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

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 465,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

103 Stock dove  columba oenas

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 320,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

104 Wood pigeon columba palumbus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 5,150,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

105 Collared dove streptopelia decaocto

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 810,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

106 Turtle dove  streptopelia turtur

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2012

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 3,600 territories

UK Summer Apr-Sept

Conservation status Red

107 Cuckoo cuculus canorus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2024

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 18,000 pairs

UK Summer Apr-Sept

Conservation status Red

108 Barn owl tyto alba

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 4,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1

109 Little owl athene noctua

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 5,700 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Not assessed

110 Tawny owl  strix aluco

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 50,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

111 Long-eared owl asio otus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1995

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,800 - 6,000 pairs

UK Resident South Wintering

Conservation status Green

112 Short-eared owl  asio flammeus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1986

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 620 - 2,180 pairs

UK Resident Influx in winter

Conservation status Amber

113 Swift apus apus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 59,000 pairs

UK Summer Apr-Sept

Conservation status Red

114 Kingfisher alcedo atthis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 3,800 - 6,400 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1

115 Green woodpecker  picus viridis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 52,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

116 Great spotted woodpecker dendrocopos major

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 140,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

117 Lesser spotted woodpecker dendrocopos minor

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2015

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,000 - 2,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

118 Wryneck  Jynx torquilla

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2022

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 pairs

UK Passage Apr-May/Aug-Oct

Conservation status Schedule 1

119 Great grey shrike lanius excubitor

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1983

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 pairs

UK wintering 62 birds

Conservation status Not assessed

120 Magpie Pica pica

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 600,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

121 Jay  garrulus glandarius

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 170,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

122 Jackdaw corvus monedula

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,400,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

123 Rook corvus frugilegus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,100,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Not assessed

124 Carrion crow corvus corone

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,000,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

125 Raven corvus corax

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 7,400 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

126 Goldcrest regulus regulus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 61,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

127 Firecrest  regulus ignicapilla

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2024

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 2,000 territories

UK Wintering Resident, Passage

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1

128 Blue tit cyanistes caeruleus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 20-44 million pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

129 Great tit parus major

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 2,500,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

130 Coal tit  periparus ater

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 680,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

131 Willow tit poecile montana

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2014

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 3,400 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

132 Marsh tit poecile palustris

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1986

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 41,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

133 Skylark alauda arvensis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,500,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

134 Sand martin riparia riparia

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 100,000 nests

UK Summer Mar-Oct

Conservation status Green

135 Barn swallow hirundo rustica

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 860,000 territories

UK Summer Mar-Oct

Conservation status Green

136 House martin delichon urbicum

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 510,000 pairs

UK Summer Mar-Oct

Conservation status Red

137 Cetti's warbler cettia cetti

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 2,000 males

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1

138 Long-tailed tit aegithalos caudatus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 340,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

139 Wood warbler phylloscopus sibilatrix

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2022

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 6,500 males

UK Summer Apr-Sept

Conservation status Green

140 Chiffchaff phylloscopus collybita

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,200,000 territories

UK Wintering 500-1000 birds

Conservation status Green

141 Willow warbler phylloscopus trochilus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 2,400,000 territories

UK Summer Apr-Oct

Conservation status Amber

142 Blackcap sylvia atricapilla

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,200,000 territories

UK Wintering 3,000 birds

Conservation status Green

143 Garden warbler sylvia borin

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 170,000 territories

UK Summer Apr-Oct

Conservation status Green

144 Barred warbler sylvia nisoria

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1978

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 Birds

UK Scarce passage Aug-Oct

Conservation status Not assessed

145 Lesser whitethroat sylvia curruca

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2024

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Presumed

UK data

UK breeding birds 74,000 territories

UK Summer Apr-Oct

Conservation status Green

146 Common whitethroat sylvia communis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,100,000 territories

UK Summer Apr-Oct

Conservation status Amber

147 Grasshopper warbler locustella naevia

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2000

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 16,000 pairs

UK Summer Apr-Oct

Conservation status Red

148 Sedge warbler acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 260,000 territories

UK Summer Apr-Oct

Conservation status Amber

149 Reed warbler acrocephalus scirpaceus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 130,000 pairs

UK Summer May-Sept

Conservation status Green

150 Waxwing bombycilla garrulus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2023

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0 pairs

UK Wintering Oct-Apr

Conservation status Green

151 Nuthatch sitta europaea

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 220,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

