wild water birds

[kitchenmares]

Hello! can anyone tell me how the water birds are getting on in this weather? I passed over a bridge yesterday and notice a small white (african) egret? shaking in the water looking intently for fish. It made me quite sad that it didn`t bother with me at all and was quite desperate for food.

[burnhal]

It will be a little egret........which is becoming fairly common in the UK. As long as there is ice free water, likely to be rivers, then it should be ok. In general most water birds tend to shif to coastal estuaries in weather like this. Most need ice-free water to feed on and it just is not there at the moment. I am a volunteer warden at RSPB Otmoor near Oxford. Waterfowl numbers are usually very good in winter. At the moment though numbers are extremely low....there is very little ice free water and I would suspect most have decamped to the coast

[kitchenmares]

Hello many many thanks! Here we have a beautiful estuary (Hayle, Cornwall). Thankyou again for that, kind regards, Nessie

[utsavsrinet123]

Here is is the list of some of the amazing water birds in the world
https://devotedtonature.com/water-birds/