grey heron

Energetic black dog, sedate grey heron

Regular companions in the River Ver, St Albans, August 2023 (taken on iPhone) Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings. I’ll […]

-London

Regents Park locals enjoying the sun

Regents Park, London, March 2023 Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings. I’ll admit that many of us openly break the […]

-Hertfordshire

A youngster out for a stroll

Juvenile grey heron, St Albans, February 2021 Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings. I’ll admit that many of us openly […]

Bird and Animal Challenges

Alert

A heron and its reflection stand duty, St Albans, November 2020 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 13 November 2020 Posted as part of Weekend Reflection …

-London

Tasty

– Over to all of you to join the challenge with your own tasty post. – – Thanks to everyone who brought us some fish last week – it was great to see […]

-Hertfordshire

This grey heron kindly came across from Heron Island in St Albans’ ornamental lake. He seemed well settled in the chalk stream, the River Ver, that runs alongside the lake […]

-Edinburgh

Heron on the Water of Leith

-Hertfordshire

Nesting Herons

The grey herons that visit St Albans every winter are doing very nicely, with at least six of the nesting couples now sitting on eggs. They keep pretty well hidden […]

-Edinburgh

Scruffy Heron

There are many things I enjoy about walking on the Water of Leith; spotting a grey heron is one of them. Linked to Wild Bird Wednesday and I’d Rather B Birdin’

-Edinburgh

Heron on the Water of Leith

The grey heron is relatively common in the UK: you’ll find the around any area of water, even garden ponds, as they feed largely on fish. But they also eat small birds […]