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.

Rock dove / Feral pigeon columba livia

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 465,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

Stock dove  columba oenas

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 320,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

Wood pigeon columba palumbus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 5,150,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

Collared dove streptopelia decaocto

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 810,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

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

Cuckoo cuculus canorus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 18,000 pairs

UK Summer Apr-Sept

Conservation status Red

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

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

Tawny owl  strix aluco

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 50,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

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

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

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

Kingfisher alcedo atthis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

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

Green woodpecker  picus viridis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 52,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

Great spotted woodpecker dendrocopos major

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 140,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

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

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

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

Magpie Pica pica

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 600,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

Jay  garrulus glandarius

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 170,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

Jackdaw corvus monedula

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,400,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

Rook corvus frugilegus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,100,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Not assessed

Carrion crow corvus corone

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,000,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

Raven corvus corax

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 7,400 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

Goldcrest regulus regulus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 61,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

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

Blue tit cyanistes caeruleus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 20-44 million pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

Great tit parus major

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 2,500,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

Coal tit  periparus ater

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 680,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

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

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

Skylark alauda arvensis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,500,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

Sand martin riparia riparia

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 100,000 nests

UK Summer Mar-Oct

Conservation status Green

Barn swallow hirundo rustica

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 860,000 territories

UK Summer Mar-Oct

Conservation status Green

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

Cetti's warbler cettia cetti

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 2,000 males

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1

Long-tailed tit aegithalos caudatus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 340,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

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

Chiffchaff phylloscopus collybita

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,200,000 territories

UK Wintering 500-1000 birds

Conservation status Green

Willow warbler phylloscopus trochilus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 2,400,000 territories

UK Summer Apr-Oct

Conservation status Amber

Blackcap sylvia atricapilla

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,200,000 territories

UK Wintering 3,000 birds

Conservation status Green

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nuthatch sitta europaea

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 220,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

Treecreeper certhia familiaris

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 200,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

Wren troglodytes troglodytes

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 8,600,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

Starling sturnus vulgaris

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1.8 million

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

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

Blackbird turdus merula

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 5,100,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

Fieldfare turdus pilaris

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

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

Song thrush turdus philomelos

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,200,000

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

Redwing turdus ilacus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 13 pairs

UK Wintering 700,000 birds

Conservation status Schedule 1

Mistle thrush turdus viscivorus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 170,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

Spotted flycatcher muscicapa striata

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 36,000 territories

UK Summer May-Oct

Conservation status Red

Robin erithacus rubecula

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 6,700,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stonechat saxicola rubicola

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 59,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

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

Dunnock prunella modularis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 2,300,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

House sparrow passer domesticus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 5,300,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

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

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

Grey wagtail motacilla cinerea

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 38,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Not assessed

Pied/White wagtail motacilla alba

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 470,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

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

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

Chaffinch fringilla coelebs

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 6.2 million birds

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

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

Greenfinch carduelis chloris

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,700,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

Goldfinch carduelis carduelis

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 1,2 million pairs

UK Resident Many migrate south

Conservation status Green

Siskin carduelis spinus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 41,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green

Linnet carduelis cannabina

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 430,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

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

Redpoll carduelis flammea 

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 22,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

Crossbill loxia curvirostra

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2025

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 40,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Green, Schedule 1

Bullfinch pyrrhula pyrrhula

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 190,000 pairs

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Amber

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

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

Yellowhammer emberiza citrinella

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder No

UK data

UK breeding birds 700,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Red

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

Reed bunting emberiza schoeniclus

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026

Bred since 2011 Yes

Active breeder Yes

UK data

UK breeding birds 250,000 territories

UK Resident Year round

Conservation status Not assessed

Corn bunting emberiza calandra

Sprotbrough flash data

Last recorded 2026 - Cadeby

Bred since 2011 No

Active breeder No

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.