Western Cattle Egret bred at Fairburn Ings for the first-ever time in 2024 – and there are hopes Great Egret will follow suit at the West Yorkshire reserve in 2025. The popular nature reserve, ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A PHOTOGRAPH has captured a once-rare great white egret alongside its much smaller cousin, the little egret, at a Herefordshire lake.

Other creatures, however, like the great egret, look so different before they hit maturity that you could easily confuse them for an entirely different species. For some animals, it seems that the ...

"We're hoping they will breed again this year, and the great white egrets might breed here for the first time this year too." Cattle egrets get their name as they can often be seen close to cows ...

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A trio of great egrets walk along the Muskingum River near Lowell recently. (Photo provided by Bev Hogue) A trio of great egrets walk along the Muskingum River near Lowell recently. If you have a ...

Some birds require careful observation to determine exactly what they are. The great egret, seen on a mud flat in Northbrook, is not one of them. Hunted to near-extinction for their feathers ...