heronry
Americannoun
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Carl Hawke, nature conservation adviser at the National Trust, said the larger heronry was "great news to discover".
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2022
The nests were revealed as part of the British Trust for Ornithology's annual heronry census.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2022
In nesting-time a heronry, as such a colony is called, is a very noisy, dirty place; for they do not keep their homes neat and nice, like the tidy land birds.
From Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners by Fuertes, Louis Agassiz
Rooks and jackdaws sometimes take up their quarters near to a heronry, and do you know they steal their eggs, the rogues, and devour them.
From Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by Houghton, W. (William)
Once, when drifting over the beaver pond through the delicate witchery of the moonlight, I heard five or six of the great birds croaking excitedly at the heronry, which they had deserted weeks before.
From Wood Folk at School by Long, William Joseph
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