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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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#2,831
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...
#2,844
Day 2,844
Gray Heron
There were 9 Heron on the slope waiting for me (that included the male from the clearing). The little female was more or less in control bu...
#2,852
Day 2,852
Grey Heron
Another rather straightforward morning. The heron (8 of them) were waiting on the slope. The agressive chick and the little female (picture...
#2,855
Day 2,855
Grey Heron
Very cold morning. There were 5 heron met me on the slope. The little female and the less aggressive chick were amongst the missing. I have...
#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...
#2,858
Day 2,858
G|rey Heron
There were 7 heron around today. Five of them, including the little female and the juvenile (pictured). The little female is very subdued...
#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...
#2,866
Day 2,866
Grey Heron
There were no heron waiting when I arrived this morning. I made my way up the slope and waited. It wasn't long before the male from the cle...
#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...
#2,884
Day 2,884
Grey Heron
There were no heron around when I arrived at the loch this morning. I spoke to one of my regular dog walkers who said it was really strange...
#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...
#2,556
Day 2,556
Thank you for all the lovely comments. Like last year I forgot it was my end of year shot. Today the young one flew over to the gate followed by one o...
#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...
#2,575
Day 2,575
Young Grey Heron
The young one and the crow flew over to the entrance to the park today. The young one ran the last few yards and the crow waited on t...
#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...
#2,611
Day 2,611
Young Grey Heron
The young one met me by the path today! She had a feed then made her way to the edge of the loch to join the older female for some mo...
#2,634
Day 2,634
Young Grey Heron
We were quite busy and I forgot to post this one so a it is a day late. I got up before the work started again. The young one and the...
#2,641
Day 2,641
Young Grey Heron
I was just crossing the road this morning when I saw the young one flying towards me. She landed on the pavement just ahead of me and...
#2,658
Day 2,658
Young Grey Heron
The young one was watching for me from the centre of the loch this morning. As soon as I got close she flew over. I started feeding h...
#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...
#2,722
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...