Stukeley Meadows Egret

Managed to get a few pics of him at last!

The stream is just opposite our house, and he has been visiting it regularly over the past few weeks!:)

Should have shown the stream!:D

It is fast-flowing and obviously has little fish in it!

Excellent, well done Catherine.:)

Thanks, Rolf! Will be looking out for it again!

So far this winter I've had a Fieldfare and a Great Spotted Woodpecker in the front garden and a Little Egret just yards away!

Really pleased about that!:)

Excellent captures Catharine.

Little Egrets can be very amusing. We have them in colonies on the estuary

Thanks, Beryl! :).

We used to see them when we stayed in New Milton - at Keyhaven and Stanpit in particular, but this little guy is the first I've seen since I left Hampshire - and he's just yards from my front door!:D

This view shows how close to us the Little Egret is. The yellow cross is home and the blue streaks show his fishing area. I took the pics when he was in the lower area on the right.

How lucky am I?:D

(There are Green Woodpeckers in that area too, I have heard them, but still to see one! Mallards frequent the area as well, and I am sure there will be many smaller birds in the shrubs and trees around there!)