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.
Diary Dates
Indoor Meeting - Wednesday 14th May
SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY DIAMOND BUILDING - LECTURE THEATRE 4
Swifts : The Challenges they face in Sheffield's urban landscape and solutions to reverse their decline.
Flora Jeferzade & Dr Kiera Chapman
Join Flora Jeferzade of Sheffield Swift Network and Dr Kiera Chapman (co-author of ‘The Lost Nature‘ report for Wild Justice) for a talk about Swifts, the challenges they face in our urban landscape and solutions to their decline.
The talk covers
- A life lived on the wing
- Swifts in critical decline
- Are we designing extinction into our urban landscapes?
- Are housing developers delivering their ecological commitments With Dr Kiera Chapman
- Together – how we can save our swifts
The Sheffield Swift Network is dedicated to reversing the catastrophic decline of these astounding, yet ‘Red- Listed’ ancient birds.
News
THE RSPB LOCAL GROUP - SHEFFIELD
Welcome to the RSPB Sheffield Local Group. RSPB local groups are a great way to meet friendly, like-minded people in your area while discovering more about birds and wildlife.
We hold our indoor meetings on the first Thursday of most months and run frequent midweek and weekend walks in and around Sheffield as well as coach trips to nature reserves further afield. SBSG members can attend meetings at RSPB members rates.
A key objective of our group is to raise money to support the RSPB’s work – on a local, national and even global scale.
Our indoor meetings - Sheffield Local Group
Peak District Raptor Monitoring Group
The Peak District Raptor Monitoring Group are fund raising to buy some Satellite tags to go on Short-eared Owls, this year and next. Below is the link to their Go Fund Me page. The details of who Raptor Aid are are included, along with details about NERF.
Raptor Aid Grant Fund & Short Eared Owl Tag Fund, organized by Jimmi Hill
Easyfundraising
New QR Code to use when shopping on-line - why not take a picture and store it on your phone for use in the future
If you shop online, don’t forget to support SBSG at no extra cost by channelling through easyfundraising - Here's how to do it
Membership
Good news for younger members
Free membership is now available for persons under the age of 25. The age limit was previously 22. And it’s available regardless of whether you’re in full time education or not. Existing members should by now have received revised membership certificates from Martin Hodgson, the Membership Secretary. If you haven’t but you think you ought to have, or if you are a paying member who now qualifies for free membership, please contact him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.