Threegrets

 Hi everyone, this post is part two of my trip to Doxey Marshes. If you haven't seen part one, go and check out my last post. We are still celebrating 100 posts on Joe's Wildlife Blog so remember to leave a comment after reading this post. You may wonder what on earth the title means but that will soon become clear.

On one of the islands there was a pair of grey herons. However, they weren't what I was excited about; there was a flock of about 6 Lapwings resting on the island by them.

We also saw some cormorants. 

Here is a goosander:

I have had lots of new species of waterfowl on my blog lately (we found our first goosander last year so they're not too recent) and here is another to add to the score. It is called the shoveler, and has one of the biggest beaks of British duck. In the first video you may see some much smaller teals swimming around it, and in the second video you will get a better close-up.

Just before we going to move on to the next hide, I noticed something. What I thought were just three more great white egrets hunched up were actually a separate species and one I had never seen before - cattle egrets. There were three of them, and one had become more active than the other two. They are shorter and stockier than great white or little egrets. 

We had already seen two of three British egrets or 'threegrets' and all we needed to see now was a little egret. Despite there not being much there, the second hide ticked off the third and final egret.

Here's one final video of a great white egret and a little egret together.

That is all for today's post. I hope you enjoyed this visit to Doxey Marshes. It was the first time I have ever been. However, it is probably not the last as it isn't too far from home. I have put the camera trap out twice now and have got nothing exciting. It is out now and hopefully we will get something good this time - stay tuned for a camera trap post coming soon (hopefully).  

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