heronry
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The nests were revealed as part of the British Trust for Ornithology's annual heronry census.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2022
Carl Hawke, nature conservation adviser at the National Trust, said the larger heronry was "great news to discover".
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2022
In one wood there was a large heronry, in another a rookery.
From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles
We took seven birds that rose from the heronry of Barone.
From The Thirsty Sword by Leighton, Robert
Passage.—The line herons take over a tract of country on their way to and from the heronry when procuring food in the breeding season.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Were it not for the fact that herons nest like rooks, and that heronries are valued appurtenances in parks, they would soon become scarce.
From The Life of the Fields by Jefferies, Richard
Thus the number of so-called heronries in the United Kingdom, and especially in England and Wales, has become far greater than formerly, but no one can doubt that the number of herons has dwindled.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
But even the full-grown bird was not too powerful for the digestive organs in those days: it was termed viand royal, and heronries were maintained for the purpose of food, as well as diversion.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
Why are there no heronries in the English public parks?
From A Wanderer in Holland by Marshall, Herbert, R. W .S.
On the other hand, though the heron is the far more powerful bird of the two, heronries have likewise been scattered, and their trees appropriated, by rooks, probably in overwhelming numbers.
From Birds in the Calendar by Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George)
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