

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1986

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,900 pairs

UK Summer Apr-Sept

Conservation status Schedule 1

087 Black tern childonias niger

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2000

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 pairs

UK Passage Apr-Sept

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1

088 Common tern  sterna hirundo

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 12,000 pairs

UK Summer Apr-Sept

Conservation status Amber

089 Roseate tern sterna douglii

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2020

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 111 pairs

UK Summer Apr-Sept

Conservation status Red, Schedule 1

090 Arctic tern sterna paradisaea

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2023

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 53,000 pairs

UK Summer Apr-Sept

Conservation status Amber

091 Long-tailed skua stercorarius longicaudus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1984

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 pairs

UK Passage May-Oct

Conservation status Green

092 Kittiwake  rissa tridactyla

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2002

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 380,000 pairs

UK Resident Atlantic Wintering

Conservation status Red

093 Black-headed gull chroicocephalus ridibundus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 140,000 pairs

UK Wintering 2.2 million birds

Conservation status Amber

094 Mediterranean gull larus melanocephalus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2017

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 600-630 pairs

UK Wintering 1,800 birds

Conservation status Schedule 1

095 Common gull larus canus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 49,000 pairs

UK Wintering 710,000 birds

Conservation status Amber

096 Lesser black-backed gull  larus fuscus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 110,000 pairs

UK Wintering 130,000 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

097 Herring gull  arus argentatus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 130,000 pairs

UK Wintering 740,000 birds

Conservation status Red

098 Yellow-legged gull larus michahellis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2012

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 2 pairs

UK Wintering 840 birds

Conservation status Amber

099 Iceland gull  larus glaucoides

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1998

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 pairs

UK Wintering 240 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

100 Glaucous gull larus hyperboreus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2004

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 170 pairs

UK Wintering Nov-Apr

Conservation status Amber

101 Great black-backed gull  larus marinus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2021

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 17,000 pairs

UK Wintering 76,000 birds

Conservation status Amber