Little Egret; Garceta Común

Description:

I believe this is the same Egret which for years lived on the coast at the southern end of the marshes. Since works started to reinstate the the stony beach which over the last few years has slowly been eroded until now even the coast road no longer exists, it has moved to a point near the northern end. The habitat where it used to be has been bulldozed away. There is now no sign of the Whimbrels, Sanderlings, Kentish Plovers and other shorebirds, along with all the Wagtails, Pipits, Larks, Finches and Buntings which used to forage amongst the grasses, weeds and bushes, not to mention all the butterflies, moths, grasshoppers and other arthropods which have all disappeared under a carpet of stones. Habitat destruction on a vast scale which will take years, if not centuries, to recover to its former glory.

Habitat:

coast