Well who would have thought it? 44 years I've been on this planet and I'd just about given up on this ridiculously rare and shy bird. Having for once made the effort to get to Roswell Pits before sun up, I was feeling pretty cheesed off to find that by 11am myself and a regular twitching partner hadn't even had so much as a glimpse of this increasingly common to Ely rarity. To say we were over the moon to end up with 3 separate sightings during the course of the day is putting it mildly (although I feel rather guilty about accidently flushing the first one out)
Hey! Nice to see a new blog on our fantastic Roswell Bitterns. Congrats on the sightings (and the picture). Getting a snap of one of these chaps gives you membership to a fairly exclusive club! Hope to see you out and about around Roswell at some time.
ReplyDeleteCheers Chris, the shots I got were fairly low grade to be honest, but I guess getting any kind of shot of a Bittern is a result? Been to the pits today actually, not a sniff. I fear they may have been temporary guests as the settling ponds were probably frozen solid until recently?
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