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Egret and Seagull Superhighway

Driving through Hemel on my way to east London yesterday I spotted a hunched white shape on Boxmoor as I turned from London Road into Station Road. I had no chance to determine what species of egret it was but recent sightings in Gadebridge Park nearby suggest that a little egret is most likely.  A red kite over St Alban's Road is no longer a cause of suprise but despite the clear afternoon I saw none beyond the Park Street roundabout on the A414.

Crossing the Lea valley as dusk approached the passage of gulls to roost wasn't at its most impressive but I could see group after group heading south over a fairly narrow band between the river and Epping Forest. After Bell Common Tunnel there was one stray group following the east side of the ridge and then only the occasonal singleton.
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