Drive past a marsh, lakeshore, or river, you’re likely to see a stately great blue heron hunting in the shallows. They are common, impressive, and widespread. Though great blues often stand motionless ...

Bitterns, which are part of the heron family, were once extinct in the UK but returned in the 20th Century A Staffordshire nature reserve has celebrated a record-breaking breeding season for one of ...

A rare and elusive bird has made the Somerset levels a "wildlife tourism hotspot", experts have said. Once close to extinction in Britain, Somerset's population of Bitterns is now thriving and the ...

The American Bittern’s “pumper-lunk” call has got to be one of the strangest sounds I have ever heard. When I first heard it, I thought the sound was coming from some kind of oddball frog, but when I ...

Britain's loudest bird - the bittern - has come back from the brink of extinction. In 1997, there were just 11 of the birds but now there are 228 males, according to the RSPB and Natural England. And ...

Conservationists recorded 24% more male bitterns doing their mating ‘booming’ noise in 2023 than five years ago Britain’s loudest bird has had a very successful breeding year, with 24% more male ...

Rare bitterns are continuing their comeback in the UK with new record high numbers of “booming” males, conservationists said. The elusive birds, whose distinctive booming call is used to count the ...

The RSPB has confirmed the presence of its most northerly breeding bitterns at a nature reserve on Teesside. RSPB Saltholme said the birds bred at the reserve in Stockton for the first time in the ...

Wildlife cameras hidden on the Somerset Levels, England, had captured incredible footage of a very rare bird, once thought to be extinct. Three bitterns, thickset members of the heron family, were ...

The bittern, one of Britain's rarest birds, is booming again after research revealed record numbers across the country. Studies revealed 82 male bitterns calling or "booming" this spring from deep ...