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Brighty3006
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Heard my first ever last year in South Lincolnshire
jammygunner
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Great stuff! A bird in serious decline and not helped by the increase in otters in some reserves.
Bo Diddley
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I flyfished a large gravel pit along the Nar Valley a few years ago and got lucky one day while wading along a big bed of Norfolk reeds. One took off behind me and landed in another bed a couple of hundred yards away. I'd say that Bittern was a weaker flyer than a Grey Heron.
That's the only time I've seen one, and it was close
That's the only time I've seen one, and it was close
Seen it a couple of times flying - and yes agree looks a very odd sight !I flyfished a large gravel pit along the Nar Valley a few years ago and got lucky one day while wading along a big bed of Norfolk reeds. One took off behind me and landed in another bed a couple of hundred yards away. I'd say that Bittern was a weaker flyer than a Grey Heron.
That's the only time I've seen one, and it was close
Have not seen or even heard a bittern for many years. First one that I ever came across was as a kid sitting in a punt on the waters edge in North Norfolk waiting to shoot a mink. Ruddy thing 'boomed' in the reedbed just behind us and I damned near sh8t myself ! 
The old keeper I was with took twenty minutes to stop giggling
The old keeper I was with took twenty minutes to stop giggling
shakey jake
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heard a bittern yesterday, walking near minsmere. Weird sound.
Got screamed at by i assume barn owl on tuesday night.
Birds are very different
Got screamed at by i assume barn owl on tuesday night.
Birds are very different
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