Slightly outside my usual area but a Cattle Egret at Old Brampton, which was first seen on 24 January, proved too much of an attraction today so I cycled over this morning. Cutting across past the Triangle then down through Holymoorside on to Westwick Lane. I could see the white dot moving in the field just east of Old Brampton church from almost a kilometre away.
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| Cattle Egret |
It seemed to be working its way up the field towards Old Brampton by the bridleway then flying down to the bottom of the field to repeat the process, which it did a couple of times before taking to the air and flying strongly west at 09:50, disappearing from view after about a kilometre but likely still going.
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| Cattle Egret |
By far the rarest of the three white egrets numbers of all three continue to increase and it seems likely that we'll be seeing them more regularly in the future.
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