When ornithologist and nature writer Stephen Moss began birdwatching in the 1970's the nearest great white egrets to Britain were in eastern Austria. Now, due to a combination of factors including ...
Cattle egrets first bred in the UK in 2008. The first cattle egret chicks recorded in Sussex were in 2020, with five nests found at Pagham Harbour. Before 2008, the nearest nesting sites to the UK ...
Britain's loudest bird, the "booming" bittern, is making a recovery after almost disappearing from the UK twice ... spoonbills, little egrets and great egrets have returned too.
The bird was so beloved that visitors gave it a name: Arthur. “The egret stands out all the way across the lake. It’s really a showy kind of bird,” Nathan Godwin, general manager of the Lake ...