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A siege of Herons under a Cumulus sky, Neath, South Wales.
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Thanks for your interesting comments I live in the vale of Neath S. Wales and have never seen “Cranes” visit we have a large heron colony close by
so my guess was that they were herons and indeed I have not seen that many “herons” in flight
again many thanks for what could well be a true explanation
And now, something completely different, which is a heron:
http://www.photos-neuch.net/Images/Faune/Oiseaux/heron_2.jpg
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRkgoOgd_LwIPoDV-_ALeIj5aHZi40nwgGH7AcQDpVRVM7u57dW
Laurence
The birds depicted here are most probably Cranes. To see so many Herons like this in formation?!? I’d guess not.
Here is a good view of one such Crane in flight showing its outline:-
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1293&bih=678&q=crane+bird+images&oq=Crane+bird&gs_l=img.1.1.0l10.2807.8964.0.12089.10.8.0.2.2.0.145.1024.0j8.8.0….0…1ac.1.64.img..0.10.1067.f0XvXdg4g0M#imgrc=Yiualv97qIuuTM%3A
Laurence
wondeful sight… Bur, sorry, these birds are not herons. Herons bend their neck when flying. These probably are cranes.