For the purposes of our bird news services, this species is classed as Scarce: broadly speaking, species that are covered in British Birds' annual review of scarce species (and forms of similar rarity).

France 08/05/13	France 08/05/13	Arcot Ponds, Northumbs 16/05/13	Spain 10/05/13	Spain 10/05/13
Spain 13/05/13	Spain 13/05/13	Greece 23/04/13	Spain 05/05/13	East Chevington NWT, Northumbs 04/05/13
Spain 19/04/13	Sri Lanka 03/03/13	Spain 05/04/13	France 17/08/12	France 19/08/11
Radipole Lake RSPB, Dorset 21/10/12	India 20/10/12	College Reservoir, Cornwall 18/10/12	College Reservoir, Cornwall 18/10/12	Radipole Lake RSPB, Dorset 15/10/12
Sri Lanka 11/10/12	Sri Lanka 11/10/12	Radipole Lake RSPB, Dorset 10/10/12	Radipole Lake RSPB, Dorset 10/10/12	Greece 28/09/12

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Purple Heron breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country, and a map of population densities):

Albania
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Macedonia
Moldova
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovakia
Spain
Turkey
Ukraine

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	RSPB: Purple Heron breeding success a UK first	Friday 25th June 2010
	The RSPB have confirmed that the Dungeness Purple Herons are the first to successfully breed in the UK.   read on
	RSPB: Threatened nature reserve hosts rare visitors	Tuesday 18th May 2010
	Purple Herons nest at Dungeness.   read on

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