Keptie Pond, Arbroath - Heron chicks, video and photos

A single species post. Grey Herons have successfully hatched three chicks at Keptie Pond, which have grown to the wobbly, aggressive and even hilarious stage. There was no doubt that the slightly larger, dominant chick was going to get the fish in the sequence below.

Heron chicks active after a feed, click here for video      Heron chicks feeding having just woken up, click here 

More video on my Flickr at the link below the Kestrel banner above

Adult Heron about to regurgitate a fish

The fish looks to be a young Carp, a species released into the pond, maybe when they got too big for a garden pond. There's clear evidence that the Carp have bred, with Goosanders photographed eating small Carp in winter

The look on chicks face as the Carp briefly got stuck

Fish envy from another chick