The rain has been relentless but it finally stopped late afternoon. This resulted in a scoot around the now completely flooded meadows in anticipation of finding something unusual in the wildfowl.
A visit to Athelhampton produced a high number of egrets with more arriving as I was checking through them! There was no surprise to me when I located four Cattle Egrets, three together in the far field to the south of the road, a single bird that moved onto the adjacent field to Athelhampton Road.
The birds arrived at 1700 and departed low NW with Little Egrets at 1745 heading towards Athelhampton House. I would not be surprised if they re-appear on the farm in the next few days!
Cattle Egret is uncommon on the farm with a couple of sightings each year. This species is regular in Dorset with good numbers that roost at Abbotsbury which isn’t too far away as the crow flies!
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