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Least bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)

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Least bittern on nest with eggs

© Ron Willocks / Animals Animals
Least bittern at nest with chick and egg

© Barry Mansell / naturepl.com
Least bittern male with young at nest

© S & D & K Maslowski / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Least bittern juvenile side profile

© Peter Llewellyn / www.photoshot.com
Least bittern juvenile

© Peter Llewellyn / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Least bittern walking in shallows

© Geoff Trinder / www.ardea.com
Least bittern in reeds hunting

© Phyllis Greenberg / Animals Animals
Least bittern male hunting in wetlands

© Melvin Grey / www.photoshot.com
Least bittern

© Steven David Miller / naturepl.com
Least bittern in reedbed

© Mike Wilkes / naturepl.com
Least bittern standing on reeds

© Geoff Trinder / www.ardea.com
Least bittern adult walking on water lettuce

© Rolf Nussbaumer / naturepl.com
Least bittern standing amongst vegetation

© Tom Vezo / naturepl.com
Least bittern

© Barry Mansell / naturepl.com
Least bittern satnding in reeds

© Visuals Unlimited / naturepl.com
Least bittern male eating fish

© Marie Read / naturepl.com
Least bittern fishing in reed bed

© Mike Wilkes / naturepl.com
Least bittern

© Tom Vezo / naturepl.com
Least bittern in black mangrove tree during spring migration

© Larry Ditto / www.photoshot.com
Least bittern camouflaged in habitat

© John Shaw / www.photoshot.com

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