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Ice has made the town park more than just a mirror of clour

Only a short while ago, I was getting p...offed
because I could not get a decent photograph of Herons when they seemed to be everywhere. Now I feel blessed.

I love HenryXXXX

I will be back to normal soon, well maybe not normal! but I will be able to spend time on my contacts photographs.

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The herons are a widespread family with a cosmopolitan distribution. They exist on all continents except Antarctica, and are present in most habitats except the coldest extremes of the Arctic.
The herons and bitterns are carnivorous. The members of this family are mostly associated with wetlands and water, and feed on a variety of live aquatic prey. The diet includes a wide variety of aquatic animals, including fish, reptiles, amphibians, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic insects.

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The Goldcrest is the smallest European bird, I seen movement in a coniferous tree and it was so far away that I never even knew what it was, when I got home, I was surprised to see I had a Goldcrest, Unfortunately the next day I returned to the same spot alas they or it had moved on.
In European folklore this was considered "king of the birds" . This kinglet has greenish upper-parts, whitish under-parts, and has two white wingbars. It has a plain face contrasting black irises and a bright head crest, orange in the male and yellow in the female.
The Goldcrest breeds in coniferous woodland and gardens, building its compact, three-layered nest on a tree branch. Ten to twelve eggs are incubated by the female alone, and the chicks are fed by both parents.
Not the best ever photograph but it is a keeper.

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I spent my Sunday going to Angus to see two different wildlife reserves, I wasn't disappointed Loch Kinnordy was wonderful however the birds were a bit to far away from the hide for photographs and then onto Montrose Basin.
The Montrose basin was what my wife called her kind of bird watching a warm spacious building with panoramic views and telescopes everywhere, nothing to do with the coffee and soft seat!.
Again wrong time of day for photography but lots to see, this Pretty lady was up a tree near the hide, I think this was going to be her roost for the night, she insisted on staying even when I got close.
The Pheasant is a well-known gamebird, perhaps the most widespread and ancient one in the whole world. The Common Pheasant is one of the world's most hunted birds.
www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/l/lochofkinnordy/
scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/montrose-basin/
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