It was third time lucky for me to connect with this large elegant egret, as it made its appearance on the South Marsh this morning. It has been a regular visitor over the summer months, just not coinciding with my recent visits! I can remember my first Little Egret at Tophill and now they are fairly common on wetlands of any size, in much of England. Ten Little Egrets were on the South Marsh this morning, as I waited for 'the large one' once again. The wait wasn't too long before the Great White flew in, at first going to its favorite channel at the back of the marsh. After a while, it joined a Grey Heron on a central island and set about a good half hours preening. It came closer towards the back to back hides, but was disturbed by a working party (!) and promptly flew off again. Other birds of interest on the South Marsh included 14 Black-tailed Godwit, at least 10 Common Snipe, a Ruff, 1 adult Common Tern, 2 Little Grebe, 30 Lapwing and the long staying female Goosander.
A Marsh Harrier passed through twice and a Hobby caught a dragonfly above me, as I left the hide. Comments are closed.
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