Pale long-legged wading birds (6)

I believe the answer is:

egrets

(Other definitions for egrets that I've seen before include "Greets like fishing eagles" , "Kind of herons with long white feathers" , "White wading birds" , "Greets in way of certain herons (" , "Fliers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.

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