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Birds of Sprotbrough Flash (Part 2)

Updated: Jul 17

A total of 194 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.



101 Rock dove / Feral pigeon columba livia


102 Stock dove  columba oenas


103 Wood pigeon columba palumbus


104 Collared dove streptopelia decaocto


105 Turtle dove  streptopelia turtur


106 Cuckoo cuculus canorus


107 Barn owl tyto alba


108 Little owl athene noctua


109 Tawny owl  strix aluco


110 Long-eared owl asio otus


111 Short-eared owl  asio flammeus


112 Swift apus apus


113 Kingfisher alcedo atthis


114 Green woodpecker  picus viridis


115 Great spotted woodpecker dendrocopos major


116 Lesser spotted woodpecker dendrocopos minor


117 Wryneck  Jynx torquilla


118 Great grey shrike lanius excubitor


119 Magpie Pica pica


120 Jay  garrulus glandarius


121 Jackdaw corvus monedula


122 Rook corvus frugilegus


123 Carrion crow corvus corone


124 Raven corvus corax


125 Goldcrest regulus regulus


126 Firecrest  regulus ignicapilla


127 Blue tit cyanistes caeruleus


128 Great tit parus major


129 Coal tit  periparus ater


130 Willow tit poecile montana


131 Marsh tit poecile palustris


132 Skylark alauda arvensis


133 Sand martin riparia riparia


134 Barn swallow hirundo rustica


135 House martin delichon urbicum


136 Cetti's warbler cettia cetti


137 Long-tailed tit aegithalos caudatus


138 Wood warbler phylloscopus sibilatrix


139 Chiffchaff phylloscopus collybita


140 Willow warbler phylloscopus trochilus


141 Blackcap sylvia atricapilla


142 Garden warbler sylvia borin


143 Barred warbler sylvia nisoria


144 Lesser whitethroat sylvia curruca


145 Common whitethroat sylvia communis


146 Grasshopper warbler locustella naevia


147 Sedge warbler acrocephalus schoenobaenus


148 Reed warbler acrocephalus scirpaceus


149 Waxwing bombycilla garrulus


150 Nuthatch sitta europaea


151 Treecreeper certhia familiaris


152 Wren troglodytes troglodytes


153 Starling sturnus vulgaris


154 Ring ouzel turdus torquatus


155 Blackbird turdus merula


156 Fieldfare turdus pilaris


157 Song thrush turdus philomelos


158 Redwing turdus ilacus


159 Mistle thrush turdus viscivorus


160 Spotted flycatcher muscicapa striata


161 Robin erithacus rubecula


162 Nightingale luscinia megarhynchos


163 Bluethroat luscinia svecica


164 Pied flycatcher ficedula hypoleuca


165 Common redstart phoenicurus phoenicurus


166 Black redstart phoenicurus ochruros


167 Whinchat saxicola rubetra


168 Stonechat saxicola rubicola


169 Northern wheatear oenanthe oenanthe


170 Dunnock prunella modularis


171 House sparrow passer domesticus


172 Tree sparrow passer montanus


173 Yellow wagtail motacilla flava


174 Grey wagtail motacilla cinerea


175 Pied/White wagtail motacilla alba


176 Tree pipit anthus trivialis


177 Meadow pipit anthus pratensis


178 Chaffinch fringilla coelebs


179 Brambling fringilla montifringilla


180 Greenfinch carduelis chloris


181 Goldfinch carduelis carduelis


182 Siskin carduelis spinus


183 Linnet carduelis cannabina


184 Twite linaria flavirostris


185 Lesser redpoll carduelis cabaret


186 Mealy redpoll carduelis flammea


187 Crossbill loxia curvirostra


188 Bullfinch pyrrhula pyrrhula


189 Hawfinch coccothraustes coccothraustes


190 Snow bunting plectrophenax nivialis


191 Yellowhammer emberiza citrinella


192 Bearded reedling panurus biarmicus


193 Reed bunting emberiza schoeniclus


194 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.





























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