Blackerhillbilly
@blackerhillbilly.bsky.social
Slow birder, cyclist, retiree, south yorks
Tankersley ponds midday - ponds drying up and vegetation encroaching…Could become overgrown in next few years? quiet, lapwing 19 bhg 12 moorhen 4. @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social @barnsleybsg.bsky.social
Mortimer Rd/Gill Royd Lane - 9:30 pm last night superb nightjar display, at least 4 with low & close flight, very vocal. Fantastic! Also successful whiskerd bat release! @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social
Harley village - red kite low over village eating carrion in flight @wildsheffield.bsky.social @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social
Black lane & Tankersley ponds - yellowhammer 2 whitethroat 2 lrp 2 rp 2 dunlin 1 oystercatcher 2 bhg 30 mallard 16 lapwing 14 coot 5 moorhen 7 red bunt 2 sedge w 1 @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @barnsleybsg.bsky.social
Black lane - house martins x5 collecting mud for nests from puddles. Tankersley ponds reed warbler singing on reedmace with bill full of damselflies. Lapwing LRP coot moorhen mallard with chicks as water receding @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social
Surprise bee orchids! On Elsecar Inclined plane this morning 😸 @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social
Singing corn bunting this lunchtime Marr, South Yorks. @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social
Wombwell woods - beautiful morning- lots of warblers: willow 1, chiffchaff 2; whitethroat 4; garden warbler 1; blackcap 3. @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @barnsleybsg.bsky.social
Nice trot yesterday Langsett Barns up Little Don Valley to sheepfolds. 40 spp best Pied Flycatcher, Redstart 4, Dipper, Cuckoo, Ring Ouzel pair and Tawny Owl mobbed by blackbirds @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social
Tankersley ponds / still 2 avocet present, feeding. Also mallard 7 male, gadwall 2 teal 4 bhg 3 lbb gull 2 swallow 2 common sandpiper 1
Elsecar res - cold this morning - chiffchaff blackcap willow warbler and swallow
Harley village - Red Kite and Common Buzzard circling very low heading SW
Tankersley ponds this pm. Mallard 9 Gadwall 9 Teal 50 and 2male ringed teal (escapes) moorhen 1 @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social
Harley village - beautiful morning - 20 house martin busy over houses, 5 rn parakeet chasing c buzzard out of village! Swallows gathering on wires- early @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social
Harley village - 22:15 - avocets calling overhead! @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @barnsleybsg.bsky.social
Tankersley black lane ponds midday - avocet x2 (wow), also LRP 2, teal 14 gadwall 8 mallard 7 coot 2 moorhen 2 - swallow sand martin flyover @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social
Tankersley black lane & ponds 3-4pm - ponds full few birds - moorhen 1 wren 1 (in reeds) teal 8 gadwall 7. Old Hedge linnet 30 yellowhammer 6 reed bunting 7 chaffinch 1 flock of mipit/goldfinch 12 @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @barnsleybsg.bsky.social
Wentworth, midday - little owl 2 in hedge by paddock past church @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @wildsheffield.bsky.social
Harley 07:50 am wet and dark, First bird of the year 2025 - a cackling magpie! @flamboroughbird.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social
Harley Ashes Hoodhill- generally very quiet with shooting and hedge flailing! Best redwing 30 brambling 1 (first for a while) massive dusk corvid roost 600 plus @s-yorksbirding.bsky.social
