The books have arrived!
‘The New Birds of the Sheffield Area’ - Launch Night is this Wednesday 7.15pm
LT2
The Diamond Building
Uni of Sheffield
Leavegreave Road
S3 7RD
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
‘The New Birds of the Sheffield Area’ - Launch Night is this Wednesday 7.15pm
LT2
The Diamond Building
Uni of Sheffield
Leavegreave Road
S3 7RD
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
February 7, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The books have arrived!
‘The New Birds of the Sheffield Area’ - Launch Night is this Wednesday 7.15pm
LT2
The Diamond Building
Uni of Sheffield
Leavegreave Road
S3 7RD
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
‘The New Birds of the Sheffield Area’ - Launch Night is this Wednesday 7.15pm
LT2
The Diamond Building
Uni of Sheffield
Leavegreave Road
S3 7RD
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
'The New Birds of the Sheffield Area'
Indoor Meeting: Weds 11th Feb 7.15pm
Join us to celebrate the launch of our fabulous new 440 page book detailing all 300 species ever sighted in our area. Editors Richard & David will talk us through the project.
Copies for sale + complimentary fizz!
Indoor Meeting: Weds 11th Feb 7.15pm
Join us to celebrate the launch of our fabulous new 440 page book detailing all 300 species ever sighted in our area. Editors Richard & David will talk us through the project.
Copies for sale + complimentary fizz!
February 4, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Old haunts and a couple of old friends this afternoon 😍 #yorkshirebirding
February 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Old haunts and a couple of old friends this afternoon 😍 #yorkshirebirding
Spent a little too much time looking for Tundra geese this weekend, to no avail. In between the wild goose chase I paid a visit to Filey Brigg, Figham common and Seamer tip pool.
February 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Great to see some good news in the local press - well done @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social!
#YorkshireBirding
#YorkshireBirding
£94,000 lottery grant secures future of little tern project - The Holderness and Hornsea Gazette
A major conservation project protecting one of the UK’s most successful little tern colonies near Spurn has secured £94,000 in funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The Beacon Ponds little ...
holderness-gazette.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Great to see some good news in the local press - well done @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social!
#YorkshireBirding
#YorkshireBirding
Wombwell Ings this afternoon. Damp & chilly but 25 species including an hour of birding. Highlights 1 Shelduck, lots of Wigeon, Stonechat, & Yellowhammer #yorkshirebirding @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Wombwell Ings this afternoon. Damp & chilly but 25 species including an hour of birding. Highlights 1 Shelduck, lots of Wigeon, Stonechat, & Yellowhammer #yorkshirebirding @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
Broomhill Flash 1.30-2pm
Female Goldeneye, 7m,4f Pochard, 1m,4f Goosander, plenty of Gadwall, Shoveler, Tufted & Teal #yorkshirebirding @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social
Female Goldeneye, 7m,4f Pochard, 1m,4f Goosander, plenty of Gadwall, Shoveler, Tufted & Teal #yorkshirebirding @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Broomhill Flash 1.30-2pm
Female Goldeneye, 7m,4f Pochard, 1m,4f Goosander, plenty of Gadwall, Shoveler, Tufted & Teal #yorkshirebirding @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social
Female Goldeneye, 7m,4f Pochard, 1m,4f Goosander, plenty of Gadwall, Shoveler, Tufted & Teal #yorkshirebirding @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social
Thrybergh Country Park this morning. 36 species including 2 pairs of Goldeneye #yorkshirebirding @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @donnybirding.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Thrybergh Country Park this morning. 36 species including 2 pairs of Goldeneye #yorkshirebirding @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @donnybirding.bsky.social
Great free birding walk for young people aged 16-25 ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve... #YorkshireBirding
Join BTO Youth for a FREE birding and survey introduction walk at Long Lands Common in North Yorkshire. Book a space ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
📆 Sunday 15 February.
📝 Open to those aged 16-25.
📆 Sunday 15 February.
📝 Open to those aged 16-25.
February 2, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Great free birding walk for young people aged 16-25 ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve... #YorkshireBirding
It's #SuperSeabirdSunday!
A ringed Herring Gull at Ravensthorpe last weekend ringed as a chick on 5/7/25 on the Calf of Man.
Reported from:
Millquarter Bay, Northern Ireland. 27/9/25
Ardglass Harbour, Northern Ireland. 10/10/25
Peel Harbour, Isle of Man. 22/10/25
#YorkshireBirding #GullsoftheWP 🪶
A ringed Herring Gull at Ravensthorpe last weekend ringed as a chick on 5/7/25 on the Calf of Man.
Reported from:
Millquarter Bay, Northern Ireland. 27/9/25
Ardglass Harbour, Northern Ireland. 10/10/25
Peel Harbour, Isle of Man. 22/10/25
#YorkshireBirding #GullsoftheWP 🪶
February 1, 2026 at 7:43 PM
It's #SuperSeabirdSunday!
