Bittern sliding off wall (1 Viewer)

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philip parsons

Active member

• Feb 22, 2011

• #1

After seeing Mikes video, I thought I would share my video of a very obliging
Bittern.
The bird was filmed alongside the river Teme on the Worcester/Shropshire border.
The film was taken using my Nikon ED82 fieldscope combined with a Panasonic TM300 Camcorder - shame the birds legs are slightly out of focus at the end of the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46PdKZUY-ZM

 

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Mike Powell

• Feb 26, 2011

• #2

Excellent stuff, Phil! In over forty years birdwatching I have never been lucky enough to see one of these amazing birds feeding so openly. Well captured.

Mike

 

seedyrom

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Supporter

• Feb 26, 2011

• #3

Absolutely brilliant!

Thanks for sharing that with us!

 

bartolli

Well-known member

• Feb 27, 2011

• #4

excellent, many thanks for sharing that!

 

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Muratfaik

Well-known member

• Feb 27, 2011

• #5

Congratulations Philip,

Clear and nice capture! In Turkey these birds are a bit shy due to hunting pressure over the other waterbirds. I wonder if you'd heard any call of this bird? As far as I know, it is so strong that it can be heart from 5 km away. Years ago one of my friend was taking this bird's picrure and the bird attacks to him and shout. He dropped his camera and run away. We loughed to this funny story for years.

Murat F. Özçelik

 

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Rick

• Feb 28, 2011

• #6

Great footage of a normally difficult to see bird. Thanks for sharing this.