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This majestic, solitary heron is a sight to behold. Keep an eye out for the grey-plumaged beauty when traversing the warmer parts of Europe \u2013and even Amsterdam!<\/p>\n
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Natural habitat: <\/strong>temperate Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa (favor lakes, rivers, and wetlands)<\/p>\n Source: 1<\/a>, 2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This majestic, solitary heron is a sight to behold. Keep an eye out for the grey-plumaged beauty when traversing the warmer parts of Europe \u2013and even Amsterdam! Natural habitat: temperate Europe, Asia, and parts of Africa (favor lakes, rivers, and wetlands) Protection status: Secure Population: estimates range from 790,000-3,700,000 globally Size: the largest heron […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-tips-intel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2882"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98897735,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2882\/revisions\/98897735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nProtection status:<\/strong> Secure
\nPopulation: <\/strong>estimates range from 790,000-3,700,000 globally
\nSize:<\/strong> the largest heron in Europe, with a body length generally ranging from 84 to 102 cm<\/p>\n
\nLife span:<\/strong> 5 years
\nDiet:<\/strong> fish, amphibians, small mammals, insects and reptiles
\nPersonality: <\/strong>Who needs friends? Not these birds! Grey herons need their alone time\u2026and a lot of it at that.
\nFun fact: <\/strong>The grey heron can stand as still as a statue \u2013and it\u2019s often mistaken for one. Humans can find it difficult to tell one apart from a plastic model typically placed near garden ponds<\/p>\n