Bittern preening at Hatch Pond, Poole

Hatch Pond Nature Reserve, Poole, Dorset (February 2010)

This bird was balanced on some bent reeds for a couple of hours and didn't move position except to preen occasionally.

For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Eurasian Bittern / Internet Bird Collection
Eurasian Bittern / Bird Forum
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species / Botaurus stellaris