Heron portrait with fish                                                                                                                   Heron 04

Heron 03                                                                                                                                       Heron 08

Grey heron    Ardea cinerea (D)

A common sight in Britain, the Heron patrols its patch of riverbank waiting motionless for fish to pass by.  They are nervous birds with keen eyesight and therefore very difficult to approach.  I suspect they have been persecuted for centuries by fisherman who are jealous about the Heron's superior skills at catching fish!

Purple heron    Ardea purpurea (D)

A rare but regular visitor to Britain, often to be found skulking by canals and lakes with a good cover of vegetation.

Cattle egret    Bubulcus ibis

Little egret    Egretta garzetta

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