Tim H.<p>I managed to get out to the Oare Marshes nature reserve for the first time in years this lunchtime! I was rewarded by my first sight of a great egret (Ardea alba) which used to be a rare sighting in the UK prior to 2012 (when they first began breeding here) <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birdsoftheworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdsoftheworld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UKbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKbirds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Kent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>