SQUACCO HERON

24 Records of this species in Cornwall

St Austell – 22nd May 2010 – Breeding plumage adult found by Rob Davey at Snowlands fisheries, Par. The Squacco Heron is the 24th record for Cornwall (CBWPS records) with the last at Mevagissey in 2004. The bird showed extremely well on a small island on the main fishing lake spending most of its time in trees at approximately 10-15 ft up, occasionally coming down to the edge of the pond where it would quickly catch a fish before retiring back to the trees.

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