Little Egret/Eigrit bheag (Egretta garzetta)

Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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The Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) is a small white heron. Until the 1950s, the Little Egret was restricted to southern Europe. Over the next few decades it became increasingly common in western France and later on the north coast. It bred in the Netherlands in 1979 with further breeding in the 1990s.

In Ireland, the species bred for the first time in 1997 at a site in County Cork.

This adult egret was feeding in the gloaming at Broadmeadows Estuary, Co. Dublin.

Taken in: Ireland / Leinster / Swords (show map)

Taken on: February 3, 2024

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Mark Carmody

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Camera

Sony

SEL200600G

200-600mm

ILCE-9M2

A9II

200-600 G OSS FE 5.6-6.3

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Shorebirds of Ireland

Freshwater Birds of Ireland

Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide

Birds of Ireland

Bird

Herons

Heron

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Éigrit bheag

Behaviour

Feeding

Feed

Age

Adult

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Camera: Sony ILCE-9M2, f/9.0, 1/500 sec, 840mm, ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-9M2
Lens:	Sony FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G) + 1.4X Teleconverter (SEL14TC)
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	840mm
ISO:	640
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	Low
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Capture One 23 Macintosh
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