Saturday 21 October 2017

Egrets great and small


I enjoyed watching this little egret (Egretta garzetta) catching fish.  It was standing almost feather-deep in the water and shaking one leg at a time to disturb the fish.  It was catching tiddlers, perhaps minnows or sticklebacks.  The little egret was a very rare bird not so long ago but is now a common sight.


A short while later I had a very distant sighting of a great white egret (Ardea alba) in flight.  This one is still a rare visitor.

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