heronry
/ˈhɛr(ə)nri
/noun (plural heronries)
A breeding colony of herons, typically in a group of trees.They usually nest together in colonies called heronries....
- 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.
- In 1997, we estimated that about 800 pairs of wading birds nested at heronries on Canarsie Pol Island.