Is this an Egret

[daveandsan]

Ok all you bird experts out there, is this an Egret? I have seen this bird twice this week down our local brook.
It it not my photo but it is a photo of the actual bird. I will try to take a better photo this weekend.

 

[old-mo]

"No"............ A swan with a long beak....

Yes...it is.... I fink...

 

[Larrynwin]

Yes it is .

 

[Popeye]

Definitely

 

[bigtree]

Yep.

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[Mr Chrysalis]

Ah, Egrets, I’ve had a few, but then again, too few to mention.

 

[MikeD]

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta - to be a little more accurate.

 

[CazPaul]

More precisely, this is a little Egret as it has no black eye line and has black legs and yellow feet, whereas both the Great Egret and Intermediate Egret have black eye lines, black legs and black feet.

 

[Lenny HB]

No it's a White Heron
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Also know as a little Egrete

 

[icantremember]

It's a Little Egret, not to be confused with the Greater Egret which is generally a visitor to the UK

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[daveandsan]

Thanks everyone for you confirmation, I asked the question because this is first time I have seen one in our location.

 

[MikeD]

Thanks everyone for you confirmation, I asked the question because this is first time I have seen one in our location.

I think they used to be fairly rare to see them anywhere in the UK but we now have quite a few around my part of the country.

I see one most days.

We have Cattle Egrets a few miles away across the Chilterns near Chesham and I believe a Great Egret has been recently sighted at the local Tring reservoirs.

 

[rangi]

In some cultures they are the Souls of our Ancestors come back to keep an eye on us.

 

[pappajohn]

It's a stork enjoying its day off.

 

[Mrsambulancekidd]

I agree with all the other yes's.

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[movan]

Arn't they beautiful .

I have an ornament of an egret with its chick ... had it for years and it precious to me .. I live in fear of breaking its beak.

Lovely photos. Thank you.

 

[Just smiffy]

You lot know nothing.....


It’s a bird....

 

[Camdoon]

Je n'egret rien - wasnt that a sparrow.

 

[DBK]

Forty years ago a bus load of twitchers would have turned up to see it because they were a very rare sight in the UK then. The one in the OP is well north if it is in Staffordshire.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ea...ives-in-Britain-thanks-to-global-warming.html

I found this distribution map online but I think it is about ten years old.

 

[funflair]

There is one frequents our little stream in Guisborough in the chilly North East, I saw it last year and then saw it again a couple of days ago but it flew when I got my phone out for a picture.

A fisherman friend says there are loads near Northallerton on the Swale.

Martin

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[The Wino]

Loads of them at Rutland water too

 

[icantremember]

These pictures were taken by a friend at RSPB Dungeness and sent to me a couple of weeks ago ....

Spot the Little Egret among the Great Egrets

Prancing Great Egret...

 

[MikeD]

These pictures were taken by a friend at RSPB Dungeness and sent to me a couple of weeks ago ....

Spot the Little Egret among the Great Egrets
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Prancing Little Egret...
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If I am not mistaken thats a Prancing Great Egret -

 

[icantremember]

If I am not mistaken thats a Prancing Great Egret -

OK, you get the prize for spotting my deliberate error.

 

[mitzimad]

Thanks everyone for you confirmation, I asked the question because this is first time I have seen one in our location.

go on admit it you just want to add to your eye spy book

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