Spoonbill

I was standing by a large reed bed late one evening watching for any birds coming in to roost. The sun was quite low but the day remained quite bright. I saw a large white bird flying in and my first thoughts were little Egret but as it approached I could see it was a Spoonbill. It circled around and then as I hoped it came in to roost, they really are an impressive bird and I was lucky to get some shots as it came quickly across me with the sun shining on the reed beds.
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