8.30am-10.am another very nice clear and calm day.Birds noted - a Shelduck and 4 Teal were seen on the river. A water Rail and a Cetti`s called from the sunken marsh.The brown-head Goldeneye was present again on Brookland,along with 8 Pochard and 20 Tufted Duck.Four Shoveler, 26 Tufted Duck and 8 Pochard were on Abbey Mead from where a second Cetti`s was heard,a third was calling along the western edge of Brookland.The east scrub held small numbers of both Chaffinch and Fieldfare and more unusually a pair of Mallard,the last of which were on a small water flash.Best of all however was another sighting of a Bittern.The bird appeared as I was climbing the mound at Brookland.It came over from the direction of Burham,flew across the lake and went down in the reeds along the western edge of the lake.I didn`t however have my camera out of its bag and by the time I was ready to shoot it was flying away from me,another good photo opportunity mist.I also forgot to put the camera onto auto tracking,so hence the out of focus shot.