Walking along the river towards Chatsworth this morning a heron sized bird flew past towards Beeley and I was surprised to see that it was a Great White Egret. It circled over Beeley Village, gaining height, then drifted off towards Rowsley. I was even more surprised therefore 45 minutes later to see either the same bird, or possibly another sat in the conifer tree just south of Chatsworth House.
It looked like it was feeding in the channel running from the bottom of the cascade steps as it flew down several times before returning to the same tree and with a Grey Heron on one occasion.
We saw two Little Egrets along the river so two species of egret in the Peak District is still good going despite numbers of both species continuing to increase in the south of the County.
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| Great White Egret - Chatsworth - top right in the upper photo |
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