More Cattle Egrets

Up early and arrived on the North Wall at 7.00am. The fields behind the breech Pool and in front of Halsey farm were more flooded than ever.

 As soon as I started walking along the 'wall' I could see there were egrets in the distant bushes.

Once close enough to Owl Copse I noted twenty five Cattle Egrets.... an all time record (for me). Seventeen were preening in the bushes whilst a further six were feeding in the field.








The one at the top right of above is moving into breeding plumage.

Whilst watching with Ian H they tended to change position between their preening spots in the hawthorn to their feeding position on the ground.

A great spectacle and worth the early start.

The Grey Herons are now very active nest building!

Black Tailed Godwits are still present in considerable numbers making full use of the flooded fields. 

The usual confiding Curlew was still present  foraging just below the pathway.

Back on the Pagham spit later there was little of interest. The wind had got up again and these Turnstones were seeking shelter in the Little Lagoon...but not much else.