Friday, 19 February 2016

Cattle Egret near Frittenden


Cattle Egret at Hareplain.

I went over to Hareplain near Frittenden today to try and see the Cattle Egret which is a great local find by @SteveBDunge , i bumped into another birder who had seen it earlier flying towards Hareplain , i had a drive around the area without any luck and then headed back to the original site .

Flying over the road towards Buckhurst farm.

When i returned the original birder i saw was watching the Cattle Egret which was in the sheep field , he said it was hidden there the whole time , (must of been a Little Egret he saw fly off earlier ?) .

Anyhow i soon saw the Cattle Egret through my bins before it did take off and flew around us and landed in the fields just below Buckhurst Farm , it was always distant and i never got any decent photos of it , (poor light & distance being my excuse).

Here are a couple of digi scoped photos i managed to get , there was also a single Little Egret in the same field.


Digi scoped Cattle Egret.



2 comments:

  1. Hi Rob, was in the area this afternoon but didn't see it. What time did you get onto it? Was it with the sheep?

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    1. Hi , i was there approx half 12 to about 1pm , first off it was in with the sheep then flew over the road and landed in the field with horses just below Buckhurst farm , good luck if you go again

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