Unusual sighting of ‘pig egret'
January 2013. Surprisingly a cattle egret has been spotted on a Pig Farm in St
Johnson, Co Donegal. The Cattle Egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron
usually found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones, although it
has been expanding its range northwards recently. It occurs in Spain and in
some places on the west coast of France, but it is unusual north of the Channel.
The photographs were taken by Christine Cassidy, of Derry, Danny Mc Laughlin of the Inishowen Wildlife Club and Dermot Mc Laughlin, Chairman of The Inishowen Wildlife Club, who all witnessed the sighting off this rare bird.
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