Heron

ARKive - Grey Heron
http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Ardea_cinerea/more_still_images.html
Get to understand the grey heron with this set of seventeen colour images. Shows bird at nest, hunting, catching prey, wading, and in flight.

ARKive - Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea
http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Ardea_cinerea/more_info.html
Access fact file offering conservation status, description, range, habitat, biology, and threats. Includes colour image of bird in water.

Birds of Britain - Grey Heron
http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird-guide/grey-heron.htm
Study what the large wader looks like as it flies overhead. Covers its range, habitat preferences, and nesting ecology.

Borealforest.org - Grey Heron
http://www.borealforest.org/world/birds/grey_heron.htm
Tap into this resource and learn about this bird’s distinguishing features, habitat, and sounds. Also presents a photograph.

British Garden Birds - Grey Heron
http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/greyheron.htm
Research large bird that is not of concern to conservationists. Peruse description of appearance, feeding, and breeding.

British Trust for Ornithology - Grey Heron
http://www.bto.org/birdtrends2001/wcrheron.htm
Read conservation listing, long tern trends, and summary of status. Much data presented as graphs and tables covering 1929-2000.

Canterbury Environmental Education Centre - Heron Family
http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/biodiversity/birds/heron.htm
Tells of the difference between the adult and juvenile in very simple language. Also read about habitat, diet, and nest.

David Element - Grey Herons
http://www.david.element.ukgateway.net/birds9greyherons1.htm
Pore over this set of close-up colour photographs taken in a London park. Shows the grey heron on water and in reeds.

RSPB - Herons and Garden Fish Ponds
http://www.rspb.org.uk/gardens/advice/heronsandfishponds/
Find article by Royal Society for the Protection of Birds that explains why you might prefer not to encourage herons. Offers numbers in UK and how to design a heron-proof pond.

Young People’s Trust for the Environment - Grey Heron http://www.yptenc.org.uk/docs/factsheets/animal_facts/grey_heron.html
Check out bird that is common across Europe, Asian, and northern Africa. Read why it spends hours perfectly still and how it cleans itself.

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