{"id":453,"date":"2018-07-18T15:08:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T15:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davethom.net\/?p=453"},"modified":"2021-03-13T16:58:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T16:58:08","slug":"grey-heron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davethom.net\/?p=453","title":{"rendered":"Grey Heron"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Great Grey Heron or Ardea Cinerea, is a large now fairly common bird of the coast, river and canals and large ponds. Eats mostly fish, but also ducklings, amphibians and small rodents. this fine example was photographed in Calderglen Country Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped alignnone wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/davethom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/heron4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"444\" data-link=\"https:\/\/davethom.net\/?attachment_id=444\" class=\"wp-image-444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davethom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/heron4.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/davethom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/heron4-950x633.jpg 950w, https:\/\/davethom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/heron4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davethom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/heron4-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li 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