David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
________________________________________________________________________ Birds 93 – Black-crowned Night Herons
BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax (JUVENILE)
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax (JUVENILE)
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON Nycticorax nycticorax
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Black-crowned
Night Herons Nycticorax nycticorax occasionally
turn up in the UK and the photographer was once fortunate enough to have
recorded the first record (of a sub-adult bird) for Bookham Common in Surrey.
The individual in the first photograph was photographed leaving a small heronry
in the Loire Valley, presumably for an early morning feeding expedition, and
the birds in the remaining pictures were photographed adjacent to the Tagus
Estuary in Portugal. Note the yellow irises of the cryptically marked juveniles
compared to the red colour of the adults. There are signs that this stocky
little heron may become established as a British breeding species before too
long, with a pioneering pair having bred in Somerset during 2017.
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