Grey Heron in Waterworks...

Wednesday 30th March 2011

For Watery Wednesday this week I have a series of photographs of the Grey Heron...

I took these photographs while walking in the Waterworks Park in North Belfast...

It is such a beautiful place... busy with lots of people walking... with prams... children... dogs...

Others like the heron are enjoying a little bit of fishing...

I love birds but with the heron it has been a little strained at times... when (possibly not this one although it is very local to us) it killed a couple of our precious Koi Carp... resulting in the pond having to be covered in a netting wire to keep our fish safe...  

One of our favourite called Cloud was lost at this time... Cloud was our friendliest fish who always came to the surface to greet us when we went into the garden took its breakfast from our fingers...

While I stood and watched the Heron and photographed it it waded slowly behind the shrubs...

And gradually became obscured...  I loved the way the heron was reflected in the lake water...

The grey heron is such a majestic bird...

So elegant in its lovely grey plumage and fine black crest...  This bird still has a greyish coloured head so it may well be an young bird from last year...