European Birds

Threskiornithidae : Ibises & Spoonbills

Eurasian Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

Aberlady Bay, Lothian, Scotland - May 2006

Aberlady Bay, Lothian, Scotland - May 2006

Aberlady Bay, Lothian, Scotland - May 2006

Eurasian Spoonbill is a rare, but regular, visitor to Britain, where, if your luck is anything like mine, your typical view of one will probably be a distant bird with its head under its wing, as they seem to spend an inordinate amount of time sleeping. The individual above was an exception to the rule...