British Garden Birds - RSPB Old Moor

RSPB Old Moor is now managed by the RSPB but was actually developed by Barnsley Borough Council from reclaimed coal mining works.

The 250 acre reserve is predominantly wetland, for example open freshwater, marsh and reed beds. However, this does not mean only wildfowl and waders are to be seen here. Trees, scrub and meadow attract many others to the reserve, including a thriving Tree Sparrow colony.

There are five hides and a garden bird feeding area. The visitor centre includes a shop, and toilet and cafeteria facilities.

Below is a list of species I have seen on my visits to the reserves at different times of the year.

What You Might See
Bar-headed Goose Bean Goose Black-headed Gull Blackbird Black-necked Grebe Black-tailed Godwit Black Tern Blue Tit Brambling Canada Goose Carrion Crow Chaffinch Chiffchaff Coal Tit Collared Dove Common Buzzard Common Gull Common Sandpiper Common Snipe Common Tern Coot Cormorant Curlew Dunlin Dunnock Fieldfare Gadwall Garganey Goldeneye Golden Plover Goldfinch Goosander Great Black-backed Gull Great Crested Grebe Great Tit Green Sandpiper Green Woodpecker	Greenfinch Greenshank Grey Heron Greylag Goose Grey Partridge Herring Gull Hoopoe House Martin House Sparrow Jackdaw Kestrel Kingfisher Knot Lapwing Linnet Little Owl Little Grebe Little Ringed Plover Long-eared Owl Long-tailed Tit Magpie Mallard Meadow Pipit Merlin Mistle Thrush Moorhen Mute Swan Oystercatcher Pectoral Sandpiper Pheasant Pied Wagtail Pink-footed Goose Pintail Pochard Red-legged Partridge Redshank Redwing	Reed Bunting Ringed Plover Robin Ruddy Duck Ruff Sand Martin Sanderling Sedge Warbler Shelduck Shoveler Siskin Skylark Smew Song Thrush Sparrowhawk Spotted Crake Spotted Redshank Starling Stock Dove Swallow Swift Teal Tree Sparrow Tufted Duck Water Pipit Whitethroat Wigeon Willow Warbler Whooper Swan Wood Sandpiper Wood Pigeon Wren Yellowhammer Yellow Wagtail