Cattle egret roost & Purple heron Westhay Oct 14

 
Mike Moxon
 
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18 October 2024 04:24
 

Presumably the same heron that was at Burnham on Saturday

 
Alison Morgan
 
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17 October 2024 22:10
 

The mixed flock of 400+ Cattle, Little & Great White Egrets on the flooded fields to the south of the reserve was still there today. The Cattle Egrets began leaving at about 5.30pm, and settled to roost in a series of trees on the west side of Long Drove, looking towards Galton’s Canal. I counted 280+, but not all were visible. Cormorants mixed in with the roost.

A juvenile/1st winter Purple Heron flew up from standing water on a track leading into the reserve from the new path alongside Westhay Moor Drove as I was walking back at about 6.30.