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The Birdman of Skomer

11 September 2025

We are pleased to share with you the latest end of year report from Emeritus Professor Tim Birkhead about his ongoing work monitoring the Guillemot populations at Skomer Island. Tim has been studying the guillemots at Skomer every summer for over five decades. This year, Tim di…

BREEDING BIRD SURVEY – UPLAND SQUARES

The Breeding Bird Survey looks at about 80 randomly selected one-kilometre squares in Derbyshire each year in order to assess the state of our breeding bird populations. Given the randomness in their selection and the varied geography of Derbyshire, some of those inevitably fall on the high moorlan…

Request For Summer Ring Ouzel Sightings

As part of the ongoing monitoring of the local Ring Ouzel population across the Eastern Moors Partnership (EMP) and Stanage, the team of staff & volunteers at RSPB EMP are this year taking a closer look at post-breeding dispersal and feeding patterns across our area. Reports and records o…

Greenmoor Barn Owls

It was nice to see our very own Pete Garrity featured on the local ITV News show Calendar this week. As some of you know Pete has been fortunate enough to have a pair of Barn Owls take up residence in a nest box, in his garden. Pete's thriving Tree Sparrows also make a cameo role during the i…

New Website Launched

If you're reading this then it's more than likely that you aware of the new look SBSG website. However, what you're probably not aware of is some of the new features that are available to members in the sightings archive. Alongside the ability to download all annual reports from 1973, and bulletins…

LIVE TREE SPARROW CAMERA

In the 1970s Tree Sparrows used to be fairly abundant in the 1200 square km of the Sheffield region. They were present in over 60% of the area and sometimes seen in large flocks - in 2024 draft data shows only 27 birds were seen at only three sites; with 20 of them visiting my garden - this is the…

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