Saturday 13th December
What a terrible day - heavy rain all day but I did manage to get out for an hour or so late afternoon for my 300th blog post.
I wasn't expecting much (through wet glasses and wet bins!) I started with a quick scan at the Bittern spot but no sign at around 2.45pm. A female Goldeneye showed distantly in the murk. I wandered along and crossed the railway track to Abbey Mead. A flock of Long Tailed Tits passed through as well as a couple of Goldcrest. Along to Brooklands, close to the tunnel to the carpark I had vert good views of a Chiffchaff and another Goldcrest.
Along the Millstream another Chiffchaff called and some Goldfinches went over as well as a Grey Wagtail. As the light was fading I arrived back at the patch of reeds that regularly holds Bittern in the winter. I could see a ligher shape in the reeds and then it turned its head and flapped its wings - at last I have caught up with a Bittern this winter. It showed well, climbing up into the reeds at around 3.45pm....I left, soaked, but happy!
posted by Steve @ 6:35 pm
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5 Comments:
Steve ,
Congratulations on your 300th. post , and what a way to do it with a Bittern . Well worth getting soaked for .
Following your route in my mind , I have a reasonable idea of the area you found it in .
I feel another trespass coming up , would be a nice double with Waxwing !
Hi Steve. Congrats from me too. Was it somewhere along the Millstream you saw the Bittern or on Brooklands?
Great to hear that you saw the Bittern.
It makes all the difference when you find a star bird. Somehow the cold and wet don't seem so bad. Nice one Steve
Well done Steve, on your 300th and the Bittern - I'll have to get up there this winter to try and see this reed lurker.
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