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Heron City Barcelona

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Heron City Barcelona
Heron City Barcelona
Heron City Barcelona
Heron City Barcelona
Heron City Barcelona
Heron City Barcelona
Heron City Barcelona
Heron City Barcelona
Heron City Barcelona
Heron City Barcelona
Heron City Barcelona
Heron City Barcelona
Heron City Barcelona
Heron City Barcelona
Heron City Barcelona
Phone:
+34 932 76 50 70

Hours:
Sunday9:30am - 9:30pm
Monday9:30am - 9:30pm
Tuesday9:30am - 9:30pm
Wednesday9:30am - 9:30pm
Thursday9:30am - 9:30pm
Friday9:30am - 9:30pm
Saturday9:30am - 9:30pm


The grey heron is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows. Standing up to a metre tall, adults weigh from 1 to 2 kg . They have a white head and neck with a broad black stripe that extends from the eye to the black crest. The body and wings are grey above and the underparts are greyish-white, with some black on the flanks. The long, sharply pointed beak is pinkish-yellow and the legs are brown. The birds breed colonially in spring in heronries, usually building their nests high in trees. A clutch of usually three to five bluish-green eggs is laid. Both birds incubate the eggs for a period of about 25 days, and then both feed the chicks, which fledge when seven or eight weeks old. Many juveniles do not survive their first winter, but if they do, they can expect to live for about five years. In Ancient Egypt, the deity Bennu was depicted as a heron in New Kingdom artwork. In Ancient Rome, the heron was a bird of divination. Roast heron was once a specially-prized dish; when George Neville became Archbishop of York in 1465, four hundred herons were served to the guests.
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