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  1. Bittern

    Bittern

    Peering out of the long grass.
  2. Bittern

    Bittern

    Bittern
  3. stealth

    stealth

    on the look out for taisty morsels.
  4. Big Foot Bittern

    Big Foot Bittern

    They look too big for its body don't they?
  5. Great Bittern

    Great Bittern

    Large crop from a distant flypast. ---------------------------------------- http://www.pbase.com/02purser
  6. bittern

    bittern

  7. Bittern

    Bittern

  8. Bittern

    Bittern

  9. Bittern

    Bittern

  10. Bittern

    Bittern

    One from our Norfolk Coast trip last august.
  11. Bittern

    Bittern

    Closer crop of this normally elusive bird.
  12. Bittern

    Bittern

  13. Bittern

    Bittern

    Only got a fleeting glimpse of one of them yesterday, from afar. Not like this session, where I could watch it with the naked eye, it was so close.
  14. Ice Bittern

    Ice Bittern

    Dancing on ice perhaps. Had fine views of this bird as it strolled across the ice for a good 5 minutes.
  15. Bittern

    Bittern

    Male Bittern from the Lower Hide at Leighton Moss, Lancashire.
  16. Bittern

    Bittern

    Male Bittern from the Lower Hide at Leighton Moss, Lancashire.
  17. Bittern

    Bittern

    Male Bittern from the Lower Hide at Leighton Moss, Lancashire.
  18. Bittern

    Bittern

    They come up close and personal at Fishers Green at the Bittern Watchpoint, so if they are too close to get the whole bird in the frame, a headshot is always a welcome addition
  19. Norfolk Bittern

    Norfolk Bittern

    One from our week on the Norfolk Coast last august.
  20. Bittern

    Bittern

    Bittern
  21. Bittern

    Bittern

    The sunshine seems to have caught the eye colour well on this shot. It was about to launch a strike into the grass, to no avail.
  22. Yellow Bittern [juvenile]

    Yellow Bittern [juvenile]

    Dark streaks on crown, upper part and bolder streaks streaking on the underpart.
  23. Yellow Bittern [male]

    Yellow Bittern [male]

    The male differentiation with the female is the dark or blackish crown, wine coloured sides of head and neck
  24. Bittern

    Bittern

    Eyeing something up in the grass ready for another strike.
  25. Bittern

    Bittern

    Adopting the alarmed pose as two children ran down the nearby path noisily.
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