Bittern at Crossens Outer
It was a foggy day today when I finally had chance to catch up with the Bittern on Crossens Outer. A couple of Short-Eared Owls were around too, and several times I had the Bittern, the shorties and Little Egrets all in the same view in ‘scope and bins. A great day following a similarly fine day at Anfield yesterday. Very bad light for photography of course, but this video captures the jizz of the Bittern well: it’s showing very clearly here in North Merseyside, for such a normally secretive bird.
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