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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. Click here for more.

Announcements

Diary dates

Wednesday 9th Sept 2009 - 7.15 pm - Sheffield university Arts Tower, Lecture Theatre 5

John Mather will be giving a talk entitled 'Uganda - Pearl of Africa'. More..

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Wednesday 14th Oct 2009 - 7.15 pm - Sheffield university Arts Tower, Lecture Theatre 5

David Wood and Pete Brown will be giving a talk entitled 'Cuba - Revolutionary Birding'. More..

For the 2009 schedule click here.

Additional date

Saturday 12th September, 8:30 - 11:00am, Blackburn Meadows NR.

Ringing Demonstration with Sorby Breck Ringing Group.

Sorby Breck Ringing Group will be holding a ringing demonstration at Blackburn Meadows NR. A great opportunity to see a variety of species in the hand and learn more about bird ringing. Species regularly trapped and ringed at the site included Reed Warbler, Bullfinch and Kingfisher.

Meet at the car park at SK411922 (access off the A6109) at 8:30am.

For more information on this field trip, contact Richard Dale on 0114 2862513

Photo Gallery - update June 30

A few more tweaks have been found necessary, so photo uploading has unfortunately been delayed. The good news is that I've received heaps of photos to sort through, so please be patient .

New stuff

Birds of the Sheffield Area 2007

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The 164 page 2007 Annual Report is now available: review of the year, detailed species acounts, articles and much more.

FREE to members, £6.00 plus £1.20 p&p to non-members. More details and larger image

AND.....

You now have the chance to own the dramatic Ruddy Duck above - the full-colour artwork is now available from the artist Paul Leonard, as are his beautiful illustrations of Goldcrest, Little Auk, Shoveler and Sanderling.

AND.....

Paul will donate a generous proportion of the money raised to the Breeding Atlas project, the SBSG's most important (and expensive!) project since the 1970's.

So email Paul for details and support this vital work.

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Grid reference finder

David Williams found a very useful tool for finding grid refs - follow it from here

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Review of May highlights

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Kev Gould reflects on what May brought to our area, and on what might have been...... More

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Breeding Birds in the Peak Park 2009

An appeal from the Peak Park Authority for all your records (especially breeding records) of Peak District BAP priority species. See here for details, you may be in for a surprise...

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Breeding Atlas update

At the May meeting David Wood gave a presentation of the planned structure and layout of the Atlas, which is on track to be a very impressive publication. Take a look here.

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Breeding Atlas photo opportunity

Like to see your photos in print and contribute to our flagship publication? Read more..