Beautiful day, beautiful bird

C. at work today so I was up at 6.45 and out walking by 7.30am. I ended up walking quite a way, along the seawall and back over the common (about 2 hours) it was so lovely but very cold. Saw and took a shot of my first ever little egret, at a distance, so not good enough for blip but I was pleased. Also met a horse and rider, dog and runner and a few more people when I got back to the village. Did housework, had lunch and then went for another shorter walk. This was when I took this shot and liked it against the blue sky. Best large.
Going to start on Christmas cards later! Hope you are having good weather and weekend.