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REEDMARSH,HABITAT OF THIS EURASIAN BITTERN MOUNTED BY T.E.GUNN OF ST GILES ST,NORWICH 1844-1923,ALSO IN CASE ARE ADULT AND JUVENILE WATER RAIL(RALLUS AQUATICUS),CORNCRAKE(CREX CREX) AND THE RATHER ELUSIVE SPOTTED CRAKE(PORZANA PORZANA)
BITTERN(BOTAURUS STELLERIS)BELOW WITH REED BUNTING MALE AND SEDGE WARBLER,THREE BIRDS OF WATERSIDE DEEP SEDGE,THIS BIRD POSSIBLY MOUNTED BY HINE OF SOUTHPORT.
BITTERN IN DISPLAY POSTURE MOUNTED BY J.HEFFER OF ST JOHN STREET WOODBRIDGE SUFFOLK,LABLED CASE BY HEFFER PLUMBER,GLAZIER,PAINTER AND NATURALIST,A MAN OF MANY TALENTS,THIS IS A SUPERB MOUNT.
BITTERN(BOTAURUS STELLARIS)RESTRICTED TO ITS SPECIALIST FEEDING GROUNDS IN REEDBEDS,THICK SEDGE,FRESHWATER MARGINS,AND DITCHES,CAN BE LOCATED BY ITS BOOMING CALL ON BREEDING TERRITORIES,THIS TERRITORAL BEHAVIOR IS USED TO COUNT ITS DISTRIBUTION,AND THE PRESENT POPULATION IS STATED TO HAVE 31 BOOMING MALES.THIS CASED DISPLAYING MALE BIRD HAS A SEDGE WARBLER AND COCK REED BUNTING WITH HIM,AND IS MOUNTED SURROUNDED BY REEDS FROM CLEY MARSHES A TRADITIONAL NESTING AREA OWNED BY THE NORFOLK NATURALIST TRUST
BITTERN IN DISPLAY POSTURE IN CLOSE UP
BITTERN BY HUTCHINS OF ABERYSTWITH
BITTERN(BOTAURUS STELLARIS)VICTORIAN SPECIMEN BY JOHN ALEXANDER COLE OF NORWICH,1838-1906
BITTERN(BOTAURUS STELLARIS)THIS ONE AGAIN MOUNTED WITHIN REEDS FROM CLEY MARSHES,WITH A WATER RAIL(RALLUS AQUATICUS)ANOTHER SECRETIVE BIRD OF THE MARSHES,ORIGINALLY MOUNTED BY PASHLEY OF CLEY,RECENTLY RENOVATED AND RE-CASED.
SUPERB BITTERN
BITTERN IN WETLAND SCENE
AND IN CLOSE UP
LITTLE BITTERN
AND ABOVE IN CLOSE UP
LITTLE BITTERN(IXOBRYCHUS MINUTUS)OCCURS AS A SPRING VAGRANT FROM EUROPE HAS NESTED VERY RARELY IN THE PAST
DEMOISELLE CRANE IN BOX
SUPERB LARGE CASE OF EUROPEAN HERONS
 
LITTLE EGRET(EGRETTA GARZETTA)THE BRITISH ISLES ARE THE NORTHERNMOST BREEDING AREAS OF THIS BIRD,AN INFREQUENT BONUS FOR BIRDWATCHERS IN THE EIGHTIES,FIRST KNOWN BREEDING OCCURED IN 1996,BY 2001 THE POPULATION HAD REACHED 50 PAIRS,WITH THE POPULATION SWELLING TO OVER 1600 BIRDS DURING AUTUMN MIGRATIONS.
