Trying to learn about herons. Grey (the most common) herons are colonial breeders – they nest together like rooks in what are known as heronries. Very often these are on islands within lakes. In towns they can be in public parks. In the country it could be gravel pits or landscaped parkland belonging to big private landowners, historically aristocrats.
I delivered Eleanor to a residential course south of Oxford today, so stopped off at Blenheim Park on the way back. You don’t get more aristocratic than that. Luckily there’s free public access to the park – and a heronry. It’s well over a hundred yards off shore, but I watched for a whole afternoon.
Herons don’t do much for long periods, then do a lot quickly. The video shows one of a pair collecting a giant twig for nest building and delivering it to its other half, which is standing on the nest itself. Then it turns back into a statue.
Not sure which sex is which yet, but it was a good outing. Saw a lot of behaviour and learnt a lot. And I went to visit Winston’s grave at Bladen nearby, which mum would have loved.
I delivered Eleanor to a residential course south of Oxford today, so stopped off at Blenheim Park on the way back. You don’t get more aristocratic than that. Luckily there’s free public access to the park – and a heronry. It’s well over a hundred yards off shore, but I watched for a whole afternoon.
Herons don’t do much for long periods, then do a lot quickly. The video shows one of a pair collecting a giant twig for nest building and delivering it to its other half, which is standing on the nest itself. Then it turns back into a statue.
Not sure which sex is which yet, but it was a good outing. Saw a lot of behaviour and learnt a lot. And I went to visit Winston’s grave at Bladen nearby, which mum would have loved.
Trying to learn about herons. Grey (the most common) herons are colonial breeders – they nest together like rooks in what are known as heronries. Very often these are on islands within lakes. In towns they can be in public parks. In the country it could be gravel pits or landscaped parkland belonging to big private landowners, historically aristocrats.
I delivered Eleanor to a residential course south of Oxford today, so stopped off at Blenheim Park on the way back. You don’t get more aristocratic than that. Luckily there’s free public access to the park – and a heronry. It’s well over a hundred yards off shore, but I watched for a whole afternoon.
Herons don’t do much for long periods, then do a lot quickly. The video shows one of a pair collecting a giant twig for nest building and delivering it to its other half, which is standing on the nest itself. Then it turns back into a statue.
Not sure which sex is which yet, but it was a good outing. Saw a lot of behaviour and learnt a lot. And I went to visit Winston’s grave at Bladen nearby, which mum would have loved.
I delivered Eleanor to a residential course south of Oxford today, so stopped off at Blenheim Park on the way back. You don’t get more aristocratic than that. Luckily there’s free public access to the park – and a heronry. It’s well over a hundred yards off shore, but I watched for a whole afternoon.
Herons don’t do much for long periods, then do a lot quickly. The video shows one of a pair collecting a giant twig for nest building and delivering it to its other half, which is standing on the nest itself. Then it turns back into a statue.
Not sure which sex is which yet, but it was a good outing. Saw a lot of behaviour and learnt a lot. And I went to visit Winston’s grave at Bladen nearby, which mum would have loved.
Trying to learn about herons. Grey (the most common) herons are colonial breeders – they nest together like rooks in what are known as heronries. Very often these are on islands within lakes. In towns they can be in public parks. In the country it could be gravel pits or landscaped parkland belonging to big private landowners, historically aristocrats.
I delivered Eleanor to a residential course south of Oxford today, so stopped off at Blenheim Park on the way back. You don’t get more aristocratic than that. Luckily there’s free public access to the park – and a heronry. It’s well over a hundred yards off shore, but I watched for a whole afternoon.
Herons don’t do much for long periods, then do a lot quickly. The video shows one of a pair collecting a giant twig for nest building and delivering it to its other half, which is standing on the nest itself. Then it turns back into a statue.
Not sure which sex is which yet, but it was a good outing. Saw a lot of behaviour and learnt a lot. And I went to visit Winston’s grave at Bladen nearby, which mum would have loved.
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