Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) photo
Bittern eating an Elephant Hawkmoth larva Deilephila Elepenor.
- Recorded 20 August 2008
- Added to IBC 3 years 11 weeks ago
- Wagtail
- Locality Leighton Moss, Lancashire, England, Great Britain (ssp stellaris).
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Having caught the caterpillar it first washed it before eating.