A ringed Herring Gull at Ravensthorpe last weekend ringed as a chick on 5/7/25 on the Calf of Man.
Reported from:
Millquarter Bay, Northern Ireland. 27/9/25
Ardglass Harbour, Northern Ireland. 10/10/25
Peel Harbour, Isle of Man. 22/10/25
#YorkshireBirding #GullsoftheWP 🪶
A ringed Herring Gull at Ravensthorpe last weekend ringed as a chick on 5/7/25 on the Calf of Man.
Reported from:
Millquarter Bay, Northern Ireland. 27/9/25
Ardglass Harbour, Northern Ireland. 10/10/25
Peel Harbour, Isle of Man. 22/10/25
#YorkshireBirding #GullsoftheWP 🪶
North Cave Wetlands this afternoon - one of the Bitterns playing 'now you see me now you don't' @northcavewet.bsky.social #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
January 31, 2026 at 9:43 PM
North Cave Wetlands this afternoon - one of the Bitterns playing 'now you see me now you don't' @northcavewet.bsky.social #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding
The long staying Red-Crested Pochard at @rspb.bsky.social St Aidan's showed very well in the afternoon sun shortly after New Years.
By far our best view of one!
@unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social #UKWildlife #YorkshireWildlife #Wildlife #YorkshireBirding #BirdingUK #RareBirdsUK 🪶
By far our best view of one!
@unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social #UKWildlife #YorkshireWildlife #Wildlife #YorkshireBirding #BirdingUK #RareBirdsUK 🪶
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The long staying Red-Crested Pochard at @rspb.bsky.social St Aidan's showed very well in the afternoon sun shortly after New Years.
By far our best view of one!
@unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social #UKWildlife #YorkshireWildlife #Wildlife #YorkshireBirding #BirdingUK #RareBirdsUK 🪶
By far our best view of one!
@unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social #UKWildlife #YorkshireWildlife #Wildlife #YorkshireBirding #BirdingUK #RareBirdsUK 🪶
Just had my 2025 Garden BirdWatch report from @bto-gbw.bsky.social
29 bird species, 2 mammals, 1 amphibians, 17 insect species recorded last year, the 4th year I’ve been doing it in South Yorkshire
#yorkshirebirding
29 bird species, 2 mammals, 1 amphibians, 17 insect species recorded last year, the 4th year I’ve been doing it in South Yorkshire
#yorkshirebirding
Did you know that by submitting your garden wildlife sightings regularly to BTO Garden BirdWatch, you are directly contributing towards research which looks into the year-round importance of gardens for wildlife. 🪶
Discover more at www.bto.org/get-involved...
📷Philip Croft / BTO
Discover more at www.bto.org/get-involved...
📷Philip Croft / BTO
January 30, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Just had my 2025 Garden BirdWatch report from @bto-gbw.bsky.social
29 bird species, 2 mammals, 1 amphibians, 17 insect species recorded last year, the 4th year I’ve been doing it in South Yorkshire
#yorkshirebirding
29 bird species, 2 mammals, 1 amphibians, 17 insect species recorded last year, the 4th year I’ve been doing it in South Yorkshire
#yorkshirebirding
Winter bird survey today at Scisset/Clayton West. 25 species recorded including flocks of 6 Greenfinch & 12 Lesser Redpoll, unusual for this location #yorkshirebirding @btobirds.bsky.social @bbs-birds.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Winter bird survey today at Scisset/Clayton West. 25 species recorded including flocks of 6 Greenfinch & 12 Lesser Redpoll, unusual for this location #yorkshirebirding @btobirds.bsky.social @bbs-birds.bsky.social
Quick trip onto my local patch produced a #patchfirst for me today in the shape of 3 (Lesser) Redpoll
Snuff Mill Lane. Cottingham
Still from ropey hastily grabbed video.
#YorkshireBirding #UKBirding #Cottingham
@erichjames.bsky.social
Snuff Mill Lane. Cottingham
Still from ropey hastily grabbed video.
#YorkshireBirding #UKBirding #Cottingham
@erichjames.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Quick trip onto my local patch produced a #patchfirst for me today in the shape of 3 (Lesser) Redpoll
Snuff Mill Lane. Cottingham
Still from ropey hastily grabbed video.
#YorkshireBirding #UKBirding #Cottingham
@erichjames.bsky.social
Snuff Mill Lane. Cottingham
Still from ropey hastily grabbed video.
