My grandaughters siting !

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Yesterday was a day off from school for my 7 year old grandaughter and we spent the day together birdwatching. As we were feeding the ducks at the far end of Pagham Lagoon and as I was looking at the Tufted ducks and a drake Pochard she quietly announced that she was watching a Water rail! Not really believing she was seeing this very retiring bird or that she would even recognize one I turned and looked to where she pointed and sure enough there was a water Rail skulking in the reed bed! We waited a short time and as it ran nervously across a patch of water I was able to get a record shot of the bird before it was lost to site in the reeds. What a lucky siting and thank you Jasmine.