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Arducius in reply to @greentricky

great white egret

I'm pretty sure we saw one of these locally the other day but our big bird book indicates their range is South-Eastern Europe so had discounted it. It flew past close enough to get a good look. Heron-sized, completely white plumage - don't think I could have mistaken it for a little egret (which we see fairly often).

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greentricky in reply to @Arducius

Five is the most I've seen at once locally and that's on Derbyshire at the edge of thier range, a decade ago they were far less common but now frequent visitors to the south and east and only going to get more common with changing climate, same with cattle egret and glossy ibis

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