Peter Tonkin and I took a trip up to Walmsley Sanctuary yesterday morning looking to capitalise on the recent ' Frog Fest ' event with an influx of dozens of Cattle Egret predating on the local frogs during their breeding season.
Our visit was perhaps a little too late with most of the Cattle egret now feeding in sheep grazing fields at the Chapel Amble end of the reserve but we stayed in the fine 4m high hide for the duration and eventually picked off a few stay birds that did pass our way.
We did get a few distant shots of a Cattle Egret devouring what must have been one of the last luckless frogs to finish our day but we will look to visit at an earlier opportunity in oncoming years should this event be repeated.
So we finally got a bit of a shot of the Cattle Egret predating on frogs but on this occasion I believe that the Cormorant below created our best photo opportunity of the day as it displayed its pristine plumage in a few classic wing drying poses
Perhaps Walmesley was a long way to go for a Cormorant Shot but the we had really enjoyed our visit to this excellent hide and our thanks go to Adrian Langdon for arranging our access and showing us around.
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