Far from being disheartened by the lack of Otters the multitude of other wildlife kept me entertained as I sat in the hide including Kingfishers, various ducks and geese and at least two different Bitterns, one of which flew in right next to the hide where it spent the next two hours teasing me with brief and partial appearances before disappearing back into the reeds. There were 2 or 3 other photographers in the hide and I suspect that we all got very similar shots over the course of the morning but it was amazingly quiet in the hide as nobody wanted to spook the bird and all conversations were conducted in tiny whispers.
In this photograph you can clearly see the unusual eye position of the Bittern which allows them to hunt for prey being able to see under their bills into the water.
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