The images show a great white egret stalking the reedbed, catching fish, and even in a confrontation with a grey heron. Great white egrets are one of our rarer feathered visitors to the UK; until the 1990s they were mainly found in central and eastern Europe.
From near extinction a few decades ago, numbers have increased; around 35 or more birds spend their winter in the UK. Staff and volunteers have been working to improve the reedbed in the lake, contributing to a Hampshire record count of 11 great white egrets on the nature reserve last year.