An eagle bogey

I have finally added White-tailed Sea-Eagle to my Belgian list (now at 303 species) thanks to a long-staying immature in the Dijle valley.  It has been there since 25 October but this was my second attempt to try and see it.  The first time, it flew off in a southerly direction before I arrived and everyone assumed it had moved on, only for it to return just ten minutes after I had left!  This time, though, it was sitting, amazingly well camouflaged, at the edge of the reeds when I arrived and we were soon treated to it circling over the lake, scattering the assembled gulls, Cormorants, and waterfowl, including two Pintail drakes.  A group of six Cormorants then entertained us by doing some formation fishing, and there were two Little Egrets plus three Great White Egrets present, one of the latter showing just how big they are by standing next to a Grey Heron.

 

A couple of Grey Herons migrating over Brussels last week were new for my balcony list, as was a single Fieldfare in a flock of Starlings.