The Grey heron family was well represented yesterday at Cardiff’s Roath Park Lake, with at least two, that I saw, either wading slowly through the shallow muddy water, using their feet to disturb potential edible snacks, or standing stock still, a perfect example of intense concentration, as they waited for a fish to swim by.

The second Grey heron, which looked to be a juvenile, seemed very concerned about something, turning its head to one side then the other to watch the sky above.

That led me check what it was looking at and it seemed to be a Goshawk (too big for a Sparrowhawk) chasing a flock of panicking Feral pigeons across the sky. I didn’t see if it was successful as they were obscured by a stand of tall trees, and the Grey heron went back to its fishing and I went back to watching the Grey heron at its fishing.