St. Aidens / Bradshaw Fields

It's turning out to be one of those weeks where local birding has had to take a back seat.

Another day and another visit to Wakefield on the cards today but we did get a short visit for a toasted T cake for lunch at St. Aidens RSPB café 'on our way home'.

This place is gi-normous and today I hardly scratched the surface of it with just time for a short walk. 

You need a full day to have a good nosy around here.

I walked along the side of the large pond bottom left of the café and back again. 

The sun came out! Making it awkward for photos.

 After we got home I had just time to check out the local fields before dark.

Quiz:

In the hit sitcom Friends what is Carol's wife called.

Birds:-

Kestrel along Bradshaw Lane landed on a house roof and one near Tong Garden Centre.

Lots of Starlings seen in various spots.

St Aidens.

Cetti's Warbler (Heard).

Shoveller.

Great Crested Grebe.

Moorhen.

Coot.

Tufted Duck.

Mallard.

Gadwall.

Canada Geese.

Mute Swan.

Pochard.

Cormorant.

Black Headed Gull.

2 Red Kite.

(A small Unidentifiable bird picked out of the Kite Photo - looks interesting?)

A very distant Teal in the sun(I think). 

Bradshaw Fields:

c50 Gulls.

Eight Red Legged Partridge (One missing).

Barn Owl.

Little Owl.

Green Woodpecker.

c30 Starlings.

Jackdaws.

Um???

This was picked out of a poor photo of a Red Kite at St Aidens.

Woodpigeon above.

Looked a bit lost as we went into

ASDA on the ring-road.

Teal.

Bradshaw Fields:

Quiz Answer:

Susan.