Spoonbills breed in scotland

[Ukwildlifeo]

Perhaps there become permanent breeders here?

BBC NEWS | Scotland | South of Scotland | Breeding 'first' for birds on bay

[lovfinion]

Wow how exciting is this, I knew they had been breeding sporadically in Southern England but this is truly wicked

[Dae]

Thanks for the heads up! It'd be great news if they started to breed here more often. I know that one spoonbill is hanging out locally down at near Newport here in Wales, but haven't had the chance to go see it for myself. I do hope they become a more common occurance, a great bird to see!

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by lovfinion

Wow how exciting is this, I knew they had been breeding sporadically in Southern England but this is truly wicked

I think there has only been 1 successful breeding attempt in England in the last 350 years which was at a site in NW England in 1999. There were some unsuccessful attempts in recent years, but with increasing numbers now breeding in the Netherlands + more birds over here, hopefully they'll return to breed here.

This story in Scotland sounds like good news.

[rlchew]

With regular breeding in the Netherlands, you would have thought that breeding in East Anglia can not be far off.

What happens? .... breeding up north in Scotland .

Exciting news following on from the first breeding of Cattle Egrets in the UK down in Somerset.

Richard

[ChrisJB]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

I think there has only been 1 successful breeding attempt in England in the last 350 years which was at a site in NW England in 1999. There were some unsuccessful attempts in recent years, but with increasing numbers now breeding in the Netherlands + more birds over here, hopefully they'll return to breed here.

This story in Scotland sounds like good news.

Yes, there was successful pair in Lancashire. There have also been rumours of a pair breeding in Norfolk this year too.

Regards, Chris