DSP08096 - Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
Having caught a very brief glimpse of this the day before I didn't realise what it was until later on that day when I worked out it could be this bird, having not seen one before I assumed it was quite large, in fact was the opposite, small about the size of a pigeon, so the next day spent a long time in the same spot hoping for a another sighting, arrived that morning about 9.30am, spent the day on site and kept returning at regular intervals but no luck, so one last visit before the bus back to the hotel just before 4.30pm, bingo ! after a few minutes saw it coming and heading towards the same spot disappearing into the reeds. 30 minutes or so later reappeared and did the same again, Lucky day and a first for me.
S'Albufera, Majorca
DSP08096 - Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
Having caught a very brief glimpse of this the day before I didn't realise what it was until later on that day when I worked out it could be this bird, having not seen one before I assumed it was quite large, in fact was the opposite, small about the size of a pigeon, so the next day spent a long time in the same spot hoping for a another sighting, arrived that morning about 9.30am, spent the day on site and kept returning at regular intervals but no luck, so one last visit before the bus back to the hotel just before 4.30pm, bingo ! after a few minutes saw it coming and heading towards the same spot disappearing into the reeds. 30 minutes or so later reappeared and did the same again, Lucky day and a first for me.
S'Albufera, Majorca