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Lapwing Lapwing nest on bare ground and in short plant cover near wet areas, away from hedges and woods. |
Grey partridge Grey Partridge nest on the ground in hedge bottoms and field margins. |
Skylark Skylark nest on the ground in vegetation 20-50 cm high well away from trees and hedges. |
Tree sparrow Tree sparrow nest in holes in trees,often in groups, and will use nest boxes in areas in countryside |
Yellowhammer Yellowhammer nest close to the ground within thick hedges, where there is a wide uncut margin or ditch. |
Linnet Linnet nest in thick thorny cover in hedgerows and gorse patches. often in groups. |
Lapwing feed on worms, insects, larvae found in grazed pasture and wetlands. Winter flocks prefer permanent grassland, stubble and fallow |
Grey partridge adults feed on seeds and shoots; chicks on insects and bugs from crop margins and weed areas. |
Adult skylark feed on the seeds of crops and weeds in winter and along with chicks on insects in summer. |
Adults tree sparrow mainly feed on seeds; chicks initially on insects and larvae. |
Adult yellowhammer adults feed almost exclusively on seeds but chicks are largely dependent on invertebrates. |
Linnet feed on small seeds throughout the year often from weedy areas. |
Numbers dropped by 56% from 1970 to 2010 and by 32% from 1995 to 2010. 14,000 pairs breeding in the UK in 2009. . UKBAP & S41 priority species; red listed |
Numbers dropped by 91% from 1970 to 2010 and by 55% from 1995 to 2010. 43,000 pairs breeding in the UK. UKBAP & S41 priority species; red listed. |
Numbers dropped by 58% from 1970 to 2010 and by 20% from 1995 to 2010. 150,000 pairs breeding in the UK. UKBAP & S41 priority species; red listed. |
Numbers dropped by 91% from 1970 to 2010 and by 96% from 1995 to 2010. 200,000 pairs breeding in the UK UKBAP & S41 priority species; red listed. |
Numbers dropped by 55% from 1970 to 2010 and by 15% from 1995 to 2010. 710,000 pairs breeding in the UK. UKBAP & S41 priority species; red listed. |
Numbers dropped by 55% from 1970 to 2010 and by 21% from 1995 to 2010. 430,000 pairs breeding in the UK. UKBAP & S41 priority species; red listed. |
Lapwing breeding in Dearne valley wetland areas and in uplands. Winter flocks. |
Thinly distributed but more around former spoil heaps in east of Barnsley. |
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Locally common, colonies and small populations still exist throughout Barnsley except the uplands. |
Fairly common, found mainly in Barnsley lowlands with smaller numbers towards the moorland |
Fairly common but has declined in Barnsley and thinly distributed as breeding bird. |
Yellow wagtail
Declined considerably over last two decades in older wetlands, now favour crops to east of area,