Little Egret

This is our local Egret it lives on the Letcombe Brook, I have been trying to get a reasonalbe flying shot of it for ages. Its very shy so not normal within range but today it was being chased off its usual area by a heron.

The little egret is a small white heron with attractive white plumes on crest, back and chest, black legs and bill and yellow feet. It first appeared in the UK in significant numbers in 1989 and first bred in Dorset in 1996. Its colonization followed naturally from a range expansion intro western and northern France in previous decades. It is now at home on numerous south coast sites, both as a breeding species and as a winter visitor. It is included on the Amber List as rare breeding species.