Herons & Egrets in Netherlands
Our list for Netherlands has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 3 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Netherlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentUncommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentRare58–65 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made