In quite a few areas along the Med the Cattle Egret can turn up almost anywhere. I have even seen them in forests and orchards. In a lot of cases they are vrery confiding and are not phased by the presence of humans.
I have even seen roosts of them on house roofs as well as watching them trundling down the middle of main roads. I took this photo of one where I had to stop on a road and wait whilst it decided to move to the side of the road.
I have said for quite a while now that I think this will be the next bird to start breeding here. With this latest influx of birds here and in Ireland it could be a good indication that perhaps some will stay to breed.
John
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Originally Posted by Chas  I have seen this species abroad mostly in Florida and found that they are not easy to approach out there so I was surprised that they were so uncaring of my presence. Could be that they were quite hungry as insects cant be that easy to find with the weather being colder here. |