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Birds of Sprotbrough flash (Part 1)

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 1 of the comprehensive bird list (click to expand individual bird data). Sparrowhawk ringed in 2019.



 001 Mute swan cygnus olor


002 Bewick's /Tundra swan cygnus columbianus


003 Whooper Swan cygnus cygnus


004 Pink-footed Goose  anser brachyrhynchus


005 Greylag Goose anser anser


006 Snow Goose  anser caerulescens


007 Canada Goose branta canadensis


008 Barnacle Goose branta leucopsis


009 Brent (Brant) Goose branta bernicla


010 Egyptian Goose alopochen aegyptiaca


011 Shelduck tadorna tadorna


012 Mandarin Duck aix galericulata


013 Wigeon anas penelope


014 Gadwall mareca strepera


015 Eurasian Teal anas crecca


016 Mallard anas platyrhynchos


017 Northern Pintail  anas acuta


018 Garganey anas querquedula


019 Northern Shoveler anas clypeata


020 Red-crested Pochard netta rufina


021 Pochard aythya ferina


022 Tufted Duck aythya fuligula


023 Greater Scaup aythya marila


024 Common Eider somateria mollissima


025 Long-tailed Duck  clangula hyemalis


026 Common Scoter melanitta nigra


027 Goldeneye bucephala clangula


028 Smew mergellus albellus


029 Red-breasted Merganser mergus serrator


030 Goosander  mergus merganser


031 Ruddy Duck oxyura jamaicensis


032 Red-legged Partridge alectoris rufa


033 Grey Partridge perdix perdix


034 Pheasant phasianus colchicus


035 Fulmar fulmarus glacialis


036 Northern Gannet morus bassanus


037 Cormorant phalacrocorax carbo


038 Shag phalacrocorax aristotelis


039 Bittern  botaurus stellaris


040 Little Egret egretta garzetta


041 Great white Egret  ardea alba 


042 Spoonbill  platalea leucorodia


043 Grey Heron ardea cinerea


044 White Stork ciconia ciconia


045 Common Crane  grus grus


046 Little Grebe tachybabtus ruficollis


047 Great crested Grebe podiceps cristatus


048 Red-necked grebe  podiceps grisegena


049 Honey buzzard pernis apivorus


050 Red kite milvus milvus


051 Marsh harrier circus aeruginosus


052 Hen harrier circus cyaneus


053 Goshawk accipiter gentilis


054 Sparrowhawk  accipiter nisus


055 Buzzard buteo buteo


056 Osprey  pandion haliaetus


057 Kestrel falco tinnunculus


058 Merlin  falco columbarius


059 Hobby  falco subbuteo


060 Peregrine falcon  falco peregrinus


061 Ring-necked parakeet psittacula krameri


062 Water rail rallus aquaticus


063 Spotted crake porzana porzana


064 Moorhen gallinula chloropus


065 Coot fulica atra


066 Oystercatcher haematopus ostralegus


067 Golden plover pluvialis apricaria


068 Northern Lapwing vanellus vanellus


069 Little ringed plover  charadrius dubius


070 Ringed plover charadrius hiatcuka


071 Whimbrel numenius phaeopus


072 Curlew numenius arquata


073 Black-tailed godwit  limosa limosa


074 Dunlin calidris alpina


075 Grey / Red phalarope  phalaropus fulicarius


076 Common sandpiper actitis hypoleucos


077 Green sandpiper tringa ochropus


078 Spotted redshank tringa erythropus


079 Greenshank  tringa nebularia


080 Wood sandpiper  tringa glareola


081 Redshank tringa totanus


082 Jack snipe  lymnocryptes minimus


083 Woodcock  scolopax rusticola


084 Snipe gallinago gallinago


085 Little tern sternula albifrons 


086 Black tern childonias niger


087 Common tern  sterna hirundo


088 Roseate tern sterna douglii


089 Arctic tern sterna paradisaea


090 Long-tailed skua stercorarius longicaudus


091 Kittiwake  rissa tridactyla


092 Black-headed gull chroicocephalus ridibundus


093 Mediterranean gull larus melanocephalus


094 Common gull larus canus


095 Lesser black-backed gull  larus fuscus


096 Herring gull  arus argentatus


097 Yellow-legged gull larus michahellis


098 Iceland gull  larus glaucoides


099 Glaucous gull larus hyperboreus


100 Great black-backed gull  larus marinus



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