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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 streak
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London Road Gardens
We went for a walk through these gardens
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Swan
A swan on golden reflected water
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Tower on the shore
The remains of a much altered tower windmill stand at the corner of Tower Street and The Shore. It was originally erected some time...
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Barges on the Shore
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Day 1,926
Black headed Gull
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Pigeon
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Grey Heron
The young grey heron
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Sandwich Tern
About to dive
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Whacky Races
2 Coots
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Young Grey Heron
When I approached the loch this morning the young Heron was standing on a concrete pipe looking towards the entrance. The pipe is in...
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Young Grey Heron
As I was approaching the loch this morning I could see the Young Heron flying over from the loch to land on the grass just ahead of m...
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Young Grey Heron
The young Heron was very near the entrance this morning and came "running" to meet me. She wasn't completely happy there and flew a f...
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Young Grey Heron
When I went to the loch this morning I could not see the young Heron anywhere. An old man walking his dog approached me and said "It'...
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Day 2,413
Young Grey Heron
I went up to the loch a bit earlier today. I spotted the young heron on the fence surrounding the loch. As soon as she saw me she fle...
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Grey Heron
A slight change today. This is one of this year's chicks. It is amazing to be able to see it.
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Young Grey Heron
The whole gang arrived at the foot of the loch today. The young one chased away the male than landed beside the older female. The you...
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Young grey heron
The whole gang were out in force again today. The youngest one is much more confident at coming over. I never imagined I would get to...
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Day 2,560
Young Grey Heron
The young one flew over to the grass this morning. She had her share of the sardines and flew back to the water's edge and got some m...
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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...
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Young Grey Heron
Things went very smoothly today the young one flew from the viewing platform to the water and got a bit of a feed before the older fe...
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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...
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Young Grey Heron
MrsD came with me today and met all 4 heron. She has not seen them all before. She fed the crows while I fed the heron and almost had...
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Young Grey Heron
The young one was waiting at the edge of the loch. The older female was not around. I fed the young one then made my way round to fee...
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Young Grey Heron
Only 3 Heron today (the youngest one was missing) and boy were the spooked. The young one and the older female took off midway throug...