The birds roost at high tide on the jetties, salt marshes and the lagoon on Brownsea Island in undisturbed ... Another visitor is the Little Egret, a small, white heron-like bird, which loves ...

It's not the country's biggest island Credit: istock Other birds that can be spotted at Brownsea are the avocet (over 1,000 roosting in winter), peregrine, little egret and kingfisher in winter ...