killer heron

[jeepster]

Just looked out my garden and there is only a Heron eating my fish i my pond.13138976_741366646006521_3881892983699770034_n.jpg

[Colonel Cærdiffi]

u shud of noked him out i wud of noked him out

[Cyclops]

This really gets to me. I installed a pond to encourage the wildlife into my jardin, and the cats and the herons ate the fish (and hedgehogs and squirrels toppled in and drowned). We are directly under the heron's flight path from Heathrow to Forest Farm and they regularly dropped in.

Bugga the wildlife! My pond is now a slate feature.

[TruBlue]

This really gets to me. I installed a pond to encourage the wildlife into my jardin, and the cats and the herons ate the fish (and hedgehogs and squirrels toppled in and drowned). We are directly under the heron's flight path from Heathrow to Forest Farm and they regularly dropped in.

Bugga the wildlife! My pond is now a slate feature.

Probably would've been easier to just put a net over it.

[Cyclops]

Probably would've been easier to just put a net over it.

Yeah, but it was also a reflective pond (as befits its builder).

It was installed using the Golden Rule which meant I had to dig out the roots of a 60-year-old apple tree. Frustrated is not the word!

[Mrs Steve R]

Yeah, but it was also a reflective pond (as befits its builder).

It was installed using the Golden Rule which meant I had to dig out the roots of a 60-year-old apple tree. Frustrated is not the word!

[Rhiw-Blue]

Yeah, but it was also a reflective pond (as befits its builder).

It was installed using the Golden Rule which meant I had to dig out the roots of a 60-year-old apple tree. Frustrated is not the word!

In this case however the bird is the word or haven't you heard?

[bobh]

I had a heron eyeing up my pond - even landing next to it.
Got a plastic heron - haven't seen the real one since

[jeepster]

I had a heron eyeing up my pond - even landing next to it.
Got a plastic heron - haven't seen the real one since

Does it really work

[Cyclops]

Does it (ie plastic heron) really work

Not with plastic fish, so I've been told

[bobh]

Does it really work

I had my doubts, but it's worked for me.

[jeepster]

I had my doubts, but it's worked for me.

For the moment i have got string around a few sticks

[Mad as a fish]

A single false Heron works well.The mistake people tend to make is they put two, because herons are never seen together the buggers know they are false, dont ask me how.

[Cyclops]

For the moment i have got string around a few sticks

I don't think fire is the answer

[Mrs Steve R]

I had a heron eyeing up my pond - even landing next to it.
Got a plastic heron - haven't seen the real one since

Maybe we should all chip in and buy a plastic Slade?

[Cyclops]

"I had a heron eyeing up my pond - even landing next to it.
Got a plastic heron - haven't seen the real one since"

"Maybe we should all chip in and buy a plastic Slade?"

You do get euphemisms?

[Mrs Steve R]

"I had a heron eyeing up my pond - even landing next to it.
Got a plastic heron - haven't seen the real one since"

"Maybe we should all chip in and buy a plastic Slade?"

You do get euphemisms?

I'm past caring today

[Cyclops]

I'm past caring today

Possibly you've had a very busy evening nattering away with all your message board buddies; trying to defend the indefensible and getting bogged down in the minutiae of the Lisbon Treaty (just a wild guess, btw) Plus it must be very stressful not being able to take the laptop to the loo in case you lose power (to the laptop )

[TruBlue]

Get a pond to encourage wildlife then install a fake bird to discourage wildlife.

[Mrs Steve R]

Get a pond to encourage wildlife then install a fake bird to discourage wildlife.

[Mad as a fish]

Get a pond to encourage wildlife then install a fake bird to discourage wildlife.

That made me laugh.

[Steve R]

Get a pond to encourage wildlife then install a fake bird to discourage wildlife.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

We have three rivers in Cardiff - herons are a problem here for most pond owners. Put a large flat flagstone on top of a few smaller ones - about 4 or 5" off the bottom. That allows the fish to hide, and the heron can't get at them. The fish will remain under there for hours, and the heron will bugger off. Also, a couple of plastic/iron herons, also helps..

[bobh]

We have three rivers in Cardiff - herons are a problem here for most pond owners. Put a large flat flagstone on top of a few smaller ones - about 4 or 5" off the bottom. That allows the fish to hide, and the heron can't get at them. The fish will remain under there for hours, and the heron will bugger off. Also, a couple of plastic/iron herons, also helps..

Only one.
If a heron sees two or more it will think it's a party and come to join in.