Holme Dunes NWT, 10th August 2017
This was my second visit to Holme, as the week before i had visited the reserve and had seen two Great White Egrets. I decided to return and try and get some shots of this superb bird. These shots were taken from the hide that is on the Hun Pool. At first the G.W Egret was mid distant, as time went on it gradually waded towards the hide as its confidence grew. As people came in the hide it would fly back to mid water again as it seemed to get spooked quite easily. The flight shots are because another party arrived which made it fly across to the other side of the pool. The last two shots are of a Little Egret that came quit close, it was interesting to observe the different feeding techniques used by these birds, the Great White Egret stalked and stabbed its prey-very similar to a herons-were as the Little Egret stirred the bottom of the pond with its foot bringing its prey nearer the surface.
