The girls went off shopping so it was my chance to go off birding. I went to Fairburn Ings RSPB site near Castleford this time. On arriving I parked near the Lynn Dyke end of the reserve. On getting out of the car for lunch I immediately heard a Great Spotted Woodpecker calling. Off I went trying to find it but to no avail. On turning back to the car out it flew from the tree I was looking in closely followed by a second, good start to the day  I thought. looking up towards the bridge I saw a bird landing thinking it was a Robin I lifted my binoculars to see a Kingfisher, nice  I moved on then to have a look at the pools, seeing Mute Swan, Coot, Moorhen, Gadwall, Teal, Shoveler and Grey Heron.

I jumped back in the car and moved on to the Lynn Dyke car park and strolled on down the new Lynn Dyke footpath seeing Blue Tit and Chaffinch, Grey Wagtail and Reed Bunting. Not an over exciting day out but a day out it was, why was it expensive? On the way out of Lyn Dyke thru the gate I tripped and of course the most expensive thing your carrying is going to hit the tarmac first, smashing the lens of course not cheap