Place: The Zwin near Knokke, Belgium
Date: 4 May 2013.
[Nycticorax nycticorax, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Black-crowned night heron]
The sound of the black-crowned night heron (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Aat Schaftenaar)
Distribution of the black-crowned night heron across the British Isles (borrowed from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Marnix's Bird Gallery 