There's nothing like a message stating 'Marsh Harrier' to quicken the heartbeat and speed up loading the car. I was very shortly after gazing at the Venus Pool reed bed (far bank) with eyes glued onto where it had dropped in....
And here's the moment it flew out of the reed bed...
Only to be immediately intercepted by a quick response Oystercatcher!! I missed the moment to press the shutter as the Oyk dumped a shower of whitewash on the Harrier whilst they battled it out!
There was a little too and fro as the Harrier cruised over the reed bed once more...
Before turning over the pool, towards the hide! white sky is the most unforgiving of backdrops sadly!
And this fly over left me thinking 'if only'...
It quickly did an 'about turn' and headed east...
Another fine bird found by Dave Chapman, becoming a habit... Checked through the records, my fourth for the Patch
