Little egret fishing, showing its long plume. In Victorian times, the birds were hunted because these plumes were used to decorate ladies’ hats. In 1889 this provoked the founding of the Plumage League, ancestor of today’s RSPB.
Wildlife from Wolverhampton and nearby
Little egret fishing, showing its long plume. In Victorian times, the birds were hunted because these plumes were used to decorate ladies’ hats. In 1889 this provoked the founding of the Plumage League, ancestor of today’s RSPB.