Ringing Great White Egret Chicks

Have you ever wanted to see a great white egret being ringed?!

Earlier this year, we were delighted to facilitate qualified bird ringers Alison Morgan and Bob Medland in ringing some of the great white egret chicks on Westhay Moor National Nature Reserve.

Back in 2012, the Somerset Levels were home to the first breeding pair of great white egrets in the UK. Since then, their population has grown dramatically, and this year, there were an incredible forty-eight nests found across the Avalon Marshes, with four on our very own Westhay reserve.

By ringing these birds, we will be in a better position to track their changing populations as they continue to spread across the UK.

We are very grateful to both Alison and Bob for helping us create this short film explaining more about the process involved in ringing these chicks. We hope you enjoy it!

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