The search for the mystical Egret of Cattle...

As Richard reports, Ceredigion now has a Cattle Egret. Even Cheshire has two! They are also scattered from Cambridgeshire south and west to around 45+ in Cornwall. Ireland has 10 or more. There simply HAS to be at least one in Pembrokeshire.

So I was thinking that maybe a systematic County wide search on Sunday morning (provided it does not clash with a WEBS count?) might be an idea - 5+ cars searching a fifth or less of the County's fields, looking for cattle -surely worth a shot? You could also double up and knock off a tetrad (if you've signed up for one) or collect some "roving" records. If anyone is up for it e-mail me at david.astins@btopenworld.com, or phone 07766 911069 - if you have a preference for which area you cover, let me know (for example I fairly comprehensively covered Pembroke south to Stackpole Quay and west to Freshwest in under 2 hours last Sunday).