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  BBC - h2g2 - The Grey Heron
Herons are strong, though slow, fliers, and a feeding range of 20 or even 30km is within their capability.
Herons are undoubtedly a problem for the breeders and fanciers of exotic fish (koi carp, for instance).
Some herons evidently dislike the taste of goldfish, but their instinct to work out a pond is so strong that they will continue to kill its occupants in the hope of finding something better.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A4135691   (1802 words)

  
 BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Grey heron
Grey herons are large, long-legged birds with a long s-shaped neck.
Grey herons breed in colonies, or sometimes solitarily, typically in woodland near to water.
A close relative of the grey heron, the purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is a southern European species that on rare occasions is found in Britain.
www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3025.shtml   (309 words)

  
 Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea
Gaunt grey herons are among the most familiar of our local water birds.
Occupied herons' nests may be readily told by numerous droppings on the ground beneath them.
Herons suffer greatly during severe weather and the majority of ringing recoveries are in winter.
www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /bird-guide/grey-heron.htm   (607 words)

  
 Birds
The Grey Heron is a large grey bird with very long legs and a long pointed beak.
The young Grey Heron does not have this fl tuft, and its body is a paler grey than the adult.
Grey Herons make a loud squawk when flying and croak when sitting in the nest.
www.naturegrid.org.uk /biodiversity/birds/heron.htm   (564 words)

  
 Grey Heron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa.
This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes and spoonbills, which extend their necks.
The Australian White-faced Heron is often incorrectly called Grey Heron.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grey_Heron   (296 words)

  
 grey heron (ardea cinera): info fact sheet, photos
The Grey Heron is the largest bird in Singapore, standing at 1m tall with a wingspan of 2m.
Grey Herons eat whatever they can catch: fish, amphibians, arthropods (insects, spiders), crustacea (crabs), and even small mammals (rodents), reptiles (hatchling turtles), small birds (catching these on the wing).
Grey Herons in Singapore are vulnerable to the loss of breeding grounds as mangroves and other suitable habitats are cleared.
www.naturia.per.sg /buloh/birds/Ardea_cinerea.htm   (1003 words)

  
 Grey Heron
A heron is often difficult to spot when it is resting, head hunched between its shoulders, motionless and silent.
The plumage of a heron may become dirty when it is catching wet and slippery prey.
Herons nest in colonies, or heronries, usually in the tops of tall trees near water, but in the north of Britain they often choose cliffs, reed-beds or bushes.
www.yptenc.org.uk /docs/factsheets/animal_facts/grey_heron.html   (772 words)

  
 British Garden Birds - Grey Heron
The Grey Heron is a tall bird with a long neck and legs, and a heavy dagger-like bill.
Grey Herons eat mainly fish, amphibians and small mammals, and occasionally birds.
A Grey Heron has been seen flying overhead many times over the last few years and occasionally has visited our garden or those of our neighbours, especially in the early morning.
www.garden-birds.co.uk /birds/greyheron.htm   (330 words)

  
 Grey Heron
The Grey Heron is a large, eminent bird that is generally solitary except when breeding.
The princely Grey Heron is a pleasure to watch when he's hunting for his next meal.
Normally the bill of the Grey Heron are yellow and changes in color to deep orange when a flock congregates on the courtship areas.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/birding/85661   (542 words)

  
 Grey Heron on Lake St Clair deedsphotos
In spring and summer, look for grey herons along wooded streams and ponds, around lakes, at drainage ditches and in marshes.
In winter, green herons move south from northern nesting areas, spending the winter in Florida and the gulf states.
Grey herons wait patiently by the water's edge for fish, frogs, crayfish, insects and other small prey.
hubpages.com /hub/Green_Heron_on_Lake_St_Clair   (185 words)

  
 Grey Heron
The Grey Heron has occasionally been seen flying by along the local cliff, but this picture was taken at Keyhaven.
Herons also nest in the trees bordering our model flying site, and fequently put on flying displays for us.
And yet another Heron, this time resting on the opposite bank of a local river.
homepage.mac.com /trevorhewson/home/gardenvisitors/gk/greyheron.html   (167 words)

  
 BirdForum - Rabbit-eating Grey Heron   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
A Grey Heron killed and ate a fully grown rabbit at Leighton Moss on Sunday.
Grey Herons it appears will eat anything, though the biggest thing I've seen one take was very large rat at Slimbridge.
I was chatting with a volunteer at LWC at Barnes and she implicated the local herons in the fate of a number of the released water voles.
www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=43777   (689 words)

  
 BTO - Breeding Birds of the Wider Countryside: Grey Heron
The BTO Heronries Census, which has monitored Grey Herons since 1928, shows the species to be more abundant now than ever before.
In the latest special survey of UK heronries, carried out in 2003 to mark the 75th anniversary of the Heronries Census, a record total of more than 10,337 Grey Heron nests were counted.
The current population estimates for that year, implying that almost 4,000 nests in the UK were not reported to the survey, allow for known heronries (mostly in Scotland) that were not visited in 2003, but not for the few areas, mainly in Scotland and Northern Ireland, where heronries have never been counted.
www.bto.org /birdtrends2005/wcrheron.htm   (303 words)

  
 Grey heron - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Grey heron - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
It can stand with neck stretched out, looking for food, or hunch down with its neck bent over its chest.
Grey heron wading in marsh - Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com, Ref: 1101056_00118_002)
www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/g/greyheron/index.asp   (221 words)

