Heronry

A heronry, sometimes called a heron rookery, is a breeding ground for herons.

Heronry in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Heronry at Carp Hills, Ottawa, Canada

Notable heronries

Although their breeding territories are often on more protected small islands in lakes or retention ponds, herons breed in heronries (or also called rookeries, especially since other birds join them like spoonbills, storks, and cormorants). Some of the notable heronries are:

Asia

Kaggaladu Heronry is in Karnataka state of India. This heronry, in the Tumkur district of Karnataka, was first made known to the outside world in 1999 by members of the Tumkur-based NGO Wildlife Aware Nature Club.[1]

Europe

Cleeve Heronry (grid reference ST463662), in a woodland near the village of Cleeve in North Somerset, UK.
Hilgay Heronry (grid reference TL635992) is in Norfolk. It is situated in a small copse on the edge of The Fens in the UK. An average of c. 40 pairs of grey heron nests each year at this site, in ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and European larch (Larix decidua) trees.

North America

The Florida Everglades in south Florida, of the United States. Thousands of birds, including herons, egrets, spoonbills, and storks, nest in mangroves (genus Rhizophora).

References

IndiaBirds.com - HotSpots Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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[1] IndiaBirds.com - HotSpots Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine