During my first English Winter Bird Survey visit this morning, at my BBS square on the north side of Lyminster, I recorded a reasonable 48 species. In a familiar scenario, two egrets in a muddy field with cattle turned out to be
Little Egrets. Then a third bird came into view, and yes, this time it was a
Cattle Egret! I'd imagine this is the same bird someone saw from a train on the adjacent line a few weeks ago. Other highlights during the visit included a
Cetti's Warbler, a
Chiffchaff, 229
Lapwings, a 2CY
Mediterranean Gull, 10
Wigeon, 110
Redwings, a
Grey Wagtail, three
Meadow Pipits, two
Reed Buntings, a
Yellowhammer and a
Buzzard.
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| Cattle Egret |
