Andy Rouse / Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) hunting in reeds, Bulgaria. Horizontal version of 01609394. Highly honoured in the Bird Category of the Nature's Best Photography Competition 2019.
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George Sanker / Great egret (Ardea alba) with prey in beak, in evening light. Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA, March. Sequence 2/2.
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George Sanker / Great egret (Ardea alba) diving head into water to catch prey, in evening light. Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA, March. Sequence 1/2.
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Lucas Bustamante / Zigzag Heron (Zebrilus undulatus) camouflaged in branches while nesting. Yasuni National Park, Ecuador
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John Shaw / Snowy egret (Egretta thula) shows its breeding plumage. St. Johns Management Area, Florida, USA, March.
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Andy Rouse / Little bittern, (Ixobrychus minutus), hunting in reeds, Bulgaria, June. This is a crop of 1637244. Highly honoured in the Bird Category of the Nature's Best Photography Competition 2019.
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Andy Rouse / Little bittern, (Ixobrychus minutus), hunting in reeds, Bulgaria, June.
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Oscar Dewhurst / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) with recently caught fish prey in beak. Suffolk, UK. November.
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Oscar Dewhurst / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) head and neck, looking up through reeds. Suffolk, UK. November.
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Oscar Dewhurst / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) in flight over water. London, UK. December.
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Oscar Dewhurst / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) portrait. Suffolk, UK. November.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) hunting for food amongst moss with loch and Celtic rainforest in back ground, Scotland, UK, October..
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Terry Whittaker / Grey Heron ( Ardea cinerea). Amsterdam, Netherlands. April 2017
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Terry Whittaker / Grey heron ( Ardea cinerea) flying to bin. Herons congregate around the fish stalls as city markets are closing, picking up scraps of food. Amsterdam, Netherlands. April.
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Terry Whittaker / Grey heron ( Ardea cinerea) flying at night, Amsterdam, Netherlands. April.
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Terry Whittaker / Grey Heron ( Ardea cinerea) flying in city, Amsterdam, Netherlands. April.
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Marie Read / Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in breeding plumage, head and shoulders showing plumes on crown and neck, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New York, USA, May.
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David Pattyn / Great white egret (Egretta Alba) preening its feathers, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, July
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Thomas Hinsche/ BIA / Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) juvenile foraging, Hungary
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Thomas Hinsche/ BIA / Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) juvenile, Hungary
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Thomas Hinsche/ BIA / Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) with fish prey, Hungary
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John Chan / Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) predating a Smelt (Osmeridae), Southern California, USA, October.
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John Chan / Juvenile Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea)predating a twig, learning stalking and hunting skills, Southern California, USA, July.
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John Chan / Juvenile Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) predating a twig , learning stalking and hunting skills, Southern California, USA, July.
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John Chan / Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) chick begging to be fed, Southern California, USA, April.
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Robin Chittenden / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) feeding on fish, Suffolk, England, UK, November.
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Robin Chittenden / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) in reeds, Suffolk, England, UK, November.
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Pedro Narra / Black erget (Egretta gularis) displaying, Joao Vieira Poillo , Bijagos Archipellago. Guinea Bissau
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Sven Zacek / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) with fish in beak, caught in stream. Laanemaa, Western Estonia. March.
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Paul Souders/ Worldfoto / Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca) canopy hunting, Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana
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Daniel Heuclin / Whistling heron (Syrigma sibilatrix sibilatrix), southern subspecies, native to Bolivia. Captive.
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Luke Massey / Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) feeding on a catfish (Loricariidae) with Cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi) scavenging remnants, Rio Cuiaba, Brazil
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Bence Mate / Great white egret (Ardea alba) group of three in winter, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary. Winner of the Bird Category of Nature Photographer of the Year Awards 2018.
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Guy Edwardes / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) with Egret (Ardeidae sp) on back wtih tourists watching from boat in background. Chobe River, Botswana. 2017.
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Dave Bevan / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) hunting and catching a fish, Suffolk, England, UK, October.
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Jan Wegener/ BIA / Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) spreading wings on frozen lake, Berlin, Germany
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Loic Poidevin / Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) in flight, Brenne, France, May
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Nick Upton / Little egret (Egretta garzetta) struggling to swallow a large Pike (Esox lucius) it has just caught, Rutland Water, Rutland, England, UK, November.
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Ingo Arndt / Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) pair courting and building nest in reeds, Germany
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Nate Chappell/ BIA / Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) with fish prey, Corrientes, Argentina
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Steve Gettle / Great Egret (Ardea alba) in courtship display, North America
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Neil Aldridge / Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) flying over reedbeds, Selinda Spillway, northern Botswana. August.
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Bence Mate / Great egrets (Ardea alba) fighting with necks intertwined, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Group of Little egrets (Egretta garzetta) displaying its ornamental feathers, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) interacting with Great egret (Ardea alba) Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) group of five at water's edge, with very out of focus egret in foreground. Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February.
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Bence Mate / Little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) watching Great warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) with prey, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Flock of Great egrets (Ardea alba) at twilight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. May.
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Bence Mate / Great egrets (Ardea alba) in winter, and Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) with flock of other birds flying above, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) at twilight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. July.
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Bence Mate / Great white egret (Ardea alba) fighting with Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) squabbling, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, January.
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Bence Mate / Black crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) at twilight with other herons in the background, including Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hun...
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Bence Mate / Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) fighting in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) two fighting, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) with fish prey, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) squabbling for fish in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) and Little egret (Egretta garzetta) Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) in snow, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. March.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) close up with large fish in beak, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) with lightning storm at night. Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May 2012.
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Bence Mate / Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) fighting, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) squabbling, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) two fighting in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) and Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) squabbling, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) fighting, one grabbing the leg of another in snow, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Great egrets (Ardea alba) sky pointing, sizing each other up before fighting, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) hunting from reed, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, June.
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Bence Mate / Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and Great egret (Ardea alba) fighting over fish, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, January.
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Bence Mate / Great egrets (Ardea alba) fighting, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) close up of feathers, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) close up of neck and eye, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) close up with fish in beak, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) with green colouring near beak during breeding season, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April.
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Bence Mate / Great egrets (Ardea alba) in breeding colours one with dark beak, facing each other with beaks raised towards the sky, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary, February.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) two fighting in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) with large carp fish in beak, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) fighting with Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) over fish, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) fighting in water, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Great egrets (Ardea alba) fighting in mid-air, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) flying, splashing water behind, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. June.
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Bence Mate / Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) fighting in flight, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. February.
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Bence Mate / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) with fish prey, with head feathers raised, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) with Great egret (Ardea alba) in the background, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary.
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Bence Mate / Group of Great egrets (Ardea alba), Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) and Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) at night with stars and moon. Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in rain with another heron behind, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) face to face in lake, at night with stars, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. July.
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Bence Mate / Great egret (Ardea alba) with other behind, feeding in lake with others behind, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. June.
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Bence Mate / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) with fish prey, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May.
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Bence Mate / Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) fighting, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. June.
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Ingo Arndt / Great Egret (Ardea alba) flying, Sanibel Island, Florida
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Michel Poinsignon / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) catching fish in lake, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April
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Michel Poinsignon / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) catching fish in lake, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April
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Michel Poinsignon / Great white egret (Egretta alba) preening feathers, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April
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Michel Poinsignon / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) landing on lake, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April
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Michel Poinsignon / Great white egret (Egretta alba) detail of plumage and legs from the front, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April
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Michel Poinsignon / Great white egret (Egretta alba) catching fish in lake, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April
