31 Oct - I managed to travel with a friend to attempt to see the American Bittern that has been at Trewey in Cornwall for almost a week. There has been a lot of controversy about "harrassment" of the bird, which has mainly been seen in flight around the pools and adjacent moorland - not surprising, as the pool it was feeding on when the farmer discovered it is fairly close to the road - I doubt if it would feed there in front of the 100+ people there when I was present.
The bird has previously flown out from the pool in the mornings, but when it hadn't been seen after 2hrs of daylight one person walked along the back of the pool and the American Bittern took off (it had obviously been feeding out of view)- we then had good views of it circling in flight until it landed in some pines. Distinctive, slightly smaller than a Bittern with heavily striped breast area. This is an extremely rare bird in Britain, the last one being back in 1991. Technically the bird was flushed....but I have long wanted to see one in the UK and was very pleased to see it....and it was not chased any further while I was there.
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