It's been a long wait, but finally today I managed to add great white egret to
my St Helens list, bringing the total number of species I have seen in St
Helens to 198.
I'd just set off for home from Dentons Green when Bill Harrison text me to
tell me that he had a great white egret on a fishing pallet from the Nineteen
Arches at Carr Mill Dam. It was a no-brainer to call in as I was driving past
anyway, but within minutes of the first text there was a second telling me
that the bird had just flown towards the boat house.
I arrived at the overflow at Carr Mill Dam and scanned the shoreline but there
was no sign of the bird, but then suddenly there it was flying over and
heading south, eventually going over the East Lancs.
It was looking like it was heading for Laffak Pond which is just on the
opposite side of the East Lancs, so I jumped back in the car and headed there.
Sure enough I found it at Laffak Pond but immediately flushed it. Fortunately
it perched up in a tree and remained there long enough for other local birders
to connect with it.
I called in again in the evening and found the bird still present.
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