Anyone know much about herons?

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A Heron took 6 of my koi carp and a few other smaller fish from my pond back in the UK. It gave me the evils then gobbled them up before i could get outside. Still don't know how it managed to take off with all those fish inside it.
 
Herons are an abomination, Only course of action includes a shovel & it's head.
 
4T5 said:
Herons are an abomination, Only course of action includes a shovel & it's head.
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Now that would not be nice.

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i am a heron. i haev a long neck and i pick fish out of the water w/ my beak. if you dont repost this comment on 10 other pages i will fly into your kitchen tonight and make a mess of your pots and pans
 
A few winters back I saw a heron kill and eat a rat.

Beaky beaky stabby stabby.

Kind of upset my notions of the food-chain hierarchy. :p
 
They are beautiful creatures, they look prehistoric. How are they doing in general in the UK, plenty of them about? There is one that used to go for all the fish in a pond outside my parents house, he still tries, but there is netting all over it now. Still, that beak can get through some of the netting, through power alone it would seem.

Seen plenty of them about in different places, should be under protection etc by the Queen like Swans! Perhaps they are? Google here I come!
 
Last thing I read is that their population was making a bit of a come back due to improved cleanliness of rivers and thus more healthy inland fish populations.
 
Seems right what you say Dis, they are a 'Green Status' bird according to the RSPB so they are doing pretty well, which is good! I know they are a pest to outdoor fish keepers, but it is the way of the world and all!

Looking through the RSPB website, it makes you realise how many types of birds there is out there, I want to see a White Tailed Eagle, biggest bird in the UK (Michelle McManus not included) but they are a 'Red Status' animal. They were extinct in the UK due to hunting, but are being reintroduced, so hopefully one day we shall see them in the skies.

Could do with some down here in Eastbourne actually, get those seagulls out of here! Or just control them a bit more at least.
 
Spangles said:
Seems right what you say Dis, they are a 'Green Status' bird according to the RSPB so they are doing pretty well, which is good! I know they are a pest to outdoor fish keepers, but it is the way of the world and all!

Looking through the RSPB website, it makes you realise how many types of birds there is out there, I want to see a White Tailed Eagle, biggest bird in the UK (Michelle McManus not included) but they are a 'Red Status' animal. They were extinct in the UK due to hunting, but are being reintroduced, so hopefully one day we shall see them in the skies.

Could do with some down here in Eastbourne actually, get those seagulls out of here! Or just control them a bit more at least.
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I get problems with the things up here in Northumberland. I live half a mile from the sea and have a flock of seagulls that like to come inland and stay in the gardens and grounds near me. Needless to say they love to decorate my car.

Great news about the herons though, fantastic looking bird!
 
Yeah you are not going to get a cormorant problem most places!

Herons will clear a pond!

Majestic birds tho. Love some of the pics
 
Tauren said:
i dont think many inland UK pond owners have real problems with sea diving birds. :rolleyes: :p
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I've seen them flying around the same rivers and weirs that the heron frequents, my boss is also a fisherman and says that they're a real problem.

I'm in Sheffield, as far from the sea as you can be really!
 
We have cormorants in the harbour down here, it is quite impressive how far they can swim underwater. One day I was in shock and amazement that they were doing this for really long distances, then I figured out there was 2 of the little buggers, still, was impressive distances for just 1 still.
 
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