We have had two sightings of similar birds along Mill Road last year. This is either a Little Egret or, rarer still but distinguished by a yellow beak and NOT a black bill, a Cattle Egret. Since the 1990’s both species of these small herons, first the little egrets and more recently the cattle egrets, have been seen in the UK having migrated from the warmer Mediterranean countries. Beautiful creatures – see below for three videos