Wednesday 11 July 2012
BMW fun and games
The Great white Egret was again at RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands today showed well from Marsh Covert hide then flew to the border pool in Flintshire.
A Black Swan is also here and was joined by two Sacred Ibis early afternoon, mass break out or are we seeing two potential additions to the British list becoming established here in the UK?
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Many thanks
Alan and Ruth
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Interestingly (and apologies that I forgot to report it at the time), a farmer from Abergele described perfectly a single sacred ibis to me a couple of days ago. It was in a ditch on farmland between Abergele and Rhuddlan last Friday, but she didn't see it again up to Monday.
ReplyDeleteNice one Julian although Marc will be gutted he missed that one off the Conwy plastic list.
ReplyDeleteYou love em really Rob! No more plastic than little owls.
ReplyDeleteI believe sacred ibis are a problem in the south of France where there is a feral population. I think they eat birds eggs in heronries. Perhaps they will be nipped in the bud before they inevitably start to breed.
somebody reported one on the Clwyd last week via NWBF
ReplyDeleteWhile on holiday in the Vendee a few years ago, there were many Sacred Inis around. Definitely a self supporting population. As has already been said, they are thought of as a pest. Would still like to see one in Conwy though ;-)
ReplyDeleteKev. Theres a big feral breedign population of Sacred Ibis in Brittany. This pair seems to have been doing the rounds having been seen elsewhere in Cheshire (Woolston & Sandbach I think) and may have orignated at the same place as the Cheshire / Manc Bald Ibis which is thought to be Blackbrook Zoological Park in Staffs - they have a reputation for not close ringing their stock and then losing it.
ReplyDeletehttp://blackbrookzoo.co.uk/
Was not aware that the French population had made it that far north. One reported at point of Ayr as well yesterday.
ReplyDeleteJust seen some nice pics of the one at point of air. Will try and get permission to post. Impressive!
ReplyDeleteI think the Gulf of Morbihan was where they were first released and they've steadily increased since then. There have bee nsome reports of them raiding tern colonies and eating the eggs.
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