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| | Scientific name: Eqretta garzetta
Size: 60cm
Status: Common
Diet: Small fish, crustaceans and insects.
Habitat: Coastal mud flats or edges of inland swamps, rarely in water more than 10cm deep .
Breeding: Breeds in loose colonies during Spring - Summer. Four blue eggs are layed on a fragile stick nest.
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| | Little Egret
/Little+Egret/$File/Little+Egret.jpg) When hunting the Egret stands motionless until prey is spotted then darts after it, the Egret spears pray with it's long bill. |
