Just a quick one for today to let everyone know that we have had a bittern sighting early this afternoon! The bird flew from the reed fringe to the left of the pond dipping platform (as viewed from the Beach Hut) and dropped into silt lagoon 6 - the northern most lagoon with the large reed block. The bird appeared very pale in colouration, similar to a pale bird that we had back in 2011, so should be quite distinctive if seen again. It is excellent and very encouraging to see a bird using these fringes of reed that are developing around the banks of Phase 1.
This is the first bittern sighting on site since the end of February and most welcome after such a length of time - who knows, it may have been here all along! Many thanks must go to Beach Hut volunteer John Totterdill for spotting the bird.
Please do keep an eye open when at the Beach Hut and walking the trails and do let us know if you see it.
Just a quick update for anyone who hasn't seen our Twitter or Facebook pages - the bittern was seen again last Tuesday 22nd July by Beach Hut volunteer Dave Roberts and myself and then again for the third time on Saturday 26th July by a visitor. Great news!