Little Egret Catching Fish

Fishing Egret by Welshpixels

Fishing Egret by Welshpixels
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Fishing Egret

The little egret Egretta garzetta 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. Little egret feathers were once very popular for decorating hats.

Slatey Egret textured rare bird poster, photograph by Rowood

Slatey Egret textured rare bird poster, photograph by Rowood
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A full color poster of the beautiful Slaty egret (Egretta vinaceigula) taken on the flood plains of Botswana's Okavango Delta. This bird is listed as vulnerable and while the population is estimated at between 3000 - 5000, there numbers are decreasing. It stands approximately 60 cm tall and adults appear appear blue-grey, sometimes pale blue-grey, but may appear black in poor light. The white throat and dark reddish foreneck are only visible at close range and the Legs and toes are greenish-yellow with variable amounts of chrome yellow around the joints in breeding adults. The juvenile is paler and the rufous on their throats extends from the throat down the neck. Feeds singly, but sometimes in loose flocks of up to 60 birds; roosts and breeds colonially, usually with other heron species. They are most easily seen in Panhandle of Okavango Delta, at Mahango and Shakawe (Botswana).