Bittern
Bittern; subtle brown
feathers flying past the hide
Herringbone beauty
Egret
Feather tutu flies
Musical winds wafting wings
Jete! Jete! Glide!
Swans
In the green canal
Among the waterlilies
White sails drifting by
Graceful necks bending
Low to kiss their reflections…
Pondweed slurps instead!
Cormorant
Sky hatchet cutting
A swathe of leaden landscape
Skewering reedbeds
Jays
Just so much gossip
In the branches overhead
Two jays chat at lunch
Marsh Harrier
Broad wings weave the wind
Around a stand of willows
While rain clouds billow
