{"id":6104,"date":"2020-02-15T17:30:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T17:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=6104"},"modified":"2020-03-18T12:22:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T12:22:46","slug":"westhay-moor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=6104","title":{"rendered":"Westhay Moor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cattle Egrets close to Westhay Moor, Someset<\/p>\n

A few highlights from a trip down to Somerset that coincided with my birthday. Somewhat amazingly plenty of blue sky and sunshine – a major rarity this winter !.<\/p>\n

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Cattle Egret amongst the ahem, cattle. Possibly a Red Poll but definitely not of the feathered kind.<\/p>\n

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An unmistakable silhouette with a black-tipped, short yellow bill.<\/p>\n

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Plenty of the more common Little Egrets. Incredible how their numbers have grown since they first bred back in 1996. Still seemed a little surreal to be watching a mixed flock of Egrets following a herd of cattle around a field in Somerset. It wasn’t that long ago we were watching a similar scene unfold in Coto Donana.<\/p>\n

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Hmm……… really didn’t expect to see the Blair Witch house at the end of the drove.<\/p>\n

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As we headed up a deserted country road a Fox appeared in a neighbouring field.<\/p>\n

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With young Meghan for company surprisingly the Fox wasn’t too bothered about the presence of a Border Collie and seemed more intent on finding the next earthworm from within the fresh Molehills.<\/p>\n

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Perhaps just as well Meg had other more important things to be doing than chasing Foxes around.<\/p>\n

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Turning off the road and heading back up another drove great to enjoy a superb view of a female Kestrel with yet again worms being on the menu.<\/p>\n

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As we re-entered the reserve plenty of Mute Swans to be found. In fact, a ridiculous number of Swans.<\/p>\n

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A short walk off the drove to a viewing screen revealed a Great White Egret strutting its stuff along the edges of the reedbed.<\/p>\n

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Hopefully we’ll have chance to revisit in June – to see the Hobbies return \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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