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.

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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.


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,