A Bittern taken at Blashford Lakes

Visited Blashford Lakes today and was lucky enough to see and take a couple of pictures of the Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) at the Ivy North hide with my Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 lens.

This is my best shot cropped

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and this is the original photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the Bittern pruning, cropped version & original. The crop is the first of the two images.