Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 (0, 2)
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STATUS
North and Central America. Polytypic.
OVERVIEW
Lightning does strike twice! Two earlier records, in November 1968 and 1982 were both known to have been hand fed on board ship and have not been accepted.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 2007 Isles of Scilly Lower Moors, St Mary's, juvenile, 7th December, photo.
(British Birds 101: plate 33; Birding World 20 (12): 486, photo; A. Fisher, Birding World 20 (12): 497-502, plates 1-4, 8; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 101: 531, plate 262; A. Fisher, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2007: 108-111, plates 5-7 & Front Cover; BOURC (2009), Ibis 151: 225; E. A. Fisher, British Birds 103: 206-212, plates 110-112).
2). 2015 Isles of Scilly Lower Moors and nearby areas, St Mary's, also Great Pool, Tresco, 2CY, 14th to 15th and 27th April to 6th May; same, Great Pool, Bryher, 16th to 25th April, photo.
(British Birds 108: plate 224; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 578, plate 307).
