Heronry

Heronry in Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada.

A heronry is a breeding ground for herons, sometimes called a heron rookery.

Notable Heronries

Some of the notable heronries are:

Asia

• Kaggaladu Heronry is in Karnataka state of India. This heronry, in the Tumkur district of Karnataka, was first made known to the outside world in 1999 by members of the Tumkur-based NGO Wildlife Aware Nature Club.

Europe

• Cleeve Heronry (grid reference ST463662), in a woodland near the village of Cleeve in North Somerset, UK.
• Hilgay Heronry (grid reference TL635992) is in Norfolk. It is situated in a small copse on the edge of The Fens in the UK. An average of c.40 pairs of Grey Heron nests each year at this site, in Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and European Larch (Larix decidua) trees.

North America

• The Florida Everglades in south Florida, USA. Thousands of birds, including herons, egrets, spoonbills, and storks, nest in Mangroves (genus Rhizophora).

See also

• Bird colony