Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus

Glossy Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Glossy Ibis
A migratory bird, the Glossy Ibis summers in temperate northern Europe/Asia/America and Australia and winters in Africa/Asia/Caribbean and Australia.
Glossy Ibis In recent years it has been an occasional vagrant to the UK and even bred there in 2022.
Glossy Ibis The juvenile has a grey head.
Glossy Ibis young on nest Parent with young on nest
Glossy Ibis in flight
Glossy Ibis
Glossy Ibis in flight
When not breeding, they live, feed and migrate in large flocks. Thanks to Alexandra Makhnina in Kazakhstan for pictures of flock in flight.