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how many herons, egrets and bitterns have you seen? (1 Viewer)

birdermoose

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Hi all,
I was just curious about haw many of these birds you have all seen as I think they are a great bird group!
My list is
1 Eurasian bittern UK
2 Grey Heron UK
3 Purple Heron UK
4 Little Egret UK
5 Great white Egret UK
6 Cattle egret (France)
 
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herons and egrets and bitterns i have seen are

eurasian Bittern UK
Grey heron UK
Purple heron UK
little egret UK
cattle egret UK
Great white egret UK
Night heron UK
Heard little bittern Poland
Great blue heron USA
snowy Egret USA
Great Egret USA

there might be more but cant think plus ones in the zoo haha
 
herons and egrets and bitterns i have seen are

eurasian Bittern UK
Grey heron UK
Purple heron UK
little egret UK
cattle egret UK
Great white egret UK
Night heron UK
Heard little bittern Poland
Great blue heron USA
snowy Egret USA
Great Egret USA

there might be more but cant think plus ones in the zoo haha
I f I could list zoo ones my list would be a lot longer!:-O:-O:-O
 
In the UK:

Eurasian Bittern
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
Squacco Heron
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
Great White Egret
Night Heron
Little Bittern

Brings back some happy memories.
 
My British list isn't bad

Purple Heron
Grey Heron
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Great White Egret
Squacco Heron
Night Heron
Bittern
Little Bittern

Green Heron especially should have been easily gettable but I don't drive lol

Jan
 
Bittern
American Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Green Heron
Squacco Heron
Indian Pond Heron
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Great Blue Heron
Purple Heron
Great White Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret

I did dip on a few on my recent US/Canada visit.
 
Great Bittern
Australasian Bittern
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Little Bittern
Yellow Bittern
Von Shrenck's Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Black Bittern
Malayan Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nankeen Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Green Heron
Little Heron
Squacco Heron
Indian Pond Heron
Chinese Pond Heron
Javan Pond Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Eastern Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Great Blue Heron
White-necked Heron
Black-headed Heron
Great-billed Heron
Purple Heron
Western Great Egret
Eastern Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Pied Heron
White-faced Heron
Snowy Egret
Little Egret
Pacific Reef Egret
Chinese Egret
 
Bittern
American Bittern
Little Bittern
Grey Heron
Great Blue Heron
Little Blue Heron
Purple Heron
Green heron
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-Crowned Night Heron
Tri-Colored Heron
 
American Bittern
Great Bittern
Zigzag Heron
Yellow Bittern
Little Bittern
Least Bittern
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Great Blue Heron
Grey Heron
White-necked (Cocoi) Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
White-faced Heron
Chinese Egret
Little Egret
Western Reef-Egret
Pacific Reef-Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
Chinese Pond-Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Green Heron
Striated Heron
Agami Heron
Whistling Heron
Capped Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Rufous Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Malayan Night-Heron
Boat-billed Heron

Total: 40

Plus Gapalagos/Lava Heron which recently got lumped, and Great White Heron, which might be split.
 
Ciconiiformes (Ardeidae)

Reddish Egret, Austwell, Texas
Black Heron, Baringo, Kenya, Africa
Tricolored Heron, Saint Joseph, Missouri
Little Blue Heron, Mound City, Missouri
Little Egret, Baringo, Kenya, Africa
Snowy Egret, Saint Joseph, Missouri
Intermediate Egret, Baringo, Kenya, Africa
Capped Heron, Sacha Lodge, Ecuador
Grey Heron, Nakuru, Kenya, Africa
Great Blue Heron, Smithville, Missouri
Great White Heron (may be split), Homestead, Florida
Cocoi Heron, Sacha Lodge, Ecuador
Black-headed Heron, Nakuru, Kenya, Africa
Goliath Heron, Baringo, Kenya, Africa
Purple Heron, Naivasha, Kenya, Africa
Great Egret, Mound City, Missouri
Cattle Egret, Mound City, Missouri
Squacco Heron, Baringo, Kenya, Africa
Striated Heron, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa
Green Heron, Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Agami Heron, Sacha Lodge, Ecuador
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Saint Joseph, Missouri
Black-crowned Night-Heron, Mound City, Missouri
Boat-billed Heron, Orotina, Costa Rica
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, Orotina, Costa Rica
Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Sacha Lodge, Ecuador
Least Bittern, Mound City, Missouri
American Bittern, Mound City, Missouri
Great Bittern, London, England

* If I add the rest of the Ciconiiformes families:
(Shoebill, Hamerkop, Ibis and Spoonbills and Storks)

Hamerkop, Baringo, Kenya, Africa
White Ibis, Austwell, Texas
Glossy Ibis, Stone Harbor, New Jersey
White-faced Ibis, Saint Joseph, Missouri
Hadada Ibis, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa
Sacred Ibis, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa
African Spoonbill, Bogoria, Kenya, Africa
Roseate Spoonbill, Sumner, Missouri
Wood Stork, Immokalee, Florida
Yellow-billed Stork, Baringo, Kenya, Africa
African Openbill, Kisumu, Kenya, Africa
Black Stork, Kisumu, Kenya, Africa
Abdim's Stork, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa
Woolly-necked Stork, Nakuru, Kenya, Africa
Jabiru, Rancho Humo, Costa Rica
Marabou Stork, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa
 
If including Ibises and Spoonbills my list is at 62. If including Storks, there are another 12 to add to the list!

Yellow Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-backed Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Black Bittern
Least Bittern
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Great Blue Heron
Gray Heron
Cocoi Heron
Pacific Heron
Black-headed Heron
Great-billed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
White-faced Heron
Chinese Egret
Little Egret
Pacific Reef-Heron
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Pied Heron
Slaty Egret
Black Heron
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
Chinese Pond-Heron
Javan Pond-Heron
Madagascar Pond-Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Green Heron
Striated Heron
Agami Heron
Capped Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Rufous Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White-backed Night-Heron
Boat-billed Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Puna Ibis
Green Ibis
Black-faced Ibis
Sacred Ibis
Black-headed Ibis
Australian Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Red-naped Ibis
Bald Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
African Spoonbill
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Roseate Spoonbill
 
I have seen 23.

1.Grey Heron
2.Great Blue Heron
3.Black-headed Heron
4.Purple Heron
5.Great Egret
6.Intermediate Egret
7.Snowy Egret
8.Little Egret
9.Western Reef-Heron
10.Squacco Heron
11.Indian Pond Heron
12.Cattle Egret
13.Striated Heron
14.Green Heron
15.Black-crowned Night-Heron
16.Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
17.Least Bittern
18.Yellow Bittern
19.Little Bittern
20.Cinnamon Bittern
21.Black Bittern
22.American Bittern
23.Great Bittern
 
I had three UK life ticks in about two hours last summer of Great White Egret,Cattle Egret and Purple Heron.......which was nice.
 
One day last spring I counted 17 grey herons in a small corner of one of the lakes at Lackford near Bury St Edmunds Suffolk. Little egrets are seen regularly and it is also a very good spot for bitterns.
 
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