Birds of Sprotbrough Flash (Part 2)

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 2 of the comprehensive bird list (click to expand individual bird data). Cetti's warbler ringed in 2019.

102 Rock dove / Feral pigeon columba livia

103 Stock dove  columba oenas

104 Wood pigeon columba palumbus

105 Collared dove streptopelia decaocto

106 Turtle dove  streptopelia turtur

107 Cuckoo cuculus canorus

108 Barn owl tyto alba

109 Little owl athene noctua

110 Tawny owl  strix aluco

111 Long-eared owl asio otus

112 Short-eared owl  asio flammeus

113 Swift apus apus

114 Kingfisher alcedo atthis

115 Green woodpecker  picus viridis

116 Great spotted woodpecker dendrocopos major

117 Lesser spotted woodpecker dendrocopos minor

118 Wryneck  Jynx torquilla

119 Great grey shrike lanius excubitor

120 Magpie Pica pica

121 Jay  garrulus glandarius

122 Jackdaw corvus monedula

123 Rook corvus frugilegus

124 Carrion crow corvus corone

125 Raven corvus corax

126 Goldcrest regulus regulus

127 Firecrest  regulus ignicapilla

128 Blue tit cyanistes caeruleus

129 Great tit parus major

130 Coal tit  periparus ater

131 Willow tit poecile montana

132 Marsh tit poecile palustris

133 Skylark alauda arvensis

134 Sand martin riparia riparia

135 Barn swallow hirundo rustica

136 House martin delichon urbicum

137 Cetti's warbler cettia cetti

138 Long-tailed tit aegithalos caudatus

139 Wood warbler phylloscopus sibilatrix

140 Chiffchaff phylloscopus collybita

141 Willow warbler phylloscopus trochilus

142 Blackcap sylvia atricapilla

143 Garden warbler sylvia borin

144 Barred warbler sylvia nisoria

145 Lesser whitethroat sylvia curruca

146 Common whitethroat sylvia communis

147 Grasshopper warbler locustella naevia

148 Sedge warbler acrocephalus schoenobaenus

149 Reed warbler acrocephalus scirpaceus

150 Waxwing bombycilla garrulus

151 Nuthatch sitta europaea

152 Treecreeper certhia familiaris

153 Wren troglodytes troglodytes

154 Starling sturnus vulgaris

155 Ring ouzel turdus torquatus

156 Blackbird turdus merula

157 Fieldfare turdus pilaris

158 Song thrush turdus philomelos

159 Redwing turdus ilacus

160 Mistle thrush turdus viscivorus

161 Spotted flycatcher muscicapa striata

162 Robin erithacus rubecula

163 Nightingale luscinia megarhynchos

164 Bluethroat luscinia svecica

165 Pied flycatcher ficedula hypoleuca

166 Common redstart phoenicurus phoenicurus

167 Black redstart phoenicurus ochruros

168 Whinchat saxicola rubetra

169 Stonechat saxicola rubicola

170 Northern wheatear oenanthe oenanthe

171 Dunnock prunella modularis

172 House sparrow passer domesticus

173 Tree sparrow passer montanus

174 Yellow wagtail motacilla flava

175 Grey wagtail motacilla cinerea

176 Pied/White wagtail motacilla alba

177 Tree pipit anthus trivialis

178 Meadow pipit anthus pratensis

179 Chaffinch fringilla coelebs

180 Brambling fringilla montifringilla

181 Greenfinch carduelis chloris

182 Goldfinch carduelis carduelis

183 Siskin carduelis spinus

184 Linnet carduelis cannabina

185 Twite linaria flavirostris

186 Lesser redpoll carduelis cabaret

187 Mealy redpoll carduelis flammea

188 Crossbill loxia curvirostra

189 Bullfinch pyrrhula pyrrhula

190 Hawfinch coccothraustes coccothraustes

191 Snow bunting plectrophenax nivialis

192 Yellowhammer emberiza citrinella

193 Bearded reedling panurus biarmicus

194 Reed bunting emberiza schoeniclus

195 Corn bunting emberiza calandra

Birds recorded before 1957:

Leach’s storm petrel (shot 1837) and Corncrake

Escapee's noted at the flash:

Zebra finch, Red-billed leothrix, Trumpeter finch, Cockatiel, Eastern rosella, Budgerigar, Common waxbill, Canary, Chiloe wigeon, Bar-headed Goose, Muscovy duck, American wood duck, Red-tailed hawk, Black swan, Rhea and Ostrich.