I was walking Ollie down by the River Whiteadder when we came across this heron and so we decided to sit on the bank,watch and photograph for a while.We ended up sitting for just 40 odd minutes and during that time noticed that the heron was doing most of its’ hunting amongst the vegetation,rather than in the water.It was catching insects crawling up the stems,probably having emerged from the river,before they changed into their adult form and flew off.I’d never noticed that behaviour before and so it was time well spent.
Ollie thought it was fascinating,as he yawned on the bank next to me.
Close up with insect in bill.
It might be a female.
Typical hunting mode.
Gotcha! Another insect bites the dust.
Part 2,to follow.
