David Element

Wildlife Photography

and Digital Video Images

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                        GREAT-CRESTED GREBE Podiceps cristatus

                                  FULMAR Fulmarus glacialis

                                   BITTERN Botaurus stellaris

                             LITTLE EGRETS Egretta garzetta

                              LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta

                              CATTLE EGRET Bubulcus ibis

                        BEWICK SWAN Cygnus columbianus bewickii

• Three Bitterns were spotted at Barn Elms Wildfowl and Wetland Trust Centre during January 2002, the first records for central London for over 100 years. As there are a number of favoured wintering locations around the Capital and this site has been reconstructed with reed beds it was probably just a matter of time before one would appear, but this is nonetheless an exciting find in such an urban area. The Bittern shown here was photographed on the River Colne on a bitterly cold midwinter's day several years earlier. This individual spent a number of hours out in the open and in full view of a small number of lucky birdwatchers.

• Little Egrets have spread their range and they have recently bred in the London area for the first time.  The birds in the first photograph were seen in southern England and the second picture was taken in Brittany. The yellow feet are used to disturb small fish when fishing.

• Cattle Egrets are also likely to colonise the British Isles if their distribution range continues to expand.  The photograph on this page was taken in northern Spain.

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