Return of the Heron

You may remember twelve days ago we had a visit from a heron, and at the time I said I thought that he was standing waiting for a fish to jump out at him from the field behind our house! Well guess what - he returned on Saturday late morning, and once again he stood stock still as if he was just waiting to catch an unsuspecting fish.

He had probably been standing for about twenty minutes when the sheep came anbling by and disturbed him, and he very lazily flew off.

Our friendly heron pays us a second visit!

He returned later on in the afternoon, and once again took up his stance, as though he was waiting for a fish to jump up for him.

He eventually wandered a little further along the back of our garden, and the next time I looked out of the window he had disappeared.

Just a little while later Dot called me to the window, and there he was, craftily waiting by the side of next door's pond - and probably licking his lips (do Heron's have lips??) at the thought of what may be waiting to be devoured in the pond!

I sneaked up to the division between our garden and next door's and managed to get a shot of him stood beside the pond. Now we know why he has been hanging about for the last week or so!