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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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#2,570
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...
#2,571
Day 2,571
Young Grey Heron
The young one flew over to the grass to meet me this morning she got a good share of sardine before flying over to the water to be jo...
#2,608
Day 2,608
Young Gray Heron
Time for only a morning visit as covid/flu vac's due today. It turns out it probably wouldn't matter anyway as the high wind and heav...
#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...
#2,616
Day 2,616
Young grey heron
Only one visit today as we had a hospital visit PM. The only thing of note was a crow stealing a bit of fish from the young one on th...
#2,624
Day 2,624
Young Grey Heron
Oops I forgot to post this yesterday. Mrs D came up again, it was very wet and windy and the two females struggled to land. The young...
#2,637
Day 2,637
Young Grey Heron
The young one flew to meet me this morning she stood until I drew level (I noticed how much bigger she is compared to when I first sa...
#2,648
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...
#2,654
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...
#2,768
Day 2,768
Grey Heron
Last visit for a week. Quite sad to be leaving them but we really need a break. The young male was watching for me from the roof of a tenem...
#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...
#2,842
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...
#2,849
Day 2,849
Grey Heron
Another relatively straightforward day 7 heron were on the slope waiting (it was very windy). The little female and the two "chicks" were t...
#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...
#2,863
Day 2,863
Grey Heron
There were about 7 heron on the slope today including the little female (pictured) and the male from the clearing. This is the second day t...
#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...
#2,897
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...
#2,912
Day 2,912
Grey Heron
Got a friend staying so no time fro write ups over the next few days 5 Heron over. This is the little female.
#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...
#2,917
Day 2,917
Grey Heron
There were 4 heron today, there is just no predicting. The little female who seemed to have a sticky crest and the adult male (pictured) we...
#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...
#2,572
Day 2,572
Young Grey Heron
Felt a bit guilty today as I was a little later getting up to the loch. The young one was waiting on the viewing platform in the heav...