What have you seen

Wonderful pictures,  Thankyou to all for sharing. 

The lovely pics of waxwings earlier gave me the motivation to get out for some rather damp fresh air. We did have waxwings locally about 5 years ago and the trees are laden with berries, but no waxwing to be seen, however 4 have been seen in recent weeks but not today unfortunately.

Undaunted I made my way over to the A420 near Bath where rumours of a pair of Cattle Egret sightings over the last few days. Fortunately they had not strayed, but were a long way from a vantage point, so the pics are pretty big cropped images, still a new species for my records.

Great photos!

Do you think cattle egrets will spread through the UK the way that little egret have? A bird that only a few years ago I associated with much warmer climates!

Great pictures from all of our contributors, thanks!

One of the guys watching the birds today, who is a keen birder said that he was sure some had bred locally in recent years, so if that were fact, it is possible.

We have had 3 cattle egrets hanging around our local area since last October. There does seem to be more around the country now.

Bluemalaga....did you put your pic's on 'Birdguides'?....some very similar on there.....good pic's by the way.

one of 3 cattle egrets at Halvergate marshes last week 

Hi GL

Not my pics on birdguides, I am still honing some form of skill with wildlife pics. My experiences with photography have been sport related until retirement, now adjusting to a completely different approach.

Just read that there are 800 Curlews and 2500 Black Godwitts at Breydon Water today, wonderful.