Heron

So he's back is he?

Great photo Milky,which way did he jump ?

Yes hes back Toto, and a pretty handsome bird to boot. Look at those markings.. Janette, he came down this side of the fence.....Joan has got .....did have bigger fish.......

Thats a lovely photo Milky

Fab. photo Milky :o)

Great shot Milky...who lost out ? Lol

Almost passed this photo by...thinking it was one of the fake statues, lol. Great shot, what a lovley bird.

He's beautiful. Last year I braved going up to one of our local church towers to look down on the heronry below. It was great but I don't cope with enclosed spaces very well and hated going up the narrow spiral staircase!

wow he is a grand looking chap milky,,lovely markings

Thanks all......Joan next door didnt think so when he flew of with one of her fish...............

oh dear i bet she didnt, like jacque i think you are best with netting,

A great picture Milky, you did well to capture it, all I seem to get is a view of one taking off or flying overhead, perhaps I should get a pond!

wow.....Milky what a super photo.fantastic looking bird.gone on to my favourites

I thought it was plastic when I first saw it ..great picture Milky , it has some lovely markings on it ..

Thanks Sanbaz.Pansy, Deida and Amy.........He certainly was handsome, and I would love to have got one with the fish in his mouth but the camera didnt react quick enough...............or maybe it was me............

You are good with that camera Maureen, I find they are quite shy - looks like you have a cheeky one, lol.

Dawn, its only the fact that it has a brilliant zoom on it ....I was upstairs and this was accross 2 gardens,

Come on then Maureen, spill the beans, what brilliant camera do you have?x

Its nothing flash.Dawn...its a Fuji finepix 12 meg with a 12 X zoom.........I delete far more pics than are useable.....

Well you have some lovely pics Maureen, I need a new camera - I'll have to be nice to John, lol

Ha ha ha Nudge nudge...................go for it Dawn..........Lol

I will try anything, lol.! Watch this space.

Go Girl...............

:-))))

I also thought he was a statue! Great picture.

He was very real Raquel.................and Huge

He looks it!

We have herons flying low over the top of us here as we are on the hilltop. ALthough herons are a bit sneaky about eating from ponds I still like them. We used to have a pond down the road where we lived before and had to net it over because the heron took some of our fish.

I like them Lindak, and when they fly they are so graceful.....and if they pinch some fish, well, they are only doing what comes naturally..............

We should learn to live with nature......we are all on the planet together Milky.

I agree Lindak...........

Lost over 100 fish in a little over a month to one (or several) of these pesky critters - in a pond that I had always thought was 'heron proof'. The pond now has ONE fish and the ducks and ducklings (currently 13) that have taken it over the last 2 years have decimated the many lilies. Fabulous photo......but it does make me grit my teeth a bit!

Fab Catch Milky :)

Thanks Jacque..........Sorry about your fish Tosh............

Yes me 2 Tosh i feel 4 u as i lost 2 of my own fish afew wks back 2 a Heron Myself & 1 ended up with injuries but shes all well again now :)

where is my shot-gun

i am the same.

want to say to you all fish keepers like me GET A £25 PLASTIC HERON and move it about the pond daily and you will not loose another fish.

got this from a guy who had a pond 7ft deep and 25,000 gallons and koi as long as your arm

herons are solitary feeders and will not feed with another heron present.

dave

With you totally Dave.......but the fake heron is a bit of a sore point in my family unfortunately....I was so incensed at the loss 20 or so fish (which by the way are not in my pond but my mothers - and till recently I tended her garden for her and therefore felt very territorial about the fish) that I purchased ye olde worlde plasticky heron which to my mind looked pretty sharp. If I'd been a heron, I wouldn't have messed with it anyway............but other members of my family thought it looked naff!!!! So we lost all the rest of the fish........'nuff said!

This is a Beautiful photo of this beautiful Chappie. I have never seen a Heron
in my Garden.............You are so lucky to get a glimpse of one.

But not so lucky for our poor Fish, I have lost a pondful of Koi, in one go.
Still, restocked and now keep net on all year round!

Freesiaperson x

Yes Freesiaperson...thats what we have to do as well Lol

Great pic Milky - well done

Thanks cottageg