Adult Night Heron at Mere Sands Wood, Lancs 14 February 2008. News of a Great White Egret at Crossen's Marsh had me dashing south of the Ribble this afternoon as it's missing from my SD102 (the OS Map covering my regular birding sites) list. Yes, pathetic isn't it? Too late as usual, plenty of Little Egrets (at least 5), a few "Pinks" and Wigeon being scattered by a menacing G.B.B. Gull but no joy with the egret.
The the news of a Night Heron came through so acting immediately and being the "rapid-response twitcher" that I am I sauntered down to Sandgrounder's for a look at the drake Green-winged Teal. I popped in to Mere Sands on the way back to Preston where the Night Heron was doing what Night Herons do best - sleeping. It did move once though, I just wasn't quick enough to catch it with the camera. Few Tufties and a Gadwall on the lake but not much else. I've seen Night Heron in SD102 ........ never happy, me.
