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I live in Edinburgh in Scotland, I enjoy taking wildlife photos mainly birds. I am now on my 7th year which highlights my daily interaction with a young Heron at a nearby loch.
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#2,672
Day 2,672
Grey Heron
There were 3 herons today, the little female (pictured), the nervous male and the young male. They all met me near the entrance to the park...
#2,688
Day 2,688
Grey Heron
The little female (pictured) and the adult male flew over to the park entrance this morning. As soon as they landed the little female chase...
#2,691
Day 2,691
Grey Heron
There were a couple of dogwalkers this morning so I just made my way straight to the clearing. As soon as I got there, the nervous male fle...
#2,722
Day 2,722
Grey Heron
There were 3 Heron today. The little female (pictured) and the nervy male met me on the grass near the dovecote but after a few minutes the...
#2,764
Day 2,764
Grey Heron
There was one Heron that landed on a roof just as I arrived at the park! I was also greeted by 4 crows. There were 3 Heron at the entrance...
#2,831
Day 2,831
Grey Heron
A very nice morning albeit very cold (-2). There were 8 heron in total today. The little female and 6 others were at the entrance. Then the...
#2,832
Day 2,832
Grey Heron
Another cold morning! The loch was frozen over and there were 7 Heron waiting at the entrance to the park. It is difficult to feed them all...
#2,839
Day 2,839
Grey Heron
Not as bad a morning weather wise. There were 4 heron watching from a tenement roof so obviously not as windy. There were six heron at the...
#2,840
Day 2,840
Grey Heron
Quite strong gusts at the tail end of storm Jocelyn. It meant the Heron were all waiting on the slope. They all flew over when I arrived an...
#2,857
Day 2,857
Grey Heron
The "chick" (pictured) who must be 11mths old so I'll refer to as the juvenile from now on flew down from the tenement roof and was waiting...
#2,860
Day 2,860
There were 7 Heron over today on the slope. The little female was back and I was able to give her a good feed even though she was at times harrassed b...
#2,862
Day 2,862
Grey Heron
Difficult to say how many Heron came over this morning I would guess at six but they all appeared in dribs and drabs. In fact there were no...
#2,868
Day 2,868
Grey Heron
There were 7 heron today on the slope. The two Juveniles were there as was the male from the clearing and the little female. I got them all...
#2,870
Day 2,870
Grey Heron
There were 6 heron today. The little female, the nervy juvenile, the adult from the clearing and the young adult with the dark patch on his...
#2,881
Day 2,881
Grey Heron
There were 7 Heron again today. All the usual suspects from yesterday. The shot is is Hyde before he started chasing the rest. I did manage...
#2,893
Day 2,893
Grey Heron (Juvenile)
There were 3 heron totay. There is no predicting just now. I think there may be nest building going on. I have seen one but ther...
#2,895
Day 2,895
Grey Heron
There were 4 heron today, the little female, the young male, Jekyll (pictured) and and the adult male. They are all getting a bit extra as...
#2,918
Day 2,918
Grey Heron
There were 3 Heron today. It seems to be more often at the weekend the numbers are down. The little female who still has a sticky crest (pi...
#2,567
Day 2,567
The gang
The complete gang (well nearly there are often more crows). Clockwise from the bottom; the young one, the crow, the gull, the older female, t...
#2,581
Day 2,581
Young Grey Heron
Nothing very unusual to report today other than the young one was the hungriest I have seen her in a while. Present today were; This...
#2,595
Day 2,595
Young Grey heron
Today all 4 heron were about both times, plus of course the gull and the crows. It is very strange feeding the very young heron as it...
#2,596
Day 2,596
Young Grey Heron
A quick preen before eating this morning. However the leaves proved to be a bit pesky so she flew back to the water for the rest of h...
#2,603
Day 2,603
Young Grey Heron
When I went towards the loch today, the young one spotted me and flew over to the grass. She had a fair feed then flew to the water's...
#2,605
Day 2,605
Young Grey Heron
Running late today - suffice it to say that all 4 herons were around today and the young one met me on the grass! No PM visit as we h...