Mr Heron has dined here!!

We have one of these scarecrows.
I havn't seen it scare off a Heron yet but it gets rid of the cats.
And the Squirrels :D

 

Great clip watergarden!

 

A sight for sore eyes.

 

They are the most beautiful things Herons ,but just seeing that one looking at the pond makes my stomach turn.
I have ( or my pond as) been on the end of one .
I know what damage they can do to a pond.
My fish were terrified for weeks after the attack and hid at the bottom of the pond .
Not eating not doing anything scared out of their lives.
I lost 3 fish that time.
One left dead on the path 2 gone.
An oil slick on the pond plants broken .
Terrible. :(

 

What a fantastic photo!!! Did the fish survive??
They are lovely majestic birds!

 

as an update...We know the heron didn't get them all as several seen for few days afterwards.(and ugly net in place thereafter) However can honestly say we haven't seen any fish for weeks..not sure if they've gone to the bottom out of fear or if this is normal at this time of year?!

 

when a heron visits the fish go to the bottom and stay there for several days,you think they have been eaten but in fact they will appear,so dont despair,like i said in our first years we had the same despair but low and behold they appeared,but now we protect them,you will know when they visit they leave a trail of oil

 

I have a pond, and I've had trouble with a heron, we went and brought a scarecrow that was connected to a hose pipe.....you should have seen the heron go, when he had a blast from the scare crow. We didn't see him last year, and thankfully we haven't seen hin yet this year.
My Koi's are safe.

Every Autum though we put a net over the pond, and we haven't had any more problems with herons.
So this year we are trying it just with the net, and see what happenes.

Take Care

 

Sounds like you could use such a device as a cat scarer. Might be useful for those wanting to stop the kitties pooing in their gardens and would not cause civil war to break out again on the forum..

 

Had a problem once with a heron, but the plastic one seamed to sort it. I dont think the dog, the cats or the fox would apreshiate the scarecrow. Could be fun in the front garden mind to stop the door to door callers

 

We have one of those water shooters .
After having a vist from Mr Heron and losing some fish.
We though it was worth a try.
It was used all last summer got rid of the cats too.
Had no more problems with the Herons.
The only problem with them is they don't work in the winter as they freeze at night,
so the net is back on untill the spring.
I hate the look of a net on the pond but what can you do.
It's not so bad in the winter.

 

I lost some beauties to the Herons and tried netting but they just paddled it into the weeds. When Mrs Pal became a Childminder I laid this weld mesh to keep the kiddies safe and I haven't seen a Heron since...You learn to live with it..

 

I also think that the best defence is a net

 

That fountain nozzle could do with a clean

 

Gah... funny I should stumble across this topic. Went out to the pond yesterday and could only find 3 fish :( 1 has been the heron's lunch I think as a guy two doors up said that the heron is always taking his fish. Pants.