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Heron homemakers
Janet Sumner visits the nature reserve at Coney Island on Lough Neagh in the company of warden Peter McClelland. The island is a nesting site for the grey heron, the UK's largest and most widespread predatory bird. During the mating season the female's bill changes from yellow to bright pink.
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