Birdwatcher Ian Elliott saw the rare bird at the nature reserve on Thursday 11 August. He said he had never even heard of a purple heron until last week and checked the local wildlife records to ...

A rare purple heron has been spotted by a birdwatcher at a Derbyshire nature reserve. Ian Elliott said he was "chuffed to bits" to see the juvenile bird at Willington Wetlands on Thursday evening.

It forms a living but fragile sanctuary for some 1.5 million birds, such as the white pelican, the purple heron, the African spoonbill ... and decrease and / or disappearance of some bird colonies.

KOTTAYAM: In a significant development, a survey report has revealed that the bird diversity in Kottayam ... Waterbirds like the purple heron, oriental darter, and grey-headed swamphen were ...

Patagonian bird droppings, he and colleagues announced in 2021, carry fungal spores, including some from a trufflelike species that wraps its spores in purple. The New Zealand results have Boast ...