Hi everyone, today I have been to Doxey Marshes to try and spot some rare birds. I have just reached my 100th post and over the next two or three posts the celebrations will continue. I saw so much there that I have had to split this post into two parts - stay tuned for part two coming soon.
As soon as we arrived I saw a bird I had never seen before (in the UK - there is a chance that I had seen one in Italy although it was very far away and hard to tell) in one of the lakes; a great white egret.
On the next lake we saw a juvenile great crested grebe.
We carried on around to the first hide. On the way we saw another great egret fly over the marshes.
Once we arrived at the first hide I was shocked by how much there was to see. The one which caught my eye first was a shelduck. I had only ever seen one before at Seaton wetlands and that was a juvenile, so it was nice to see another one - and my first ever adult one.
On the other side of the lake I saw another great white egret!
Suddenly it flew towards us and you could see how big it was in flight.
A few minutes later the egret came into sight again.
That wasn't everything we saw at Doxey Marshes. However, that is everything for today's post. Part two will be out tomorrow and is just as exciting. Remember to leave a comment and thanks for reading!
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