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Bitterns having a hard time in winter when all waters are frozen. This one was looking for fish between the vegetation along a canal. Because of their hunger they need to leave their comfortzone and are more easily found. This one trusted on his camouflage and didn't move when someone with a dog came by....
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American Bittern
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RSPB Ham Wall.
Hearing the male Bitterns booming and not seeing them isn’t that unusual. I was still hoping to see one though, as you do!
Of course, I was busy watching something else, when this one quietly flew out of the reedbeds and across the skyline. Not the best of shots, if I’d caught it slightly earlier the background could have been a lot better… better than nought though!
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This least bittern was photographed while posing in a marsh in central Florida near the town of Christmas.
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Bitterns Main line boiler certificate will soon run out so, for a final fling, it ran from Kings Cross to Lincoln and back. Before it gets an overhaul it will spend 2015 running at the Mid Hants Railway. It is seen here just outside Spalding on the outward run.
Bittern in flight. swooped in from the right and I was lucky enough to get a 0.5 second bust. I checked the photos and was so happy I nearly scared it away :-)
I have never seen an American Bittern so close. I was hidden behind the reeds, this guy walked his way right up to the reeds... making it extremely difficult to capture. I very slowly moved up to have a clear shot. Glad it did not fly away.
3 shots from early February last year. 2 of female Bullfinch @ Sculthorpe Moor & a distant Bittern on local pool
Another shot of the Bittern...Botaurus stellaris, captured late afternoon at RSPB Minsmere Reserve, Suffolk, Englands.
Noticed a group with lenses & binoculars trained on an area in the reedbed, full marks to whoever spotted this pair because they were well hidden.
Lots of Bitterns at this reserve, often heard but rarely spotted.
St Aidan's Nature Park.
American Bittern
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American Bittern
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I was standing on bridge #3 looking to the east. I had seen three different Great Blue Herons and then I spotted this Bittern flying towards me. I thought it might be headed for the bridge but one the Great Blue Herons took off and it swerved back towards the reeds along the south end of the pond.
Bittern in stalking mode.
Likely a male on account of the darker crown.
Trying to get a feel for the 2xTC on FE100-400mm GM.
Shot with Sony a7Rii with 2xTC on FE100-400mm GM at 800mm.
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Mondat garden work again. Uploading a set of Bittern picx from Saturday. I was surprised & amazed when he popped out of the nearest clump of reeds to the hide. I dare not lift the camera up above the rim of the hide or stand up for a better view as it would have been gone. Had to crop the pics to get rid of the dark line @ bottom from the edge of the opening. Watched as he started to swim or wade across the open water then turned back when he realised he was being watched.
A lifer for me and a really great day out in Rickmansworth. I didn't want to go home lol.
A really gorgeous bird and a real rarity for Hertfordshire.
A very small Heron, smaller than a moorhen.
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Taken with my Canon 7D and 100-400 Canon IS Lens .
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This Bittern was photographed at Dungeness RSPB I saw it as it flew into Cooks pool as they opened the main reserve gate and then again as it moved to Hookers gravel pit a short while later . There are only very few Bittern breeding in this country but during hard winters, small influxes of birds from the continent arrive there may be as many as five hundred birds in the UK some winters . They are secretive and spend most of their time deep in the Reeds so I was very pleased to get this bird in flight .
A Bittern set. Was great to watch this Bittern on top of the reeds, then take off and head towards the channels. 5th Feb 2023. Look at them legs!
In the early morning sunlight, in Suffolk. Difficult lighting and a cluttered image, but it's a Bittern.
My first clear sight of a bittern, 10 shots in less than a minute. Then nothing else till my feet froze. But a great day.
After nearly two full days in the hide at Minsmere I got lucky and had this individual bird come out in view for first time so chuffed! (Up to 6 birds on view but often hiding in typical bittern fashion)