GREAT WHITE EGRET(EGRETTA ALBA)RARE MIGRANT TO BRITISH COASTAL WETLANDS
GREAT WHITE EGRET IN UPRIGHT POSE 5 FOOT HIGH CASE
 
CASE OF EUROPEAN HERON RELATED BIRDS,LITTLE BITTERN,PURPLE HERON,NIGHT HERON,SQUACCO HERON,CATTLE EGRET,
PAIR OF PURPLE HERONS POSS BY LOWNE RECENTLY RENOVATED
EUROPEAN PURPLE HERONS
SUPERB CASE BY GOSLING OF TAMWORTH,STAFFS
AUSTRALIAN WHITE HEADED HERON
GREY HERON
HERON IN CLOSE UP
GREY HERON(ARDEA CINEREA)HUGE BIRD OF WATERWAYS,POOLS,RIVERS,LAKES,TOP PREDATOR WHICH NEEDS CLEAR CLEAN WATER TO CATCH ITS MAIN PREY OF FISH,ALSO TAKES EELS,SEA-FISH,AMPHIBIANS,BIRDS,SMALL MAMMALS,AND HAS EVEN BEEN OBSERVED DECIMATING AVOCET AND TERN COLONIES,ONE REPORT FROM THE NORTH NORFOLK BIRD REPORT STATES,THAT IN A AVOCET COLONY THE HERON WAS SEEN TO LISTEN TO THE EGGS CLOSE TO HATCHING,AND THEN LEAVING THEM,ONLY EATING LIVE CHICKS JUST OUT OF EGGS,EGGS,RETURNING TO EAT NEWLY HATCHED YOUNG SEVERAL DAYS LATER,WHICH INDICATES,WAITING UNTIL THE FOOD SUPPLY HAD INCREASED IN VOLUME THREE FOLD,WAS THIS PURE CHANCE OR HAD THIS PARTICULAR BIRD THE INTELLECT TO FARM A FOOD SOURCE.
EUROPEAN GREY HERON
NICE HERON ON PLINTH
PURPLE HERON(ARDEA PURPUREA)UNCOMMON SPRING MIGRANT,MOSTLY JUVENILE BIRDS,AND LESS THAN 20 PER ANNUM ARRIVE IN OUR ISLANDS
HERON IN LARGE CASE WITH LAPWINGS AND MOORHENS
GREY HERON ON CASE
GREAT WHITE EGRET IN FULL HEIGHT POSE
GREY HERON IN CLOSE UP
A SUPERB SPOT FOR VIEWING HERONS AND EGRETS,ELMLEY MARSHES,THE RSPBs RESERVE IN NORTH KENT,ALSO MIGRATORY WADERS,SANDPIPERS AND RAPTORS,
SQUACCO HERON(ARDEOLA RALLOIDES)RARE MIGRANT TO BRITAIN FROM MEDITEREANEAN WETRLAND REGIONS
NIGHT HERON,(NICTICORAX NICTICORAX)SUMMER VISITOR TO BRITAIN
CATTLE EGRET(BUBULCUS IBIS)UNCOMMON VISITOR TO BRITAIN
NIGHT HERON.
DEMOISELLE CRANE(ANTHROPOIDS VIRGO)EXTREMELY RARE MIGRATORY VISITOR
CROWNED CRANE
LITTLE EGRET(EGRETTA GARZETTA)FORMERLY A RARE VISITOR TO BRITAIN ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO,NOW THERE ARE APPROACHING 100 PAIRS,ANOTHER BIRD PRACTICALLY WIPED OUT IN EUROPE FOR ITS FEATHERS IN THE 19TH CENTURY.
CASE WITH DEMOISELLE CRANE AND RELATED ANDALUCIAN HEMIPODE
ANDALUCIAN HEMIPODES RARE RELATIVE OF THE CRANE FAMILY
SUPERB CASE OF EUROPEAN HERONS FROM MALTA
LAKENHEATH FEN,BREEDING SITE OF FIRST COMMON CRANE IN THE FENS FOR 400 YEARS
CASED GREAT WHITE EGRET
PURPLE HERONS,SPOTTED CRAKE AND WAGTAIL IN LARGE DISPLAY CASE
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