Friday 25 December 2015

Christmas Day Little Egret

Took my usual quick Christmas day walk.This year in the rain. Very quiet with the only bird actually on the Mere being a Little Egret. Amazing to think that a few years ago (well, probably best part of a quater of a century) I actually twitched my first ones.

Fowlmere
25 December 2015 12:11 - 13:08
Rain 13C 12SSE
Pheasant (heard), Little Egret, Water Rail (heard), Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Woodpigeon, Barn Owl, Green Woodpecker, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit (heard), Long-tailed Tit, Wren (heard), Blackbird, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Redwing, Robin (heard), Dunnock (heard), Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Siskin (heard), Bullfinch, Reed Bunting