Duck_Pond
Professional Wildlife Photographer And Guide
After reading that other thread with the croc on the menu... reminded me of Mull a few weeks ago...
Down here in the Midlands, grey herons are not to be messed with by any birds, and often put up flocks of others, when they fly over.
On Mull, it seems that they're on the menu, for white-tailed eagles.
I was sat at the top of a marsh watching for hen harriers when the geese went up suddenly. Seconds later, a WTE flew over my car and headed up stream. And moments after that had gone from sight, I spotted another WTE on the grass, some distance away, where the geese had fled from.
When it took off, a grey heron was hanging from its enormous talons, and it carried it off back to the nesting site further down the loch.
I guess that's why herons don't have such an air of confidence when you see them on Mull!
Down here in the Midlands, grey herons are not to be messed with by any birds, and often put up flocks of others, when they fly over.
On Mull, it seems that they're on the menu, for white-tailed eagles.
I was sat at the top of a marsh watching for hen harriers when the geese went up suddenly. Seconds later, a WTE flew over my car and headed up stream. And moments after that had gone from sight, I spotted another WTE on the grass, some distance away, where the geese had fled from.
When it took off, a grey heron was hanging from its enormous talons, and it carried it off back to the nesting site further down the loch.
I guess that's why herons don't have such an air of confidence when you see them on Mull!
