Western Reef Heron
Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792) (0, 0)
Photo © Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
STATUS
Southern Europe, Africa and parts of Asia. Polytypic.
OVERVIEW
A potential first for Britain.
BBRC RECORDS
P). 2026 Pembrokeshire Sandy Haven, dark-morph, 13th May, photo, again, 24th to 27th June, video; same, Pickleridge Pools, Gann Estuary, 29th June to 11th July; also seen Caernarfonshire.
(birding information services).
P). 2026 Caernarfonshire Foryd Bay, dark-morph, 5th to 6th and 8th to 12th June, photo; same, Dinas Dinlle, 6th June; same, Caernarfon Castle Harbour, 7th and 10th June; presumed same, Llandudno then Conwy RSPB and Deganwy, Afon Conwy, dark-morph, 17th to 21st June, video; same as Pembrokeshire.
(birding information services).
