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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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Squirrel
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Cormorant
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Sailing
#theme-mono Still no sign of the young Heron. She has disappeared in the past. Usually for about 3 or 4 days but once she was away for about 1...
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Young Grey Heron
The wanderer returns. A nice surprise waiting at the clearing! Not really a great surprise as it is consistently 3 days she is away f...
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Rat
The lochside is probably full of them. More recently I regularly see them coming onto the pathway to feed on anything that has been dropped or not...
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Young Grey Heron
The young heron was waiting for me again today at the same spot. Someone had just thrown a load of bread nearby and the gulls were go...
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Young grey heron
I made my way up to the loch as it was getting light. I couldn't see the Young Heron on the platform near the middle of the loch so c...
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Young Grey Heron
When I went up to the loch this morning it was blowing a gale! There was no sign whatsoever of the young Heron. In fact there was ver...
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Young Grey Heron
I was a bit late getting to the loch today and thought I saw the young heron flying to the nest. On looking closer, it looked more li...
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Young Grey Heron
The young heron flew over to the grass gave herself a shake and fluffed up her feathers before eating. Since the chicks have fledged...
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Young Grey Heron
The young heron with the other female. She was still reluctant to eat when she was around but if I threw the other female's whitebait...
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Young Grey Heron
The young one flew over to the entrance to meet me this morning. She had some whitebait but wasn't to keen. The supply I have just fi...
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Young Grey Heron
There was no sign of the young one this morning. The older female and the male were around though. MrsD joined me and got to finally...
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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...
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Young Grey Heron
Another very straightforward day. The young one flew over to the grass and had a couple of bits of sardine before a dog chased her ba...
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Day 2,577
Young Grey Heron
A pretty straightforward day today! The young one and the crow met me at the gate to the park. They had a feed then flew to the water...
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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...
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Young Grey Heron
The young one was waiting on the viewing platform and the older female was in the water at the side of the platform. I fed them both...
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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...
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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...
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Grey Heron
This heron was watching for me as i approached the Loch. There were 5 Heron today. The same 4 as yesterday plus the other young female, who...
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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...
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Grey Heron
After a very stormy night I wasn't sure what to expect this morning. Storm Isha had pretty much subsided and when I got to the park the Her...
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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...