Besieged by Herons!

A remarkable scene taken at the wildlife water reserve of 'Penninton Flash' in Lancashire. Remarkable because it is very unusual to see these normally solitary birds grouped like this. The collective noun for a collection of herons is 'A siege of herons'. They were not all our usual British Grey herons but a few different varieties. As can be seen, a few other water fowl there too. I am in a bird watching hide taking this, surrounded by guys with 500mm lenses.

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