One of Britain's rarest birds, the Bittern, is staging a comeback. Known for its booming call, the bittern has this year nested at more sites than any year since 1990 when monitoring of the bird began ...

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The Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is a reclusive bird belonging to the heron family. Close to the size of a chicken, bitterns are a mix of golden-brown mottled with delicate black and tan.

Bitterns, a secretive species previously threatened with extinction in the UK, have had yet another brilliant breeding season with 283 booming males counted in 2024, according to new survey results ...