Cattle Egret, Little Egret; Weymouth Auckland
Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2018 5:53 am
Hi all,
On the eBird tip off from Phil Hammond. Myself Matthias and Russ Cannings headed down to check it out. Phil had reported two little Egrets on eBird and we were treated to fantastic views of a single bird at approximately 2-2.5kms away.
Other birds of note were a flock of 9 cattle egret hanging out on the mudlfats which was a first for Auckland for all of us.
Plus reasonable numbers of all the usuals, SIPO, White faced heron, Kotare, red billed and black billed Gull, caspian term and oddly enough an adult gannet came zooming past heading deeper into the estuary.
On the eBird tip off from Phil Hammond. Myself Matthias and Russ Cannings headed down to check it out. Phil had reported two little Egrets on eBird and we were treated to fantastic views of a single bird at approximately 2-2.5kms away.
Other birds of note were a flock of 9 cattle egret hanging out on the mudlfats which was a first for Auckland for all of us.
Plus reasonable numbers of all the usuals, SIPO, White faced heron, Kotare, red billed and black billed Gull, caspian term and oddly enough an adult gannet came zooming past heading deeper into the estuary.