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Looks like a raggedy old whitethroat to me Well done getting a shot with no reeds obscuring the view!

PimperneBloke wrote: Mon May 25, 2026 10:15 am Looks like a raggedy old whitethroat to me Well done getting a shot with no reeds obscuring the view!

Thanks PB

Lovely Reed Warbler in the classic pose.

Jacksparrow wrote: Mon May 25, 2026 7:33 pm Lovely Reed Warbler in the classic pose.

Thanks Jack They spend so long in the pose, you would have thought they could evolve one leg shorter than the other

Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) - A bird I have only seen a very few time…

Photo taken at: RSPB Lakenheath Fen, Suffolk https://www.rspb.org.uk/days-out/reserv ... nheath-fen


Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) by SnappyMac, on Flickr

Species Information: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bittern

OH! What a stunner! Well done Snappy

PimperneBloke wrote: Tue May 26, 2026 7:30 am OH! What a stunner! Well done Snappy

Thanks PB Certainly made the trip worthwhile.

Aye the Reed bed are paying off for you SM!!! Not so much for others
Don't know if a like it ....yet

Linda257 wrote: Tue May 26, 2026 7:34 am Aye the Reed bed are paying off for you SM!!! Not so much for others
Don't know if a like it ....yet

Thanks Linda. Yes had a good selection of species from them this year.

Have never seen one, great capture Snappy.