This afternoon I went to
Leeds to look at a car I was thinking of buying and as I was close by I thought I'd take a look at the
Adel Dam nature reserve which I'd heard about on Facebook. After taking the car for a test drive, an experience in itself as I'd never driven an automatic before, I finished my business at the garage and continued on to the reserve. When I drove through the little town of
Adel, I knew I was was getting close - I parked at
Goldenacre Country Park free car park as recommended but couldn't find
Adel Dam marked on any of the maps here. So I started to ask people where it was but strangely nobody seemed to know.
I eventually found an older couple who did and then I realised my mistake was pronouncing it '
Adele' instead of '
Addle' - no wonder nobody knew where it wind as when I asked :)
Anyway, I eventually got to the right place and found it to be quite lovely. All except for the fact that the resident Kingfishers that so many people have photographed there didn't show once for me. But I did meet some great people and I managed to grab a few shots which were worth having including this rather scruffy
Chiffchaff, some
Mandarin Ducks with males in eclipse plumage and a
Great Spotted Woodpecker.
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