An exciting and very unexpected Night Heron tonight whilst leading an evening beaver walk.
After finding a bird at nearby Bicton Botanical Gardens in April 2023, I was always a little miffed it wasn’t actually on the true patch. So it was a real bonus this evening to find a bird flying around in a big loop over Big Marsh North and South at 21.33hrs. The photos were taken at 25,000 ISO, so won’t win any awards! You can see what it is though…..
As far as I am aware, it is the first record for the Otter.
Thanks for the update from Kev Rylands: This is actually the 2nd for the River Otter, the 1st being on 21st April 1960!
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| Night Heron, Otter Estuary NR |
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| Night Heron, Otter Estuary NR |
Cracking find, 'hours in the field, hours in the field'
ReplyDeleteThe second for the Otter after an adult on 21/04/1960
Thanks Kev! 👍🏻 and for the 1960 record 😮Hope all is well with you.
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