Now this is exactly the sort of thing I hoped to see more of when we left London 7 months ago to start our new green,thrifty and environmentally aware life here in the West Midlands –a heron on the local duck pond at Hanley Swan (so is it officially a swan pond?).
According to my new chum who lives opposite the pond the handsome heron chap in the picture is actually a bit of a nuisance to anyone with garden ponds (she has two) but I like him and was happy to see him as I came out of the post office.
Annoyingly he was much closer to me than this picture BUT I was so excited about the fact that I actually had a camera with me (thanks Bealers for my lovely handbag sized Xmas present) that I dropped my purse and shopping and scared him off to the other side of the pond!
Incidently Hanley Swan is the setting of my favourite book of last year ‘Black Swan Green‘by David Mitchell. I’ve lent it to all and sundry and they all agree it is a top top read. Get a copy from your local library for a slightly dark yet slightly lovely coming of age tale set in 1980′s middle England.
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