leucistic Grey Heron

This very pale bird seen in the south of the county on Saturday afternoon. Was a long way away...

Is this the same bird as that seen around Stotfold a few times in early 2013 and noted on a previous post.  http://bedsbirds.blogspot.com/2013/03/great-white-grey-heron.html

Herons in the centre in of Luton

Although regularly recorded in the northern parts of Luton on the quieter streams that make the headwaters of the River Lea (three overwinterered last year), this is the first encounter I have had with Little Egret in the open amongst people taking their walks and chucking out their unwanted bread in Wardown Park. This individual represented a new species on the WEBS count list for the site on Sunday. Meanwhile his larger cousin was keeping out of the way in the higher boughs of a willow.

Great white Grey Heron

There have been a few sightings of a "white heron" around Stotfold area in recent months and I had the good fortune to have it fly over my car about ten days ago which whetted my appetite for finding it as it sure looked quite like an egret on initial view. On the third attempt this week, I managed to capture a few digiscope images of the bird earlyish morning at Radwell Lake just over the border in Herts where I had seen it one lunchtime previously, so now we have a decent record of what it really is. Any Great White Egret claimants in the Ivel Valley beware...

Dunstable sewage works Sunday 3rd March 2013 started cold, frosty and misty and ended up with lovely sunshine late on.
Thought this month I would make a list of the birds I spotted today during the 3 1/2 hours on site.

On view Kingfisher,  Shelduck, Mallard, Teal, Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Wigeon, Pochard, Canada Goose, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Snipe, Black Headed Gull, Great, Blue and Long Tailed Tits, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, a pair of Reed Bunting, Wren, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Green & Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Crow, Wood Pigeon, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Coot, Moorhen.

As you can see from the pictures the Grey Heron bit off more than he could chew?

Sat in the hide for ages, I heard the Water Rail but it never showed today!

Out and About In Beds May/June 2012

Crow Stockgrove

Goldfinch 

Blackbird

Coot Nest Tiddenfoot

Blue Tit

Collard Dove

Great Tit Tiddenfoot

Green Woodpecker Stockgrove

Greenfinch

Grey Heron Rushmere

Grey Lag Goose Woburn

Grey Wagtail Tiddenfoot

Grey Wagtail Tiddenfoot

House sparrow

Jay Stockgrove

Jackdaw

Kestral Woburn

Lapwing MVCP

Blackbird

Mallard Tiddenfoot

Manderine Duck Tiddenfoot

Marsh Tit Stockgrove

Little Grebe MVCP

Nuthatch Stockgrove

Robin

Song Thrush Stockgrove

Starling

Starling

Tufted Duck MVCP

great Crested Grebe Tiddenfoot

Various Pictures from my Garden in Leighton Buzzard, MVCP, Stockgrove, Rushmere, Woburn & Tiddenfoot during May/June 2012. Arn't we lucky to have such great places close to hand.

Herons

Part of the heronry at Radwell - three nests in this shot, each with a bird, and two birds in attendance.

Heron eating Weasel at Harrold

Yum, yum! This Heron was spending quite a lot of time dunking this Weasel into the water and shaking it. I'm sure the Weasel was long dead but it was still holding it like this when I stopped watching it after 10 minutes.

Grey Heron from the Bedroom window

19 April. While fly-past Grey Herons are pretty regular they aren't usually quite this obliging.Perched up on next doors fence and then went past within 15 feet of the window. Ray Roche