Id For Norfolk Bird Please!! (1 Viewer)

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mikealison

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• Aug 23, 2005

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Isaw this egret (I Think) at Cley Marsh last week. Can anyone tell me what sort of egret it is, that's if it is an egret.
Thanks
Mike

 

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Jane Turner

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #2

It looks like a Little Egret to me. Fine dark bill and small size compared to the Avocet.

 

ashrich

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #3

As far as I can see it's a Little Egret .....

Ashley

 

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mikealison

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• Aug 24, 2005

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I thought little egret at first, but it's bill seems to be bigger to me. It doesn't have any tufts on the back of it's head. Plus it was quite a way past the avocet, and it looked bigger than a little egret. There's picture of a little egret below and it just looks different.

 

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Tim P

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• Aug 24, 2005

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I was there a couple of weeks ago and there were two or three little egret. I noticed that sometimes the feathers are not quite so pronounced paricularly at distance. I think it also depends on if there's any breeze to lift them. The big green feet are a give away if they ever come out of the water.

 

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Jane Turner

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• Aug 24, 2005

• #6

The only alternatives are Great White Egret, which is the size of a Grey Heron and has a yellowish beak and Cattle Egret which is an altogether stockier bird, also with a palish beak. Your bird looks good for a juv/1st winter Little Egret, which lacks the yellow on the face of an adult in addition to the aigrettes (plumes) which are found on breeding condtion birds.

Its probably not possible to exclude the extremely rare N.American Snowy Egret on those pictures.

 

Richard D

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• Aug 24, 2005

• #7

Looks fine as a Little Egret to me.

 

Reader

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• Aug 24, 2005

• #8

Richard D said:

Looks fine as a Little Egret to me.

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Same here. I was watching a couple of them at Cley by the Ruddy Shelducks on Saturday August 13th. I can't see any possibilty of it being anything else.

 

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mikealison

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• Aug 24, 2005

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Thanks for your replies. I thought it was a little egret. It was just the size of the bill that threw me.
Thanks
Mike

 

Tim P

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• Aug 24, 2005

• #10

I took this one at Breydon water a few weeks ago and was very excited as it was a life first and they do have a very large beak as you can see.

 

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Macswede

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• Aug 25, 2005

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I agree. It looks like a little egret to me too

 

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doug_newman

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• Aug 26, 2005

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Clearly a little egret. shape is perfect for little and on the one pic I think there is a hint of the "yellow socks" coming out of the water on one foot.
Very common bird in South Africa. I am quote familiar with them and I like this one for Little Egret.