Sunday, February 28, 2010
Jubilee River
It was an invigorating morning for a walk (i.e. wet and windy!) and I was just enjoying being out in the fresh air - with six shelduck set to be the highlight of the day. Then, in a channel through the reeds, a bird with a beautiful brindled back stalked away from me.
"What's that pheasant doing in the water?" I wondered in my usual muddle-headed way.
It was a bittern. What am I saying? IT WAS A BITTERN!!!
The bird walked behind the reeds and froze, and as I clicked off a couple of shots a water rail flew towards it and an unseen Cetti's warbler burst into song.
A very nice trio for what had seemed an unpromising day.
// posted by Christine @ 4:43 AM 
