heronry

[ her-uh n-ree ]

/ ˈhɛr ən ri /

a place where a colony of herons breeds.

Origin of heronry

First recorded in 1610–20; heron + -ry

There is a heronry in the wood, and pigeons build in the larches.

Poachers and Poaching |John Watson
Another notable reach shows the grounds of Altyre with its heronry.

Bonnie Scotland |A.R. Hope Moncrieff
There is still a heronry at Dawyck, but not, I think, in an "Orch-yard."

Highways and Byways in The Border |Andrew Lang
The herons have just returned to the heronry after an absence of many months.

Poachers and Poaching |John Watson

But I declare I feel hurt that you should have been at the Heronry and not paid us a visit.

Hester, Volume 3 (of 3) |Margaret Oliphant

heronry

/ (ˈhɛrənrɪ) /

a colony of breeding herons