Area birds - large Blue Heron with chick
Photography by Lakshman Weerasooriya
This blog (created in March 2011 by Lucky) is about new entrants to the Colombo Medical Faculty of the University of Ceylon (as it was then known) in June 1962. There were a total of 166 in the batch (included 11 from Peradeniya). Please address all communications to: colmedgrads1962@gmail.com. Header image: Courtesy Prof. Rohan Jayasekara, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo (2011 - 2014). Please use the search bar using a keyword to access what interests you
I think these are common in the US but only occasionally seen as migrants in the UK, where grey herons are more common. Grey herons are thinly distributed throughout the UK as birds of freshwater and estuaries.. An estimated 15,000 pairs of herons nest in the UK (compare this with 3.5 million pairs of blue tits). In severe winters, when water freezes, making fish difficult to catch, the heron population can be reduced significantly.I n Great Britain the heron is protected at all times under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, with fines or prison sentences available for anyone killing or attempting to kill one.
ReplyDeleteLucky you may find this of interest and I do hop you respond with a comment.
I know very little about birds. So thanks for educating me, and well done on great photography!
ReplyDeleteZita