Cattle Egret
An after work visit to the patch proved to be very fruitful. On walking out to the viewpoint at College Lake I noticed a white bird on the left hand island. Thinking it's probably a Little I was stunned to find upon looking at it through my scope that it had an orangey bill and crown. It was a
Cattle Egret! I quickly grabbed a record shot in case it flew and then ran into the centre to inform the staff of my find. A 1st for the reserve no less! Next it was to get the news out and inform the locals. Quite quickly they started to appear and get a view. It was flighty but stuck around until closing ending up on the tern raft on the far side of the reserve. It also became my first self found 3 pointer for the patchwork challenge thereby giving me 3 bonus points!
Willow Warbler and 2
Little Ringed Plover also made it onto the year list.
Marsworth was my next stop. A
House Martin was a year first as were the pair of
Mandarin that I'd managed to walk past without seeing them. On Startops
Common Tern and 3
Yellow Wagtail were also year firsts and finally a pair of
Red-Crested Pochard were on Wilstone.
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