30/12/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | M F Walford |
16:06
| Just flown in and dropped into the reedbed. |
30/12/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 2 | G Casburn |
11:00
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27/12/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
14:39
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26/12/21 | Great White Egret | Rushy Common | 2 | A Stevens |
12:00
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26/12/21 | Great White Egret | Freeland | 1 | G Pascoe |
11:15
| Flyover S near Freeland House. |
25/12/21 | Great White Egret | Abingdon: Radley Road | 1 | J Cleeter |
13:15
| Flew over Abbey Fishponds towards Radley Pits- per Josh Cleeter. |
24/12/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Queen Pool | 1 | G Pascoe |
09:30
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23/12/21 | Great White Egret | Rushy Common | 3 | A Roberts |
12:30
| Still present. NB a correction to yesterday's record; it was of course Rushey Common and NOT Tar Lakes, Rushey Common. |
22/12/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 3 | G Casburn |
14:00
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22/12/21 | Great White Egret | Tar Lakes, Rushy Common | 3 | A Roberts |
13:53
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20/12/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 2 | B Pomfret |
15:00
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21/12/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
19:58
| Sorry for late submission. Drove here straight from rushy where there were 2 GWE. So maybe 3 in area. |
21/12/21 | Great White Egret | Rushy Common | 2 | M Cunningham |
19:58
| Seen feeding together. Sorry for late submission. |
20/12/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | L Marriner |
20:05
| Flew over at dusk. |
17/12/21 | Great White Egret | Tar Lakes, Rushy Common | 3 | A Roberts |
13:30
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14/12/21 | Great White Egret | Tar Lakes, Rushy Common | 1 | A E Hickman |
10:00
| On a large island. Seen from footpath to east. Very large, size of grey Heron but plumage all white. Two Little Egrets and Grey Heron also present enabling size comparison. |
14/12/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
13:45
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14/12/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | M Pidgeon |
10:13
| SP441161. |
12/12/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
12:51
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10/12/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
13:45
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09/12/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | M F Walford |
13:36
| In trees to the right of the reedbed. |
05/12/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake: 3T Pit | 2 | I Elkins |
| In evening roost with at least four Little Egrets. |
05/12/21 | Great White Egret | Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill | 1 | B J Walker |
09:00
| Flew north along Thames. SP439064. |
04/12/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | M F Walford |
16:33
| Flying South over the northern end of the lake while scanning the reedbed for Bittern. |
02/12/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 2 | G Casburn |
08:00
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28/11/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | I Elkins |
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26/11/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Queen Pool | 1 | G Casburn |
07:45
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24/11/21 | Great White Egret | Tar Lakes, Rushy Common | 1 | R W Catling |
14:30
| overflying. |
22/11/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
15:33
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19/11/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
14:30
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18/11/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | M Violette |
11:00
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18/11/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
11:48
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09/11/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
20:51
| Also the hybrid goldeneye × hooded merganser is back after a day's absence.
Modest numbers of redwings and fieldfares. |
09/11/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | G Casburn |
15:50
| Single bird on Queen Pool. |
08/11/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
18:35
| And no sign of the goldeneye x hooded merganser - last seen by me yesterday morning. |
05/11/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | M Cunningham |
12:28
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04/11/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
15:59
| Late morning. |
03/11/21 | Great White Egret | Tar Lakes, Rushy Common | 1 | R W Catling |
15:15
| overflying. |
30/10/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | C O Caomhanaigh |
16:00
| On the island. |
30/10/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
12:10
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26/10/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
12:08
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25/10/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
11:32
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24/10/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
15:52
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23/10/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
09:43
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22/10/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
18:13
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19/10/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
19:40
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18/10/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | S Roby |
21:07
| At the 1st screen. |
18/10/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 1 | B Pomfret |
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17/10/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | N Truby |
12:00
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16/10/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
13:38
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14/10/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
18:17
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13/10/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 3 | M Cunningham |
15:27
| 2 on the pit. A third flew north v high with, presumably same, south 20 min later. |
09/10/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | I Elkins |
| At first screen. |
09/10/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | Y Morris |
15:07
| Flew in west landing near reeds. From north shore hide. |
