Grey Heron Bird Information
Grey Heron Bird is a large, grey and white with a long neck and dagger-like yellow bill. Grey heron Flies with orange-yellow legs trailing behind and neck tucked into shoulders. Greyback: wings deeply bowed in flight. White head, neck and underparts: black crest and black streaking on neck. Frequents all wetlands. Grey Heron Bird Nests colonially in heronries among tall trees; many have been used for than a century.
Status: widespread resident throughout Britain and Ireland; population reduced by hard winters.
Similar Species: rare Purple Heron could possibly be confused.
Grey Heron Bird Facts
Type | heron-like |
Size | 90-100 cm (35-39 in) |
Habitat | freshwater margins and marshes |
Behavior | wades, walks, takes off and lands on the ground |
Flocking | 1-50 |
Flight | labored; glides; direct |
Voice | harsh snark |
Bird Identification
Ad.summer | |
Crown | white; crest |
Upperparts | white |
Rump | white |
Tail | white; short and square |
Breast | yellow |
Throat | yellow |
Belly | white |
Bill | black, tipped yellow; large and spatulate |
Legs | black; very long |
Ad.winter | no crest or neck wash |
Juvenile | as winter but black wingtips and pink bill |
Breeding and Nesting
Nest | platform of reeds and twigs in tree or bush |
Eggs | 4; spotted reddish |
Incubation | 21 days |
Young | helpless; downy |
Fledging | 7 weeks |
Broods | 1; April-May |
Food | Insects, crustaceans, molluscs, fish |
Population | scare passage migrant |
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