> Dave wrote; >>Has anyone seen egrets in a canal context in Britain? I saw some near
> Boat Club during last years GIG, it was solo (usually in pairs down > here in > the sunny south) so might have been a vagrant. > Caroline > A couple more species which might become more common with warmer summers (they are migrants). Purple Heron - darker and more angular than the Grey. Little Bittern - Moorhen-sized and buffy with dark wings and tail (not streaked like the Bittern). Both are reedbed specialists so might occur on overgrown banks - they are present in the near Continent but only vagrants in the UK at present. Sean ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