07/10/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | P Woodham |
12:16
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07/10/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
08:07
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03/10/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | N Truby |
11:59
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02/10/21 | Great White Egret | Ardley ERF Lagoon | 1 | G Casburn |
11:15
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26/09/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | S Roby |
13:24
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25/02/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | P Roby |
15:30
| Flew over from flood field and went to roost in trees opposite the Wetlands Watch Hide where the Little Egret often roost. |
29/09/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | J Kearns |
11:34
| From 1st screen. |
28/09/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | P R Alfrey |
09:00
| Still showing well from first screen. |
27/09/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
14:24
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25/09/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
12:52
| 1. |
24/09/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | J Kearns |
10:55
| From 1st screen. |
05/09/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
13:50
| Flew over'heading wsw. |
03/09/21 | Great White Egret | Stratfield Brake lake | 1 | E Hodgson |
11:10
| SP491121. |
23/08/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: Saunders Ground | 1 | S Roby |
20:38
| Flew over heading north. This bird showed a very dark bill. Probably the same bird seen later flying over Flood. |
22/08/21 | Great White Egret | Tar Lakes, Rushy Common | 1 | R W Catling |
15:00
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22/08/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | M Violette |
12:00
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21/08/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | P R Alfrey |
18:30
| Still on Big Otmoor. |
20/08/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | B Manston |
14:17
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05/08/21 | Great White Egret | Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway | 1 | T Chatt |
06:22
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04/08/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
13:43
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29/07/21 | Great White Egret | Cassington GPs | 2 | C Teal |
20:00
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28/07/21 | Great White Egret | Cassington GPs | 1 | C Teal |
20:00
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29/07/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | P Woodham |
13:30
| On great Otmoor
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27/07/21 | Great White Egret | Cassington GPs | 2 | C Teal |
19:30
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26/07/21 | Great White Egret | Cassington GPs | 2 | C Teal |
19:00
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23/07/21 | Great White Egret | Cassington GPs | 2 | C Teal |
19:30
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22/07/21 | Great White Egret | Cassington GPs | 2 | C Teal |
19:45
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21/07/21 | Great White Egret | Cassington GPs | 1 | C Teal |
20:05
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14/07/21 | Great White Egret | Cassington GPs | 1 | C Teal |
18:40
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13/07/21 | Great White Egret | Cassington GPs | 1 | C Teal |
18:45
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15/07/21 | Great White Egret | Appleford: Appleford GP | 1 | I West |
17:30
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14/07/21 | Great White Egret | Cassington GPs | 1 | C Teal |
19:00
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13/07/21 | Great White Egret | Cassington GPs | 1 | C Teal |
19:00
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09/07/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | I West |
11:00
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07/07/21 | Great White Egret | Cassington GPs | 1 | C Teal |
19:00
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05/07/21 | Great White Egret | Cassington GPs | 1 | C Teal |
19:00
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03/07/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 2 | I West |
09:30
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03/07/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | S Burch |
11:00
| SP388017. |
01/07/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | J Dexter |
16:00
| On Big Otmoor. |
30/06/21 | Great White Egret | Stratfield Brake | 1 | J Coppock |
10:27
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29/06/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | J Dexter |
10:55
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04/06/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 3 | L Marriner |
10:20
| On big Otmoor. |
01/06/21 | Great White Egret | Cassington GPs | 1 | C Teal |
20:00
| In breeding plumage. |
03/06/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Queen Elizabeth Island | 2 | D Preston |
| One seen clearly flying. SP439165. |
28/05/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
14:21
| In breeding plumage. |
25/05/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | M Pidgeon |
09:18
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22/05/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 2 | I West |
11:00
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26/04/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | B Batchelor |
10:23
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06/05/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | S Roby |
13:41
| Flying west across the northern fields. |
27/04/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | J W Gough |
17:00
| Greenway. |
26/04/21 | Great White Egret | LWV Pit 28 | 1 | M Cunningham |
19:55
| 2cy maybe? Pale yellow- billed, dark legged individual. Now getting some aigrettes. Imm bird? Mostly sleeping in trees on big island. |
26/04/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | D Murphy |
16:49
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25/04/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: RSPB reserve | 1 | C Teal |
17:00
| On Greenaways. |
25/04/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | M Nair |
10:06
| On the Greenway. |
19/04/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | I West |
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19/04/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor: The Flood | 1 | S Roby |
| Flew in from the north and landed in Flood field. |
13/04/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
17:33
| The usual bird showing little sign of breeding plumage. |
