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Little Egret

  • 03-02-2009 1:40pm
    #1
    Wacko
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    Hi,
    To be honest I don't know anything about birds, but I took a photo yesterday I found kind of unusual and I was wondering if anyone would know if it is common, basically I saw a Little Egret in the snow and got a photo so I was wondering if a) they are unusual around Ireland (I'm in Dublin) and b) as anyone got any photos of them in the snow ? the wiki page on them says they like their moderate climates.


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  • #2
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    While fairly new to Ireland they are now to be found around most of our coastline and certainly on the East Coast North and South of Dublin. They also breed in several locations in Ireland.

    As for the snow - they are now resident so they won't migrate because of one days snowfall!


  • #3
    myjugsarehuge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭myjugsarehuge


    Wacko wrote: »
    Hi,
    To be honest I don't know anything about birds, but I took a photo yesterday I found kind of unusual and I was wondering if anyone would know if it is common

    We have a resident Little Egret on the River Allow in Kanturk, Co. Cork, about 50 miles from the nearest coast. Its been around for 6 months or more, I hope to see 2 one day.


  • #4
    lightening
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    I see about 20 to 30 a day now! They seem to have settled in nicely on the salt marshes on Dollymount and the football fields in St. Annes park in Dublin. I'd say they are cursing the bollix egret that told them the weather was great.


  • #5
    Run_to_da_hills
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    I have noticed a few along the Clare coast, I mentioned about them before. They seem to hang around cattle in fields, I mistook them for seagulls when I first saw them.


  • #6
    stevensi
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    The Egrets you see in the field with cows might not be Little Egrets they could very well be Cattle Egrets which are now appearing more and more frequently around the place particularly down in the South of the country. They follow cows around and pick off any insects that the turn up in the field.

    Check the bills if you get a chance of the egrets in the field, Cattle egrets have yellow bills whereas Little Egrets are dark.


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