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Birds - Herons, Egret & Snipe Page 2
Image Taken on 21 Mar 2007
at 09:29 Image of day on 04 Apr 2007
Slightly earlier than previous years a heron is catching great
crested newts in at least two of the ponds. The only time we get
to see these cautious newts is in the beak of a heron.
Correction
12 Jan 2009: This is a Smooth Newt -
thanks to Barry Kemp for the info.
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Ref: 20070404_d10_20070321_0929_015 heron catching great crested newt in dragon pond (3 of 4) (web crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 15 Apr 2009
at 10:46 Image of day on 10 May 2009
On a rather overcast day this heron spent 10 minutes downing 6
assorted Great Crested Newts & Smooth Newts. This poor little
thing is the smaller Smooth Newt.
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Ref: 20090510_d01_20090415_1046_216 heron catching great crested newts & smooth newts at duck pond 13 of 15 (web crop 2)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 17 Jul 2016
at 17:46 Image of day on 01 Sep 2016
This Heron circled a couple of times just to our south-east.
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Ref: 20160901_df3_20160717_1746_077-083+093-099 heron circling east of plot 01-14 of 14 (impression montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 11 Jul 2008
at 13:15 Image of day on 25 Jul 2008
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Ref: 20080725_d01_20080711_1315_072 heron clambering out of duck pond with great crested newt & pond weed in beak(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image of day on 21 Feb 2005
Not for the squeamish!
On 28 Apr 2003 we got a whole series of images of herons feasting
on frogs. Also seen as early as mid-February but not this year
yet. More such feasts including Great Crested Newt on the Home
Page > Birds > Herons.
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Ref: 20050221_d32_03951 heron eating frog (cropped)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 23 Apr 2010
at 17:23 Image of day on 26 May 2010
Journalists love finding 'unfortunate' pictures of 'notables' caught
in awkward poses. Well this heron walking to our left with one
leg in the air, looking our way & decorated with daffodils shows
you can make even this hunter look a bit daft!
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Ref: 20100526_dc1_20100423_1723_057 heron facing camera while walking sideways with daffodils (crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 11 Aug 2015
at 16:28 Image of day on 14 Oct 2015
A long flight well above the horizon and gradually losing height
brought this Heron down to the pond across the brook. You can see
the legs moving relative to the tail as landing becomes more
imminent.
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Ref: 20151014_df3_20150811_1628_092-101 heron flying and aerobraking towards pond north of brook 01-10 of 10 (accurate montage @ 7fps)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 03 Sep 2014
at 12:54 Image of day on 14 Nov 2014
Finally getting too close to the road entrance another 20m or so
to the left, the Heron finally departed on the wing but staying
close to the ground, finally flying over the hedge and vanishing
from our site without re-appearing.
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Ref: 20141114_df2_20140903_1254_277-285 heron flying below hedge height along bridleway to north 1+3+5+7+9 of 9 (accurate montage alternate frames) @ 7fps)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 13 Jan 2013
at 09:27 Image of day on 15 Feb 2013
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Ref: 20130215_df1_20130113_0927_086 heron flying by (discontinuous) 16 of 19 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 13 Jan 2013
at 09:27 Image of day on 15 Feb 2013
One heron fly-by (after several weeks absence) becomes a montage and a closeup.
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Ref: 20130215_df1_20130113_0927_071-073 heron flying by 05-07 of 19 (arbitrary montage @ 7fps)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 03 May 2014
at 16:06 Image of day on 01 Jul 2014
Grey Herons have made a number of reasonably close fly-bys lately in
their majestic style.
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Ref: 20140701_df2_20140503_1606_330-335 heron flying by 1-6 of 6 (accurate montage @ 7fps)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 11 May 2014
at 14:52 Image of day on 12 Jul 2014
The Heron finally spots the human at the window and makes a near vertical departure.
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Ref: 20140712_df2_20140511_1452_228+230+232 heron flying from main pond after eating newt 31+33+35 of 35 (acc montage alt frames @7fps)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 08 Apr 2014
at 10:08 Image of day on 28 May 2014
This mature Heron flew past the Rookery - unexpectedly not getting
chased by any of the normally territorial rooks.
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Ref: 20140528_df2_20140408_1008_213-221 heron flying in front of trees in blossom 1-9 of 9 (accurate montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 19 Mar 2011
at 09:03 Image of day on 17 Apr 2011
This low-flying Heron didn't seem to notice us.
The long neck is often folded back like this in flight and sometimes
for hunting gradually preparing to shoot the head forward.
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Ref: 20110417_df1_20110319_0903_098 heron flying low almost overhead 25 of 27 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 20 Jun 2016
at 18:09 Image of day on 04 Aug 2016
This Heron made this elegant flyby, slightly spoiled by the high
voltage cable which nevertheless allowed us to make an accurate montage.
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Ref: 20160804_df3_20160620_1809_232-235 heron flying over 11kv cables 2-5 of 5 (accurate montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 20 Jun 2016
at 18:09 Image of day on 04 Aug 2016
The second from the left of the montage of the overflying Heron.
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Image Taken on 03 May 2014
at 16:07 Image of day on 01 Jul 2014
A Grey Heron flies low over the Oil-seed Rape flowers that are
just beginning to wilt after 5 weeks of lurid backdrop, along
with sometimes thick heads & runny noses for even those not
normally afflicted with hay-fever.
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Ref: 20140701_df2_20140503_1607_351-354 heron flying over flowering oil-seed rape 3-6 of 6 (accurate montage @7fp))(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 18 Aug 2013
at 09:14 Image of day on 13 Oct 2013
This heron made a distant flyby with the bird caught in the
sunlight, but cloud shading the field and house below.
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Ref: 20131013_df1_20130818_0914_023-028 heron flying over leamington farm 1-6 of 6 (accurate montage @ 7fps)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 11 Apr 2023
at 12:37 Image of day on 22 May 2023
A closer look at the Heron as it flew almost overhead.
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Image Taken on 26 Mar 2019
at 08:32 Image of day on 23 Apr 2019
Heron flies overhead.
We see far fewer Herons now that the Frogs and Newts have ceased visiting
the ponds to breed. Amphibians are having a terrible time
worldwide.
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