Cattle Egret
Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Cattle Egret.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about the British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Cattle Egret. Cattle egrets were originally birds of the African savannahs but they have become one of the most successful global colonisers of any bird species. In 2008 a pair of cattle egrets made ornithological history by breeding in the UK, on the Somerset Levels, for the first time.
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Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
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- Fri 25 Oct 201305:58BBC Radio 4
- Fri 14 Aug 201505:58BBC Radio 4
- Fri 2 Oct 202005:58BBC Radio 4
- Mon 15 May 202305:58BBC Radio 4
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