I think I just saw a Little Egret

I have just been out with Chloe and there was a white bird in the field next to the stream which looked like a small white Heron,same shape with long legs and kneck and a black bill.
I am think it must have been a Little Egret.

Once a rare sight apparently there are 700 breeding pairs here now some in Devon/Cornwall and South Wales so I guess it strayed inland.

It was quite beautiful



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Re: I think I just saw a Little Egret

I think they like being around sheep Meg. There are many Little Egrets here, but when the shepherds are moving the sheep around, virtually every sheep appears to have an Egret or two riding on their backs.

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There's one I see down by the river it hangs around some poultry in a big pen.
At least I think it's a little one, could be a big one!

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It looks like a Little Egret, Meg & as has been said there are a lot around now, most estuary's have them, almost year round.
Did you notice it's feet, were they yellow?

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I haven't seen one before they tend to inhabit coastal
Tiff I couldn't see its feet in the grass, then I didn't notice when it flew into the next field.

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Little Egrets have bright yellow feet, but if they've been standing in mud you can't see those. I suspect it must have been one though.

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We have quite a little colony here I have seen 4 at once.

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Easy to see even breeding up here now, but you have Cattle egrets as well down South. Yellow feet are a give away for Little Egret.