Heron v Pike 27-03-2025

[andygolfer]

On Friday I went to Duxford in the afternoon for the Puma farewell but before that I went to RSPB Fowlmere about 4 miles away from Duxford. I saw quite a bit of wildlife but the most impressive bit was watching a heron fishing about 40m from the hide and seeing it catch and eat a pike, here is a sequence of my photos that I took....

gotcha...
heron and pike fowlmere 27-03-2025 3560 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

heron and pike fowlmere 27-03-2025 3571 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

heron and pike fowlmere 27-03-2025 3582 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

turning it head first
heron and pike fowlmere 27-03-2025 3627 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

a bit of a mouthful
heron and pike fowlmere 27-03-2025 3637 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

it then turned the pike round and tried again...
heron and pike fowlmere 27-03-2025 3653 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

the tail about to disappear (this was a screen grab after I switched to video for a moment
heron and pike fowlmere 27-03-2025 3664-T by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

digesting...
heron fowlmere 27-03-2025 3665 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and 10 minutes later it was hunting again, this time all it caught was a frog..
heron fowlmere 27-03-2025 3682 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

a pretty lethal fisherman!
thanks for looking, C&C welcome
Andy

[AirbusA321]

Stunning shots Andy of one of nature's true fishermen, well done mate. I've been out with my new R7 not sure about posting the shots thought

[Nighthawke]

Fabulous captures! That took some swallowing.

Never been but will try to fit in with a Duxford visit.

[PorkScratching]

Stunning photos Andy. An awesome piece of natural history to capture.