News of a first for Britain broke a couple of weeks ago, in the form of a dark-phase Western Reef Heron ssp gularis (172nd bird for the year, my 306th British species and my 522nd species for my World List - not that anyone's counting!!)! At first, the bird was in and around Caernarfon, but then it disappeared for a couple of days, before turning up again around RSPB Conwy/ Conwy Castle.
Conwy Castle (and the W R Heron, I promise!)
Today, I decided to go across, and see if I could catch up with it. Setting off from home at 5.40am, I arrived on site, in glorious sunshine, at 8.10am, and managed to see the bird straight away, feeding on the estuary, about 500m away. I enjoyed great views for about an hour, before it flew off, up the estuary. A lovely bird, in a fantastic setting!
Western Reef Heron
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