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 ...

Adult great egret, Ardea alba (formerly; Ardea egretta, Herodias egretta, Casmerodius egretta, Casmerodius albus and Egretta alba, protonym; Ardea alba), also known as the great white egret, common ...

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 ...

Botanists suggest that the frilly lip of the white egret orchid evolved as a stabilizer for the hawkmoth while it pollinates the plant, resulting in better seed production. The wild orchid Habenaria ...