20200813 Albino Grey Heron, 'Gandalf The White' Walsey Hills & NFWood Roosts

20200812 Little Egret
72 birds into NFWood roost this evening.

20200812 Little Egret
Post breeding moult in evidence.

20200831 Great White Egret
On Snipes Marsh and for comparison only...

Thin legs with dull yellow tibia, blackening onto tarsus.
Overall a clean bright zinc white, helped by bright sunlight.

20200813 Albino Grey Heron
In flight and at distance the bird is consistently mis-identified. 
Check the shorter leg extension than GWEgret and overall buff off white plumage.

                                                          

20200813 Albino Grey Heron
Attempting GWEgret pose.

20200813 Albino Grey Heron
Form, morphology, posture and feather topography of Heron.
Interestingly 'another observer' out on the reserve saw the bird here perched,
 submitted it to the CBC website as GWEgret and would not retract the record...??
ref CBC admin.

20170331 Great White Egret
Bayfield Lake.
Long leg extension and 'knee' almost at tail tip.

 20170331 Great White Egret

Biro sketch, Bayfield Lake.
Thin and lanky.

20200813 Albino Grey Heron
Over NFWood
Shorter leg extension, more compact.

20000923 Great White Egret

Pair over the Hale Estuary Cornwall Sept 2000 when they were rare.

Note huge leg extension noted...

20170331 Great White Egret
Bayfield Lake.