Herons & Egrets in East Riding of Yorkshire
Our list for East Riding of Yorkshire has 5 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 4 residents and 1 summer visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in East Riding of Yorkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentRare69–81 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRegularly May–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Eurasian Bittern 69–81 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: 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