  
 Grey Heron   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Grey Heron is probably the only member of the Heron family that most people will have seen in Britain.
Once you have a location like this where Herons are fairly numerous and reasonably tolerant of human activity they make the ideal digiscoping subject.
Their large size means they can be successfully photographed from a greater distance than small birds and the best thing about them is that they will sit still for minutes at a time, patiently waiting while the scope and camera are being set up.
homepage.ntlworld.com /andy.holt/digiscope/heron/h.htm   (118 words)

  
 Grey Herons - Ardea cinerea - UK Safari
Special features: The large and rather lanky grey heron has an almost prehistoric look about it, especially when flying.
In the air, its wing beats are very slow, and its head is drawn back close to its body.
Grey herons build huge nests in trees, often in the same place year after year.
www.uksafari.com /greyherons.htm   (157 words)

  
 ANIMAL Teachers: Winged Ones: Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron is the largest North American Heron, as well as a brother to Grey Heron of Europe.
In a blink of an eye, Heron has a fat Frog, in her beak gulping her meal down.
He is the largest of the Heron and is magnificent in flight.
www.funkman.org /animal/bird/greatblueheron.html   (309 words)

  
 Heron - Birds ProvenceBeyond
The commonest of the large herons is the Grey Heron, a large wading bird.
It's mostly grey but with a white head and neck and a fl crest and a yellow beak.
The broad, rounded wings are dark grey going fl towards the outer half.
www.beyond.fr /birds/heron.html   (155 words)

  
 Grey Heron Prints   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Just put the word "December" in the coupon box on our checkout page and the discount will be automatically applied to your final cost.
And remember, Grey Heron Prints always offers free shipping on domestic orders over $300 and international orders over $500.
Grey Heron Prints (an offshoot of Grey Heron Antiques) has been in the antiquarian print business for over 25 years.
www.greyheronprints.com   (230 words)

  
 Grey Heron
Sometimes the Grey Heron comes into my garden, stealthy like a thief in the night.
It's usually in the early morning hours when the occupants of the house are still sound asleep.
This bird belongs to the family of Herons (Ardeidae).
www.gardensafari.net /english/pages/reiger.htm   (260 words)

  
 Grey Heron Home
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Grey Heron Helps Vormetric Close Series A, with Focus on Secure Storage
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www.greyheron.com   (34 words)

  
 David Element's Wildlife Web Page Birds 9 - Grey Herons
The above images of Grey Herons were taken in a south London park.
These birds were particularly cooperative subjects and they behaved entirely naturally with the photographer standing 20-30 feet away.
Numerous Three-spined Sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculeatus were taken during the photo-sessions and the herons rarely missed their targets despite the difference in the refractive indices of air and water.
www.david.element.ukgateway.net /birds9greyherons1.htm   (99 words)

  
 Grey Heron Photo | TrekNature
Good friends, despues of a time rolled enough with the work, I raise a file image to you, since with time that does at the moment in Spain he is not very aprpiado to leave to photograph birds.
One is a Grey heron (Ardea Cinerea), which accompanied during minutes a dawn to me in hide.
The colors are also very lovely and the fact that there is nothing else in the frame to distract the attention from the heron make it a great composition.
www.treknature.com /gallery/Europe/Spain/photo80181.htm   (352 words)

  
 Grey Heron – Ardea cinerea
It is usual to see herons in flight along the Brook, or crouched in dark corners fishing.
This one was seen on a murky Easter Sunday in Bingham Park.
This one was caught catching fish in Endcliffe Park.
homepages.nildram.co.uk /~leebase/Pages/GHeron.htm   (64 words)

  
 Grey Heron Flight - Canon Digital Photography Forums
I believe the bird is a Blue Heron.
Around where I am, they are called Great Blue Herons.
We don't have Blue Herons where I live.
photography-on-the.net /forum/showthread.php?t=79664   (202 words)

  
 THE OTTER SIDE - Heron/Egret etc. Images   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This Grey Heron in flight was photographed near Izumi on the island of Kyushu, Japan.
This Tricolored Heron was photographed at Ding Darling NWR on Sanibel Island, Florida.
This Tricolored Heron was photographed at Eco Pond in Everglades National Park, Florida.
www.otterside.com /htmfiles/heron7.htm   (279 words)

  
 Italian style B&B Grey Heron, Motueka, New Zealand
Italian style BandB Grey Heron, Motueka, New Zealand
The golden sand beaches of Abel Tasman National Park are a 20min drive away.
Depending on the season, you will have the chance to see the spectacular White Herons and Royal Spoonbills feeding in the estuary.
www.greyheron.co.nz   (343 words)

  
 Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea
Absent only from the arid northern desert regions.
A large, conspicuous heron which is generally solitary except when breeding.
The adult is easily distinguished from other species by its white crown and yellow bill, tarsi and eye (which become a deep orange colour during courtship).
www.kenyabirds.org.uk /grey_heron.htm   (79 words)

  
 Grey Heron, bird wood carvings - unique home interiors gifts
Grey Heron, bird wood carvings - unique home interiors gifts
This website offers you the opportunity to buy a selected range of products direct from Archipelago Designs Limited, a UK wholesale company established in 1989.
Our birds are sold to bird watchers and bird lovers through reserves and interiors shops throughout the UK.
www.greyheron.co.uk   (78 words)

  
 Purple Heron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia.
It is a large bird, 80-90 cm tall, with a 120-150 cm wingspan, but slender for its size, weighing only 0.5-1.3 kg.
It has a slow flight, with its neck retracted.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Purple_Heron   (355 words)

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