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Waiting
Waiting
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Wednesday 28th December dawned with a promising glimpse of blue sky and the forecast suggested a prolonged period of unbroken sunshine from 9.00am onwards. A quick gathering of the equipment and I headed off towards Moore Nature Reserve, just south of the Mersey, on the west side of Warrington. I planned to spend a few hours trying to get a flight shot of one of our most enigmatic birds.
I entered the hide at 9.00am, joining a real bird photographer and settled down to wait in anticipation. This sort of photography is just that waiting, waiting a bit longer, and then just to break the tedium strolling around for a few seconds to get the blood back to your feet before commencing waiting a bit more. Every once in a while a muscle tensioned state ensues provoked by the possibility that something might fly, or walk, within acceptable photographic range.
After about 40mins the Bittern obliged by walking a across an open patch between two reedbeds, a staccato stutter of shutters and a few record shots were secured. The low light conditions created a slightly grainy image. Not an image to get over excited about. A short while later the sun popped out from behind the last bank of cloud. Sadly the bittern failed to re-materialise and so I contented myself with some very average shots of Common Buzzard and Grey Heron.
Definitely a day of so close and yet so far. I'll get that flight shot one day.
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