Herons & Egrets in Northumberland
Our list for Northumberland has 5 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 3 residents and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Northumberland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
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