Wildlife viewing and birdwatching exist throughout the year, and an accessible wildlife viewing platform is located on the bog, serving as a great spot to see Canada geese, mallard, wood duck, hooded merganser, pied-billed grebe, belted kingfisher, killdeer,
green heron, and great blue heron.
| Simon Hart's rare
Green Heron PICTURE: ARFON WILLIAMS WALES' bird of the week was a
Green Heron, found in Llan-mill near Narberth, Pembrokeshire, by local MP Simon Hart while mowing the lawn!
The
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) is a relatively small, stocky ardeid (241 g; 41-46 cm long) (Niethammer and Kaiser, 1983).
Little Egrets, Cattle Egrets, Blackcrowned Night Herons, Squacco Herons, a Purple Heron and even a Little
Green Heron flaunted themselves.
We - or rather our guide Mega - managed to spot birds like the
green heron and the yiguirro (clay-coloured thrush), the sweet-voiced national bird, but it was a quiet day on the wildlife front.
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Of the 11 short-distance migrant species detected, I confirmed that 4 species were nesters: Cinnamon Teal,
Green Heron, Tree Swallow, and Common Yellowthroat.
12 photo of a
green heron by Kevin Clark was striking.
And late last year a wave of excitement spread across the estate as the arrival of a rare
green heron put it firmly in the spotlight of hundreds of eager twitchers.
A
green heron was found in the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall, which brought some hope, then a black-eared wheatear arrived on St Mary's the day after we left.