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Welcome to the SBSG website

Sheffield Bird Study Group was formed in December 1972 as a forum for birdwatchers in and around the city with an active interest in ornithology. The group's recording area, covering twelve 10km squares with the city roughly in the middle, is hugely diverse, stretching north to the outskirts of Barnsley, south to Chesterfield, east to the lowlands beyond Rotherham and Bolsover, and west to the highest tops of the Peak District National Park.

We aim to promote an interest in birds in the community, provide something of interest to all levels of birder, co-ordinate fieldwork and recording in the area, and work with and complement the work of like-minded local and national organisations for the benefit of birds. SBSG is registered charity No 510857. Click here for more.

Announcements

Diary dates

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Wednesday 10th February 2010 - 7.15 pm - Sheffield University Arts Tower, Lecture Theatre 5

Martin Garner - 'Frontiers of Birding'.

Martin, January Challenge winner, is also a well known author of ornithological writing, including articles for British Birds and Birding World, as well as being a member of the British Birds Rarities Committee. The title suggest it will be a fascinating evening. More...

Free to SBSG members, £2 for visitors and guests

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Coming soon:

Raptors in Derwentdale with Ron Blagden in March and Spring Migrants at RVCP with Kev Gould in April.

Dates will be posted shortly.

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For the 2010 schedule click here.

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New stuff

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Have you seen this bird??

dip

If so, Khaled Etayeb would like to hear from you! He's still doing the PhD research on Dippers which was publicised here a while back, and he needs your help. More...

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SBSG Breeding Atlas Update

Pete Brown and David Wood have been busy as usual on the Atlas front, and Pete explains what's been going on More.....

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January Challenge Final Scores

Dave Williams has been, as usual, the man sorting the data, so I'll let him have the last word:

Hi everyone

The final results are:

Martin Garner - 115

Pete Wragg - 114

Malcolm Oxlade - 112

Mark Reeder - 111

Andy Deighton - 109

Mike Fenner - 101

Bill Bailey - 100

Richard Hill - 91

Duncan Bye - 88

Congratulations, and my admiration, to everyone.

David

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New Site Guide now available

Thanks to the efforts of Pete Brown, we now have a Site Guide for Rother Valley Country Park, complete with access and site maps. In due course we hope to illustrate it with suitable photos as befits such a key site for the SBSG.

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Petition against hunting of migrants in Malta

Visit here to read about the continuing illegal shooting and to sign the the Birdlife Malta peition if you wish.

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