Little Bittern, Lesvos.

Little Bitterns are widespread throughout Lesvos and are found on most waterways. However, that doesn’t mean that they are always easy to see. They can be quite secretive and all you hear is their loud ‘Barking’ call. Like all these secretive water birds they can, on the odd occasion and for no logical reason, just walk out into the open and early one morning this happened to us as we driving along the Tsiknias River near Skala Kallonis.
We watched this bird from our vehicle and then we got out quietly and it still wasn’t bothered, so I set up my kit on a tripod and attempted to shoot a short video along with a few stills.

https://youtu.be/_hV0JNXjST8