A rare purple heron has been spotted by a birdwatcher at a Derbyshire nature reserve. Ian Elliott said he was "chuffed to bits" to see the juvenile bird at Willington Wetlands on Thursday evening ...

A rare purple heron has been spotted by a keen-eyed birdwatcher in the Midlands. The bird was spotted last week at the Willington Wetlands nature reserve in South Derbyshire.

A rare purple heron was photographed at Willington Water for the eighth time ever in Derbyshire. Birdwatcher Ian Elliott saw the rare bird at the nature reserve on Thursday 11 August.