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Sightings of the great white egret (Ardea alba) have been increasing steadily in the UK over the past 20-odd years.
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The little egrets regularly visit Castle Espie in autumn and just last week there also was the first ever sighting of a great white egret.
3
The Avalon marshes, that vast wetland near my Somerset home where otters, bitterns and great white egrets thrive, was created from former peat diggings.