Definition of heronry in English:
heronry
nounPlural heronries ˈhɛr(ə)nriˈherənrē
A breeding colony of herons, typically in a group of trees.
Example sentencesExamples
- He also carried out an unauthorised development which involved the wanton destruction of protected trees and a heronry.
- For this purpose, keepers of parks, rabbit warrens and heronries were ordered to produce venison and wildfoul for their masters' tables.
- They usually nest together in colonies called heronries.
- In 1997, we estimated that about 800 pairs of wading birds nested at heronries on Canarsie Pol Island.
- 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.