I'm 99% that this is a little egret, but the legs and feet are yellow and the beak is not completely black. Possibly a juvenile?
Taken yesterday at LWWT
Sorry missed this Joe, I can see why you're unsure, as the colouring would suggest a Great White Egret, but one of those would be a very rare sight at that location.
Your pics differ from the Little Egret ones I have - in that in all of my 'captures' the birds have black legs and yellow feet
I cannot find another pic on the 'Net with one of that species looking like yours. However, I found this on Wikipedia -
'Juveniles are similar to non-breeding adults but have greenish-black legs and duller yellow feet.'
So your guess that it might be a juvenile could very well be correct!
Definitely a Little Egret. Yellow kegs black beak. I'm seeing them all the time here
Told you. Definitely Little Egrets. I see them all the time here . I live on the Exe Estuary
Look at the Yellow legs
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