05/04/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | R C Watts |
14:01
| Usual place. |
05/04/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | M F Walford |
10:17
| Still at the triangle. SU748762. |
04/04/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | M F Walford |
11:09
| Still present at the triangle. SU747764. |
01/04/21 | Great White Egret | Play Hatch | 1 | R C Watts |
10:25
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31/03/21 | Great White Egret | Otmoor | 1 | M Merritt |
| |
28/03/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake | 3 | M Cunningham |
19:54
| P38 this pm. |
27/03/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | M F Walford |
15:22
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23/03/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 1 | D A Doherty |
22:11
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19/03/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 2 | B Pomfret |
| |
22/03/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | R C Watts |
15:10
| Usual place. |
21/03/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake | 1 | M Cunningham |
19:32
| Only 1 remaining village and environs now. Still has yellow bill and no aigrettes. I must read up on 1st summer/ non breeders. |
21/03/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | M F Walford |
14:23
| At the triangle. |
20/03/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Queen Pool | 1 | N Truby |
15:33
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19/03/21 | Great White Egret | Play Hatch | 2 | J Kearns |
14:29
| One in gravel pit opp Play Hatch the second further along in next gravel pit. Both viewable from A4155 - obviously the same birds as seen by K. Sparks earlier in the day
. |
19/03/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 2 | K Sparks |
10:48
| Perched together in low tree along the lake edge well west of gravel works. Heron size, long strong yellow bill, yellow thighs visible. |
17/03/21 | Great White Egret | Linear fisheries | 1 | P Churchill |
18:20
| SP388064. |
16/03/21 | Great White Egret | Play Hatch | 1 | M J Hubbard |
16:16
| Still in wet meadow beside pit catching fish / frogs frequently. SU743762. |
15/03/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | R C Watts |
15:05
| In flooded field. |
15/03/21 | Great White Egret | Play Hatch | 1 | J Kearns |
12:07
| In gravel pit opposite Playhatch. Viewed from
A4155 (otherwise known as The Triangle) With Little Egrets. Good size comparison. |
14/03/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 2 | M F Walford |
14:21
| Just had one at the triangle off Spring Lane so headed back to the one on the first lake on the left off the track to the sailing club and it's still there! Definitely two birds! |
14/03/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | M F Walford |
13:18
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13/03/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake | 1 | M Cunningham |
16:43
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13/03/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | M F Walford |
13:35
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09/03/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | R C Watts |
14:25
| Watching for at least 10 minutes feeding on side of floods. |
09/03/21 | Great White Egret | Waterstock: River Thame | 1 | P R Alfrey |
08:00
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08/03/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake | 4 | M Cunningham |
19:31
| Seen together at one point. Even if not, the individual soft parts patterns would've allowed individually ID. ranging from 1 with yellow bill and legs through to one with deeply coloured bill and legs plus very evident aigrettes. |
07/03/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake | 3 | M Cunningham |
14:59
| Minimum 3 in area today. Turnover evident. 2 with breeding soft parts whereas only 1 of 3 yesterday had dark soft parts. |
07/03/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | M F Walford |
14:13
| At the triangle. |
06/03/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake | 3 | M Cunningham |
18:35
| Minimum of 3 village and environs. Inc feeding in still wet village field. |
02/03/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim | 2 | D A Doherty |
17:47
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23/02/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 1 | A Cheke |
12:00
| on south bank of Combe Creek. |
23/02/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 2 | J Webster |
12:30
| SP387018. |
22/02/21 | Great White Egret | Farmoor Reservoir: River Thames | 1 | P Butler |
10:30
| SP445065. |
21/02/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | M F Walford |
14:43
| On rowing course bund. |
19/02/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 3 | J Webster |
11:30
| SP387017. |
15/02/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 4 | B Pomfret |
| |
13/02/21 | Great White Egret | Chimney: Chimney Meadows | 1 | M Merritt |
| Photographed. Seen from c.100m, yellow bill and size obvious. |
07/02/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Queen Elizabeth Island | 2 | D Watkinson |
10:00
| 2 flew into land on the edge of the island. |
01/02/21 | Great White Egret | Wootton nr Woodstock: Stratford Bridge | 1 | B Pomfret |
| with 3 little egrets on the floods alongside the river. |
25/01/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 3 | D A Doherty |
21:53
| SU441168. |
25/01/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake | 1 | M Cunningham |
18:14
| In flooded field. |
19/01/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | P Swarbrick |
11:00
| |
16/01/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | M F Walford |
15:45
| At the river end of the rowing lake. |
11/01/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake | 1 | M Cunningham |
17:03
| Thames fields. |
11/01/21 | Great White Egret | Play Hatch | 1 | J Kearns |
11:10
| In flooded field next to gravel pits opposite Playhatch. |
11/01/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 2 | B Pomfret |
| |
10/01/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Blenheim Lake | 1 | S Myers |
16:30
| |
10/01/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | R C Watts |
12:40
| Over to Henley Road G P. |
09/01/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | M F Walford |
12:38
| Rowing course bund. |
07/01/21 | Great White Egret | Sonning Eye GPs | 1 | R C Watts |
14:38
| Flew from near boat course over to Henley Road G.P. Flying low. |
03/01/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
14:54
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01/01/21 | Great White Egret | Blenheim: Glyme Bridge | 1 | N Perks |
14:45
| Feeding around 15 metres from the bridge next to a Grey Heron. Very good views. |
01/01/21 | Great White Egret | Standlake Pit 60 | 1 | M Cunningham |
16:58
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