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As a break from butterflies and dragonflies, here is an oldie of a Bittern...Botaurus stellaris at Minsmere Nature Reserve, Suffolk, England
More snow last night, enough to cover my tracks in the gdn so now up to about 6 inches - 150mm. Not gone out again & nothing coming to my feeders of any note. Unloading some unposted Bittern pictures from 2012. Had never been so close to a Bittern
I thought the forecast was ideal for Beardies today , didn't see any at all but this bittern practically flew over my head so all was not lost.
What can I say on a roll great kingfisher earlier in the week and now a bittern out in the open.....
It was so awesome to see this young Least Bittern today!! They were so far away so I used my crappy 7D2 to get closer. I was so happy to see the young ones that I really didn't care that they were that far away. We saw them pretty close in Texas earlier this year. Just great to see them successfully breeding
I sat in a cold hide for 4 hours awaiting a site of the secretive and elusive Bittern,initially with no luck.I gave up and left the hide only to be told a short time later that 2 Bitterns had just been spotted there.I quickly returned and got some close views of this enigmatic bird as it moved through the Reeds,in front of the hide.
Taken at Slimbridge ,Gloucestershire
Least Bitterns are a favorite subject not just because of their beauty, but because they are so challenging to get in flight. I haven’t yet gotten a good sense of when they are about to fly, although they often display a pattern of catching a small fish and then moving on. It’s like their cover is blown and they have to go hide somewhere else. They are a small bird, which are listed as 13” tall, but I think that’s when they stretch out their magic neck. Normally I’d say they are about 6-8”. Quite attractive, the male, shown here, has more contrast with those dark wing feathers. I caught this one just as it was making a landing to a new fishing spot. (Ixobrychus exiles) (Sony a1, 400mm lens, f/2.8, 1/3200 second)
I was begining to think I wouldn't see a Bittern in 2020 but this one calmly walked out of the reeds across in front of me. To be fair it's not been an easy year as we all know, so it was good to see this one today.
a quiet minsmere we went straight up to island mere hide as they were reed cutting in front of bittern hide and it turned out to be the only sucsessful hide
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Bittern - Botaurus Stellaris
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Taken a few weeks ago!
Least Bittern
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