Little egret

Egretta garzetta.

Spotted on the banks of the river.

The following is from Wikipedia

"In Britain it was a rare vagrant from its 16th-century disappearance until the late 20th century, and did not breed. It has however recently become a regular breeding species and is commonly present, often in large numbers, at favoured coastal sites. The first recent breeding record in England was on Brownsea Island in Dorset in 1996"

Brownsea Island is about 6 miles away as the er Little egret flies.

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