I get the impression that odd Bitterns will put up with a hide full of photographers and machine gun shutters blasting at them but a lot more will not; I think this is one that will not -- it was late afternoon when it appeared in the open in deep shade but it then put on an interesting dancing display before flying to roost in the adjacent reedbed; the difference in exposure between the deep shade and the last rays of the sun was 4-5 stops -- as usual I was in manual exposure mode so just spun the wheel as it hit the sun to change exposure and guessed ---
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Stunning shots.
John.
Hi Graham,,
It seems that they become habituated to human presence if constantly exposed to us.
Some of our Dorset winter Bitterns will fish for hours & allow photographers without hides to stand just a few metres away in full view.
The otters are now adopting the same daylight feeding strategy & take no notice of people.
3 years ago the same otter female would only emerge with cubs from dusk to dawn !
2 females now produce cubs in separate holts & fish together on the same stretch of water all day - I never thought I would live to see up to 8 otters together on a lowland English river in daylight !
regards
Mike Coleman
Thanks for that Mike; interesting stuff -- hopefully our Otters will become diurnal in the future
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