Cattle Egret

Recent sightings

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
28/10/24Cattle EgretLower Farm GP4A James
13:00
 
25/10/24Cattle EgretMain Pit, Theale GPs1A B Merrick
17:00
1cy. Perched in tree near Warbler pylon before flying to east end of pit and back again and later seen in roost. Plumage all white, bill an insipid yellow with black marks.  
16/10/24Cattle EgretMain Pit, Theale GPs1A B Merrick
18:00
In roost with 14 Little Egrets. Certainly more Egrets out of view.  
14/10/24Cattle EgretMoatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs9A B Merrick
18:12
Flock in from the east, circled over TWSC compound before continuing west.  
12/10/24Cattle EgretMain Pit, Theale GPs2A B Merrick
18:30
Roosted.  
08/10/24Cattle EgretMain Pit, Theale GPs3A B Merrick
18:30
Roosted.  
05/10/24Cattle EgretMain Pit, Theale GPs3A B Merrick
18:45
Into roost at this time.  
24/09/24Cattle EgretMain Pit, Theale GPs1A B Merrick
19:15
In roost with 1 Great and around 17 other small Egrets, probably all Little.  
16/09/24Cattle EgretQueen Mother Reservoir10A B Tomczynski
09:05
Came in from the SW corner, up west side, then back, before reappearing up west side heading towards the north shore but turned NE and flew off gaining height. Key holders only.  
15/09/24Cattle EgretHosehill Lake, Theale GPs1A B Merrick
11:42
With 16 Little Egrets on island.  

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Records

YearDetails
2023Cattle Egret, Fleethill Farm, 24th September. *
2023Cattle Egret, Lea Farm Lake, adult, 16th September. *
2023Cattle Egret, Theale GPs, 26th August. *
2023Cattle Egret, Dinton Pastures CP, 11th August. *
2023Cattle Egret, Cock Marsh, 16, 11th August. *
2023Cattle Egret, Lower Farm GP, 17 adults and one juvenile, 10th-11th August. *
2023Cattle Egret, Theale GPs, adult, 18th July. *
2023Cattle Egret, Lea Farm Lake, 8th April. *
2023Cattle Egret, Theale GPs, 3rd April. *
2023Cattle Egret, Thatcham, 23rd-26th March. *
2023Cattle Egret, Chapel Green, 26th January to 8th February. *
2022Cattle Egret, Sonning, 2, 2nd September. (K R Seymour)
2022Cattle Egret, Sonning, 2, 21st August. (A B Tomczynski)
2022Cattle Egret, Wraysbury GPs, 13th-14th August. (C D R Heard)
2022Cattle Egret, Padworth Lane GP, 2, 24th May to 17th September. (K E Moore)
2022Cattle Egret, Theale GPs, 4, 1st May to 1st November. (A B Merrick)
2022Cattle Egret, Lea Farm Lake, 2, 27th April. (S Robertson)
2022Cattle Egret, Greenham Common, 17th April. *
2022Cattle Egret, Lower Farm GP, 3, 11th April. (A B Tomczynski)
2022Cattle Egret, Chamberhouse Marsh, 4, 10th-14th April. (M J Dear, J Legg, I L G Weston)
2022Cattle Egret, Twyford GPs, 30th March. (A B Tomczynski)
2022Cattle Egret, Holyport, 1st March. (D J Barker)
2021Cattle Egret, Sonning Farm, 5, 3rd-19th November. (A B Tomczynski)
2021Cattle Egret, Queen Mother Reservoir, 5, 16th October. (C D R Heard)
2021Cattle Egret, Lea Farm Lake, 16th October. (F J Cottington)
2021Cattle Egret, Moor Green Lakes, 2, 14th April. *
2021Cattle Egret, Sheffield Bottom, 10th-12th April, same as Theale GPs. (R H Stansfield)
2021Cattle Egret, Theale GPs, 4, 6th-25th April. (K P Duncan)
2020Cattle Egret, Lower Farm GP, 25th September to 23rd December. (I L G Weston, N Cleere)
2020Cattle Egret, Theale GPs, 21st September. (R H Stansfield)
2020Cattle Egret, Charvil, 11th-12th September. (M Kerby)
2020Cattle Egret, Dinton Pastures CP, 16th August. (R H Stansfield)
2020Cattle Egret, Charvil, two, 24th April, Same as Lea Farm GP. (M Lauri)
2020Cattle Egret, Lea Farm Lake, two, 24th April. *
2019Cattle Egret, Moor Green Lakes, 14th September. (R. J. Godden)
2019Cattle Egret, Eton Wick, 4th June. (D. L. Cleal)
2019Cattle Egret, Horton GPs, 13th April. (C D R Heard)
2019Cattle Egret, Moor Green Lakes, 30th March. (J. C. Morgan)
2019Cattle Egret, Theale GPs, 26th March to 23rd April. (K E Moore)
2019Cattle Egret, Theale GPs, 11th-29th January, same as Englefield. (K. E. Moore)
2019Cattle Egret, Englefield, 1st-28th January. (R. Sadjak)
2018Cattle Egret, Fobney Meadow, 18th October to 5th November. (A. V. Lawson)
2018Cattle Egret, Lower Farm GP, 16th-23rd September, two on 16th, seven on 18th, five on 19th September, one on 23rd September. (N. Cleere)
2018Cattle Egret, Theale GPs, 8th-16th September. (K. E. Moore)
2017Cattle Egret, Lea Farm Lake, adult, 10th May, same as Twyford GPs. (G. Emmett)
2017Cattle Egret, Twyford GPs, adult, 10th May, same as Lea Farm GP. (D. J. Barker)
2017Cattle Egret, Woolhampton GPs, 17th March. (A. E. D. Hickman)
2016Cattle Egret, Queen Mother Reservoir, 4th November. (C. D. R. Heard)
2015Cattle Egret, Spencers Wood, 21st December. (D. W. Hampton)
2014Cattle Egret, Cock Marsh, adult, 12th May. (C. D. R. Heard)
2012Cattle Egret, Sulhamstead, 20th March to 5th April. (A. V. Lawson)
2010Cattle Egret, Sulhamstead, two, 4th December. (D. Crawford)
2009Cattle Egret, Padworth Lane GP, adult, 30th-31st July. (K. E. Moore, R. H. Stansfield)
2007Cattle Egret, Lower Farm GP, 14th October.
1995[Cattle Egret, Twyford GPs, 13th-14th August.]