grey heron
Long-legged waterbird
A grey heron is a large wading bird common across Europe, Asia, and Africa, with blue-grey plumage, a white head, and a black stripe extending to a wispy crest.
It stands motionless in shallow water waiting to spear fish with its long, dagger-like bill.
Also spelled gray heron.
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- wading birdFowl of shallow waters
- birdFeathered flying vertebrate
- reed bedsWetland grass habitat
- waterClear essential liquid
fish · fish spear · stalking · still hunting · standing still · shallow water · marshes · avian · patient · dawn patrol · slate · courtship display · spear · long-legged · long neck · pond · territoriality · riverbank
- British Wildlifered deer, badgers, foxes, otter, red fox
- lake wildlifeperch, pike, bream, roach, eel
- long-billed birdspelican, brown pelican, white pelican, ibis, spoonbill
- wading birdsegret, herons, egrets, stilt, bittern
- Hungarian wildlifered deer, roe deer, wild boar, red fox, badger
- Amur RegionVladivostok, Manchuria