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15-08-2006, 03:20 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wirral
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| | | Re: Egrets in North West?
I won't be outdone!! We get spoonbills on Wirral too, Jon
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15-08-2006, 03:42 PM
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| | | Re: Egrets in North West?
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Originally Posted by ogwen It also says in the books that they dont call in Britain. Is this true? When I've seen them they've all been silent. | I've not heard them call around here at all. |
15-08-2006, 04:05 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Leigh, Lancashire
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| | | Re: Egrets in North West?
Yesterday there was one at Pennington Flash Leigh near Wigan! A couple of days previous to that there were two Little Egrets feeding merrily in front of the hides! If memory serves me (and usually it doesn't!) we last had them in 2004 roosting on the far side of the flash in full view (albeit across the water and needing a good pair of binocs) of Horrocks Hide!
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15-08-2006, 06:44 PM
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| | | Re: Egrets in North West?
They bred in London for 1st time this year- in heronry at Walthamstow Res- 4 young fledged. |
15-08-2006, 07:45 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Laindon, Basildon, Essex.
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| | | Re: Egrets in North West?
I see Little Egrets regularly now in south Essex.
Please see here for a very interesting account of the expansion in their range both nationally and locally.
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16-08-2006, 08:32 AM
|  | Member of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Merseyside
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| | | Re: Egrets in North West?
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Originally Posted by Feathers The Wirral is very well off for birding resources, in particular this site http://www.deeestuary.co.uk/
which updates sightings every day of the year - and it seems that there have been plenty of Little Egrets both at Parkgate and Inner Marsh Farm in the last few days.
They've also been spotted here in Sheffield/Doncaster... but not that many. Don't blame them really...
Cheers
Chris | Sorry, only just had a look at the site. Very informative though. Thanks. 
I'll have to join the RSPB so I can get into Inner Marsh Farm. Had a browse and it looks beautiful there.
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16-08-2006, 08:34 AM
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| | | Re: Egrets in North West?
Have the Egrets started breeding in this country? I know some have said that they have seen some broods but are these just isolated cases? Havn't spotted any in Wirral.
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16-08-2006, 08:46 AM
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| | | Re: Egrets in North West?
The Egret is in the Somerset Bridgewater area and has been in the Chew Valley Lake area
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