Mang
16-01-2011, 06:02 PM
Look what pops it's head out...
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e121/Mang1967/bushcraftuk/bitternandsmew_1.jpg
...A Bittern!:happy-clapping: We live in the Lea Valley in Hertfordshire and there's three sites we visit (incl an RSPB site) which support Bitterns in the winter. We then bombed round to the hide in the background and saw it move across from one reed bed to another. On the other side we saw...
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e121/Mang1967/bushcraftuk/bitternandsmew_2.jpg
...Blow me, a Smew!:happy-clapping: This is one of two of the above sites locally that support this diving Duck...
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e121/Mang1967/bushcraftuk/bitternandsmew_3.jpg
...and whilst not really rare, this Reed Bunting was entertaining on the feeders.
And whilst we were in the second hide we looked at the hardcore twitchers in the totally wrong place to see the Bittern and probably the Smew too...decided to PMSL as it's quieter than LMAO:p
When we walked home past them I mentioned the locations to them and several tried to move off in an orderly fashion whilst trying not to look like they were trying to be first off to the hides. Good days viewing/ entertainment I'd say.
I reckon I'd better send that Smew pic in for next years Countryfile calendar:rolleye::D
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e121/Mang1967/bushcraftuk/bitternandsmew_1.jpg
...A Bittern!:happy-clapping: We live in the Lea Valley in Hertfordshire and there's three sites we visit (incl an RSPB site) which support Bitterns in the winter. We then bombed round to the hide in the background and saw it move across from one reed bed to another. On the other side we saw...
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e121/Mang1967/bushcraftuk/bitternandsmew_2.jpg
...Blow me, a Smew!:happy-clapping: This is one of two of the above sites locally that support this diving Duck...
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e121/Mang1967/bushcraftuk/bitternandsmew_3.jpg
...and whilst not really rare, this Reed Bunting was entertaining on the feeders.
And whilst we were in the second hide we looked at the hardcore twitchers in the totally wrong place to see the Bittern and probably the Smew too...decided to PMSL as it's quieter than LMAO:p
When we walked home past them I mentioned the locations to them and several tried to move off in an orderly fashion whilst trying not to look like they were trying to be first off to the hides. Good days viewing/ entertainment I'd say.
I reckon I'd better send that Smew pic in for next years Countryfile calendar:rolleye::D