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Grey heron

Ardea cinerea

Photo by BrunoMoller
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Field Notes

Description:

•They have a slow flight.
•They eat fish, amphibians, small mammals, insects and small birds.
•They breed in high trees close to lakes, the seashore or other wetlands.

Habitat:

Lowlands, mountain tarns, lakes, reservoirs, large and small rivers, marshes, ponds, ditches, flooded areas, coastal lagoons, estuaries and the sea shore
-I saw this heron in Hildesheim(Germany)

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