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                      | Image Description: | 
                      Purple Heron stands by the water | 
                     
                     
                      | Image notes:  | 
                      Taken from Roadside near Scasta | 
                     
                     
                      | Species in Image:  | 
                      Purple Heron | 
                     
                     
                      | Date: | 
                      1977 | 
                     
                     
                      | Area:  | 
                      Mainland | 
                     
                     
                      | Old Haa Image Reference Number: | 
                      btc00424 | 
                     
                   
 
 
| General details: | 
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| Common Name | 
Purple Heron | 
 
 
| Latin Name | 
Ardea purpurea | 
 
 
| Latin Group Name | 
Ciconiiformes | 
 
 
| Latin Family Name | 
Ardeidae | 
 
 
| Common Family Name | 
Bitterns, Egrets and Herons | 
 
 
| Description | 
A very rare vagrant from southern Europe; 5 Shetland records. 3 of the 5 were from Fair Isle.
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