The Life of Birds | Grey Heron | Ardea Cinerea

The Life of Birds | Grey Heron | Ardea Cinerea | Bird-watching

بلشون رمادي | Garza real | Héron cendré | Airone cenerino | אנפה אפורה | Blauwe reiger | Серая цапля | Diệc xám | ചാരമുണ്ടി | फुस्रो बकुल्ला | Garça-real-europeia | Graureiher | Gri balıkçıl

The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts 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. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows.


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