Oldt1mer - Keith's photos with the keyword: Ardea cinerea

The Grey Heron – Ardea cinerea – is a large and quite shy bird which will usually fly the moment it spots you getting anywhere near to it. Feeding on anything living from insects to small mammals such as ducklings, voles and even young rabbits and large fish like eels and carp they can often be seen wading along in the shallows searching for prey. This one was seen walking along by the side of the water at Pennington Flash. This Picture is fully © Copyrighted. None of my images may be copied, reproduced or altered in any form or manner or placed on the internet or any other social media, or in any form of publication either print or otherwise, in any form or manner without my written permission.

This sleepy looking Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea - was in fact stood on an island in one of the lakes at Pennington Flash having a snooze in the sunshine but kept waking up to have a quick look round then back to sleep again. The Grey Heron stands up to 1 mtr tall with a wingspan of up to 2 mtrs and eats lots of fish but will also take small birds such as Ducklings and other baby water fowl, voles, frogs and other amphibians, and even rodents which they will search for in fields. This Picture is fully © Copyrighted. None of my images may be copied, reproduced or altered in any form or manner or placed on the internet or any other social media, or in any form of publication either print or otherwise, in any form or manner without my written permission.