Egret ??

[dove]

Was walking by the River Arun the other day when i saw several Heron like birds....they were smaller and completely white, i think they were Egrets ??? am i correct and are they common or migrants or returning this this country as i believe they used to be common here ?

[woofgang]

here are loads of pics, not sure how common they are

http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=egret&ei=UTF-8&meta=vl%3D&fl=1&vl=&fr=ybr_bt