In reply to Bottom Clinger:
Nice piccies, have you left Wigan behind then?
Little Egrets are popping up everywhere nowadays, coming back from South Lakes nearly two weeks ago, there was a "clump" of 7 or 8 of them in a field next to the A590 dual carriageway (about a mile to the east of Foulshaw).
Also Elton reservoir (in Bury) had a Great White Egret (as well as little Egrets) for about a month recently. Like a grey heron but all white.