Bitter- n nothing!

I was having a nice time watching dabchicks, snipe and a ringed plover with Sam and Paula Lewis when Paula said whats that? I binned it and was extremely pleased to see a bittern stood in the open on a sand bank just on the curve of the river above the Iron Bridge. Interestingly, along with a grey heron and a little egret , it made up a trio of herons within a few yards of each other.
As we watched it, it slowly wandered over to the reed fringed riverbank which is where it was when we left, (2.30ish) just after a female merlin overflew us carrying prey! I must have been there hundreds of times and seen nothing much, but occasionally this lovely little estuary delivers the goods!