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The Thames Estuary looking North to Southend from Allhallows.

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I took the picture whist taking the dog for a walk and spotted a large bird on the beach. The small white dot near the centre! A heron, I think.

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It's difficult to recognize the bird...
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I took two photos of a heron on the River Roding yesterday. One of them was just a quick snap, the other was zoomed in close to show what bird it was...
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HansV wrote: ↑
27 Oct 2020, 22:11
 It's difficult to recognize the bird...

Perhaps it was a lesser spotted white dot? :)
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That zoomed-in picture definitely shows a heron (and ducks)!
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HansV wrote: ↑
27 Oct 2020, 22:41
 That zoomed-in picture definitely shows a heron (and ducks)!
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They are impressive birds when they're not pinching the goldfish out of your garden pond! The bird I saw was whiter than your heron. Maybe just a seagull after all then!
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Graeme wrote: ↑
27 Oct 2020, 22:43
 They are impressive birds when they're not pinching the goldfish out of your garden pond! The bird I saw was whiter than your heron. Maybe just a seagull after all then!
It's hard to tell from that photo.
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Graeme wrote: ↑
27 Oct 2020, 22:43
 ..The bird I saw was whiter than your heron...
If the bird you saw had the characteristic outline of a heron, as in Stuart's close up shot but was white not grey, then perhaps you saw an Egret. They come in two flavours:
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildl ... tle-egret/
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildl ... ite-egret/

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But if it was a heron, he'd have no egrets
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[sings]: "Egrets - I've had a few..."
from "One did it one's way..."
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John Gray wrote: ↑
28 Oct 2020, 11:08
[sings]: "Egrets - I've had a few..."from "One did it one's way..."
Frankly, that's an awful song.
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Here's a picture of a rather tired looking egret on the River Roding that I took a few months ago
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StuartR wrote: ↑
28 Oct 2020, 13:52
Here's a picture of a rather tired looking egret on the River Roding that I took a few months ago
:groan: :groan: :groan: :groan: :groan:
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stuck wrote: ↑
28 Oct 2020, 09:04
Graeme wrote: ↑
27 Oct 2020, 22:43
 ..The bird I saw was whiter than your heron...
If the bird you saw had the characteristic outline of a heron, as in Stuart's close up shot but was white not grey, then perhaps you saw an Egret. They come in two flavours:
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildl ... tle-egret/
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildl ... ite-egret/

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Ah, yes, it could have been one of those. I'll zoom in if I see it again! :smile:
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