{"id":3100,"date":"2019-05-27T10:15:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T10:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/?p=3100"},"modified":"2019-05-27T15:58:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T15:58:22","slug":"fishing-heron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marfell.me.uk\/wordpress\/fishing-heron\/","title":{"rendered":"Fishing Heron"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Saturday I went along to Salts Mill to take a photo of the Shipley clock from the carpark for a “Time” related image for Shipley Camera Club. I also took some photos of film props around the mill that you can see here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the way back across the river I spotted a Heron on the weir. There is often one there motionless but this one was quite active and very successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I watched it walk along the width of north side of the weir frequently lunging into the water. There seems to be a cover\/eyelid that it can pull over the front of its eyes as it lunges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It frequently came up with a small fish. With fish this size I guess it has to eat a fair number of them but they certainly seemed like easy pickings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Catching two at a time suggests that there are a lot of fish on the weir. The header image shows one of the fish on its way down, it’s getting a quick look out before heading into the darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This Tufted Duck was also on the weir. It looks as though something has had a go at it. It spent quite a bit of time with its head under water picking at the slope of the weir. Perhaps a Heron thought its beak looked fish like and fancied trying to swallow it; part of its forehead is missing and there is a wound above its left eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n