Little Bittern

Little Bittern, The Pillinge, MVCP, 20th August 2016.  Photographed by Neil Wright and found by Steven Northwood.

Little Bittern

Little Bittern, MVCP, 20th August 2016 by Keith Owen.

Little Bittern

Little Bittern, MVCP, 20th August 2016 by Martin Stevens.

Redstart

Redstart, Brogborough Hill, 18th August 2016 by Peter Tomlinson.

Pied Flycatcher

Pied Flycatcher, Brogborough Hill, 17th August 2016 by Neil Wright.

Great White Egret

Great White Egret, Harrold and Odell CP, 14th August 2016 by Janet Monro

Water Rail Dunstable STW

Hobby

Hobby, The Lodge, 18th July 2016

Kingfisher Dunstable STW

Kingfisher Dunstable Sewage Treatment Works

I had a couple of hours to spare today having done all my jobs etc so sneaked off to Dunstable STW with the camera to see what was about. It was all very quiet on site with no sign of the 6-7 Green Sandpipers reported on site over the last week or so, encouragingly though I did hear a Water Rail which has recently been notable by its absence which is always a treat. It kept its head down though so no photo's unfortunately.

I did however have 3 quite lengthy fishing visits by the Kingfishers in the 2 hours on site, it certainly wasn't bothered by me in the hide and managed to feast on quite a considerable amount of Sticklebacks during its visits, with well over a 95+ % success rate for each attempt at a fish.