Monday 23 October 2023

Colemere - Cattle Egrets

North Shropshire and the Meres in particular seem to be popular for Cattle Egrets and a group of TEN were on my radar. My daughter Kate came along too (the family 'bug' for birding seems to have grabbed her!)  What a way to tick a new species for her - not just one but an amazing ten were here once more!

They were well spread out and distant - the most I could get in the camera field of view were 5 of them!


They seemed to be constantly on the move, which augured well for flight shots!


And this is a landing, not a take off!


Perhaps the pick of the bunch...

A great morning although our other target bird (Goldeneye) failed to show!