Grey Herons from Abroad

Pelecaniformes

Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 30 August 2012.

Place: C. Campidouro, Medas, west of Porto on Rio Douro, Portugal
Date: 2 September 2018.

Place: Koningin Astridpark, Bruges, Belgium
Date: 2 December 2018.

Place: Limni Moustou, south of Naplio, Greece
Date: 3 September 2019.

Place: San Vincente de la Barquera, Cantabria, Spain
Date: 20 September 2023.

Place: Bréca, La Grande Brière, Brittany, France
Date: 13 July 2024.

Place: Le Teich Reserve Ornithologique, east of Arcachon, France
Date: 6 September 2024.

[Ardea cinerea, Family Ardeidae, Order Pelecaniformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey heron]

The sound of the grey heron (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the grey heron across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).