Heron, Grey

A large grey bird that eats fish and also worms

Family
Herons and Egrets (Ardeidae)
Latin Name
Ardea cinerea
Further reading
Grey Heron (wikipedia)
Grey Heron

Photos

Grey Heron
Grey Heron
(c) 2019
Mike Meysner
Heron at Lange Erlan
Heron at Lange Erlan
(c) 2019
Mike Meysner
Heron at Petite Camargue
Heron at Petite Camargue
(c) 2019
Mike Meysner
Heron
Heron
(c) 2019
Mike Meysner

When the bird was spotted

Date Location Title Seen by Interestingness
Germany, Kandern pool of former clay pit Hühnerhabicht
Germany, Kandern Flying overhead Hühnerhabicht *
France, Leymen In the field behind the house mike421 **
UK, Teesside and the North York Moors Hemlington Lake b.m.stokesley *
Germany, Kandern sitting in 17 nests at Altrhein Bad Bellingen Hühnerhabicht
Germany, Kandern 5 herons at the pond, sitting in their nests already Hühnerhabicht ***
France, Leymen In the field behind the house mike421 ***
France, Leymen in the fields behind the house mike421 ***
UK, Teesside and the North York Moors Saltholme b.m.stokesley *
Germany, Wissen standing in a pond Hühnerhabicht
Germany, Dagebüll Gotteskoog Hühnerhabicht
Germany, Kandern 18 breeding in rookery at Altrhein, Bad Bellingen Hühnerhabicht
Germany, Marktrodach at a pond Hühnerhabicht *
UK, Teesside and the North York Moors Fields near Stokesley b.m.stokesley *
Germany, Wissen sitting at river Sieg Hühnerhabicht
France, Leymen In the flooded garden! mike421 ***
Germany, Kandern around 20 in and around nests at Altrhein in Bad Bellingen Hühnerhabicht ***
Germany, Kandern 3 herons in their nests at the pond near tennis grounds Hühnerhabicht ***
Germany, Wissen standing in river Sieg Hühnerhabicht
UK, Teesside and the North York Moors Flying over Levenside, Stokesley b.m.stokesley
France, Leymen in the fields behind the house mike421 *
Switzerland, Eschenz on river bank in Eschenz Hühnerhabicht
Germany, Marktrodach a couple next to a pond Hühnerhabicht
France, Leymen in the fields behind the house mike421 *
France, Leymen in the fields behind the house mike421
France, Leymen Fields behind the dechetterie mike421 **
Germany, Kandern 8 couples nesting in high trees at the banks of Rhine in Bad Bellingen Hühnerhabicht ***
Germany, Kandern at "Tongrube" (clay pit) Hühnerhabicht **
Germany, Wissen on the banks of river "Sieg" Hühnerhabicht *
UK, Teesside and the North York Moors Hemlington Lake b.m.stokesley
Germany, Kandern Grey heron sitting on high fir in the neighbourhood Hühnerhabicht **
France, La petite Camargue La petite Camargue mike421
Spain, Mallorca Alcudia near coast b.m.stokesley
UK, Teesside and the North York Moors flying over garden b.m.stokesley
France, Leymen In the fields below the tram tracks mike421 ***
Switzerland, not specified Lange Erlen mike421 *
Grey Heron Brianthebirdwatcher
France, Leymen Heron eating worms in the fields behind the house mike421 **