A whiskered tern that has put on breeding plumage, at Muttukadu backwaters. Chennai marks a non-breeding site for whiskered terns. When they start developing breeding plumage, they are essentially ...

This striking cattle egret, all decked out in its breeding plumage, was checking out a nesting site at the rookery in the Village of DeLuna. Thanks to Julie Walfield for sharing! Close ...

Karen Swaffield, RSPB warden, said: "We watched the cattle egrets acquiring their beautiful breeding plumage and noticed the eye of one turning red, which they do just before they breed.

"We watched the cattle egrets acquiring their beautiful breeding plumage and noticed the eye of one turning red, which they do just before they breed. "It's wonderful that we had two pairs of ...

Begining in 1928, this census is our longest-running survey. Although a simple survey, there are still many un-monitored heron colonies in Wales, and we'd really appriciate information about them. In ...