Eurasian Spoonbill

The Eurasian spoonbill is almost unmistakable over most of its range. The breeding bird is all white except for dark legs, a black bill with a yellow tip, and a yellow breast patch like a pelican's, and it wears a crest in the breeding season. Non-breeders lack the crest and breast patch, and immatures have a pale bill and black tips to the primaries. Unlike herons, spoonbills fly with the neck outstretched. The African spoonbill, which overlaps in winter, has a red face and legs and no crest. (Wikipedia, general species account)

The species is widespread in Europe, Asia and Africa and is partially migratory, with the more northerly breeding populations mostly moving south for winter. In Asia it breeds in a broad band across the central part of the continent from the Black Sea to the Korean Peninsula, and in parts of the south. Breeding is in spring in the Palearctic, normally in single-species colonies or small groups within mixed colonies of herons, egrets and cormorants. Birds often roost communally up to 15 kilometres from feeding areas. (Wikipedia, general species account)