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Blackerhillbilly @blackerhillbilly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

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

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Blackerhillbilly @blackerhillbilly.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

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

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Blackerhillbilly @blackerhillbilly.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

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

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Blackerhillbilly @blackerhillbilly.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

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

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Blackerhillbilly @blackerhillbilly.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

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

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Blackerhillbilly @blackerhillbilly.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

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

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Blackerhillbilly @blackerhillbilly.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

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

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Blackerhillbilly @blackerhillbilly.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Elsecar res - cold this morning - chiffchaff blackcap willow warbler and swallow

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Blackerhillbilly @blackerhillbilly.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

MoreHall reservoir - common sandpiper

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Blackerhillbilly @blackerhillbilly.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Harley village - Red Kite and Common Buzzard circling very low heading SW

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Blackerhillbilly @blackerhillbilly.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

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

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Blackerhillbilly @blackerhillbilly.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

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

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Blackerhillbilly @blackerhillbilly.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

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

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Blackerhillbilly @blackerhillbilly.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

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

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Blackerhillbilly @blackerhillbilly.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Harley 07:50 am wet and dark, First bird of the year 2025 - a cackling magpie! @flamboroughbird.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social

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Blackerhillbilly @blackerhillbilly.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

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

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