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, ...

hopes cattle egret will breed at Fairburn Ings once again this year Karen Swaffield, RSPB warden, said: "We watched the cattle egrets acquiring their beautiful breeding plumage and noticed the eye ...

Cattle egret are white plumed birds that often follow ... "We watched the cattle egrets acquiring their beautiful breeding plumage and noticed the eye of one turning red, which they do just ...

A "record number" of egrets have been recorded at a West Yorkshire nature reserve, with one species successfully breeding for the first time in the site's history. At Fairburn Ings, near Castleford, ...

This striking cattle egret, all decked out in its breeding plumage, was checking out a nesting site at the rookery in the Village of DeLuna. Thanks to Julie Walfield for sharing!

Their federation, the National Audubon Society, adopted the great egret as its symbol ... migrants to Rhode Island before the height of the plume trade, started appearing again in greater numbers ...

There, tribal members would barter alligator hides, egret plumes, deer pelts and such in exchange for flour, grits, gunpowder or pots and pans. (Pictured above is a member of the Seminole Tribe in a ...

A great egret. Image via depositphotos ... red eyes and dark blue gray plumage. Image via depositphotos. A bird of prey that feeds almost exclusively on apple snails, adapted to the wetland habitats ...

A great egret. Image via Depositphotos. Egrets are wading birds belonging to the heron family. They are found in freshwater and shoreline environments worldwide. Egrets are recognized by their white ...