I went to Morton Bagot yesterday to buy some eggs from the farm. In the lane I bumped into Martin who was planning to walk down to the flashes to see what was there.
We both achieved complete success. I bought my eggs, while Martin found a Great White Egret. Unfortunately for me it was on the Kingfisher Pool which meant it flushed immediately, along with two Little Egrets. Twitching it would likely be a waste of time because previous birds had generally disappeared never to be seen again.
This morning I was nevertheless back at the patch. Well, you never know. What I found was that the nearest flash had been reflooded leaving just a small amount of exposed mud. Two Green Sandpipers were occupying it, but the only herons were a Grey Heron and a Little Egret.
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| Little Egret |
I'd taken my scope in case the GWE had been on the furthest flash, and this paid off to a degree because enabled me to relocate the Gadwall we'd seen briefly in flight in mid June. Too distant for a photo though.
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