On my way to St. Aiden's from Fairburn Ings and noticed that the highland cattle were near the roadside hedge. I parked in the Lin Dike car park and walked back along the road.
I joined another birder who had found a gap in the hedge and we watched the cattle slowly grazing and getting a bit closer to us. We were both hoping to see the cattle egrets. However the cattle were keeping close to the hedge, so although we could see the birds we did not have clear views.
The cattle then starting to move along the western edge of the water and the cattle egrets followed and we counted 8 of them.
Although our view was a bit clearer, the birds were slowly moving further away as they followed the cattle.
At last one bird flew and landed on the back of one of the cows.
The other cattle egrets were standing by the waters edge.
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