Show us ya birds !

[David Cropper]

Little egret,  bad shot but I had to park the van up then wind the window down to take it. There were maybe 20 feeding in a cattle field on the edge of my village. Lots about this year.

 

[Craig Johnson]

On 25/01/2021 at 16:52, Craig Johnson said:

which is the best site to figure out what you see? especially when i only saw it from above and behind flying down a drain/stream. black with white stripe and black tail, pointed wings, bigger than thrush, quite fast flyer any suggestions

saw it again, house martin, must following lockdown

[Mick Dempsey]

On 25/01/2021 at 18:21, David Cropper said:

Little egret,  bad shot but I had to park the van up then wind the window down to take it. There were maybe 20 feeding in a cattle field on the edge of my village. Lots about this year.

 

Seeing those but also the larger ones here a lot over the last few years.

[Mick Dempsey]

18 minutes ago, Craig Johnson said:

saw it again, house martin, must following lockdown

I very much doubt that.

[David Cropper]

29 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Seeing those but also the larger ones here a lot over the last few years.

I've seen only a few of the big ones, but usually further south in the Dordogne although I've seen a couple up this way. Last year in the Vienne I saw about 30 or 40 Little Egrets in fields mucked up with cattle.

[Mick Dempsey]

Global warming David, they often stand in fields with grey herons who seem to look at them and think ‘who the fook are you?’

[Chipperclown]

Saw this little guy recently. Sorry bored and drinking wine!!

[David Cropper]

There must have been 100 or so of these Little Egrets on the flooded water meadows in the village today. We passed this spot 30 minutes before, nothing, on the return trip, masses of them in groups of 23 or 30. Unfortunately I stopped the car right next to them so my wife could take the photos, off they went. Hell of a sight to see so many.

[Saw-sick Steve]

Think they're Cattle Egrets, not easy to tell from the photo but Little Egret have a more upright appearance with a longer neck and black bill whilst Cattle Egret are squat, more 'dumpy' looking with yellow bills. If you look at the feet, Cattle Egret have black feet and Little Egret yellow.

[Stubby]

17 minutes ago, Saw-sick Steve said:

Think they're Cattle Egrets, not easy to tell from the photo but Little Egret have a more upright appearance with a longer neck and black bill whilst Cattle Egret are squat, more 'dumpy' looking with yellow bills. If you look at the feet, Cattle Egret have black feet and Little Egret yellow.

I think Cattle Egret have yellow legs as well . May be just the cock bird .