Something spooked the Heron and the Kingfisher together, they both flew off across the water.
The Kingfisher came back for another look from the perch.
I couldn’t help but take some more photos!
While we were at Strumpshaw’s reception hide a Grey Heron stopped by for a while.
First it had a little stroll about.
We followed the path towards the meadow trail, we saw some Blue Tits darting about in the woods but always coming back to a branch right next to the path.
We carefully snuck down the trail and on our way past saw this tiny fledgling perched on a branch occasionally being fed.
After the Bittern fly by a Common Tern was up to all sorts of aerobatics by the reception hide.
Just as I finished taking some photos of the Kingfisher a pair of Bittern took flight!
It was amazing to see them and we were so happy to finally catch sight of them, we’d visited wetlands and fens for a couple of years even hearing them boom but not seeing them.
In all the excitement I forgot to raise my shutter speed so there’s not many clear photos of them but these two turned out ok.
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