On this day in 2014, a Purple Heron was, with a bit of stealth showing (eventually) really well on Anglesey at Capel Gwyn...
A long drive from the North East the previous evening and another early start with the alarm..... It's another bird to try and grip back after failing to see the North Warren (Suffolk) Purple Heron during a long session! The one was always going to be difficult too (aren't they nearly always?) and nearly 4 hours into a long blank vigil, things were not looking good :-(
Everyone else had given up and left..... and then by a twist of fate, I was eating a sandwich.... another birder arrived..... shut his car door.... and what should pop up then land in a viewable position from where it had been unseen all morning.... PURPLE HERON and (298) Punch the air or what!! Birds are all the more sweeter when you've spent a lot of time and effort :-)
After a while it relocated nearer the caravans!
Still tucked away in the vegetation but much more obliging!
Eventually having a preen and rest.....
A couple of closer crops to finish with!
A great day in the end and TWO to go.......
