Heron
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Y'gotta admire the Heron really. I have a large pond, approx 12' x 50', 24-36" deep. Steep shelving apart from one sloping edge. Heavily planted and with about 60% of the free water covered with oxygenators. In one hour (from dawn to when I let the dogs out), a heron took 9 adult 6" goldfish and approximately 100 2" black immature goldfish. It's left a single black immature fish that I've been able to see. Kinda solves my "I've got too many fish, what am I gonna do with them?" problem. -- Simon Avery, Dartmoor, UK Ý http://www.digdilem.org/ |
Heron
We had lots of problems last year. Tried putting a line of string round the
pond but Heron was not to be deterred. Then tried additional lines at varying heights but Heron was still not deterred. We kept going out to shoo him off and 5 minutes later he was back again. We finally put an electric fence round the pond (4 strands of wire) and this has certainly done the trick. Might seem a bit OTT but we really were getting desperate. The wire won't kill the herons - just gives them a nasty shock. He did come back a couple of times afterwards, had a look and then flew away again. He is still in the area - we live alongside the canal and he is often on the other side and will also go in the field at the bottom of our garden but he now keeps well away from the garden itself Jeanne Stockdale "Simon Avery" wrote in message ... Hello All Y'gotta admire the Heron really. I have a large pond, approx 12' x 50', 24-36" deep. Steep shelving apart from one sloping edge. Heavily planted and with about 60% of the free water covered with oxygenators. In one hour (from dawn to when I let the dogs out), a heron took 9 adult 6" goldfish and approximately 100 2" black immature goldfish. It's left a single black immature fish that I've been able to see. Kinda solves my "I've got too many fish, what am I gonna do with them?" problem. -- Simon Avery, Dartmoor, UK Ý http://www.digdilem.org/ |
Heron
"Simon Avery" wrote in message ... Hello All Y'gotta admire the Heron really. I have a large pond, approx 12' x 50', 24-36" deep. Steep shelving apart from one sloping edge. Heavily planted and with about 60% of the free water covered with oxygenators. In one hour (from dawn to when I let the dogs out), a heron took 9 adult 6" goldfish and approximately 100 2" black immature goldfish. It's left a single black immature fish that I've been able to see. Kinda solves my "I've got too many fish, what am I gonna do with them?" problem. -- 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 |
Heron
"The Q" wrote in message ... 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 |
Heron
On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 10:33:14 +0000 (UTC), " Jeanne Stockdale"
wrote: "The Q" wrote in message ... 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 |
Heron
" Jeanne Stockdale" wrote:
Hello Jeanne JS We finally put an electric fence round the pond (4 strands JS of wire) and this has certainly done the trick. Might seem a JS bit OTT but we really were getting desperate. The wire won't I'm not that fussed tbh. The fish had bred so much they had taken over what was intended to be a mostly wildlife pond and although I didn't really want them all gone I'm just not prepared to take the anti-heron measures that seem to be neccessary. A wildlife pond with any wire around it doesn't look right, and a plastic heron might be considered "twee", and that's an image I'm trying to avoid! So it's not unexpected and I could have prevented it, but didn't want to pay the costs. I was just admiring the speed and skill with which he cleared me out, like a high class fishburgler. I'd undoubtably be a lot more miffed if I they were in any way valuable, or if I was breeding them deliberately though. I can understand why Trago Mills' founder was prepared to go to jail for shooting 'em even if I wouldn't do anything like that myself. -- Simon Avery, Dartmoor, UK Ý http://www.digdilem.org/ |
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