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- Grey Heron
- Little Egret
- Bittern
- American Bittern
- Little Bittern
- Green Heron
- Squacco Heron
- Cattle Egret
- Snowy Egret
- Great White Egret
The Grey heron is easily the UK’s most common heron, with an estimated breeding population of around 13,000 nests. Migrants from northern Europe boost breeding numbers, and the UK's wintering population is estimated at 63,000 birds. These powerful birds are tall, striking and intelligent. They’re patient hunters and can remain completely motionless...
Little egrets started wintering on the French Mediterranean coast in the mid-19th-century, and would return northwards and westwards to breed across central and northern Europe. Populations were first established in Normandy and Brittany before they started arriving on UK shores in around 1950. The Little egret’s small breeding colonies grew signif...
The Eurasian bittern is almost the opposite of the Egret; they’re small, compact, with a relatively thick neck and camouflaged brown plumage. The Eurasian bittern is the largest bittern and is found across much of central and eastern Europe and central and eastern Asia. The species usually migrate south to south Asia, Africa and the Indian Subconti...
The American bittern is a rare vagrant from North America. There have been fewer than 20 records of American bitterns in the UK. One of their more notable appearances occurred in 2020 at Carlton Marshes, Suffolk, where an American bittern sighting sparked an influx of 2,000 birdwatchers who wanted to catch a glimpse of this rare visitor. That was t...
The Little bittern was likely reasonably common in the UK but now breeds east of here in central, southern and eastern Europe and central Asia. Breeding pairs of the Little bittern were suspected at South Walsham Broad in the mid-19th-century, but it wasn’t until 1984 when three young were raised in South Yorkshire. In 2010, a pair of Little bitter...
A rare vagrant from North America, there are very few sightings of the Green heron in the UK. One of the most famous visits was recorded in 2010 at Pentewan, Cornwall yesterday, where it was sighted at the Lost Gardens of Heligan. A later sighting was made in 2018 at Llanmill, Pembrokeshire. The Green heron is a beautiful, photogenic heron that bre...
The Squacco heron of eastern and southern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and south-central Asia is a very rare vagrant to the UK, where it’s been sighted some 271 times. A recent sighting was made in 2012 at WWT Welney reserve at the border of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.
The Cattle egret is named as such because it lives near livestock and eats insects disturbed by the movement of cattle and other agricultural animals. This differs from the aquatic foraging behaviours of other herons. Cattle egrets breed in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australasia, which makes them one of the most widely distributed speci...
Another rare North American vagrant. The British Ornithologists' Union Records Committee (BOURC) accepted a sighting at Balvicar, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on 5 November 2001. This is the only accepted record of this bird in the UK.
A large, elegant egret with an extra-long neck. These birds were rarely sighted before 2000, but in 2020, there were 8,000 reports, which hints at the possibility of reliable breeding populations. The Somerset Levels homed a confirmed breeding pair of Great White egrets in 2012. These birds are found primarily across southeast England and East Angl...
- Gray Heron. The gray heron (Ardea cinerea) is a larger heron native to parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa. It has gray plumage with a lighter neck. Adult gray herons have white crowns with a striking black supercilium and thin crest.
- Western Reef Heron. The western reef heron (Egretta gularis) is a medium-sized heron, also called a western reef egret. They have slate-gray plumage with a white neck, yellow bill, and yellow feet.
- Reddish Egret. Reddish egrets (Egretta rufescens) are larger than snowy egrets and are about the same height as a goose. Two coloration morphs exist for reddish egrets.
- Whistling Heron. The whistling heron (Syrigma sibilatrix) is a distinctive and territorial bird native to South America. It got its name from its distinctive whistling calls.
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Sep 7, 2024 · Herons are a diverse group of wading birds known for their distinctive long legs and necks, making them prominent figures in various wetland habitats. Understanding the different types of herons can greatly enhance birdwatching experiences and ecological knowledge.
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