A "record number" of egrets have been recorded at a West Yorkshire nature reserve, with one species successfully breeding for the first time in the site's history. At Fairburn Ings, near ...

Cattle egret birds bred for the first known time in Yorkshire this year, the RSPB says A "record number" of egrets have been recorded at a West Yorkshire nature reserve, with one species ...

At Fairburn Ings, near Castleford, cattle egret bred for the first known time in Yorkshire last year, the RSPB said, fledging three young. Lydia Tague, reserve manager, said the spread of these ...

In winter 2023/2024 the reserve was regularly seeing 12-17 Cattle Egrets and six Great White Egrets. During the winter just gone, both species had peak counts of at least 13.