Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Squacco heron (Ardea ralloides) Lake Kerkini, Macedonia, Greece, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Squacco heron (Ardea ralloides) walking, Lake Kerkini, Macedonia, Greece, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) on nest, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania May

Loic Poidevin / Common sqacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) standing on river bank, Tsiribihina River, Madagascar.

Robin Chittenden / Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) Dobrogea Tulcea, Danube Delta, Romania, May

Robin Chittenden / Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) Dobrogea Tulcea, Danube Delta, Romania, May

Robin Chittenden / Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) in flight, Dobrogea Tulcea, Danube Delta, Romania

Robin Chittenden / Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) Dobrogea Tulcea, Danube Delta, Romania, May

Anup Shah / Madagascar Squacco heron (Ardeola idae) walking across lily covered pool, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Madagascar Squacco heron (Ardeloa idae) face to face with Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Common Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) walking on a lily covered pool, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Anup Shah / Common Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) walking on a lily covered pool, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Oxford / Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) in undergrowth, wetland reserve, Doñana National & Natural Park, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Oxford / Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) walking, wetland reserve, Doñana National & Natural Park, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Oxford / Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) amongst reeds, wetland reserve, Doñana National & Natural Park, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Oxford / Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) walking, wetland reserve, Doñana National & Natural Park, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain, May 2009

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Squacco heron {Ardeola ralloides} perched, breeding plumage, ringed, Turkey

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Squacco heron {Ardeola ralloides} stalking prey, Oman

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Squacco heron (Ardea ralloides) walking, Lake Kerkini, Macedonia, Greece, May 2009

Tony Heald / Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) hunting for prey in water, Kgaladadi Transfrontier NP, South Africa

Tony Heald / Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) hunting for prey in water, Kgaladadi Transfrontier NP, South Africa

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) in flight, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) landing, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) in flight, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Squacco Heron (Ardea ralloides) perched beside water, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) in flight, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Varesvuo / Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) Pusztaszer, Hungary, May 2008

Vincent Grafhorst / Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) in lush green reed, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Vincent Grafhorst / Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) with frog in its bill, Gaborone Game Reserve, Botswana

Jose B. Ruiz / Squacco heron {Ardeola ralloides} feeding under vegetation at edge of lake, Donana NP, Sevilla, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Squacco heron {Ardeola ralloides} perching on branch at edge of lake, Donana NP, Sevilla, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Squacco heron {Ardeola ralloides} Valencia, Spain

Juan Manuel Borrero / Squacco Heron {Ardeola ralloides} Delta del Ebro NP, Catalonia, Spain

Juan Manuel Borrero / Squacco Heron {Ardeola ralloides} at nest, Delta del Ebro NP, Catalonia, Spain

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Squacco Heron {Ardeola ralloides} perching in tree, Salalah, Oman.

Tony Heald / Squacco heron {Ardeola ralloides} wading in water, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

Richard Du Toit / Squacco heron {Ardeola ralloides}, Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Botswana, South Africa.

David Kjaer / Squacco heron on shore {Ardeola ralloides} Lesbos Greece

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Squacco heron portrait {Ardeola ralloides} Salalah, Oman

Richard Du Toit / Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides). Moremi reserve, Botswana, Southern Africa