Had a quick stop whilst driving to Ellesmere and the seven Cattle Egrets were still showing distantly in the stubble field they now called home... As I was passing on the way back it seemed rude not to have another look?
There were now none in sight but I was about to have one of my stored up 'lucky moments' as all seven returned in flight near the car park. I managed one frame filling bird with nothing cropped...
An interesting video was posted by someone from the Battlefield falconry centre? They had spotted several white blobs on the field adjacent to the farm shop! Nice to see they had correctly identified them as Cattle Egrets!
I reported them as negative on arrival initially but after a walk around I finally found them in the same Field and the slope of the field had hid them!
Here's the magnificent seven...
They need to rustle up four more to beat the current best Shropshire count of 10!
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