HeronS!

[GaryMoz]

I woke up this morning and spotted two herons in the playing field adjacent to my house, I presume this could be a mating pair?

Although in this picture the second one does look less like a heron, I'm pretty sure it was. There was no indication they had visited my pond, but just in case I will continue with the build of the Heron(S) Wall, A light weight fence I can place around the edge of the pond.

Edit: fun? fact a group of herons is a called a siege, quite appropriate

 

[GaryMoz]

And now we have duck who is hard scare away, yells, balls thrown and chased by a dog and still comes right back.


Fish are now just sat at bottom of pond and will not come up even for food.


So heron wall now needs to become a heron(s) and duck barrier

 

[GBBUDD]

Edit: fun? fact a group of herons is a called a siege, quite appropriate

Amazing how a few miles can make people go batty, two herons and you guys call it a siege, appropriate!

 

[Lisak1]

A lightweight fence around the edge of your pond won't stop a heron OR a duck. Ducks don't need to walk in and herons won't mind stepping right over.

 

[GaryMoz]

A lightweight fence around the edge of your pond won't stop a heron OR a duck. Ducks don't need to walk in and herons won't mind stepping right over.

Ducks currently do walk in, they can't fly in as I have string lights and line over the pond.

I was going to make the fence around the pond two feet high and put it on the edge so the herons can't step over it, I need to make the bases sturdy and heavy so herons can not knock it over.

I'm just added multiple deterrents and hoping they will be enough to put the herons off. The pond is deep 4.5' with vertical sides, It's close to house 10' away, air pumps break the surface up, I even a have plastic decoy, for what good it will do.

The biggest deterrent is yet to come, our garden is being fenced off, which means we can release the hound , he's a French water dog, breed to hunt birds (but he doesn't like water)

 

[addy1]

All the above posts are being removed. NO politics please. Everybody has their opinion, we don't and won't ever agree.

 

[GBBUDD]

HELL IF YOU WANT ULTIMATE MAKE IT AN ELECTRIC FENCE , THOUGH I DON'T THINK ID WANT TO BE WET AND GRAB IT MYSELF BUTTTT IT WILL KEEP THE BIRDS FROM BEING A PROBLEM

 

[GaryMoz]

HELL IF YOU WANT ULTIMATE MAKE IT AN ELECTRIC FENCE , THOUGH I DON'T THINK ID WANT TO BE WET AND GRAB IT MYSELF BUTTTT IT WILL KEEP THE BIRDS FROM BEING A PROBLEM

There is a company that sells electric pond heron fences.


We have seen the heron recently, but it hasn't come close to pond. I have security camera on pond, I hope the motion detection picks up the heron it comes close and siren will scare it away.

I think the fish were spooked by the duck but we have managed to chase that away

 

[Tula]

All the above posts are being removed. NO politics please. Everybody has their opinion, we don't and won't ever agree.

Thank you @addy1 .