On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 10:33:14 +0000 (UTC), " Jeanne Stockdale"
wrote:


"The Q" wrote in message
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Simon Avery, Dartmoor, UK Ý http://www.digdilem.org/

Herons being generally solitary won't fish close to where other herons are
whic is why life size model herons are available.
Mind you I'd love to know why one was stood in the middle of a dry road on
Sunday morning about half a mile from the nearest water!

The Q


Before we resorted to the electric fencing, we did try the life-size plastic
heron system.
It did not work.
The birds seem happy to hunt in packs round here although I agree that a
sighting of a single one is more common.
Jeanne and Peter Stockdale, Cheshire
www.thecanalshop.com


I am not sure that herons really are solitary. I saw two every day
feeding on the rocks along with a dozen oyster catchers near the
beach in Runswick Bay N Yorks, when I was on holiday in September.
A few miles away from where I live there are two eel smokeries, there
is a colony with more than 50 herons that live on scraps. It's quite
common to see rows of herons along canals here.
--
Martin