Cattle Egret - Mudgley
28-Mar-2016
The Cattle Egret was back on waterlogged roadside fields just east of the Westhay Reserve main car park this afternoon.
16-Mar-2016
No sign of the Cattle Egret on Tealham Moor this afternoon, but 3 Grt White Egrets together on the shallow flooding at the western end of the Moor, and another on old roadside peat-workings just east of Westhay Moor NNR.
At 1430 today Mon. 14th. a Cattle Egret was on Tealham Moor just east of the point where the North Drain passes under Totney Drove
Cattle Egret on South side of the road just 2 fields East of the Daggs Lane car park on the Westhay Reserve at 1500hrs. Tuesday 8th. Mar.
Located the cattle egret in a field just East of the Westhay entrance, amongst c20 little egret and many mute swans.
And still there this afternoon at 1.30
22-Feb-2016
And still present at Mudgley this afternoon.
19-Feb-2016
The Cattle Egret was back at Mudgley this afternoon, feeding among cattle with 17 Little Egrets; having previously looked for it at its recent location on the wet fields just east of Westhay Moor Reserve, where there were 18 Little Egrets.
Cattle Egret still present this afternoon with little Egrets
2-Jan-2016
Cattle Egret this afternoon at Mudgley, feeding in large, wet, grassy fields with 18 Little Egrets immediately south of Mudgley House Farm. View looking north from North Chine Drove, a single-track road which runs east-west across the northern-end of London Drove (track) that crosses Westhay Moor NNR.
I was told it was also present here yesterday, Jan 1st. OS map ref: approx. ST454455.
Cattle Egret still at above location. The Little Egret count has now reached 23, and there’s a Great White as well. Best lot of egrets I’ve ever seen in Britain!
Cattle Egret present at 10:30am to the west of the B3151 just past the Tadham/Tealham turning. The bird was in the company of 7 Little Egrets quite close to the road.
2-Jan-2016
Cattle Egret this afternoon at Mudgley, feeding in large, wet, grassy fields with 18 Little Egrets immediately south of Mudgley House Farm. View looking north from North Chine Drove, a single-track road which runs east-west across the northern-end of London Drove (track) that crosses Westhay Moor NNR.
I was told it was also present here yesterday, Jan 1st. OS map ref: approx. ST454455.
Cattle Egret still present today in fields detailed above, at 13:15
The Cattle Egret was not present in its usual location mid morning today, though there were at least 20 Little Egrets in the field and a Peregrine circling overhead.
Cattle Egret finally located in the fields opposite the entrance to Westhay NR. It was with a small group of Little Egrets close to a larger group of Mute Swans.
2-Jan-2016
Cattle Egret this afternoon at Mudgley, feeding in large, wet, grassy fields with 18 Little Egrets immediately south of Mudgley House Farm. View looking north from North Chine Drove, a single-track road which runs east-west across the northern-end of London Drove (track) that crosses Westhay Moor NNR.
I was told it was also present here yesterday, Jan 1st. OS map ref: approx. ST454455.