Grey Heron fishing and taking a plunge in the pond!

A Grey Heron stalks my goldfish and even takes a plunge but luckily went away empty handed. Apologies for the sound, film taken from my spare bedroom window right next to the boiler flue. Filmed in Hampshire, UK.

[@jenimbusy6765]

I'm dealing with BigBird right now. Damn things turnt me into a sailor & has me havin demon thoughts. I've netted, windchimed, and motion activated sprinklered my 4-5 foot deep pond. But Tonite, my 4 Cattledogs NEARRRRRRLY ate his arse! WHOOOHOOOO! I live on 2 acres & I'm sure the neighbors think I'm nuts with all the foul words and evil things that come outta my mouth, but Tonite I hollered in PURE BLISS! That sucker seen his life flash before his long necked, pencil legged, fish stealing, eyes, and I was HAPPAH HAPPAH HAPPAH!

[@ballinderry]

I think the best solution is to have a part of your pond which is approximately 4 feet deep.The fish will go there. Herons are waders and a depth of 2 feet seems to be their limit. I suspect those who have lost fish to herons have shallow ponds.

[@chtholly8084]

Top man for not shooing it away, the heron is just doing what it was born to do. Most pond fish reproduce at a quick enough rate anyway so if it did catch something it wouldn't be the end of the world.

[@korea.festival]

Excellent video! Keep it up! I had to see the full video, as always, Keep it up! +thumb up3!

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

I would give that heron a stern warning, that as much as he enjoys a nice fish platter I enjoy roast bird on my table!

[@marylouartdesign]

They are beautiful , fascinating birds, I’ve had 4 goldfish in my pond for 5 years and went out yesterday and they were all gone ! Pretty Sure it was a Heron , oh well , maybe a lack of fish in the rivers for them these days ? I love to see them take off and fly , they look almost prehistoric 🙂

[@This_tub]

You choose some wild bird over your pets, there are ways to kill them. Protected my a--

[@traciforsythe4362]

There is no way I would have watched for more than 10 seconds let alone 8 minutes seeing a heron trying to steal my lovely fish.

[@Loachie90]

Excellent camera work

[@TheGingerPondkeeper]

Hi, I'm planning a video on my channel about pond predators, and wondered if I could use some of this video in it? I would obviously give credit, both during the video and in the description. Best regards, Andy

[@katrina2041]

Speaking 🔊 to a Heron

[@marlineharrold1937]

Truly enjoyed this. :D

[@cessealbeach]

I think the heron saw you filming through the window

[@casper1240]

My string experiment seems to be working so far looks a bit b etter than netting

[@graceexplorevlog4044]

Enjoyed your share of this amazing creation. He was funny in his plunge 😂. He seemed not to like the water. Anyway new friend and sub. Hope to see u.

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

Why didn't you get rid of it? I'd have chased it off with pitchfork in hand

[@Durrpadil]

Because Herons are people too.

[@thatonetoller2053]

They aren't.

[@brianemery8945]

@Locky Almanza would you? Then it's obvious you don't own koi

[@bobs3303]

can that bird put a hole in the pond ?

[@freebutterfly102]

Good he didn't get any fish!

[@nicedog1]

Behave Emu!

[@sirhanreid5896]

How were you so confident he wouldn't catch one?

[@عباسابوعليالصياد-ه2غ]

Voci Grey HERON

[@zulu59blue27]

Air rifle! !!! BOOM !!!!

[@NB_FILMMAKING]

I have suspicions that a f...... heron ate my 4 first pond fishes ever... First night and they disappeared 😢 They were beautiful small golden orfes Time to install a go pro and check who is the sneaky predator

[@imthemann6720]

I had 40 to 50 large gold fish in my pond and today saw a heron Stood at the edge of the pond ,when I went outside to check on Them there were only half a dozen left and they had been in there years

[@e79422]

I had 30 large fish disappear in one night. So upsetting.

[@pikmak920]

If I saw that Heron near my pond it would have a hatchet buried in it's skull within 60 seconds.

[@sonicmagnus5312]

damn pond robbing opportunists

[@KoiTimeUSA]

very nice koi pond. I just subscribed. check out my 1000 gallon pond on my channel cheers

[@johnsnowden110]

5 seconds then time to act, hate herons cost us thousands over the years

[@waterchildtera]

Paintball gun time

[@dybo79]

Play at 2x speed.

[@momot9051]

Bang.gone.