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6 Jun 2019

Spoonbills

I've seen Spoonbills in Cheshire several times before but they've always been very sleepy and spend most of their time with that magnificent bill tucked under their wings!

Recent news that birds had turned up just down the road at  Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB and were nest building resulted in a flurry of photos of some very active birds collecting twigs and displaying.

With a couple of hours spare this morning I drove the short distance to the reserve and was lucky enough to have good views of one Spoonbill preening and showing pretty well compared to the average views!









During my visit I was also treated to superb views of a Great White Egret, flight views of a Cattle Egret and the ubiquitous Little Egrets.


With the RSPB announcing that Bearded Tits have fledged young on the reserve recently this place is rapidly becoming one of the premier reserves on the UK.

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