Ardea Cinerea

After our last walk when I finally got a reasonable photo of a heron we set off today under heavy skies with nothing more in mind than a pleasant walk and any photo opportunities that came along. On the way home we were walking along side the canal when I saw a heron much further along the bank, at the distance it was I didn't even think of bothering to get the camera ready as I thought it would be away well before we got anywhere near to him, we were getting closer and closer and he didn't seem bothered, at that stage I took the first photo, then a few more, at one point we were only about 12 feet away from him, a privilege.

The rain seems to be heading our way.

Nice to get so close to one of these fantastic birds.

Strike the pose

And then he was off.