St Aidens- visit

 St Aiden's RSPB reserve has been in exsistance for about 9 years as it a reclaimed mining area

It offers a number of different habitats from farmalnd, woodland, lakes, marsh, muddy areas , reedbed

Its a big area but there are numerous paths short and long with a visitors centre and toilets, you have to pay for carpark if you are not a RSPB member

Lots of Magpies

Wood pigeon feeding young

Goldfinch one of a flock of 30+ around carpark

Species

Little Owl, Kestrel, Red Kite (8) Buzzard (4), Magpie, Wood Pigeon, Collard Dove, Bullfinch, Goldfinch, Long Tailed Tit, Gt Tit, Blue Tit, Bearded Tit, Little Egret, Common Tern, Herring Gull, GT BB, Black Headed Gull, Cormorant, Tufted, Mallard, Gadwall, Shoveler, Gt Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Grey Heron, Canada Goose, Greylag, Starling, House Sparrow, Lapwing, Ruff, Black Tailed Godwit, Mute Swan, Rook, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin, Robin, Coot, Moorhen

43 species