On a walk into town on Sunday in bright sunshine, you ‘umble scribe encountered a visitor to the River Frome in the inner city (where it’s also known at the Danny. Ed.) near the Peel Street bridge – a juvenile grey heron.
According to the RSPB, grey herons can be seen around any kind of water – garden ponds, lakes, rivers and even on estuaries.
The one pictured above was seen in close proximity to a stretch of the Danny frequented by a small shoal of roach, so perhaps it was after one (or more) of them.
In addition to fish, grey herons will also consume small birds such as ducklings, small mammals like voles and amphibians.