240 THE HERON AND HERONRIES 
TaLGARTH Hatt, MAcHYNLLETH, MERIONETH 
(The Seat of C. F. Thurston, Esq.) 
This Heronry is recorded in “The Field,” March, 1872, by 
Mr. J. E. Hart1ne, who says that fourteen pairs have nested here 
for the last fifty years. ‘‘..... Although there are plenty of 
trees for them they do not increase in numbers, which is strange, 
as the owner does not allow them to be disturbed.” 
Major GENERAL WHITE, the present tenant of Talgarth Hall, 
writes the agent, Mr. Cuas. R. Kenyon, as follows: ‘‘There are 
about nine Herons’ nests at Talgarth, and a// in Scotch Firs. 
They are certainly increasing in numbers, and both rooks and 
Herons build on the same trees, and apparently live in peace.” 
(June 4th, 1893.) In the foregoing it will be seen that there is 
a decrease in the number of nests since 1872; but it is satis- 
factory to learn that they are now increasing. 
BENARTH WooD, NEAR LLANDUDNO. 
The late Mr, JoHN Priczg, in his *‘ Llandudno, and How to 
Enjoy It,” says: “That a pair occasionally build here.” [See 
also Pennant Record. Ante. ] 
Mr. Harry Tuomas, of Llandudno, who has taken con- 
siderable trouble to gather information respecting the breeding 
places of the Heron near Llandudno, writes, that ‘‘the Heron 
no longer nests in Benarth Wood, or on the Little Orme.” 
Baron Hitt, BEAUMARIS, 
(The Seat of Sir R. Williams Bulkeley, Bart.) 
Writes: ‘‘I beg to inform you that the Herons have not 
nested on this estate for the last twelve years; before that time 
a few Herons nested in a cover called Fryar’s, about one mile 
from Beaumaris, and when they nested there their nests were 
on some tall silver fir trees. A few Herons still roost in 
Fryar’s cover in the winter time.” 
BrAMAS LoDGE, NEAR CORWEN. 
Mr. Ruppy writes me under date November 5th, 1889, that 
“there was a small Heronry here about thirty years ago. The 
nests were built on the tops of larch trees, the tops being 
bent almost at right angles, forming thick flat platforms. The 
larches are there now, but the Herons left long ago.” I learn 
that the reason these larches have their tops bent is owing 
to the prevailing winds, and not to the weight of the Herons’ 
nests. 
FLINT. 
Miss Luioyp, of Chester, informs me that Herons used to 
build here a few years ago. There is certainly no Heronry here 
now, and I fail to get further information. Mr. A. O. WALKER 
writes—‘‘ I never heard of one, and doubt it very much.” 
