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Heron Island (New South Wales) , London, England
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Heron Island may refer to: * Heron Island (Queensland), in Australia * Heron Island (New Brunswick), in Baie des Chaleurs, Canada *Heron Island (Quebec), in the Saint Lawrence River, Canada *Heron Island, Berkshire, on the River Thames, England *Heron Island, Maryland, on the Potomak River, USA *Heron Island, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland *Heron Island, South Bristol, Maine, shortened from full name: Inner Heron Island *Heron Island in Kelsey Park Kelsey Park is a public park in Beckenham in the borough of Bromley, Greater London. It historically formed the landscaped park of the Kelsey Manor Estate. The river Beck runs through it. History The original mansion was built around 1408 for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heron Island (Queensland)
Heron Island is a coral cay located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef, north-east of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, and north-north-west of the state capital Brisbane. The island is situated on the leeward (western) side of Heron Reef, a fringing platform reef of significant biodiversity, supporting around 900 of the 1,500 fish species and 72% of the coral species found on the Great Barrier Reef.University of Queensland Centre for Marine StudiesIsland Research Station Retrieved 2006-JUL-14. During the summer months Heron Island is also home to over 200,000 birds including Noddy Terns and Mutton Birds. The island is about long and at its widest, giving an area of approximately . The highest point, near the western tip, is above sea level. A dune ridge along the southern shore rises some above sea level, lower dunes on the north-eastern side are only about above the sea. Heron Island and an extrapolated version of the research station are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heron Island (New Brunswick)
Heron Island is a formerly inhabited long island in Chaleur Bay, located approximately 4 km from New Mills, New Brunswick and across from Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec. It is accessible only at high tide from a wharf on the south side of the island. Today the island has been declared a provincial reserve and is under the care of the New Brunswick government . There is a native traditional burial ground near the northwest end of the island. History Abbé Joseph-Mathurin Bourg (practising in Carleton), first Acadian priest, was given the island and the land now called Charlo by Sir Richard Hughes, 2nd Baronet, Governor (on file in Louisbourg), in the capital, Halifax in thanks for his mediation efforts between the Mi'gmaks and the white settlers. However, he was too busy with his congregation work and never took possession. The deed was withdrawn and the island made available to loyalist settlers. The Mi'kmaq called the island ''těsǔnǔgěk'', but no longer resided on the isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heron Island (Quebec)
Heron Island is a small island of approximately 129 acres in the Saint Lawrence River and part of Sainte-Catherine, Quebec, Canada. The northern tip of the island is located in the Lachine rapids. It is one of " Saint-Laurent, Vision 2000" 37 protected sites. In 2002, Hydro Quebec donated the land to The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) which manages the site as a wildlife reserve. Federal migratory bird sanctuary In 1937, the island along with nearby Goat, The Seven SistersDevil's and Boquet Islands were collectively granted status as a federal migratory bird sanctuary under its official name of Ile aux Hérons Migratory Bird Sanctuary. Hence its namesake, the island currently (2010) hosts Quebec's 2nd largest colony of Great Blue Herons. Other nesting birds include the Black-crowned Night Heron, Great Egret and numerous others. Around 2000 it was thought that 3 White-tailed Deer The white-tailed deer (''Odocoileus virginianus''), also known as the whitetail or Virgin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heron Island, Berkshire
Heron Island is a small island near Caversham Lock, on the north bank of the River Thames at Reading, Berkshire in England. The island has private riverside housing and is connected by road to Lower Caversham. It also connects by footpath to View Island just upstream, relaxing island set out as a small park with grassy paths and seating, a pond, and several wooden chain-saw carved sculptures.Local Photos — View Island Caversham.org.uk This in turn connects via a weir to De Bohun Island, where Caversham Lock is located, and on to the south bank of the River Thames. See also * |
Heron Island, Maryland
Heron Island is a sandbar located in the Potomac River east-north-east of Saint Clement's Island in St. Mary's County, Maryland. The closest town is Colton's Point, Maryland, 1/2 mile to the north. The island is named for the large numbers of herons seen by the European colonists when they arrived in 1634. Landforms of St. Mary's County, Maryland Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ... Uninhabited islands of Maryland River islands of Maryland Shoals of the United States {{StMarysCountyMD-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heron Island, County Fermanagh
The herons are long-legged, long-necked, freshwater and coastal bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...s in the family Ardeidae, with 72 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons. Members of the genera ''Botaurus'' and ''Ixobrychus'' are referred to as bitterns, and, together with the zigzag heron, or zigzag bittern, in the monotypic genus ''Zebrilus'', form a monophyletic group within the Ardeidae. Egrets do not form a biologically distinct group from herons, and tend to be named differently because they are mainly white or have decorative plumes in breeding plumage. Herons, by evolutionary adaptation, have long beaks. The classification of the individual heron/egret species is fraught with difficulty, and no clear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heron Island, South Bristol, Maine
The herons are long-legged, long-necked, freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 72 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons. Members of the genera ''Botaurus'' and ''Ixobrychus'' are referred to as bitterns, and, together with the zigzag heron, or zigzag bittern, in the monotypic genus ''Zebrilus'', form a monophyletic group within the Ardeidae. Egrets do not form a biologically distinct group from herons, and tend to be named differently because they are mainly white or have decorative plumes in breeding plumage. Herons, by evolutionary adaptation, have long beaks. The classification of the individual heron/egret species is fraught with difficulty, and no clear consensus exists about the correct placement of many species into either of the two major genera, '' Ardea'' and ''Egretta''. Similarly, the relationships of the genera in the family are not completely resolved. However, one species formerly consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
