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Nikon D7200, Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6
ISO 500, f/6.3, 1/1600s, 500mm
The population of male bitterns in the UK fell to just 11 in 1997. Now there's about 230 breeding pairs. It still has a very limited range in the UK, so it's a bird I am always pleased to see.
I have found photographing it quite tricky as it is so well camoflaged. And when it flies it is often only for a few seconds as it moves around the dense reedbeds.
Bitterns have the coolest calls ever, completely unmistakable and mesmerizing when I heard my first in person
I have had the pleasure....terror...of being in the middle of a fog-filled fen when two bitterns started booming. Even when you know they are there it's pretty freaky.
Reminds me of the first time I heard nighthawks at dusk in the woods.
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