Little Egret with Cormorant at Pera Marsh Salgados Portugal. The Little Egret is a European bird vagrant to Britain but becoming more popular around the UK and Ireland. Resembling a totally white Heron. In breeding plumage it sports two long plumes from the back of the head and plumes on the back and breast. In flight the large feet are noticeably yellow. This egret was photographed by Jake at Pera Marsh Salgados in the Algarve.