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  1. 02-03-2011 #1
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    Many Egrrets and Storks in the Castro Marim area, only seen one of these tho.
    Can anyone tell me what it is pls
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    Looks like a first winter Little Egret Philip.
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    Well have had time to search and i now think its a Great White Heron.
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    Can't find any references to that bird Philip, although some call the great White Egret that name. The only thing is that the great white Egret, doesn't have a dark bill.
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