Route: Old Moor – Dearne Valley
Area: South Yorkshire
Date of walk: 3rd September 2014
Walkers: Andrew
Distance: 3.0 miles
Weather: Overcast
I’d heard that the RSPB Reserve at Old Moor was enjoying regular kingfisher sightings, and being keen to photograph one of these beautiful birds, decided to pay it a visit
I parked in the car park and entered the reserve (free to members of the RSPB). The helpful staff informed me that kingfishers had been spotted earlier at the Reedbed hide so I made my way there without ado. After quite a long wait, I spotted a kingfisher in the distance and managed to grab a photo but it won’t win any prizes as the bird was too far away
There’s plenty to see at the reserve and I wandered around all afternoon spending time in each of the hides, but alas failed in my main objective
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Entering Old Moor via the visitor centre
Grandad’s Shed
I follow the Reed Bed Trail
One of the several small ponds which attracted hundreds of dragonflies
The Reedbed Screen
View from the screen, with a couple of perches laid on for kingfishers
A very poor photo of a kingfisher seen from the screen, but better than nothing
Looking across the reedbeds
Tufted Duck
Canada Geese
Egret
Lapwing
Garden bird area back at the visitor centre
