Habitat: These are wetland birds that prefer lowland shallow fresh waters.

Threats: Like other birds with beautiful breeding plumes little egrets were under threat from hunters for their feathers. Today habitat Loss and pollution are the main threats.

Information: Little Egret is a small white heron with a dark bill and dark legs and bright yellow feet with attractive plumage on its crest and back. However Little Egrets from different parts of the world differ in colour.

Breeding: The little Egret has a very wide breeding range found along Coastal estuaries, salt marshes and tidal inlets stretching from Spain through the Mediterranean to the Middle East, India, and SE Asia down to Australia.