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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MacNara" data-source="post: 3516425" data-attributes="member: 23290">There's no way at all that this could be Cattle Egret. The bill shape and colour are both quite wrong (sorry Andy).Escaped (given that they go nowhere near the UK) Intermediate held me for a second or two - because in the autumn where I am it's easy to mistake these depending on posture and view line - but the bill and gape line are wrong for Intermediate, also.It's a Little Egret. Everything fits. The feet are muddy - and some yellow can anyway be seen through the mud on the flying photo.</blockquote>