In article ,
David Hill wrote:
"....... As resin heron was so lifelike, she did wonder if a real heron
might just take a fancy to him/her. Perhaps one did and found the experience
hard going!

One of the urglers did have that experience. ...."

What ever turns you on.

Not quite. It was whatever turns heron.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In article , Nick Maclaren
writes
In article ,
David Hill wrote:
"....... As resin heron was so lifelike, she did wonder if a real heron
might just take a fancy to him/her. Perhaps one did and found the experience
hard going!

One of the urglers did have that experience. ...."

What ever turns you on.

Not quite. It was whatever turns heron.

Nick - that's the second excruciating joke you've made in as many days.
Can't you go back to bashing civil servants? ;-)
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 17:25:01 +0100, Kay Easton
wrote:

In article , Rusty
writes

A friend who has a large pond was troubled with a heron that often dropped
in for an early breakfast. She tried putting a low wire around the
perimeter, that didn't work. When on the point of conceding defeat to the
bird, she found a life-sized, suitably painted resin grey heron. She
positioned it looking into the water from the bank and has had no further
visits from real herons. As resin heron was so lifelike, she did wonder if a
real heron might just take a fancy to him/her. Perhaps one did and found the
experience hard going!

One of the urglers did have that experience!

Well I hope it was the resin heron, not the urgler, that had the
experience!!

--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
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I didn't say that there was anything wrong with grass snakes - I merely said
that I don't want them in my pond. Besides, as Michael remarked, something
has totally eliminated the frogs, toads, and newts that we always loved to
see.

Something also reduced my fish numbers from around thirty to a dozen during
the course of a couple of months. Perhaps the snake didn't kill and eat them
but protective netting made it impossible for a heron or cats to get into
the pond and that doesn't leave a great choice.

Eric



"Michael Berridge" wrote in message
...

Eric wrote in message ...
Harry

I had this problem last year. It sounds exactly like my garden and
pond!

Keeping herons out of a pond is one problem but how the blazes do you
keep
out grass snakes, I would like to know?

My little 'friend' was about the same size as yours and he had many of
my
best fish during several weeks of the summer. I had always believed
that
they swallowed them whole, but not a bit of it. I caught him eating the
best
flesh off a lovely great fish, on the garden path, one day, and found
several more similarly killed in the bushes around the pond, later.

I'm pleased to say that he hasn't appeared this summer but I am always
expecting a repeat as the river is just behind my garden.

What is wrong with grass snakes, totally harmless, eat frogs, toads, and
some vermin. Why get rid of them. If I had one in my garden it would be
most welcome

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk

I didn't say that there was anything wrong with grass snakes - I merely said
that I don't want them in my pond. Besides, as Michael remarked, something
has totally eliminated the frogs, toads, and newts that we always loved to
see.

Something also reduced my fish numbers from around thirty to a dozen during
the course of a couple of months. Perhaps the snake didn't kill and eat them
but protective netting made it impossible for a heron or cats to get into
the pond and that doesn't leave a great choice.

Eric



"Michael Berridge" wrote in message
...

Eric wrote in message ...
Harry

I had this problem last year. It sounds exactly like my garden and
pond!

Keeping herons out of a pond is one problem but how the blazes do you
keep
out grass snakes, I would like to know?

My little 'friend' was about the same size as yours and he had many of
my
best fish during several weeks of the summer. I had always believed
that
they swallowed them whole, but not a bit of it. I caught him eating the
best
flesh off a lovely great fish, on the garden path, one day, and found
several more similarly killed in the bushes around the pond, later.

I'm pleased to say that he hasn't appeared this summer but I am always
expecting a repeat as the river is just behind my garden.

What is wrong with grass snakes, totally harmless, eat frogs, toads, and
some vermin. Why get rid of them. If I had one in my garden it would be
most welcome

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk

In article , Rusty Hinge
writes

One of the urglers did have that experience!

Wasn't me, miss, honest miss.

Twere one o my pals.

Put a dummy heron to 'protect' her pond but a randy male tried to mate
with it and broke it!!!!!
--
Jane Ransom in Lancaster.
I won't respond to private emails that are on topic for urg
but if you need to email me for any other reason,
put jandg dot demon dot co dot uk where you see deadspam.com

On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 21:11:18 +0100, Jane Ransom
wrote:

In article , Rusty Hinge
writes

One of the urglers did have that experience!

Wasn't me, miss, honest miss.

Twere one o my pals.

Put a dummy heron to 'protect' her pond but a randy male tried to mate
with it and broke it!!!!!

"it" LOL!
--
Martin