my pond is too large to net so it has so many deterrents like flags and windmills on it , so it looks like a xmas tree, it spoils the natural effect, one time the heron was sleeping at the side of the pond at night, its not a sight i look forward to, i wouldn't mind if it took the fish to eat but it just fishes the out and stabs them, or leaves em on the grass to die, thats not fair on the fish, its welcome to take some for food but it took out a really pregnant one last week and it died on the grass, if it had benn allowed to spawn the fish would have provided babies and therefore more smaller fish for the heron, so i think they must be stupid too!
