Waltham Brooks, West Sussex: Sightings of this remarkable bird are becoming more common as their numbers increase The Downs are fading behind a curtain of rain in the distance. I battle through the ...

Pass by any pastureland with grazing cattle and you’ll probably notice numerous birds accompanying the herd. The birds are cattle egrets, Bubulcus ibis, stubby white critters with small blots of ...

The wild orchid Habenaria radiata's pure white petals resemble a white egret in flight (hence its common name white egret orchid). H. radiata has been loved by people since ancient times but the ...