Barton Boomer's!

A visit to the old patch at Barton again today in the grotty weather resulted in some excellent sightings and included at least 6 Bittern at Far-Ings,with 4 birds around the perimeter of the Target lake which gave fantastic views and a great chance to watch them fishing with even a bit of Bittern aggro between 2 individuals thrown in aswell!,these were the best views i have enjoyed of this superb heron for a long time,with one being seen down to a range of 30 metres as it sheltered under a hawthorn bush from the cold easterly and sleet showers!.Also on and around Target lake were the cracking male Smew,a single male Marsh Harrier which flew east and a female Peregrine,with one seen near to the Humber bridge also.Earlier a small family group of Bewick's Swan flew east down river and comprised of 5 adults and 2 juv's,an excellent record of this fairly rare swan,my first local ones for some years.A great days birding despite the freezing conditions.