A little egret in flight at Beddington Farmlands last week, with what may be a broken leg. A dead egret with a broken leg was recovered from the River Wandle at the weekend
Wildlife wardens from the RSPB are investigating what one conservationist has described as “an unusual cluster” of two dead and one injured little egrets from the River Wandle and Beddington Farmlands in the past week.
The birds do not appear to have been attacked by predators, but have wounds consistent with being hit by pellets from air guns or catapults. Continue reading
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