28/11/09
my 3rd and last installment of this day,after leaving the plovers we headed to upton warren.the bittern had been showing on the north moors earlier in the day so that's where i went.no more than 5 mins into our vigial the BITTERN was flying across the lake.it landed in the reeds(see pic below) and continued to move about in the reeds;
but despite watching for another 15-20 mins we didnt see it again.
so we headed down to the west hide,the usual stuff was about here,consisting of shoveler(65) teal(2) pochard(36),water rail(5,3 seen), g c grebe(15c),little grebe(6),a kingfisher perched on the stick briefly and a female reed bunting was on the feeders before going to roost
a redwing and a l t tit perched on the bush just outside the left side of the hide in almost darkness
.the walk back to the car was more exiting,with the thrush flock again presant,and with cetti's calling.
but bar the bittern it was a rather quiet visit,but come on,you've still got to love the place.
MB
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