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heronry

[ UK /hˈɛɹənɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. a breeding ground for herons; a heron rookery

How To Use heronry In A Sentence

  • You're virtually guaranteed to see avocets, and you will certainly see herons, since the ancient woodland, with its noisy rookery, has the largest heronry in the UK.
  • A heronry tells us all kinds of good things about the health of the waters they live on. Times, Sunday Times
  • A sudden roaring clatter from the heronry. Times, Sunday Times
  • The number of nests in a heronry varies greatly, but there can be as many as 100 to 150. Times, Sunday Times
  • Whoever saw a siege of herons? Except in a heronry, they are solitary birds.
  • He also carried out an unauthorised development which involved the wanton destruction of protected trees and a heronry.
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