Grey Heron

Darren · Oct 23, 2020

By far the most chilled out Heron I've ever photographed, It didn't mind me being there at all.

Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea by Darren Ward, on Flickr

toohuge · Oct 23, 2020

Wow!! Nice

gramps · Oct 23, 2020

It's called 'concentration'. :LOL:

Snapper67 · Oct 23, 2020

I've encountered one like that, got to around 25-30 yards away , wan't giving a monkey.

Apparently, when they are so used to seeing people around, they eventually decide they aren't a threat and just get on with looking for lunch !

Dougie.

Darren · Oct 23, 2020

toohuge said:
Wow!! Nice

Thanks

gramps said:
It's called 'concentration'.

Snapper67 said:
Apparently, when they are so used to seeing people around, they eventually decide they aren't a threat and just get on with looking for lunch !

Dougie.

You're probably right, this was taken at the Attenborough Nature Reserve no more than 20ft from a footpath.

Snapper67 · Oct 23, 2020

I was around 30 yards away from one last week, only had 80-200 with me unfortunately.

Was happy with me snapping away with a loud D700. Only buggered off around 2 mins AFTER I put my drone up for a few shots.

Dougie.

p.s. Looked like the same bird I got 20 keepers from at another local river.

Graham · Oct 24, 2020

That`s some great detail in this shot and that eye is crisp as a crisp.
There was one at Bushy park (Richmond) that didn`t give a hoot either, 3 feet away, yes 3 feet

Dale. · Oct 25, 2020

Flippin eck, that's close. Lovely detail in it too.

Ours here are very wary, can't usually get anywhere near them.