Herons & Egrets in Poland
Our list for Poland has 9 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 6 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Poland 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
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorRare78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorRare40–49 cmRegularly May–Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly 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