Water Gardening: Heron return?, 1 by BingsBell

BingsBell wrote:
I had the same problem. I use the bird netting ( the same as you have) only on the shallow edges of my pond so the Heron can't wade into it. It is held in place by the large containers. The other containers are there because the Heron landed on the coping and fished from there even though it is 3 to 4.5 deeper there. My Koi are so tame, they think a large bird like a Heron looks like someone who may just offer them a snack until one gets eaten. They will swim right up to the Heron.

Next year, my health allowing me, I am making some hyper-tufa containers to match the stone and they won't be so intrusive to the pond scenery and stand out so much. They will be lower in height and just enough of them to hold the netting secure.

I also have a "Scarecrow" which is a sprinkler that has a motion sensor on it and it worked well until my water gummed it up and they are a little too expensive to keep replacing. It does work though if you don't want to net your pond.