Green Heron
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Wetlands (very rare).
Diet: Fish.
Best time to spot: American small heron.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
Recent UK sightings
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Similar birds
- Streaked Heron · Wetlands (extreme vagrant)
- Striated Heron · Wetlands (extreme vagrant)
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron · Wetlands (very rare)
- American Bittern · Reedbeds (very rare vagrant)
- Audouin's Gull · Coast (very rare)
- Audubon's Shearwater · Pelagic (very rare)
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