Bittern didn't let us down

I arrived at WSL for Bittern catch up and met Richard P and Steve already there, also present were 3 young ladies from Reading Uni eager to see our Bittern. Richard and Steve left early so the pressure was on me to find our bird. A kingfisher had just shown for the 4 of us,  then 6-7 more co-student ladies arrived and we got a reasonable view of a Water Rail as it flew quite close past us.
One of the girls spotted some movement and I quickly got the scope onto our Bittern, providing okay views until dark, when all the ladies left very happy.