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.

Mute swan cygnus olor

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred after 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 6,500 pairs

UK Wintering 50,500 birds

Conservation status Green

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

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

Pink-footed Goose  anser brachyrhynchus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred after 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 pairs

UK Wintering 510,000 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

Greylag Goose anser anser

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred after 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 47,000 pairs

UK Wintering 510,000 birds

Conservation status Amber

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

Canada Goose branta canadensis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred after 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 47,000 pairs

UK Wintering 510,000 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

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

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

Egyptian Goose alopochen aegyptiaca

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred after 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,850 pairs

UK Wintering 5,600 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

Shelduck tadorna tadorna

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 7,850 pairs

UK Wintering 51,000 birds

Conservation status Amber

Mandarin Duck aix galericulata

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred after 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 4,500 pairs

UK Wintering 13,500 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

Wigeon anas penelope

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred after 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 200 pairs

UK Wintering 450,000 birds

Conservation status Amber

Gadwall mareca strepera

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,250 pairs

UK Wintering 31,000 birds

Conservation status Amber

Eurasian Teal anas crecca

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 2,100 pairs

UK Wintering 210,000 birds

Conservation status Amber

Mallard anas platyrhynchos

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 145,000 pairs

UK Wintering 675,000 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

Northern Pintail  anas acuta

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 27 pairs

UK Wintering 20,000 birds

Conservation status Amber, Schedule 1

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

Northern Shoveler anas clypeata

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,100 pairs

UK Wintering 19,500 birds

Conservation status Amber

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

Pochard aythya ferina

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 720 pairs

UK Wintering 29,000 birds

Conservation status Red

Tufted Duck aythya fuligula

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 19,000 pairs

UK Wintering 140,000 birds

Conservation status Green

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Goosander  mergus merganser

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 5,250 pairs

UK Wintering 14,500 birds

Conservation status Green

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

Red-legged Partridge alectoris rufa

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 72,500 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Not assessed

Grey Partridge perdix perdix

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 37,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

Pheasant phasianus colchicus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 2.3 million females

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Not assessed

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

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

Cormorant phalacrocorax carbo

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 9,018 pairs

UK Wintering 41,000 birds

Conservation status Green

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

Bittern  botaurus stellaris

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 80 males

UK Wintering 600 birds

Conservation status Amber, Schedule 1

Little Egret egretta garzetta

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 740 Pairs

UK Wintering 4,500 birds

Conservation status Green

Great white Egret  ardea alba 

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 16-24 pairs

UK Wintering 180 birds

Conservation status Amber

Spoonbill  platalea leucorodia

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 30 pairs

UK Wintering 110 birds

Conservation status Amber, Schedule 1

Grey Heron ardea cinerea

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 13,000 Nests

UK Wintering 63,000 birds

Conservation status Green

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

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

Little Grebe tachybabtus ruficollis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 7,300 pairs

UK Wintering 15,500 birds

Conservation status Green

Great crested Grebe podiceps cristatus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 4,900 pairs

UK Wintering 18,000 birds

Conservation status Green

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

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

Red kite milvus milvus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 4600 pair

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1

Marsh harrier circus aeruginosus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 400 pair

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Schedule 1

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

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

Sparrowhawk  accipiter nisus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 35,000 pair

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

Buzzard buteo buteo

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 57,000-79,000 pair

UK resident Year round

Conservation status Green

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

Kestrel falco tinnunculus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 46,000 pair

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber 

Merlin  falco columbarius

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

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 

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

Peregrine falcon  falco peregrinus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,500 pair

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1 

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

Water rail rallus aquaticus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 4,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

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 

Moorhen gallinula chloropus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 210,000 pairs

UK wintering 305,000 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

Coot fulica atra

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 26,000 pairs

UK wintering 205,000 birds

Conservation status Green

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

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

Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,950 pairs

UK wintering 8,700 birds

Conservation status Amber, Schedule 1

Northern Lapwing vanellus vanellus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 97,500 pairs

UK wintering 635,000 birds

Conservation status Red

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

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

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

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

Black-tailed godwit  limosa limosa

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 53 pairs

UK wintering 41,000 birds

Conservation status Red, Schedule 1

Dunlin calidris alpina

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 9,600 pairs

UK wintering 350,000 birds

Conservation status Red

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

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

Green sandpiper tringa ochropus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1-2 pairs

UK wintering 910 birds

Conservation status Amber, Schedule 1

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

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

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

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

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

Woodcock  scolopax rusticola

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 55,241 pairs

UK wintering 1.4 million birds

Conservation status Red

Snipe gallinago gallinago

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 80,000 pairs

UK wintering 1 million birds

Conservation status Amber

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Black-headed gull chroicocephalus ridibundus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 140,000 pairs

UK Wintering 2.2 million birds

Conservation status Amber

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

Common gull larus canus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 49,000 pairs

UK Wintering 710,000 birds

Conservation status Amber

Lesser black-backed gull  larus fuscus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 110,000 pairs

UK Wintering 130,000 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

Herring gull  arus argentatus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 130,000 pairs

UK Wintering 740,000 birds

Conservation status Red

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

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

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

Great black-backed gull  larus marinus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 17,000 pairs

UK Wintering 76,000 birds

Conservation status Amber