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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A Purple Heron tests the water |
| Image notes: |
Taken from Roadside near Scasta |
| Species in Image: |
Purple Heron |
| Date: |
1977 |
| Area: |
Mainland |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00423 |
| 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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