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Nice shot SM! He or she really looks snowy white against the trees in back!SnappyMac wrote: Thu Oct 02, 2025 7:51 am Great White Egret (Ardea alba) - A lot more common now, it took off from one of the ornamental ponds.
Thanks CharlesCharles B wrote: Thu Oct 02, 2025 9:10 am Nice shot SM! He or she really looks snowy white against the trees in back!
Overcast and raining, made it stand out.Lovely shot. Only seen them on the Old Moor nature reserve.SnappyMac wrote: Thu Oct 02, 2025 7:51 am Great White Egret (Ardea alba) - A lot more common now, it took off from one of the ornamental ponds.
Photo taken at: English Heritage, Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedfordshire https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/vis ... wrest-park
Great White Egret (Ardea alba) by SnappyMac, on Flickr
Species Information: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildl ... hite-egret
I often see the little egret's about, I think this was a first here for me.Thanks Jack
He looks a grumpy sod but I love photographing themSnappyMac wrote: Fri Oct 03, 2025 10:15 am Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Photo taken at: Wimpole Estate National Trust, Cambridgeshire https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/ ... ole-estate
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) by SnappyMac, on Flickr
Species Information: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/cormorant
He does
Not seen one on that perch before, a lot closer than the tree they use 
Mines looked like they were sinking today on their perches as water levels have risen and the waders no liking it
