Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Grey Heron photographed by Hassan
Bangor · July 15, 2026
Grey Heron photographed by Jess
RSPB Leighton Moss, Myers Farm, Storrs Lane, Silverdale, LA5 0SW, England · August 22, 2026
Grey Heron photographed by Jess
RSPB Leighton Moss, Myers Farm, Storrs Lane, Silverdale, LA5 0SW, England · August 22, 2026
Grey Heron photographed by Jess
RSPB Leighton Moss, Myers Farm, Storrs Lane, Silverdale, LA5 0SW, England · August 22, 2026
Grey Heron photographed by Jess
RSPB Leighton Moss, Warton, Carnforth, LA5 9RZ, England · August 22, 2026
Grey Heron photographed by Jess
Lathom South, West Lancashire · July 3, 2026

When to look

Reported most in January, across 5.7M open records.

Records by month. January, 562,049 records. February, 399,105 records. March, 473,538 records. April, 539,223 records. May, 539,510 records. June, 360,211 records. July, 390,664 records. August, 479,838 records. September, 513,409 records. October, 520,832 records. November, 446,444 records. December, 459,574 records.

Occurrence data from GBIF (incl. the eBird Observation Dataset, © Cornell Lab of Ornithology, CC BY 4.0). Descriptive, not predictive.

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