Grey Heron
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 6th February 2024 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 5th December 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Strathclyde Park on 6th November 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Musselburgh on 7th August 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Baron's Haugh on 4th August 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Belhaven Bay on 24th November 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Strathclyde Park on 19th December 2017 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Juveniles
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 29th March 2024 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 4th May 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 31st August 2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Baron's Haugh on 8th August 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 15th June 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Torry Battery, Aberdeen on 1st July 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 23rd April 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Dining
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 5th October 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Grey Heron
Larger Dining Experience
Taken at Lochwinnoch on 31st March 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File

Nice Light!
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 8th November 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.		 Fact File
Grey Heron
Species:
Order:
Family:
 Ardea cinerea.
Ciconiiformes.
Ardeidae.
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Tall trees and usually with other herons to form a colony or heronry.
Bulky stick nest.
Fish or frogs with its long bill. Herons will also take small mammals and birds.
It will often wait motionless for prey, or slowly stalk its victim.
Largely grey above, and off-white below. Adults have a white
head with a broad black supercilium and slender crest, while
immatures have a dull grey head. It has a powerful
pinkish-yellow bill, which is brighter in breeding adults.
90-98 cms.
175-195 cms.
February. Clutches 1-2.
Eggs 2-7 Pale greenish-blue.
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