WWT Slimbridge.

The Grey Heron can be found anywhere with suitable watery habitat that can supply its food. The water body must be either shallow enough, or have a shelving margin in it, so that it can wade. Although most common in the lowlands, it also occurs in mountain tarns, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, marshes, ponds, ditches, flooded areas, coastal lagoons, estuaries, and the sea shore. It sometimes forages away from water in pasture, and it has been recorded in desert areas, hunting for beetles and lizards. Breeding colonies are usually near feeding areas, but exceptionally may be up to eight kilometres (five miles) away. Birds sometimes forage as much as 20 km (12 miles) from the nesting site.

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One of many Herons on the River Severn this morning before the tide came in. The Heron in the photo is actually stood towards the middle of the river on the sandy-mud exposed when the river level drops.

Grey Herons gather to nest in treetop sites called heronries, some of which have been occupied for many decades. These have been monitored in the UK since 1928 through the Heronries Census.

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WWT Slimbridge.

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WWT Slimbridge.

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WWT Slimbridge

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