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Redhead,Kenfig NNR, 8th November 2001 © Paul Hackett

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Redhead
Ring-billed Gull,Michael Wood Services, 8th November 2001 © Paul Hackett

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Ring-billed Gull
Snowy Owl, Trimley, Suffolk, 6th November 2001 © Bill Baston Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl, Trimley, Suffolk, 6th November 2001 © Bill Baston Snowy Owl
Snowy Egret, Balvicar Golf Course, South of Argyll on Seil Island, 7th November 2001 © Paul Hackett

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Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret, Balvicar Golf Course, South of Argyll on Seil Island, 7th November 2001 © Paul Hackett Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret, Balvicar Golf Course, South of Argyll on Seil Island, 7th November 2001 © John Judge

All taken with a Nikon Coolpix 990 Leica APO and a Focus Optics adapter

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Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret, Balvicar Golf Course, South of Argyll on Seil Island, 7th November 2001 © Dave Read Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret, Balvicar Golf Course, South of Argyll on Seil Island, 7th November 2001 © Martin Sidwell Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret, Balvicar Golf Course, South of Argyll on Seil Island, 5th November 2001 © Bill Jackson

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Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret, Balvicar Golf Course, South of Argyll on Seil Island, 5th November 2001 © Bill Jackson

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Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret, Balvicar, Argyll, 6th November 2001 © Adrian Webb

"An excellent bird to watch, at a range of only 60 feet ! But the snow white plumage proved difficult to photograph against a dark back ground" AWebb

Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret, Balvicar, Argyll, 6th November 2001 © Adrian Webb Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret, Balvicar Golf Course, South of Argyll on Seil Island, 5th November 2001 © Bill Jackson

Only minutes form Bill's house!

The bright yellow lores and greenish/yellow rear tarsus clinches the ID of this long overdue first for Britain.

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Snowy Egret
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