#YorkshireBirding #UKBirding #Cottingham
@erichjames.bsky.social
3 (Lesser)Redpoll Snuff Mill Lane #Cottingham #YorkshireBirding
January 26, 2026 at 12:37 PM
3 (Lesser)Redpoll Snuff Mill Lane #Cottingham #YorkshireBirding
Up to 60 on #footit with Water Rail and Green Sandpiper. The latter on this new flash. #yorkshirebirding
January 26, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Up to 60 on #footit with Water Rail and Green Sandpiper. The latter on this new flash. #yorkshirebirding
Another gull filled #SuperSeabirdSunday!
A mid-week visit to Redcar Tarn, Yorkshire to see what was about.
A good selection of gulls; Black-Headed, Common, Herring and Lesser Black-Backed.
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social #Seabirds #GullsoftheWP #UKBirding #YorkshireBirding #GullsoftheWorld 🪶
A mid-week visit to Redcar Tarn, Yorkshire to see what was about.
A good selection of gulls; Black-Headed, Common, Herring and Lesser Black-Backed.
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social #Seabirds #GullsoftheWP #UKBirding #YorkshireBirding #GullsoftheWorld 🪶
January 25, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Another gull filled #SuperSeabirdSunday!
A mid-week visit to Redcar Tarn, Yorkshire to see what was about.
A good selection of gulls; Black-Headed, Common, Herring and Lesser Black-Backed.
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social #Seabirds #GullsoftheWP #UKBirding #YorkshireBirding #GullsoftheWorld 🪶
A mid-week visit to Redcar Tarn, Yorkshire to see what was about.
A good selection of gulls; Black-Headed, Common, Herring and Lesser Black-Backed.
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social #Seabirds #GullsoftheWP #UKBirding #YorkshireBirding #GullsoftheWorld 🪶
Bright, breezy day y'day I spent a few hours at @rspb.bsky.social Blacktoft Sands. Probably should have stayed for the Harrier roost but a nice trip out, full count: Blacktoft Sands RSPB on 24/01/2026, 10:20 - 14:10. View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... #YorkshireBirding #UKBirding
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January 25, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Bright, breezy day y'day I spent a few hours at @rspb.bsky.social Blacktoft Sands. Probably should have stayed for the Harrier roost but a nice trip out, full count: Blacktoft Sands RSPB on 24/01/2026, 10:20 - 14:10. View my #BirdTrack list: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... #YorkshireBirding #UKBirding
♂.Smew still #High_Eske_NR at 11:30 but mobile due to EA work @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #YorkshireBirding
January 21, 2026 at 1:26 PM
♂.Smew still #High_Eske_NR at 11:30 but mobile due to EA work @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #YorkshireBirding
Like a live @jamesrmccallum1.bsky.social painting, 3,750 Pinks started their day SE of Swinefleet on Puddiners this morning and I picked out 8+ Tundra Beans (5ads 3juvs) amongst them 😍 #yorkshirebirding
January 21, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Like a live @jamesrmccallum1.bsky.social painting, 3,750 Pinks started their day SE of Swinefleet on Puddiners this morning and I picked out 8+ Tundra Beans (5ads 3juvs) amongst them 😍 #yorkshirebirding
"Love the birds you're with"
One of my local birding sites and a similar approach to mine ie.birding not twitching.
#Yorkshirebirding #birds
@leedsbirder.bsky.social
@pontebirder.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
One of my local birding sites and a similar approach to mine ie.birding not twitching.
#Yorkshirebirding #birds
@leedsbirder.bsky.social
@pontebirder.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: I see 38 bird species in a day – but does it matter? | Richard Smyth
Swillington Ings, West Yorkshire: I’m counting, but not counting. The highlight, though, has to be those those gentleman thugs, the greater black-backed gulls
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:54 AM
"Love the birds you're with"
One of my local birding sites and a similar approach to mine ie.birding not twitching.
#Yorkshirebirding #birds
@leedsbirder.bsky.social
@pontebirder.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
One of my local birding sites and a similar approach to mine ie.birding not twitching.
#Yorkshirebirding #birds
@leedsbirder.bsky.social
@pontebirder.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
White-tailed Eagle from Ellerton Church at 1045hr. Flew west when disturbed by a shooting party. #yorkshirebirding @birdguides.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 AM
White-tailed Eagle from Ellerton Church at 1045hr. Flew west when disturbed by a shooting party. #yorkshirebirding @birdguides.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Unable to access my WeBS site today I went for a 1st 2026 visit to #Swinemoor heavy mist, replaced by persistent rain = poor visibility. Nevertheless c100 Golden Plover, minimum 300 Wigeon & 2 Yellowhammer brightened the morning full count: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... #YorkshireBirding #UKBirding
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January 18, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Unable to access my WeBS site today I went for a 1st 2026 visit to #Swinemoor heavy mist, replaced by persistent rain = poor visibility. Nevertheless c100 Golden Plover, minimum 300 Wigeon & 2 Yellowhammer brightened the morning full count: app.bto.org/birdtrack/pu... #YorkshireBirding #UKBirding