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Cattle Egret

Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Cattle Egret.

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about the British birds inspired by their calls and songs.

Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Cattle Egret. Cattle egrets were originally birds of the African savannahs but they have become one of the most successful global colonisers of any bird species. In 2008 a pair of cattle egrets made ornithological history by breeding in the UK, on the Somerset Levels, for the first time.

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Mon 15 May 2023 05:58

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)

Image courtesy of RSPB (rspb-images.com)

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  • Fri 25 Oct 2013 05:58
  • Fri 14 Aug 2015 05:58
  • Fri 2 Oct 2020 05:58
  • Mon 15 May 2023 05:58

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