Living so close to the Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee) and the Hula Valley, I get plenty of opportunities to observe herons. I regularly see grey herons, squacco herons, night herons and purple herons, ...

Take a closer look at that long-legged heron — it might be a tricolored heron! Here's where to find these birds, and how to identify them.

BIRD watchers gathered at a nature reserve to catch a once in a lifetime glimpse a rare purple heron. The bird, one of the rarest in the UK, breeds in southern Europe. Yesterday it was spotted at Wat ...