Clydach Brook Visitor
When crossing the bridge from Commercial Road to Clydach Avenue we saw this visitor to the Clydach Brook.
It seems the Grey Heron is a regular visitor to Resolven.
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The grey heron was first described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and gave it the name Ardea cinerea.
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It is closely related and similar to the North American great blue heron which is larger.
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As we rushed to get under cover from a thunder storm and hail shower the heron was not bothered.
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Photo’s ~ Hugh Lewis, RDN Team