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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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#2,529
Day 2,529
Young Grey Heron
The young one flew to the entrance and got some of her whitebait. They are doing some further work at the other side of the loch and...
#2,533
Day 2,533
Young grey heron and older female
When I went to the loch this morning it was only the older female and the male who were around. They both flew over...
#2,542
Day 2,542
Young grey Heron
The young one was walking towards me, near the entrance, this morning. The older female flew over to a tree and made sure it was safe...
#2,548
Day 2,548
Young Grey Heron
The older female was the only one around this morning and followed me all the way round the loch she basically got a whole rainbow tr...
#2,584
Day 2,584
Young Grey Heron
The only heron around this morning was the young one. She got a pretty good feed as she had no competition other than the crows. I wa...
#2,587
Day 2,587
Young Grey Heron
I could not see the young one this morning. It was only the older female that was around. I fed her and made my way to the clearing w...
#2,590
Day 2,590
Grey Heron
The young one did not appear today. I am not sure why but she will probably be back tomorrow. This is the male, who was the only one around...
#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...
#2,757
Day 2,757
Grey Heron
Strange morning. I made my way up to the loch about the same time as yesterday, however it was a lot lighter. When I looked up at the roof...
#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...
#2,786
Day 2,786
Grey Heron
After one of the coldest nights of the year, so far, I was not really surprised to see 3 heron watching for me from the Tenement roof. When...
#2,792
Day 2,792
Grey Heron
Coldest morning yet with black ice and heavy ground frost. There were 4 heron around! One watching from the roof outside the park (pictured...
#2,806
Day 2,806
Grey Heron
There were 7 heron again today! Six at the entrance to the park and the adult male at the clearing. A lot of jostling for position from the...
#2,828
Day 2,828
Grey Heron
There was no problems today I am pleased to say. There were 7 Heron at the entrance and I managed to feed most of them. The chick had a go...
#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...
#2,832
Day 2,832
Grey Heron
Another cold morning! The loch was frozen over and there were 7 Heron waiting at the entrance to the park. It is difficult to feed them all...
#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...
#2,864
Day 2,864
Grey Heron
Strangely only 4 heron this morning, the little female (pictured) the male from the clearing another young male almost adult but a very dar...
#2,868
Day 2,868
Grey Heron
There were 7 heron today on the slope. The two Juveniles were there as was the male from the clearing and the little female. I got them all...
#2,878
Day 2,878
Grey Heron
There were 4 Heron today. A slightly different mix from yesterday. The little female wasn't there but the two juveniles were (they are like...
#2,885
Day 2,885
Grey Heron
There were 5 heron today. They all met me on the slope. The little female, the adult male, the male with the dark patch, another young male...
#2,890
Day 2,890
Grey Heron
There were 6 Heron today mostly the regulars but one was a newcomer as it did not know what was going on. The rest had a good feed. A greyl...
#2,892
Day 2,892
Grey Heron
There is no predicting the Heron today there were 8 Heron over. The most notable were the little female the adult male, the heron who doesn...
#2,916
Day 2,916
Grey Heron
Another 7 heron over today more or less the same as yesterday except hyde was back and one of the older one's was not. They all got a feed....