Saturday, January 03, 2009

Do I need to report it ?


Hi all

Sue and I had our first wild Little Egret today on a cycle ride. Spotted fishing in a small stream along side a Heron. Do we need to report this to anyone here in North Wales or are they common enough not to bother ?


Crappy shot but best we could get with the phone camera.

2 comments:

Nick Carter said...

Not sure how common (or not) Egrets have become in North Wales, suggest you e mail the contact for the Welsh ornithological Society who will be able to help you. According to the Fatbirder website the e mail address is pkenyon196@aol.com

All that time at Elland and you have to wait until you go to Wales to find us one!

Goldon Gordon said...

Hi Nick
Thanks for the info. Had it been a moth or insect I would have had some idea of its notabilty or not but I was not sure if it would be of interest to birders locally.

We just happened to cycle down a road on one of our regular rides and I spotted a brilliant white bird wading up a stream. I at once thought it must be an Egret even though I have never seen one in the wild before. We managed to get some bins on it and it was obvious I was correct. I have GR for the bird so will try and pass on details. Thanks once again for your help.

At our picnic spot on Rhiw today we had at one time 9 Buzzards circling on the thermals below us