In April 1988, at Ponta do Piedade, near Lagos, in the Algarve, Portugal, Ted Smith and I found a breeding colony of Cattle Egrets Bubulcus ibis on two islets about 75 m high and situated only about 50-100 m from the headland. All the nests were in virtually bare or grassy hollows in the very steep faces of the cliffs; some contained very bright blue eggs, and others had young which were almost fu
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