Sensational Strumpshaw Fen: Bearded Tit, Water Rail, Bittern, Little Owl....

Just occasionally the Fen pulls out the metaphorical stops and delivers bird photography opportunities of the highest quality. At the moment the 'film stars'  are the Bearded Tits, a pre-dispersal flock of which feeds along the Sandy Path, sometimes approaching within just a metre or two. While I was watching these this morning, a Bittern flew across the reed bed, adding itself to a daylist that already included Kingfisher, Water Rail, Snipe, Siskin and Jay.

I had work to do, so left earlier than usual: perhaps this was the reason I found one of the resident Little Owls perched right by the road!