Animals / Bird

Grey heron

Ardea cinerea · Ardeidae

The grey heron is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout Europe, Asia, and most of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast.

Where the Grey heron lives

Recorded in Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Spain, Germany, Norway, India, Belgium, Taiwan, South Africa and Portugal (Europe, Asia and Africa).

Most records fall in Midtjylland, Sjaælland, Hovedstaden, Hessen, Syddanmark and Baden-Württemberg.

See the Grey heron’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 7,857,214 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.