The RSPB has confirmed its most northerly breeding bitterns at Saltholme Bitterns are one of the rarest breeding birds in the UK The birds became extinct in the UK in the 1870s The RSPB has confirmed ...

Bitterns are well-camouflaged birds and often blend into the reeds One of the UK's rarest birds has bred on a nature reserve near Hull for the first time in its history. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (YWT) ...

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.

Britain’s “loudest bird” is booming again after decades of population decline, conservationists have reported. A member of the heron family, the Eurasian bittern — Botaurus stellaris — is a reclusive, ...