LONG-LEGGED BIRDS

IN NUMBERS

2017-09-01 -

220

Maximum wingspan (in cm) of a Crane

1996

Year that Little Egrets first bred in the UK in modern times (on Brownsea Island, Dorset)

4.5K

Number of Little Egrets wintering in the UK

660 -740

Number of pairs of Little Egret breeding in the UK