You will know when you see Ardea cinerea. Drifting yet effortful wingbeats that slice the air, the grey heron is unmistakable, its long legs trailing behind it, calling out across the land with its prehistoric quark. When it comes to rest beside the water it has chosen, its posture is perfection, balanced from the very last of it’s tail feathers to the …
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