152 Treecreeper certhia familiaris

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 200,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

153 Wren troglodytes troglodytes

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 8,600,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

154 Starling sturnus vulgaris

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1.8 million

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

155 Ring ouzel turdus torquatus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1986

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 6,348 pairs

UK Summer Mar-Nov

Conservation status Red

156 Blackbird turdus merula

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 5,100,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

157 Fieldfare turdus pilaris

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1-2 pairs

UK Wintering 680,000 birds

Conservation status Red, Schedule 1

158 Song thrush turdus philomelos

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,200,000

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

159 Redwing turdus ilacus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 13 pairs

UK Wintering 700,000 birds

Conservation status Schedule 1

160 Mistle thrush turdus viscivorus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2021

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 170,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

161 Spotted flycatcher muscicapa striata

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2024

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 36,000 territories

UK Summer May-Oct

Conservation status Red

162 Robin erithacus rubecula

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 6,700,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

163 Nightingale luscinia megarhynchos

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2017

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 6,700 males

UK Summer Apr-Aug

Conservation status Red

164 Bluethroat luscinia svecica

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1982

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0-1 pairs

UK Passage Mar-May/Aug-Oct

Conservation status Amber

165 Pied flycatcher ficedula hypoleuca

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1987

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 17,000-20,000 pairs

UK Summer Apr-Oct

Conservation status Not assessed

166 Common redstart phoenicurus phoenicurus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2020

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 100,000 pairs

UK Summer Apr-Oct

Conservation status Not assessed

167 Black redstart phoenicurus ochruros

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2005

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 19-44 pairs

UK Wintering 400 birds

Conservation status Red, Schedule 1

168 Whinchat saxicola rubetra

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2022

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 47,000 pairs

UK Summer Apr-Oct

Conservation status Red

169 Stonechat saxicola rubicola

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 59,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

170 Northern wheatear oenanthe oenanthe

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2023

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 240,000 pairs

UK Summer Mar-Oct

Conservation status Amber

171 Dunnock prunella modularis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 2,300,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

172 House sparrow passer domesticus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 5,300,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

173 Tree sparrow passer montanus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1994

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 200,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

174 Yellow wagtail motacilla flava

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 15,000 territories

UK Summer Apr-Oct

Conservation status Red

175 Grey wagtail motacilla cinerea

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 38,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Not assessed

176 Pied/White wagtail motacilla alba

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 470,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

177 Tree pipit anthus trivialis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2017

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 88,000 territories

UK Summer Apr-Oct

Conservation status Red

178 Meadow pipit anthus pratensis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 2,000,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

179 Chaffinch fringilla coelebs

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 6.2 million birds

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

180 Brambling fringilla montifringilla

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 0-2 pairs

UK Wintering 45,000 - 1,800,000

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1

181 Greenfinch carduelis chloris

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,700,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

182 Goldfinch carduelis carduelis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,2 million pairs

UK Resident Many migrate south

Conservation status Green

183 Siskin carduelis spinus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 41,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

184 Linnet carduelis cannabina

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 430,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

185 Twite linaria flavirostris

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1980

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 10,000 pairs

UK Wintering 100,000-150,000

Conservation status Red

186 Lesser redpoll carduelis cabaret

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 22,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

187 Mealy redpoll carduelis flammea

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1984

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1-4 pairs

UK Wintering 300 birds

Conservation status Amber

188 Crossbill loxia curvirostra

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1997

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 40,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1

189 Bullfinch pyrrhula pyrrhula

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 190,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

190 Hawfinch coccothraustes coccothraustes

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1996

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 500-1000 pairs

UK Wintering 10-15,000 birds

Conservation status Red

191 Snow bunting plectrophenax nivialis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 1988

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 60 pairs

UK Wintering 10,000-15,000 birds

Conservation status Amber, Schedule 1

192 Yellowhammer emberiza citrinella

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 700,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

193 Bearded reedling panurus biarmicus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2022

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 630 Pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1

194 Reed bunting emberiza schoeniclus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 250,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Not assessed

195 Corn bunting emberiza calandra

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2024

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 11,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

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.