BITTERN

Taken Blashford Lakes, Hampshire.

 

I took advantage of the first sunny day for a long time and headed off the the Ivy North Hide for the Bitterns. Within no time at all at least two were active within the reed beds, one appeared in the open and was quite happy to sun itself before it disappeared into a cluster of reeds immediately infront of the hide window. After a short wait it made its way through the reeds and appeared in the open within a few yards of the hide where it obligingly sat in the sunshine.

Done