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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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#2,896
Day 2,896
Grey Heron
Against the normal for a weekend turnout there were 5 heron over today. They included, the little female (pictured), Jekyll, the adult male...
#2,557
Day 2,557
Things were a bit chaotic today when I entered the park I thought the young one was waiting for me on top of the dovecote. However as I got closer and...
#2,561
Day 2,561
Young Grey Heron
Confusing day today. The young one and the older female came over to the waters edge this morning. The dog walkers were all sitting a...
#2,583
Day 2,583
Young Grey Heron
Rather a wet start today and as there were dog walkers on the viewing platform the young one had to meet me at the water edge and was...
#2,659
Day 2,659
Young Grey Heron
The young one flew over to the grass to meet me this morning. She had most of her feed then got chased by a dog back to the water. I...
#2,667
Day 2,667
The little female was the only heron around today and she didn't stay long. She was spooked by a jogger who ran right into us. She flew up to the dove...
#2,738
Day 2,738
Grey Heron
This morning there was a Heron watching for me from the roof of a tenement near the park. As I passed it flew over and landed in the park a...
#2,763
Day 2,763
Grey Heron
Fireworks were very noisy last night, right through to midnight. There had been a lot of trouble in other areas of Edinburgh so I did not k...
#2,809
Day 2,809
Grey Heron
Like yesterday there were 6 Heron to meet me at the entrance to the park. Unlike yesterday the dog owner (different one to yesterday) let h...
#2,811
Day 2,811
Grey Heron
Quite a cold morning at the loch! There were 6 Heron! A more manageable number 5 were at the entrance and the Adult male (pictured)was at t...
#2,842
Day 2,842
Grey Heron
There were 6 heron waiting at the entrance to the park. The little female (pictured) and the chick were at it again and the chick came out...
#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...
#2,869
Day 2,869
Grey Heron
There were 9 heron today the little female, the male from the clearing, the male with the dark patch(pictured) and the juvenile were amongs...
#2,882
Day 2,882
Grey Heron
There were 5 Heron today. The Adult male and the young male with the dark patch were missing today. The shot today is one of the young male...
#2,888
Day 2,888
Grey Heron
I went up to the loch a bit earlier today and there were 5 heron, You just cannot predict them. The two that were missing were Jekyll and H...
#2,558
Day 2,558
Grey Heron
The older female Heron was waiting on the dovecote but was facing in the wrong direction. The young one spotted me from the loch and flew o...
#2,570
Day 2,570
Young Grey Heron
The young one flew down and met me on the grass near the loch. She had a good feed then headed to the water. I had given the crows an...
#2,615
Day 2,615
Say hello, wave goodbye
Sorry to see yet another long term Tookapicker leave, @jazzie. I fully understand why she is leaving and feel I may not be far...
#2,627
Day 2,627
Young Grey Heron
There were a lot of dog walkers around this morning so the young one and the older female were waiting at the edge of the loch. I fed...
#2,631
Day 2,631
Young Grey Heron
Only 3 heron again today. No sign of the older female. The young one flew to meet me then flew back to the edge of the loch. She got...
#2,649
Day 2,649
Young grey Heron
I saw all 4 Heron today. The young one flew over to the rail of the viewing platform then jumped into the water to be fed. When she h...
#2,778
Day 2,778
Grey Heron
The two heron were watching from the tenement roof again this morning. They flew down when I got into the park and were joined by the littl...
#2,819
Day 2,819
Making my way up to the loch this morning I noticed 4 heron on the Tenement roof. They appear to be facing the wrong way but they are looking down int...
#2,827
Day 2,827
Grey Heron
bit of bother with a dog walkwer today but the heron all got fed. A bit pushed for time tonight will follow up tomorrow. This is the chick...