In this gallery I have included some of my favourite images taken of Marsh Harriers over the last 16 years with digital gear. Raptor photography in Britain is far from easy as raptors are rightly cautious of human beings so close encounters are generally few and far between and many of these images have been taken from permanent hides on reserves.
an adult male mobbing a Bittern in its breeding reedbed; Bitterns and Marsh Harriers often occur together but they are the best of enemies and will predate each others young so harriers locating a perched Bittern will often give it a serious amount of aggravation performing steep dives at the perched bird often with piercing calls to add weight to the attack.
An up to date image from April 2021; a 3cy male hanging over a reedbed soon after dawn on a very cold morning with the mist still hanging over the water
Another shot from April 2021 of a female at sunrise