HERONS

Does anyone have any ideas to keep the dreaded HERON from visiting my pond apart from a net.I saw him the other morning and he was massive.

 

a plastic heron! :D
No, honestly - it's meant to work! Alternatively, a highly expensive electronic system of wires, and things that make lots of noise when it lands. I prefer the plastic heron, myself! :D

 

Are you sure Nixon?(I HAVE heard this).Do you not think when they are flying over- HELLO! a sexy female Heron,come and join us,there's lots of lovely fish down here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Only a pawn in the game.

 

roders,
the plastic heron works ok, used one a few years ago where I worked, seemed to do the job.

A Game keeper also works well!!!

 

I'm afraid the only thing that keeps them away from my fish is a net over the pond, but I was reading the other day about a new idea about a wire that goes around the pond that stops them. http://www.koicarp.net/koi_accessories1/scarecrow.html

 

yes, that's what I was talking about - but the plastic heron's cheaper!! :D

 

Sorry Nixon, but plastic Heron dose not work, I a have large pond, nearby, plastic Heron and all. Result, Herons land on regular basis to MATE.... ??? Honest, it is a myth, that it fends them off, net only answer, mind you they are top class birds...

 

They look like grumpy old men with their heads hunched over and hands in their pockets. :rolleyes:

 

At the gardens I used to work at, there was a big pond with big fish, and as soon as a heron was spotted, all the men would rush over towards the pond, yelling and waving their hats! Mad - and I don't know how well it worked!! I was too busy laughing!! (I was a volunteer, so didn't feel morally obliged to join in! :D )

 

what a lovely hedge-hog, Liz!! even nicer than DaveW's one!! :D

 

If I can get round to setting my PC up I thought I might try animation on it! I could do gleaming red eyes as he is.... :eek: This was from a series at one of the rescue centres.

 

can't wait!! you'll have to call him Damien!

 

I've had the same problem and fabricating a round or flat piece of metal angled at between 30 and 45 degrees so that it goes out over the pond and the other end pushes in the ground. Then on the underside weld 3or4 small nuts on each piece of metal, then thread line through all of the holes.
This works as herons wade into water rather than flying in and landing on the water.
Best of luck

 

I'm having a bit of difficulty visualising that?? What are the lines for? Am I being thick again? :confused:

 

Need a big frame to keep this one at bay :D