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? If you can't make tonight talk "more tales of The Biggest Twitch" at Eirias High School, Colwyn Bay at 7.30pm you can donate to Brain Tumour UK at www.justgiving/biggest-twitch Many thanks Alan and Ruth
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9 comments:

  1. JulianH11 July 2012 at 17:59

    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.

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  2. Rob Sandham11 July 2012 at 19:18

    Nice one Julian although Marc will be gutted he missed that one off the Conwy plastic list.

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  3. Kev Smith11 July 2012 at 21:38

    You love em really Rob! No more plastic than little owls.
    I 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.

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  4. AlexHJ11 July 2012 at 21:55

    somebody reported one on the Clwyd last week via NWBF

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  5. Unknown12 July 2012 at 07:36

    While 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 ;-)

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  6. Phil Woollen.12 July 2012 at 13:35

    Kev. 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.

    http://blackbrookzoo.co.uk/

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  7. Kev Smith12 July 2012 at 15:17

    Was not aware that the French population had made it that far north. One reported at point of Ayr as well yesterday.

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  8. Unknown13 July 2012 at 07:17

    Just seen some nice pics of the one at point of air. Will try and get permission to post. Impressive!

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  9. Phil Woollen.13 July 2012 at 10:00

    I 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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