A couple of (nearly 19 year) old digiscoped pictures of Bittern. Vignetting because camera's sensor was too big. First you see him/her, then you don't (at least if you don't look carefully).

Being abĺe to find Bitterns deep in reedbeds transformed my sightings ftom rare moments of seredipity, to sufficient regularity that I once took my father to the hide to see one.

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