KARAMEA wild

BITTERN

The Australasian Bittern is declining with less than 2000 thought to exist globally.  In New Zealand we may have as many as 1000, here in Karamea we have a few... 1? 2? 5? 20?  No one is sure, so to see one is a rarity and a privilege, never guaranteed.  These photos are all taken of Bittern within a 10km radius of Karamea township.