Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea

Herons are nice to photograph as they stay very still for long periods, so if you’re digiscoping, you can make sure the focus is finely adjusted. All pictures are of adults except for the last which is of three juveniles.
 

  

  

  

1: Sandhurst Balancing Pond, 09/09/2005.
2: Gravel Pit, Yateley Common, 08/08/2005.
3-4 and 6: Verulamium Lake, St Albans, 22/04/2006.
5: Baron’s Haugh RSPB, 19/06/2005.