Walking the dog on Cors Caron from Ystrad Meurig this morning (Sunday) I saw a GW Egret
out by the river towards Cricklas.
Decided to get a closer look and
walked over the small wooden bridge and along footpath towards the river.
I could see it was on my
side of the river. As I got closer I was expecting it to fly but it didn't see
the dog and didn't seem worried by me. I w as eventually only
about 15 to 20 yards from it. No camera of course but we stood and looked at
each other for a couple of minutes after
which it took off and flew upstream a bit. Certainly my closest encounter with a
GW.
Nothing much else, a low
flying cormorant and a few snipe thanks to the dog, along with the usuals.
David Campion