In this epic close-up video, Tan San captures a tenacious purple heron in pursuit of an eel that will stop at nothing to survive another day. "So, this purple heron had its sights set on a sizable ...

Some of the birds I see seem to be insomniacs and do their hunting during the day too. The purple heron, is my hero/heroine heron. I recently discovered that the great blue heron (not a bird that ...

A rare purple heron has been spotted by a keen-eyed birdwatcher in the Midlands. The bird was spotted last week at the Willington Wetlands nature reserve in South Derbyshire. The RSPB said purple ...

The rare purple heron has been seen in Derbyshire less than ten times Credit: Ian Elliott A rare purple heron was photographed at Willington Water for the eighth time ever in Derbyshire.

A rare purple heron has been spotted by a birdwatcher at a Derbyshire nature reserve. Ian Elliott said he was "chuffed to bits" to see the juvenile bird at Willington Wetlands on Thursday evening.

Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (Volume 1) by Salim Ali and S Dillon Ripley puts down the eastern purple heron’s breeding season in north India as stretching from June to September ...

The purple heron, which is closely related to grey herons that are widespread in the UK, can reach 90cm (2ft 11in) in height. In Europe, the birds breed in colonies in reedbeds and feed on insects, ...

Each year a handful of purple herons arrive to spend summer in Britain. But this year, for the first time, the rare visitors feel enough at home to start a family here. The Royal Society for the ...

It usually favours balmy Mediterranean temperatures when starting a family. But the purple heron has braved the British weather to breed here for the first time. Dungeness Nature Reserve in Kent ...