Grey Heron Fishing in The River Tay On Visit To Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland short travel video clip of a Grey Heron bird fishing in the River Tay on visit to Perth, Perthshire. Herons are unmistakeable: tall, with long legs, a long beak and grey, black and white feathering. Grey herons are characteristically seen waiting patiently, stock still, for prey on lakeshores, coastlines and along the sides of rivers or estuaries. The grey heron bird has a graceful slow flight pattern with typically bowed wings. In flight, it pulls its neck into the body while stretching its legs out behind creating a very distinctive silhouette. The word heron is rather old and of uncertain origin. It appeared in the English language around 1300, originating from the Latin aerius meaning aerial. The River Tay, Scottish Gaelic: Tatha, is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh longest in the United Kingdom. The Tay originates in western Scotland on the slopes of Ben Lui mountain, Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Laoigh, then flows easterly across the Highlands, through Loch Dochart, Loch Iubhair and Loch Tay, then continues east through Strathtay, in the centre of Scotland, then south easterly through Perth, where it becomes tidal, to its mouth at the Firth of Tay, south of Dundee in Tayside. Widely distributed across most of Scotland, herons are rarer in Shetland and Orkney All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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