Made the Trip to Frampton to see the reported Cattle Egrets that had been seen in the area for the last few days.  I had seen Cattle Egrets in Australia and Cyprus before, but never in the Uk. ( In Cyprus Cattle Egrets had started to breed at Oroklini for the first time on record this summer)

I made the trip to Frampton with Lee Gardner and Brian Thompson.  We headed to the area of Splatt Bridge were they had been sighted earlier in the day feeding with the cattle.  After locating what we thought were the cattle we went about trying to find a blob of white in the long grass, no luck.  We decided to move on and head towards Frampton Court Lake were the 3 birds had been roosting. On route back to the car I caught a glimpse of 3 White birds heading towards us!!  

Cattle Egret, Frampton, 2014

This was the 3 Cattle Egrets they flew right over our heads and headed further down river into a field of cattle.  Here we watched them for about 30 minutes feeding amongst the cattle.  They then flew towards the roost site of Frampton Court Lake.

We headed to Frampton to see if we could find them again.  Unfortunately they were roosting out of sight but here we were lucky enough to see  a Common Tern fishing.  

Also spotted today

Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Yellow Wagtail, Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Barnacle Goose

Black-headed Gull, Frampton, August 2014