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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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Day 2,648
Young Grey Heron
The young one was waiting on the top of the dovecote today. She found a safe spot and flew down. There was no sign of the older femal...
#2,671
Day 2,671
Grey Heron
There were 3 Heron today, 2 met me at the entrance, the little female (pictured) and the young male. The gull and the crows were also there...
#2,676
Day 2,676
Grey Heron
There was a big football match last night and as the stadium is almost next door to the park there would have been a lot of noise. This put...
#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...
#2,770
Day 2,770
Grey Seal
and a Cormorant
#2,774
Day 2,774
Morag
#2,789
Day 2,789
Grey Heron
Another very cold morning -2 or -3 and the loch was frozen over. The same 2 heron were there the adult male and the little female (pictured...
#2,816
Day 2,816
Grey Heron
There were 7 Heron again today! Three were watching from the tenement roofs and flew down as I got to the park.There were no issues at all...
#2,817
Day 2,817
Grey Heron
Happy New Year everyone! I wasn't too sure what to expect this morning as my neighbour's daughter had been walking her dog round the loch l...
#2,830
Day 2,830
Grey Heron
A very easy day today, in total there were 9 heron, 6 at the entrance including the little female. Another 2 must have joined as a couple o...
#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...
#2,858
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...
#2,888
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...
#2,897
Day 2,897
There were 5 heron again today including the little female, the adult male and Jekyll. It wasn't the same 5 as yesterday. though. The young male was n...
#2,914
Day 2,914
Grey Heron
There were 5 Heron over today. The little female (pictured), the adult male, the original young one(?), and the male with the dark patch we...
#2,566
Day 2,566
Young Grey Heron
I wasn't sure what o expect this morning after the frights the Heron all got yesterday. I was delighted when the young one met me at...
#2,592
Day 2,592
Young Grey Heron
The whole gang were back today. The young one and the older female at the entrance end of the loch and the male and the youngest one...
#2,602
Day 2,602
Young Grey Heron
The older female flew over from the trees to the edge of the water. The gull followed me in and the crow landed beside me on the fenc...
#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...
#2,626
Day 2,626
young grey heron
The young one met me on the grass today and had some of her feed then joined the older female at the edge of the loch. I fed them bot...
#2,654
Day 2,654
Stormy weather
The forecast stormy weather moved in today. Not quite as bad as the forecast said but definitely very wet and wintery. Glad we had our...
#2,666
Day 2,666
Grey Heron
I was pleased to see the little female heron returned today. I must have missed her yesterday. I didn't expect to see the adult male and th...
#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...
#2,819
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...