That Green Heron!

I forget exactly what I was doing but I checked the Pembs Bird Blog and Twitter mid afternoon on the 27th April and found a message newly-posted by Dave Astins concerning a Green Heron on a private pond at Llanmill near Narberth. So I rang Dave and found that he had the message via Kevin Phelps from the landowner, The MP Simon Hart. Whatever it was we were doing it was 'tools down' and we were off. When we arrived Brian Southern and a couple of others were already present but it had flown! And it didn't show for half an hour until I got a flash of purple in the irises and Richard Dobbins then picked it out in that area. And then it performed brilliantly for a while. My only regret was that it was a dull and overcast afternoon, poor for photos, and people on subsequent days had much better light conditions to enjoythis shockingly good-looking bird. We had seen a number in Costa Rica, on the Nicaraguan border which sounds exotic but somehow it was much much better in Pembrokeshire. So we at the Pembs Blog did our bit to help smooth access and give information and it was enjoyed by all - or at least it seemed that everyone with a pair of binoculars came to visit. On a serious note, it's not possible to thank Simon and Abigail Hart enough for their forbearance and hospitality throughout.