09:02, 19 JUL 2016
Bird Notes columnist Julian
Hughes of RSPB Conwy reveals what birds have been spotted in the past week and
where to go birding in the coming days
Swimmers need not fear. This
Great White is an Egret. The size of a Grey Heron, its bright yellow,
dagger-shaped bill positively shone in my binoculars at RSPB Conwy.
We are used to seeing Little
Egrets along the North Wales coast, with their black bills and legs, but the
Great White is a less frequent visitor.
But where the Little Egret has
blazed a trail, now nesting in heronries across the region, will Great White
Egret follow?
The first pair to nest in Britain
raised chicks in a Somerset reedbed in 2012 and, while its habitat needs are
different to its smaller cousin, it is only 20 years since the first UK nesting
Little Egrets; they have since spread far and wide.
The Great White Egret at RSPB
Conwy was just the start of an excellent Monday, with Redstart, Greenshank,
Green Sandpiper and Hobby seen here.
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