Species
Purple heron
Ardea purpurea · 3 photographs
Young Purple HeronA young purple heron balancing precariously on top of a bush, as if it had deliberately picked the most awkward spot it could find just to be noticed. 
Purple HeronA purple heron in flight, wings open against a blue sky streaked with pink, elegant and full of colour. 
Purple HeronCamouflaged among the branches and the green of the bank, the purple heron sticks its neck out: if I had not looked carefully, I would have missed it altogether.