I thought the migrant Pied Flycatcher I saw from my balcony was very early but, during a visit to a lake in West Flanders which has a breeding pair of Little Bitterns last week, there were lots of them. I did get to see both the male and female Little Bittern in flight but they were too quick for any photographs. This fox, though, was sitting out in the sun blissfully unaware I was watching it from within the hide.
This very young Blackbird also spent some time next to the hide swallowing berries which seemed far too large for it.
In Brussels this morning, I heard some Gold- or Firecrests, and the first Yellow-browed Warblers have already been seen at the coast so it looks like the autumn passerine migration is well underway.
