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                      | Image details: |  |   
                      | Image Description: | A Grey Heron stands alone |   
                      | Image notes: | At the head of Mid-Yell voe |   
                      | Species in Image: | Grey Heron |   
                      | Date: | 1980 |   
                      | Area: | Yell |   
                      | Old Haa Image Reference Number: | btc00415 |  
 
 
| General details: |  |   
| Common Name | Grey Heron |   
| Latin Name | Ardea cinerea |   
| Shetland Name | Haigrie |   
| Latin Group Name | Ciconiiformes |   
| Latin Family Name | Ardeidae |   
| Common Family Name | Bitterns, Egrets and Herons |   
| Description | Fairly common passage migrant, scarce winter visitor.  It is thought that the majority of heron seen in Shetland are on passage to or from Scandinavia.  No breeding records since 1930s. |  |