Clockwork Little Egrets

Little Egret feeding on a large Earthworm

Preening and getting ready for breeding - but where?

As winter continues into its second half, two Little Egrets have become daily residents of the mud quagmire, the once green pasture, that sits behind our garden. From dawn to dusk, unperturbed by the ceaseless rain they follow each other closely, eating, sleeping and preening.