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

MoreHall reservoir - common sandpiper

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