Glossy Ibis at ECNR

In the (many) years since I last lived in this part of the world a number of species have expanded their range. One of the most obvious is of course Little Egret which is now common on every estuary in Britain and Ireland (I remember twitching one at Dungeness in 1983/4!). Another seems to be Glossy Ibis which has become an annual visitor in recent years. Nevertheless a group of 3 birds on what qualifies as a local patch is nothing to be sneezed at. They were incredibly obliging, coming to closer than 10 metres at times. They've stayed very faithful to a particular site, a partially flooded field at the top of the ECNR.

While watching the Ibis I picked out a single Carrion Crow in a nearby field.

ebird list for the day.

Glossy Ibis