November 13 2011

All of these shots are hand held, at high ISO. The hide was a bit packed, so I was struggling to get anything from the bird, until it decided to walk past at point blank range

 
This is a poor picture, but it tells a good story!

Also present was it’s new best mate, this Grey Phalarope, which followed it closely wherever it went

Just out of shot in this picture, the Greater Yellowlegs was swimming across the small bay to the right of the wader hide

On the way back down, we stopped at Cresswell to enjoy the last of the day, and Roger had just found this Bittern. It showed very nicely.

A group of Whooper Swan where on the pond, which had seven immature with them.
And as we walked back to the cars in the near dark, the Bittern could still be seen.