Cattle egret chicks have hatched at a nature reserve for the first time. Three nests, all with hatched, active chicks, were spotted by WWT Arundel Wetland Centre’s reserve manager Suzi Lanaway ...

At first glance, you might confuse a western cattle egret with other white egrets. To make sure you’re seeing the correct species, look for a medium-sized bird with a compact neck, shorter neck.

Scientifically speaking, these are cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) but, depending on where you live or even who pointed them out to you for the first time, you might call them something else.

the cattle egret is the littlest. "The cattle egret is truly an invasive exotic," said retired FGCU professor Jerry Jackson, the region’s pre-eminent ornithologist. "They normally are ...

This week’s featured creature is the gregarious cattle egret, a summer resident in the Ada area. Whereas most herons (egrets are herons) of North America spend their time hunting in or near ...

Meet the cattle egret, a bird, that like many of us, isn’t from Costa Rica but came for a visit and decided to stay. The cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis), or garza del ganado in Spanish, is a stocky ...

Numbers of cattle egrets are booming in Britain, boosted by wildlife-friendly farming where cows are grazed on gentle rotations designed to improve soil quality and boost invertebrate populations.

Cattle egret birds have nested at a wetland site in West Sussex for the first time. Three nests, all with hatched, active chicks, have been spotted at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre. The birds were ...

There are two types around here, little egrets and rarer cattle egrets. Imagine my surprise when, a few days later, I took an afternoon sweep through our farm and spotted a cattle egret standing ...

after discovering cattle egrets breeding in the area. The site faced destruction in March when farmers began cutting trees to restore farmland. Pei alerted environmental volunteers, who contacted ...

If you see cattle in Southeast Texas, there's probably a little white bird somewhere close. Those birds are called egrets, and they're not clinging to cows for some cute animal friendship.

At Fairburn Ings, near Castleford, cattle egret bred for the first known time in Yorkshire last year, the RSPB said, fledging three young. Lydia Tague, reserve manager, said the spread of these ...