Aye, I’ve found YBWs in most clumps or isolated sycamores around the isle over the years. It’s the only real tree that grows here barring two tiny stands of pines. Other cover is all willow. I’m just hoping this’ll prove to be a magnet for scarce migrants in both autumn and spring 🤞🏼
A highlight here was one outside the dining room one breakfast-time, next day the kitchen window (my wife spotted that), then in the access-road hedge - 4 days in all. 2nd inland county record I think. 1st home-patch Osprey of the year yesterday, 3 Little Egrets today (patch record).
👍🏼 I’d welcome a Little Egret! Still rare up here. 🤞🏼
Sensitive, but most of ours seem to roost yards into Northumberland - up to 60 one evening recently. Had a Great White on the Tweed on Friday, still notable here.
That'll be the biggest Little Egret count for Northumbs this year (and close to the all-time record of 67 at West Ord, 16 Aug 2022) 👍
I expect it's gone on BirdTrack, hidden as sensitive. Appeared on the Borders WhatsApp group. Egrets are the new Goosanders as far as a section of the salmon-fishing fraternity are concerned.
Grief! They're worse than [non-avian] dinosaurs! I've never seen a Little Egret catch anything larger than a Stickleback.
All salmon begin smaller than stickleback! I overheard a group of Tweed fishermen moaning about predators - from Kingfishers through to dolphin. 'Something needs to be done'! But not, apparently, about climate and overfishing, although a more enlightened generation is beginning to appear.
Great Whites have been increasingly regular up here in recent years. Even have it on the house list 🥱😆
Still a rarity in southeast Northumbs!