And yet again, this proves humanity is the problem...

Don't let those legs get too much sun, there's little UV protection at that sort of elevation... though does it matter when you're nearly old enough to retire 🙃😜🤣👨‍🦳

Alan, I saw the little egret on Sun Beck upstream of the Applegarth car park yesterday.

They are, screaming about as they do at 500 feet up, just visible, but no way to photograph them properly...

As promised, the video.

The video.
As you see, there're collars (about a dozen) I've reported to waterbirdcolourmarking.shinyapps.io/sightings2/ which says they're part of an reintroduction program, and regular about the NE.
Sorry it's jerky, OM-1 + 1.4TC & 300mm f4 = 840mm equiv, hand-held. About 200Mtrs away.

Ah, apologies, I misread which feed this is.

I note the common crane I saw on Feb 17th (that I shared on X but not here - very remiss of me !) aren't listed... or am I missing something ?

Thanks for sharing here, I've just discovered you're on here. Here're a few more images from that afternoon that I've processed properly on the computer.
I'm not sure if the cormorant is a normal UK one, I've just not seen those markings before

Looks to be heavily and robustly engineered, I'm suspecting a tool/storage box, with a lifting mechanism so it can be wheeled about... ?